Celibacy, boundaries, self-trust and... learning how to flirt with comedian and author Sofie Hagen artwork
Sex Talks With Emma-Louise Boynton

Celibacy, boundaries, self-trust and... learning how to flirt with comedian and author Sofie Hagen

  • S3E35
  • 1:12:31
  • August 8th 2024

Sofie Hagen is a multi award winning, queer, non-binary comedian, author and podcaster.

Their debut book was called Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You and they have just published their second book ‘Will I Ever have Sex Again.’ In it, they examine our broader sexual landscape in an attempt to understand why they haven’t had sex in some 3000 days and counting.

Sofie joins Emma to discuss everything they’ve learned from over nine years of (involuntary) celibacy, what it’s taught them about their own body, boundaries, and queerness, and why they’re not all that bothered if they go another nine-years without sex. Plus, find out what Sofie learned about 1800 other people’s sex lives, not to mention the lessons imparted by a renowned flirtologist. 

Sex Talks With Emma-Louise Boynton

Sex is about so much more than just fucking. It's about our relationship to ourselves and to our bodies. It’s about how we experience gender and the power dynamics that come with it. It’s about our capacity for vulnerability and how willing we are to let others in.

Our relationship to sex tells us so much about who we are and how we show up in the world. So why don't we talk about it more openly?

In this podcast, host and founder of Sex Talks, Emma-Louise Boynton, sits down with a new guest each week to do just that. Opening up discussion on typically taboo topics, Emma-Louise explores issues around sex and relationships, gender and the role technology is playing in changing the way we date, love and fuck.

From writers, authors and therapists, to actors, musicians and founders, the podcast brings in voices from across the board to talk about sex.

If you want to attend one of the monthly LIVE recordings of the Sex Talks podcast at The London Edition hotel, book your ticket(s) here.