Faith

FAITH

FAITH

Lockdown Love

Ellie went over to Faith’s house and listened to some of her new songs. They spoke about their relationships with their bodies during lockdown and duality in sexuality

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Ellie Softley

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Annye Ilieva

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Beatriz Salsinha

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Ellie Softley

Did you feel like your attitude towards

sex, yourself or the way you view other people changed a lot during lockdown?

FAITH

I feel like before I was kind of closed off because I’m naturally a very shy kept in person but, just how crazy 2020 is being, like with lockdown, I’ve kind of learned to talk more to myself. I like my own kind of insecurities and my own social norms in my head and the way I interact with people.

It was like getting lifted, I kind of felt the shift in myself when I spoke to people I tried to visualise myself in their shoes. I’m so scared of speaking to people.

Now I have been able to have full confidence.

ELLIE

I think we should take more time to recognise that it’s so important to take time with yourself and to understand yourself because a sexual awakening is like the weirdest thing that can ever happen to you.

You’re basically introduced to this whole new person that you didn’t even know existed in you.

Do you think that during lockdow, the greatest thing to do with your sexuality was this reigniting of your appreciation of the female body, its beauty and ability to do things?

FAITH

Definitely, definitely. I think the day when I chose to, like, let go people and fully embrace that. I don’t need this person in my life once a day. Like I kind of just felt free the most and I started learning more about like the female body.

Women, we really underestimate the power women hold like you know, we give birth, we emotionally take in a lot of stuff.

Emotionally we give out a lot