Gillian Anderson Wants to Hear Your Sexiest Fantasies

Modern Love

The New York Times

Nytimes, Redemption, Society & Culture, New York Times, Love, Essay, Storytelling, Loss, Nyt

4.4 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The actor Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files,” “The Fall,” “Sex Education”) has become an advocate for sexual openness, whether through her on-screen personas, launching a libido-boosting soda brand, attending the Golden Globes in a vulva-embroidered dress or through her new book, “Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous,” which showcases the secret fantasies of anonymous women, curated by Ms. Anderson herself. Today, Ms. Anderson reads and discusses the Modern Love essay “On Tinder, Off Sex,” which follows a woman who becomes unintentionally celibate after a painful breakup. The author fantasizes about past and potential loves but can’t seem to break out of what her doctor has called “secondary abstinence.” Ms. Anderson tells us about a time she felt similarly, and how a good yoga practice snapped her out of it. We want to hear from you. Tell us how love is showing up in your own life. Call in at (212) 589-8962‬ with your name, location and story.

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0:00.0	And I love you more than anything.
0:03.0	You're still love.
0:05.0	Love.
0:08.0	From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
0:11.0	This is Modern Love.
0:12.9	We are so happy to be back.
0:14.9	We'll be in your feed every week from here on out
0:17.3	bringing you stories and conversations
0:19.5	inspired by the Modern Love column.
0:21.8	We'll talk about love, relationships, and today the power of
0:26.1	sexual fantasy with actor Jillian Anderson.
0:29.5	Hello?
0:31.5	Hello? Are you ready? I'm ready. Here we go. I'm going to do something that I hope
0:37.6	will be okay with you. I'm going to read a tiny bit of fanfick for you. Oh wow.
0:42.1	I know I know I know okay we found a good one I think.
0:44.3	Normally I would not just read some fanfick I found on the internet to an Emmy and
0:49.9	Golden Globe winning actor the star of the X-files, the Crown and Sex Education, but hear me out.
0:55.6	Jillian's characters have been inspiring fans for 30 years.
0:59.6	There are whole websites dedicated to X-files fanfick and Jillians just put out a new book
1:04.8	all about fantasy and desire. It's called Want Sexual fantasies by anonymous.
1:10.8	It's a collection of letters that Julian created from women all around the world
1:15.2	who detail their deepest most secret desires. So I figured X-files fan fiction?
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