This is more of a personal post than most that I write but I’m including it here rather than in the offline journal where I...
This month I was asked to contribute to the series that Photoworks has been doing on Queer Representations. This is a series of commissioned texts...
February is a pretty busy time for somebody who writes about sex, gender and relationships what with the coinciding of LGBT history month and Valentine’s...
This post discusses the problems of polarisation in discussions around pornography, a theme that is covered in more depth in my book The Psychology of...
You can now listen to me talking with Tristan Taormino on the Sex Out Loud podcast here. Here is a summary of the whole episode:...
2025 Cassidy, A. (2025). At 39, with two children, I opened up my marriage – I’ve found real happiness. The I, 8th April 2025. Cooper,...
On May 22nd the magazine DIVA and the mental health charity PACE held an evening event called The H-word. The H-word in question is happiness, and...
On March 11th a letter from two Archbishops was read out in 2,500 Catholic Churches in the UK arguing against proposed changes to make marriage...
March 8th marks International Women’s Day. I would like to take the opportunity here to celebrate one of my own favourite feminists, Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986). I will...
You can find most of my recorded talks on my YouTube channel, and the slides on my prezi page. Here are some examples:...










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