Alix Fox She jokes that she has more Slashes in her job description than there are at a Guns N’ Roses tribute band convention, yet manages to achieve her trademark “decent indecency” at everything she takes on. Fox presents The Guardian’s groundbreaking sex& relationships real-life storytelling podcast Close Encounters and is resident. X-rated agony aunt on The Modern Mann.. Her writing and video work can be found in The Guardian, Stylist, Marie Claire, Grazia, Glamour, Fabulous, Cosmo, Vogue, Time Out, LOOK and more.. Shortlisted for Women of the Future 2017 in the Media category, Alix works as a Sex&Amp; Relationships Expert for Durex; is a proud Ambassador for Brook, the sexual health advisory charity; and is a spokesperson for Japanese adult firm TENGA and UK high-street chemist Superdrug.. She frequently pops up on TV like a neon mushroom. A former editor of alternative culture magazine Bizarre for many years, she began by specialising in covering extreme fetishes, subcultures and body modification, but now works with many mainstream outlets too, discussing topics from the mild to the wild, always with compassion and a view to advancing understanding, acceptance and people’s positive interactions with one another and themselves.. She’s currently preparing her first novel with Penguin.