Gillian Anderson has furiously defended her pleasure enterprise after launching G-Spot Beverages, saying: ‘Don’t f***ing tell me what I should consume.’
The actress, 55, revealed the inspiration behind the functional soft drinks brand came following a series of restrictive diets in her younger years as she spoke in a new interview with NET-A-PORTER’s digital title, PORTER.
Gillian, who plays uninhibited sex therapist Jean Milburn in Sex Education, explained how she hopes to encourage women to ‘let go of shame’ and ‘feel empowered.’
Posing for a series of sensational photos for the publication’s latest cover story on Tuesday, she detailed ‘Brand Gillian’ and her work outside of acting.
She said: ‘Pleasure is a right. It’s not trivial. It’s not frivolous. We’re trying to encourage women to let go of the shame, the guilt, the negative messaging around it.’
Speaking out: Gillian Anderson, 55, has furiously defended her pleasure enterprise after launching G-Spot Beverages.
Defiant: The actress revealed that the inspiration behind the functional soft drinks brand came following a series of restrictive diets in her younger years in a new interview with PORTER
Alongside her drinks brand Gillian has also been compiling a new book based entirely on the explicit sexual fantasies of women across the world, set for release early next year.
Inspired by her role on the popular Netflix series she has been collecting the deepest and most personal erotic thoughts of her female contemporaries.
She continued: ‘There is the book and a couple of other things that I’m not talking about yet, but they’re the same messaging in terms of pleasure and empowerment, and being honest with oneself about what one wants and what feels good.’
Recalling how her interested in drinks was born, Gillian explained how the brand was a response to the restrictive diets she was made to follow in her twenties and thirties.
When the actress entered her forties, she explained how the diets made her feel like saying: “Don’t f***ing tell me what I should and shouldn’t be consuming; I can do whatever I want.’
Gillian’s character, Jean in Sex education, has an easy attitude towards physical intimacy and ready willingness to discuss intercourse without fear of judgement.
Earlier this year, she explained how the relaxed approach adopted by Milburn in a show doesn’t always apply to real-life, modern day women – and she’s keen to know why.
Writing for The Guardian, Gillian insisted her forthcoming book – to be published by Bloomsbury – will be a cathartic experience for anyone who chooses to get involved.
Inspiration: Gillian, who plays uninhibited sex therapist Jean Milburn in Sex Education, explained how she hopes to encourage women to ‘let go of shame’ and ‘feel empowered’
Business: Posing for a series of sensational photos for the publications latest cover story on Tuesday, she detailed ‘Brand Gillian’ and her work outside of acting
She said: ‘Pleasure is a right. It’s not trivial. It’s not frivolous. We’re trying to encourage women to let go of the shame, the guilt, the negative messaging around it’
Coming soon: Alongside her drinks brand Gillian has also been compiling a new book based entirely on the explicit sexual fantasies of women across the world
She wrote: ‘I want women across the world, and all of you who identify intrinsically as women now – queer, heterosexual and bisexual, non-binary, transgender, polyamorous – all of you, old and young, whatever your religion, and married, single or other, to write to me and tell me what you think about when you think about sex.
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‘Whether it’s when you’re having it by yourself or with a partner, or with more than one. Tell me. Fantasies, frustrations, explorations, the forbidden, childhood, sounds, fetishes, guilt, insatiability.
‘Fifty years on, the boundaries have been erased, no more so than in our own sexuality: BDSM, the modern meaning of gender etc, anything is up for grabs. Are women still the silent sex?’
The actress was also inspired to compile her own book after reading author Nancy Friday’s groundbreaking 1973 book My Secret Garden: Women’s Sexual Fantasies, a collection of intimate letters, tapes and personal interviews on the subject.
And Anderson admits she was struck by how sexually repressed many of Friday’s subjects were, in comparison to their 21st century contemporaries.
She added: ‘Today, thank God, we are living in a different world. We can talk about these things with our contemporaries. I think that’s one of the things that people find so freeing about Sex Education.
‘We show characters who struggle with their sexual relations, and yet are brave enough to talk about it with their lovers and partners, so that they can get what they need sexually. The show puts it all on the table and makes it OK to talk about it.’
Inspired by her role on the popular Netflix series (pictured) she has been collecting the deepest and most personal erotic thoughts of her female contemporaries
Encouraging: She continued: ‘There is the book and a couple of other things that I’m not talking about yet, but they’re the same messaging in terms of pleasure and empowerment’
Hitting back: Recalling how her interested in drinks was born, Gillian explained how the brand was a response to the restrictive diets she was made to follow in her twenties and thirties
