Sex 2.0 May 9, 2009

A big “thank you!” to all the attendees who took the time record a session and upload media or do a writeup. If I’ve left out a post, please leave a comment and I’ll update the post. There were many people who couldn’t attend, so there were reqeusts that media be posted. Next time, we’ll be more proactive in organizing volunteers to record and transcribe sessions.

Twitter Search: #sex20 OR #sex2.0 OR “sex 2.0″ OR sex20con
Google Blog search: Sex 2.0
Sex 2.0 Flickr pool (add your pics!)
Opening Remarks (Vimeo)
Melissa Gira’s Keynote (Vimeo)
Twitter Live Feed

Amber Rhea
Sex 2.0: Building Bridges & Alliances between researchers, sex workers & clients
Sex 2.0: Sex Work in the Time of Obama
Audio recording of Revisiting Naked on the Internet panel
Sex 2.0, v2 – success!
Sex 2.0 2009 Flickr photo set

Audacia Ray
Research on Alternative Sexualities (Sex 2.0 Session)
Internet Advocacy for Sexual Freedom (Sex 2.0)

Calico
“Building Bridges” at Sex 2.0 (video)
“Gender and Technology” (video)
“Revenge Porn” with Maria Diaz at Sex 2.0 (video part 1, video part 2)
“Sex Work in the Time of Obama” at Sex 2.0 (video)

Cunning Minx
“How to Get Some ” (Powerpoint on Slideshare)
Sex 2.0: Building Bridges
Polyamory Weekly #204: Polyamory at Sex 2.0

Debauched Domestic Diva
Happy Mother’s Day!

Domina Doll
Sex 2.0 2009

Elizabeth Wood
Mothers Day, Sex 2.0, and some not-so-random connections | Sex In The Public Square

Essin’ Em
Sequoia tree, very pretty

Feministing
@Sex 2.0: At the intersection of social media, feminism and sexuality

Figleaf
The Art of the Takedown: Lessons for Knee-Squeezing Twits
Rough Notes from Cunningminx’s “Internet Famous / Conference Shy” Session at Sex 2.0
Sex 2.0 and Galvanic Response
Rough Notes from Maria Diaz’s “Revenge Porn” Session at Sex 2.0
Revenge-Porn “Revenge” Strategy

Furry Girl
Sex 2.0 roundup: militant awesome-ism

Harley Jean Tobin
Sex 2.0 and “I Am a Sex Worker” PSA

Jack
Sex 2.0 ver 2, DC

Lisa Kansas
Sex 2.0! Part One: Let’s Talk About Objectification
Sex 2.0! Part Two: Constructive Dialoguing
Sex 2.0! Part Three: Ethical Research
Sex 2.0! Part Four: You Can Run But You Can’t Hide, Feminists!

Lolita Wolf
Sex 2.0 – Part 1
Sex 2.0 – Part 2

Maria M. Diaz
Revenge Porn Notes for Sex 2.0

MayMay
Gender and Technology at IgniteSydney
KinkForAll and the Evolution of Sexuality Communities

Mollena Williams
Sex 2.0 in the thick of it

Renegade Evolution
A preliminary Sex 2.0 2009 post
And now, the Sex 2.0 angst…

Sequoia Redd
good night, internet, v-log from sex 2.0

Sarah Sloane
A big weekend

Scarlet Lotus St.Syr
The (Un)conference: Getting to D.C. & Sex 2.0
Sex 2.0 Update

Sex 2.0 May 9, 2009

Now in our second year, Sex 2.0, a one-day unconference, will take place on May 9, 2009 in Washington, D.C. Sex 2.0 will focus on the intersection of social media, feminism, and sexuality. How is social media enabling people to learn, grow, and connect sexually? How is sexual expression tied to social activism? Does the concept of transparency online offer new opportunities or present new roadblocks — or both?  Sex 2.0 is an unconference, which means that sessions will be informal conversations organized by people attending the event. Session leaders with some knowledge in a subject area facilitate conversations among the participants.

Sessions will include: “Internet Advocacy for Sexual Freedom” with Ricci Joy Levy of the Woodhull Foundation; “Polyamory in Media’s Spotlight” with Anita Wagner; “Craigslist Red, Craigslist Blue: Why we should dismantle the “internet red light district” with Melissa Gira Grant and Joanne McNeill;  “Kick Ass Twitter Apps” with Cunning Minx; “Revenge Porn” with Maria Diaz; and “Sex Writing Beyond Erotica, Beyond Porn” with Jack Murnighan, Nerve.com editor-at-large. The keynote speaker will be Nikol Hasler, creator of the Midwest Teen Sex Show (http://midwestteensexshow.com). A complete list of sessions may be viewed at: http://sex20con.com/2009-schedule/sessions/

Sex 2.0 will be held in a Washington, D.C. hotel. (To ensure everyone’s privacy, location information will be email once you are registered). It will offer five conference rooms, a lounge (with free WiFi), vendor area as well as space for various sex-positive outreach groups to set up informational displays and tables.

The event is managed by volunteers and funded by sponsors. We are pleased to have SEXTOY.com as our presenting sponsor this year. SEXTOY.com has been focusing on building a relationship within the blogger community with the recent start-up of its sex toy reviewer program. SEXTOY.com is honored to be the official sponsor for Sex 2.0 and looks forward to a mutually rewarding relationship with the blogger Community.  Two SEXTOY.com associates will be attending Sex 2.0 this year: Erik Van Riper and Domina Doll; who both look forward to meeting everyone, attending the talks and participating in discussions. Sex 2.0 is also pleased to have community sponsor Bound Not Gagged, hospitality sponsor Kimberleecline.com and technology sponsor PosAlt.com supporting this years conference.

While the event itself is on Saturday, May 9, there are participant-organized meetups, outings, and parties being planned for Friday night and Saturday evening, as well as a Sunday brunch. For more information, visit the Sex 2.0 website at www.sex20con.com or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/sex20con.

I tried embedding the slide show but it’s really throwing the template off.

Please go to the Slideshare site to view or download my presentation:

Everything You Need to Know about Being a Sexblogger (but were afraid to ask).

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  I learned/solidified so many ideas during Sex 2.0 this weekend.

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• The Sex 2.0 back-channel at Sex 2.0

  …a.k.a., the One True Wrap-up Post To Rule Them All.

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• Renegade Evolution: Whores & Other Mercenaries…

  I can sell my hair, sell my blood, donate a kidney, sell my eggs, rent out my womb as a surrogate, sell my mind, sell my social skills, even more or less sell a child via private adoption…But legally, I cannot fuck for actual money, as a business transa

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• 10 Ways to Improve Blog Traffic in 30 Minutes or Less

  Surfers become readers when a blog provides something that is wanted. A casual visitor may read your blog because they find training, answers to problems, entertainment, or something else they want.

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• Sex 2.0 (Was it good for you?) – jbrotherlove

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• BOINKOLOGY | Yes, You Tell Your Partners About Your STIs.

  if you’re banging, it’s a good rule of thumb to assume that any new partners have diseases, and act accordingly. By which we mean, use a condom.

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• Deborah Jeane Palfrey Found Guilty, But of What? « Bound, Not Gagged

  Today a federal jury found accused “DC Madam,” Deborah Jeane Palfrey, guilty not of prostitution, pimping or pandering, but of racketeering, money laundering, and two counts of using the mail for illegal purposes.

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• What Do I Know About Your Genitals?

  But as soon as I start to describe the way your genitals look or feel, and they don’tlook or feel that way to you, it’s easy for you to think there’s something wrong. Something wrong with your genitals and something wrong with you. And then I become

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• The Japanese Art of Sex: 5 Mind-Blowing Oral Sex Techniques

  For her book The Japanese Art of Sex: How to Tease, Seduce & Pleasure the Samurai in Your Bedroom, author Jina Bacarr studied the craft of the geishas, those legendary courtesans whose very image has been making men weak in the knees (among other places)

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• BOINKOLOGY | The Friend Zone

  The friend zone: one of the most frustrating aspects of human interaction you could ever experience — and once you’re there, it’s nearly impossible to return. Today I’ll attempt to answer some difficult questions about it and offer a few tips to h

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• Ambient Storm’s Provocative Persiflage: A Unique Gift…

  Beautiful, young men. Expensive sheets. Beautiful, young men ON expensive sheets is even better.

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• Radical Georgia Moderate » Sex 2.0 exceeded my expectations

  But there’s already talk of making Sex 2.0 a rotating annual event, with a follow-up in either Burlington, Vermont or Washington D.C. next year organized by some of the awesome people who participated this year.

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• Waking Vixen » Blog Archive » Notes for my Sex 2.0 Keynote

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• Liveblogging at Sex 2.0 Conference | FUNKYBROWNCHICK.com

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• The Wives of Others | Naked Loft Party

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• Lolita Wolf’s Predictions & Predilections: Nazi Fantasies

  It was not until I got into the SM scene that I met people who had similar fantasies as mine. I also began to rationalize why we are affected in this way. I do think that we eroticize our traumas. By eroticizing our traumas in this manner, we are able to

• Never gonna give you up | Melissa Gira

  sexy rickroll

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• The Reverse Cowgirl: The 2 Girls 1 Cup Defense

  While it remains to be seen how the 2 Girls 1 Cup defense will play out in court, Isaacs is right about one thing. In the 21st century, adult videos may be more hardcore than ever before, but so is the American public’s taste for it.

  (tags: legal pornography)

• village voice sex naked city – Sex 2.0 Brings the Internet’s Sex Nerds to Atlanta

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• village voice sex naked city – Regina Lynn talks about “Sexier Sex”

  Naked City editor Audacia Ray asked Regina a few questions about how technology is perceived when it comes to sexuality and what’s so great about it anyway.

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• Welcome to SEXEC.com – Independent economic survey of sex, sex work and sexual services

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• Sexuality Happens: Sexual Assault; My Story.

  This is the story of how friendship of sorts can lead sexual coercion and how that can lead to sexual assault. And how that can lead to survivor blaming.

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• Feministing | Weekly Feminist Reader

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• BOINKOLOGY | 5 Reasons New York City Is The Neverland Of Dating

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  (tags: dating)

• For Housewives, She’s the Hot Ticket – New York Times

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  (tags: women)

• Sex 2.0 – a brief recap of an amazing event | Sex In The Public Square

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• Gives Good Headline: How the Media Loves its Sex Changes « Dented Blue Mercedes

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• Mmm, Cupcakes: Sex 2.0 Wrapup(s)

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• sub nouveau: Sex 2.0 Part 1

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• sub nouveau: Sex 2.0 Part 2 -Tears and Trauma

  I looked up and saw a young black dude with a drink in his hand literally right next to my face Teacher spoke up, “Back off!”

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• How To Smother a Relationship – Yahoo! News

  I would strongly recommend that you not let any woman dictate your outside friendships; it is neurotic, a form of control and certainly a sign of insecurity.

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• Mad Science: Soviet Monkey-Human Sex Experiments Live On | io9.com

  Some of the surviving tenants — part of an attempt by the insane veterinary doctor Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov to breed a slave race of ape/human hybrids — have escaped into the surrounding forest, their whereabouts unknown.

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• Sex Trade: Sex conference brings bloggers together to Twitter about getting laid | Valleywag

  If you’re going to be a Twitter slut, might as well not make it metaphorical Sex 2.0 attendees couldn’t resist Twittering mid-conversation — and mid-sex party and mid-fuck.

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Funkybrownchick liveblogged my session. Thanks to her for allowing me to post her live blog on my site.  She embeds urls, pictures,  graphics from the session.