Catherine Townsend



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Full name: Catherine Townsend

Area of interest: Sex and dating

Journals: The Independent

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Website: Independent.co / Catherine Townsend

Blog: Blogspot.com: Sleeping Around | Indyblogs: Sleeping Around

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Biography:
Education: Journalism: BA, MA

Career: "Gossip columnist for New York (Magazine) before moving to London in 2003, since when she has had a very interesting - and pretty public - private life." - The Independent Current position/role:


 * also writes/written for: Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, New York Post, The Times, Daily Express, Daily Mail

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 * Meet the Author.co: Sleeping Around (video)

TV/Radio: Occasional commentaries
 * BBC2, Newsnight: Is politics the new porn? (In her recent Sleeping Around column Catherine Townsend revealed that a certain current affairs programme was interfering with her love life - but do you really have to chose between sex and politics?)

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Books & Debate:

 * Sleeping around: secrets of a sexual adventuress (2007) OCLC 84996870

Latest work: Breaking the rules: confessions of a bad girl (2008) OCLC 212431419

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The Independent: 'Sleeping Around'
Column remit: Sex and dating

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Role: Columnist

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Website: Independent.co / Catherine Townsend

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Day published: Thursday

Regularity: Weekly

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 * Brief encounters, Credit Crunch special - 8th October 2008
 * Two friends and a baby - A new survey shows that more than half of women would consider asking a male friend to father their child if they failed to find the right partner by a certain age - 16th September 2008
 * High risk - In a frightening piece called "High Heel Horrors!", the Daily Mail lists the health risks of wearing stilettos - 11th September 2008
 * Exaltation on a mother - As the controversy over Obama's unfortunate "lipstick on a pig" comment heats up, Jezebel discusses how Palin is just another link in the chain of fetishizing motherhood - 10th September 2008
 * Orangina ad comes to a sticky end - The new Orangina adverts have drawn complaints from viewers for being "too sexy" because, according to the Telegraph, the finale features "shots of Orangina bottles exploding between the thighs of zebras and squirting on to the breasts of other animal - 26th August 2008
 * Old and silly prejudices - Tuesday, 12th August 2008
 * Charles and I were at a party recently when an acquaintance of his, Steve, started talking about a woman he'd slept with on a first date and described her as "a bit of a slut" - 17th July 2008
 * ‘When it comes to love, older is not always wiser’ - 3rd July 2008
 * This week, I had my first full-blown anxiety attack, while naked - 26th June 2008
 * I had always thought I would love two men fighting over me. Until it happened, that is... - 12th June 2008
 * Although I hate to generalise about nationality, my passion for British men was reignited this week after I agreed to a blind date with an American...'' - 5th June 2008
 * Yoga has always given my sexual core muscles a serious workout - 29th May 2008
 * In the morning, I left the cash for the room by Liam’s stuff. Call me a cynic, but nothing in life is ever free - 22nd May 2008
 * Not only was he cheating on Angie, he'd killed her off! - 15th May 2008
 * on: Jordan as a Feminist Icon - 1st May 2008
 * on: insmomnia... voyeurism and exhibitionism fantasies - 24th April 2008
 * on: the low-tech version of cybersex - 17th April 2008
 * I've been wondering how my love life could get any more complicated - 10th April 2008
 * I had to laugh when I read the controversy over "Lib Dem lothario" Nick Clegg - 3rd April 2008
 * on: joining a dating agency... (and) paying several thousand pounds for the privilege - 27th March 2008
 * on: a naturist club night - 13th March 2008
 * on: rope bondage - 6th March 2008
 * on: the G-spot - 28th February 2008
 * on: "a woman named Rachel" - 21st February 2008
 * "Hi, I'm Catherine and I'm a love addict." - 14th February 2008
 * ... the most heinous episode of drunk dialling that I've ever experienced - 7th February 2008
 * After five great dates with Glen, things were going perfectly... - 31st January 2008
 * My friend, Victoria, has moved out, and it looks like I might soon be homeless - 24th January 2008
 * I forgot to pack the one thing I can't live without: tweezers - 17th January 2008
 * My friends keep telling me that I need to stay away from men who try to rescue me... - 10th January 2008
 * Mum is lovely, friendly and built me up at every opportunity - 3rd January 2008

