Stories
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Surviving sex work on the streets
In care at four, on the streets at nine, Charmaine has had a traumatic journey to reach life as it is now: no drugs, no sex work, looking after her mum, and enjoying her grandchildren. Here she writes honestly about her past.
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Virtual reality and the fix of the future
Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.
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Nymphomania and hypersexuality in women and men
The history of nymphomania is closely bound with society's views on women and their sexuality.
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Acid and the sexual psychonauts
How LSD fuelled one woman’s journey of sexual self-discovery in the late 1950s.
Catalogue
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Sex addiction : a critical history / Barry Reay, Nina Attwood and Claire Gooder.
Reay, BarryDate: 2015- Pictures
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A warning in Italian green lettering about seeking advice about drug addiction with a warning not to start taking drugs; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' poster campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero, in collaboration with the Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 674815i- Books
Unbroken brain : a revolutionary new way of understanding addiction / Maia Szalavitz.
Szalavitz, MaiaDate: 2016- Books
Sex, drugs & chocolate : the science of pleasure / Paul Martin.
Martin, Paul, 1958 May 11-Date: 2008- Pictures
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A field of poppies and a white bra floating against a red sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; German version of a series of 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 674620i