Dan Savage and Terry Miller spoke to Googlers in Mountain View in May, 2011 about their book It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living and http://www.itgetsbetter.org/.
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From the monthly archives:
May 2011
- My Family Found out I Blog About Sex | BlogHer – “Have you considered changing your name?” the message from my aunt read. “Our name is too obscure and boring, don’t you think? The famous do better with something catchy and bright.”…This wasn’t a compliment. It was a very polite way of saying that what I was doing with my life — writing about sex — was not in keeping with the image my father’s family desires for itself.
- Dissent Magazine – Arguing The World – What Gail Dines Doesn’t Get About SlutWalk – Dines shares more common ground with SlutWalk than she realizes. The organizers are not celebrating the word “slut” or “promoting sluttishness in general.” The SlutWalkers are marching in solidarity with all women who have been dismissed, degraded, or hurt by the label. They are marching against sexual violence and the ugly stereotypes that help to perpetuate it.
- Botox and Better Butts? What Messages Are We Sending to Young Girls? | RH Reality Check -
- Uganda’s LGBT Activists Get a Temporary Victory | violet blue ® :: open source sex – The reprehensible “anti-gay” bill in Uganda has been dealt a blow by that country’s brave LGBT activists and the world human rights community. In a nation where homosexuality was already illegal, and punishable by 14 years in prison, this law would have made things even worse, establishing the death penalty, among other things, for having gay sex while HIV positive.
- Bill Sienkiewicz And Frank Miller’s Wonder Woman: Bondage (Bleeding Cool) – DC Comics never saw this image. Neither Bill Sienkiewicz nor Frank Miller intended it to go public. But when it was sold, despite assurances that it wouldn’t go online, somewghere alon the line, it got sold to someone who didn’t know about that requirement.
- NCSF Wallet Card – A pocket reference for dealing with law enforcement
- ‘Paying For It’ Without Regret: An Intriguing Graphic Memoir Of Prostitution : Monkey See : NPR – It’s not that getting dumped by his girlfriend soured Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown on the notion of romantic love, exactly. Because to sour on something, one would have to, at some point, feel strongly about it. And given the facts on evidence in Brown’s latest autobiographical comic, the guy’s not much for strong emotion. No, the Chester Brown we glimpse through the tiny black and white panels the artist arranges with such exacting precision is a creature of intellect. His approach to sex, in the wake of his girlfriend’s rejection, is one of cool logic, dispassionate conclusions — and some very literal cost-to-benefit ratios.
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| 05/19/2011 | ||
| 7:00 PM |
Learn from the author of “Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé
The human eye is drawn to the triangle, the thing that is out of place, the imbalance in life. Asymmetrical bondage is not just aesthetically pleasing, but a sexually and sensually pleasing practice that puts us out of balance, reminding us where balance really is important. We will address key ways to bring asymmetry into our scenes, from disproportionate bindings to being forced to balance on one leg, lop-sided ties and punishments to ties that pull in reversed directions. Body stresses, imbalanced desires, and how to pull it all together will be of major import, as well as asking how we can not make it look stupid.
Bring at least one 25+ ft piece of rope for hands on opportunities in class.
Lee Harrington is a passionate spiritual and erotic educator, gender explorer, eclectic artist and published author and editor on human sexuality and spiritual experience. Some folks think he’s an all-around interesting person. He thinks you deserve the life of your dreams… yes you.
Where: Purple Passion, 211 West 20th Street (bet 7th and 8th Ave.), 212-807-0486
Cost: $20 (and enjoy a 15% discount on shopping before or after the class)
Dress code: comfortable
Class size is limited so prepaying is advised. Many of our classes sell out. Don’t be turned away. Reserve your spot at the store or at the Purple Passion website.
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- Queeriodic Table | Xtra! – Inspired by a blog post of a periodic table made entirely of cupcakes, artists Jen Crothers and Kona thought a queer version would be an ideal way to raise money for Out in Schools’ annual fundraiser, High School Confidential.
“What queer doesn’t love smart and delicious in the same thing?” asks Kona. The pair quickly realized that the logistics of baking 112 cupcakes was beyond their collective skill set and instead parlayed the idea of a queered periodic table of elements into a set of posters and buttons. - Understanding humankind. (Interview with Bacchus of Erosblog) – They are places in life, where a compendium of wisdom, art and eroticism collide to form a unique entity, beautiful on it´s virtues and the way it is presented to the world (in fact available for averyone) that special place is Eros Blog.
The ruler of this crazy world is Bacchus, someone who is totally motivated to show the world the bast regions of human mind, human and non human sexuality and how the work of erotic artists (of all kinds, and times) in general, is maybe the path that lead us to finally understand our past, present and future as humankind. - Sock Puppets, Jack Puppets, and Spotting Sexual Predators | violet blue ® :: open source sex – Socks are an oft-used tool of those who like to whip up controversy about themselves, as well as emotional infants who can’t accept contradicting ponts of view – not to mention people who just want to promote themselves, and are not always malicious trolls.
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I had the pleasure of attending Richard Sprott’s lecture on the medicalization of BDSM at last year’s Shibaricon, which is why I’m passing along this request:
There have lately been extremely active discussions taking place within the leather/BDSM/fetish/kink community advocating for more fundraising for organizations, projects and causes specific to that community.
The Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities (CARAS) promotes serious academic research and professional education about alternative sexualities and polyamory. This work ultimately improves the
lives of everyone in the leather, kink, BDSM and polyamory communities.Money is desperately needed to continue this important work.
Please consider donating to CARAS, either individually or through fundraising efforts. You’ll find the CARAS donation page here:
https://carasresearch.org/index.php/donate/
Thank you for supporting CARAS!
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| 05/13/2011 | to | 05/15/2011 |
This workshop explores techniques of BDSM practice, using the circle of women as a grounded, respectful container in which to discover and clarify edges of empowerment, liberation and embodiment. Learn to recognize aspects of yourself that are continually engaged in power dynamics, and hence become more choiceful about how you can share power with compassion and skill. Learn ways that power and sensation can be wielded for a healing intention, and experience the intense fire generated by a surrender to trust. Expect heightened awareness of your body’s capacity for sensation, a greater sense of personal empowerment, and appreciation for the connection between the divine energy of power and the human energy of surrender.
Location: Easton Mountain, upstate New York
The program begins on Friday evening 6:30PM-10PM and runs 9AM-6PM Saturday and Sunday.
Prerequisite: Celebrating the Body Erotic
Tuition (includes room and board): $635 double, $615 quad, $595 garden cabin (share bath in lodge). Register with a $100 deposit. Full tuition is due three weeks before start of workshop.
CONTACT • Zaedryn Meade • (917) 475-6316 • Send Email • May 13-15, 2011
SPECIAL OFFERS for Power, Surrender & Intimacy
- $50 off if PAY IN FULL 6 WEEKS in advance
- $30 off if PAY IN FULL 5 WEEKS in advance
- $100 off for the YOUTH PROGRAM for those under 30 with a financial need. (Age and need require verification)
OFFERS CANNOT BE COMBINED
ALEX JADE is an erotic educator, sacred intimate, and psychotherapist. She has been on faculty for Body Electric since 1998, and has produced and taught independent workshops nationally. Alex’s specialties are gender exploration, classical Tantra, SM, and exploring with an open heart and mind.
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| 05/06/2011 | ||
| 8:00 PM |
An evening of steamy erotica and erotic romance
May’s Ravenous Nights celebrates the daring dazzle of burlesque and stripping, and it’s shaping up to be a great night. Join host Lori Perkins as authors Logan Belle and Rachel Kramer Bussel share risqué tales, and head mistress of NY School of Burlesque, Jo Weldon, and author of The Burlesque Handbook teasingly offers to give us a lesson or two!
So help us extol the thrill of taking it off, give away door prizes galore — and maybe expose a secret or two in the bump and grind!
Location: Happy Ending Lounge, 302 Broome Street, NYC
(Pink awning says “Xie He Health”)
Cost: Free.
Ravenous Nights blog/more info: ravenous.journurl.com
About Ravenous Nights: Ravenous Nights reading series celebrates erotica and erotic romance every first Friday of the month. Sponsored by erotic romance e-book publisher, Ravenous Romance, and hosted by its editorial director, Lori Perkins, Ravenous Nights spotlights authors and their works with readings, door prizes, and endless enthusiasm for hot, steamy fiction.
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