Virginity is a harmful concept because it oversimplifies sexuality and sexual development. You are innocent: you are not. You are a sexual being: you are not. This is sex: this is not. All of these false dichotomies form a way of looking at sexuality that is unhelpful and inaccurate.

Oxford. What does it summon, for you, dear reader? Long nights studying. Maybe the Boat Race. Or glamorous balls. Or Pimms and punting. If you are a single woman sexually attracted to men your fantasy might extend to, say, dashing, posh-types with expensive, scruffy haircuts reciting seductive poetry.

A tragicomedy about sex that never quite addresses the issue

A poem by Sian Robins-Grace

A poem by Clare Cochrane

A short rant sparked by anger at double standards in the media’s treatment of celebrity (as opposed to common) sexuality… perpetuated alas in the new CRAVE magazine.

The first chapter of a story by Alexa Seligman

A poem by Christine Watkins

A poem by Aisha Mirza

Reading Sarah Kane’s last play alongside Tracey Emin’s artwork underlines just how much the two have in common—and how potent their eloquently inarticulate meditations on gender, identity and self-representation remain.