The Perfect Couple, Taylor and Travis and womens’ wildest fantasies

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Nicole Kidman’s badly-behaved-billionaires thriller The Perfect Couple is no1 on Netflix but we are divided! Kathleen loved it, Ellie didn’t, so we hash it out…(no spoilers!) and look forward to Kidman’s VERY racy film Babygirl. On that note, is The Times right to say that women’s ’dirty talk’ has become big business in pop culture? Gillian Anderson might agree: the star has just published an anonymous collection of sexual fantasies from women around the country, and Ellie reads out her, um, favourites. Plus: we dissect whether that viral Travis/Taylor ‘breakup contract’ can possibly be real, and Kathleen recommends a heartbreaking but empowering new podcast about fertility from our fellow pod hunnies at Shameless.

Reccos

• Kaos, Netflix
• Jeff Goldblum is a tracksuit-wearing Zeus in Netflix’s Greek myth series, Financial Times
• Shifters, Duke of York theatre
• Little Violet Door, Soho
• The Bear S3, Disney +
• How Kylie Jenner Won At Fashion, Family And Dating On The DL, British Vogue
• The Perfect Couple, Netflix
• She just unravels so beautifully’: how Nicole Kidman conquered the world – then kept on going, The Observer
• A Family Affair, Netflix
• Babygirl (out Jan 10)
• Substance (out Sept 20)
• WANT by Gillian Anderson
• Kinky sex — what a turn-off! Gillian Anderson’s sexual fantasy bookCat Brushing, Jane Campbell
• How women talking dirty became big business, The Times
• Submit, anon
• All Fours, Miranda July
• Cleavage, Cleo Watson
• Erotic audio platforms Quinn and Dipsea
• Living With Yourself, Netflix
• Glass podcast, Shameless Media

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