Hi, I'm Rachel Hills.
I'm a London-based (via Sydney, Australia) writer, researcher and contributor to publications including the Sydney Morning Herald's Sunday Life, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Glamour, Jezebel, Alternet and more. I'm also writing a book about Gen Y, sex and identity. This is my blog.
I'd love to hear from you. Submit a question to my Ask Rachel column here, send me an email here, connect with me on Twitter here or find out more about my paid work at www.rachelhills.net.
I'm a London-based (via Sydney, Australia) writer, researcher and contributor to publications including the Sydney Morning Herald's Sunday Life, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Glamour, Jezebel, Alternet and more. I'm also writing a book about Gen Y, sex and identity. This is my blog.
I'd love to hear from you. Submit a question to my Ask Rachel column here, send me an email here, connect with me on Twitter here or find out more about my paid work at www.rachelhills.net.
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I’m quoted in the Independent today. “Has spent the past three years travelling to three continents, interviewing more than 150 young people to see how realistic our current views of sex and porn actually are” sounds so much more glamorous than “spends her days writing magazine articles from her couch”. Although both are technically correct.
My latest at Daily Life.
“People seem to have totally false ideas about what the hymen is…”
Laci Green (at her Tumblr or her Youtube channel) discussing the myth of the hymen. Click here to watch the whole video. (x)
(via cocoku)
This gif set majestically relates to both an article I’ve written and an article I’m currently writing. (via chescaleigh)
Sexual trend spotting makes for big business. Want to give it a try yourself? First, you’ll need to make some sweeping generalisations: what a popular novel, for example, reveals about the fantasies of “working women” or, as an article in the UK Times declared, how “no one” (literally no one!) “under the age of 40 seems to have pubic hair”. Second, you should avoid doing too much actual research to prove your claims – forget the joke that “three examples makes a trend”, and instead try no interviews with flesh and blood human beings at all. Third, it must have broader implications. Your story isn’t about a single erotic novel, cult TV show, or video you saw on YouTube, but about the dark and hidden underbelly of human sexuality. Et voila! Instant internet traffic gold.
A trend spotter’s guide to female desire
My latest at Daily Life.
Today I fly back to London after 5 weeks travelling the US and Canada doing interviews for my book (click the link for more info). In that time I’ve hit up Washington DC, Baltimore, the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill research triangle, Asheville, NYC, Boston, various parts of Maine, Toronto, Winsdor, Detroit, a frat house in rural Ohio, Maui, LA, the Bay Area, Portland, Seattle and finally Houston, from which I am writing this missive.
Now, I’m looking to do the same in Western Europe, and I need your help. I’m looking for people of all genders, classes, ethnicities, religions and political persuasions to share their thoughts and experiences on all matters sex related. The book mostly focuses on people aged 16-30, but I’m interested in older and younger interviewees as well.
The book is a one-fifth pop culture, one-third academic and one-half personal story driven look at the hidden assumptions that shape our beliefs about sex and relationships - and how those assumptions impact us as individuals and as a society. It will be published by Simon & Schuster and Penguin in the second half of 2013.
I’m especially interested in speaking to people DON’T usually put up their hands for conversations about gender and sexuality (I’m looking at you: men, conservatives and people who haven’t been to university).
All interviewees featured in the book will be given pseudonyms, and other identifying details will be changed upon request.
If you’re interested in helping out, drop me an email at rachel.hills@gmail.com with your age, location and a bit of information about yourself/why you’re contacting me, and we can work towards setting up a time to speak.
