Barbara Phillips is the founder of In the Buff magazine; a fantastic erotic magazine for women. She launched it just over a year ago as there wasn't any offline erotic magazine that she thought really hit the spot. "I’d had a few erotic stories published in magazines and was looking to sell more. So I went into a newsagents to buy some current top shelf magazines to see which ones I thought were best to approach. I found myself loitering by the magazines, waiting until there was no queue at the till ready to grab a handful of smut from the top shelves. I grabbed what I could, trying to look chilled about doing it, then placed the magazines face down on the counter. The cashier was also a woman and she stuffed them into a bag for me as quick as a flash. The whole experience was quite embarrassing and that was the moment the idea of a female-friendly erotic magazine came to me. If I, as a modern woman found it embarrassing buying porno mags, there must be millions of others who think the same. So, If what us girlies wanted wasn't out there, then I would provide it for us."

The magazine is simply designed, resembling a literary title more than a traditional porn magazine. Barbara explains "Part of the embarrassment of buying top shelf magazines is the blatant front cover images. You know when you pay at the counter, the cashier is going to know exactly what you're going to be looking at when you get home. So, In The Buff had to be discreetly presented - which has the added advantage that you can read it in public or leave it hanging around and everyone thinks it’s an instruction manual, rather than about people shagging the pants off each other – hence the deliberately lacklustre cover."So how did her friends and family react to her decision? "My friends think it's great and it's always a good conversation piece. My Dad would rather I did something 'sensible' like enrolling on a teacher training course. Mum is quite proud I think." And is it odd, being a mum in the 'sex industry'? "It's not the erotic angle that makes it a struggle – it's the simple one of juggling work with children. There is always so much to do, but I have to make sure my children get my attention too. I find it quite easy to consciously switch off from the erotic content and get on with what needs to be done. Although I read, write and watch erotica as part of a normal day's work, I don't bring it up in everyday conversation with people who aren't in the industry. I'm Chairman of my sons' school's PTA and I'm sure most of the parents are completely unaware of what I do."What's her favourite word to describe the style of writing in In the Buff? "I always describe the magazine as 'classy porn'. Different words mean different things to different people in different contexts. Some people object to the word 'cunt', but I think it's quite a wholesome earthy word when used in a sexual situation, but if someone called me a cunt because I'd pulled out in front of their car, then I would object. If the right word is used in the correct context it can be amazingly sexy."Moving back to the magazine, what's been her proudest moment to date? "I'm feeling pretty chuffed right now actually. I've just been asked to write a script for a porn movie. It certainly won't be the normal male recipe of: fellatio, cunnilingus, double penetration followed by a facial cum-shot. This movie is going to be a movie for women and will focus on her orgasms and her pleasure. I'm really looking forward to starting on the project."As with Cliterati, anyone can submit stories to In the Buff. Have there been any unusual contributions? "I had a couple of 'odd' ones a while ago. The first was about a guy on a blind date with a woman, who turned out to be a pregnant elf. She had six breasts full of elfin milk that she kept squirting into other people's beer. The other one was about an inebriated woman sitting on a loo with a bloke pissing "a stream of pungent urine" between her legs into the toilet bowl which contained her menstrual blood and faeces. Neither of them got into the magazine - they're just too extreme to appeal to most people." And if someone has a less extreme contribution, what should they do? "They can email it to us at mail@inthebufmag.com. We keep our guidelines very simple: Nothing illegal, but the raunchier the better. Fiction should be between 3-5000 words and readers letters between 750 and 1,500 words. We are also going to have another section shortly that will be little snippets of erotica at around 500 words. (but we don't like stuff written in the present tense). We like a bit of humour injected into the magazine and one of the ways we do that is to include people's embarrassing sexual moments. Sex doesn't always have to be serious and if you can have a giggle in-between our fiction and readers letters then that can only be a good thing."So what are her ambitions for In the Buff? "In The Buff is so user-friendly and not at all 'in-your-face'. I see it becoming something every household would be comfortable in subscribing to. It's so discreet you could quite happily leave it on your coffee table or bookshelf – easy access as well for a quick dip to get you in the mood, either on their own or with a partner. I hope it will be as a commonplace purchase as a TV guide."