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Victoria Brooks is a writer and researcher at the University of Westminster in the areas of ethics and sexuality. She is interested in ways of creatively telling personal stories about sexuality and challening ethical frameworks in research practice, especially in the field of sexuality. In her writing, Victoria Brooks explores the erotics of philosophy, as well as 'non-philosophical' ways of expressing the experience of sexuality.

Victoria Brooks is a writer and researcher at the University of Westminster in the areas of ethics and sexuality. She is interested in ways of creatively telling personal stories about sexuality and challening ethical frameworks in research practice, especially in the field of sexuality. In her writing, Victoria Brooks explores the erotics of philosophy, as well as 'non-philosophical' ways of expressing the experience of sexuality.

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