The Guardian has an article up about Melissa Panarello, who wrote a book about her sexual exploits at the age of 16. The book is called 00 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed. Here’s a small excerpt:

When it was over, in the early hours, ‘I went home full of sperm, my make-up running. My mother was waiting asleep on the sofa. I felt invaded, soiled by strange, lumpy bodies. I brushed my hair one hundred times, like princesses do but smelling of sex.’

She’s 18 now, and seems quite matured by the whole ordeal that surrounded the release of her book.

‘People are not used to teenagers talking about sex. It’s still shocking for many. They prefer not to know.’

‘We live in a society of hypocrites. In Catania several of my friends had to stay virgins until they got married. So, of course, they just had anal sex for years. That’s how twisted this society is.

‘But people don’t want to be told this kind of reality. They just accuse you of lying.’