Gillian Anderson is publishing people's most intimate fantasies... How?

Gillian Anderson has decided to embrace eroticism and fantasies by compiling a book of intimate stories. And whose stories will be compiling, you might ask? Well, it could be yours!

Rather than sharing her own bedtime stories, Anderson asked people worldwide to anonymously send her their most intimate fantasies. The best ones will appear in her upcoming book.

It is undeniable that Gillian Anderson's magnetic appeal has been present in each and every one of her characters, from Agent Scully in 'The X-Files,' to Stella Gibson in 'The Fall.'

In 2019, she really got under the skin of her character Jean Milburn in the acclaimed Netflix series 'Sex Education.'

Through her Netflix character, she has been able to push herself outside of her comfort zone and break away, uninhibited, to achieve a level of intimacy she had never reached before.

In the Netflix series, Gillian Anderson's character is a renowned sex therapist who, despite her professional acclaim, is utterly unaware of how to raise her teenage son.

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In the Netflix series, characters of the story begin compiling their inner fantasies hoping to overcome their fears and normalize their relationships.

It was from this concept that Anderson had the idea of what has now become her project, 'Dear Gillian.'

"Since 'Sex Education' was broadcast, friends and journalists started asking me if women sometimes felt compelled to share their sexual problems or fantasies with me," she wrote in The Guardian. "Well, they don’t. Which ultimately is what gave me the idea for a book."

She was also inspired by Nancy Friday's 1970s book, 'My Secret Garden,' which revolutionized taboo-free speech about female desire and fantasies. Now, the actress wants to update that vision with fantasies from a new generation of women.

The actress speaks to women via a video on her social media account, saying: "As women, we know that sex is about more than just sex, but so many of us don't talk about it. Our deepest most intimate fears and fantasies remain locked away inside of us until someone comes along with a key. Well, here is your key."

Anderson wants to print all kinds of testimonials. "I want women across the world," she said, "and all of you who identify intrinsically as women now."

She continued: "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."

"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, instability."

The stories she received (since the deadline for submission has passed) were limited to 1,000 to 2,500 words. So they would be detailed but not too much.

And for those who are wondering, Gillian has stated that she will also be including her own personal submission in the book. Along with the rest of the submissions, hers will also be anonymous.