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I was 13 years old when my peers were going wild raving about that sex scene from Black Swan between Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman (the former of which was my biggest secret crush at the time). I wouldn’t see the film in totality until I was in college, but my hormone-fuelled classmates found a way to spread said scene around. This was the first time I remember seeing female/female sex onscreen and I was totally captivated, flustered and, to be honest, a little spooked as I didn’t understand the context of the psychological thriller.

I’ve always been interested in the portrayal of sex onscreen and how this has changed over the years, especially when it comes to

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