Tristan Taormino

Tristan Taormino Tonight at Barnard

by Lolita Wolf on 04/25/2007

in advice, Events, Fetish & Kink, newyork, relationships, sex, Tristan Taormino

Tristan Taormino, award-winning author, columnist, editor and sex educator, is the featured speaker at Barnard’s sex-positive event “Sexhibition.”

The Path to Sexual Empowerment
Sulzberger Parlor – Barnard campus
Tonight, Wed, April 25 – 8pm
FREE
What is sexual empowerment? What does it mean to be sexually empowered? Tristan reveals the pleasures and pitfalls of her journey from law school reject to sex expertâ€”with stops along the way as editor, author, anal sex guru, Village Voice columnist, sex-positive event roducer, and feminist pornographer. Sheâ€™ll explore the concept of erotic power, discuss why it is important, and share her unique recipe for how everyone can become sexually empowered.

DIRECTIONS:
Sulzberger Parlor is in Barnard Hall on Barnard’s Campus. Take the 1 to 116th Street/Columbia University (the 2 and 3 will not take to you the campus even though there is a 116th stop). Once you get out of the subway, Barnard is on the north west corner, but the entrance gates are on 117th and Broadway. Barnard Hall is the building directly in front of you once you enter the gates (“Barnard” is engraved on it). Enter Barnard Hall and take the elevators/stairs on the left to the third floor. Sulzberger Parlor is through the doors on the left (there will be a sign).

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We’re going to Spring Fire

by Viviane on 03/23/2007

in bdsm, bondage, Dark Odyssey, erotic, Events, Fetish & Kink, Jefferson, Marcus, polyamory, Selina Fire, sex, sexbloggers, sexblogs, tantra, Tristan Taormino

Remember how Jefferson, Selina, Marcus and I went to Dark Odyssey’s summer camp?

Remember what clueless, trembling, newbies we were? Hell, at least I was. Now, we are going to be presenting at Dark Odyssey’s Spring Fire. How hilarious is that?

We’ll be doing a panel on sex blogging. I will be moderating. Wish me luck – moderating this group could be like herding cats. Between us, our blogs cover a diverse range of interests (as Jefferson dubbed us, the doyenne, the hippie, the whore and the slut) and raise a multitude of issues (creating characters, privacy, anonymity, propriety).

I’ll also be teaching a workshop called ‘Everything You Need to Know about Becoming a Sex Blogger (But Were Afraid to Ask).’ It’ll cover question such as:

Should I have a blog?
What is this ‘blogging’ thing?
How do I get on the internets?
Sure, I have a blog, but how do readers find me?
Should I write as myself, or under a pseudonym?

I’ll have a lot of tips and tools for setting up a blog, finding inspiration and writing well and building readership in this highly interactive medium. If you’re promoting a book or project, I have lots of idea about how to get the word out.

Jefferson and Marcus will be doing sessions on orgy organizing and etiquette (‘Naked in a Crowd’) and on male bisexuality (‘Odd Man In’). I plan on sitting at the back of the room and heckling them. ;-D

And Selina’s cooking up a a fun icebreaker event.

Tristan has posted the complete workshop list on the Dark Odyssey website.

See you at Spring Fire!

Tagged as: Blogging, Dark Odyssey, naked, privacy, r, sex, sexblog, The Marketplace

2006 Dark Odyssey post roundup

by Viviane on 12/26/2006

in bdsm, bisexual, Dark Odyssey, erotica, gay, Jefferson, lesbian, Lolita Wolf, Marcus, nudism, polyamory, roundup, sex, sexblog, swinging, tantra, Tristan Taormino

Dark Odyssey is a journey of sexual adventure, where ‘open minded people gather to explore Tantra, polyamory, intimate communications, BDSM, alternative fifestyles and more.’

This is a roundup of various posts and articles from the September, 2006 camp, which Jefferson, Selina, Marcus and I attended. Each of us, in our way, had a really good time.

Sound interesting? Take heart, Spring Fires will be held April 6-8, 2007. The easiest way to get news about DO is to join their Livejournal community, email them at dcevents ATdarkodyssey DOTcom or join the OpenUp forum at Tristan’s site, Puckerup.com.

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