Posted in sex on Oct 16th, 2009
Action Alert from National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
Help make history by signing the DSM Revision Petition now! The diagnoses in the DSM-IV-TR still subject people who practice BDSM, fetishes and cross-dressing to bias, discrimination and social sanctions without any scientific basis.
We need 3,000 signatures, but we only have 2,200 now. If [...]
Posted in sex on Apr 5th, 2009
by Gloria Brame
Tonight, I want to talk to you about the past, the present and the future.
I’ll start in the 1980s, because that’s when I started going to SM clubs and events. To people of my generation, leathersex and sadomasochism were forbidden, hidden, radical activities. The guilt and shame about it were [...]
My friend, Larry Iannotti, is writing an academic paper justifying the reasons for the recent Survey of Violence and Discrimination against Sexual Minorities and he is seeking stories:
I’m interested in hearing from anyone who runs an SM-related business and has been blocked from doing business by credit-card companies, landlords, license or [...]
I’m hosting the next Feminist Carnival of Sexual Freedom and Autonomy on February 16th 2009.
This sex positive carnival highlights posts/articles promoting the sexual rights and freedom of women:
This theory of feminism is known more commonly as Sex Positive Feminism, a movement that developed in the 1980s in response to feminists against pornography and prostitution. Sex [...]
Posted in Events, Fetish & Kink, Lolita Wolf, activism, awards, lolitawolf, ncsf, new york, news, newyork, nyc, reporting, susan wright on Oct 1st, 2008
Come and celebrate the awarding of the first Sex-Positive Journalism Awards! The awards will be MCed by Lolita Wolf.
The first 100 attendees will get a gift bag of goodies from the Sexies sponsors. There will also be a silent auction and raffle to support the awards, which will include fabulous prizes including original [...]
Posted in sex on Aug 21st, 2008
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Links Aplenty!
The Sexual Freedom Legal Defense and Education Fund
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
Jefferson
Tilda
Lynsey
Viviane
Email the Friends of Jefferson
Tags: activism, bdsm, bisexual, Jefferson, sexblog, sexual freedom
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Posted in activism on May 9th, 2008
The University Consortium for Sexuality Research and Training (UCSRT) – housed at the National Sexuality Resource Center and Department of Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University – is funding student leaders (graduate and undergrad) to lead a UCSRT campus chapter. Apply here. E-mail application to ucsrtat [at] sfsu [.] edu by May 21.
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Posted in Events, Fetish & Kink, Twitter, feminism, sex, social media on Apr 9th, 2008
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? These questions, and many more, [...]
Sex Work 101 was inspired by conversations that happened during the Women, Action and the Media 2008 conference held in Cambridge, MA from March 28-30, 2008.
I gave a talk at WAM called Sex Workers and Media Representation (click to see notes for the workshop), and questions during and after the talk made me realize [...]
CineKink Announces Festival Awards, Gives Tribute to “Shortbus”
NEW YORK, NY; March 6, 2008 – Rounding out multiple days of screenings and parties in its fifth annual appearance, CineKink NYC announced the recipients of awards in a range of categories during the film festival’s closing celebrations held on Sunday, March 2, 2008.
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Elizabeth Wood
Email: elizabeth (at) sexinthepublicsquare (dot) org
Co-founder, SexInThePublicSquare.org
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Nassau Community College
Sex In The Public Square Presents:
Sex Work, Trafficking, and Human Rights: A Public Forum
New York, February 20, 2008 – Ten prominent sex worker advocates, writers, researchers will be publicly discussing the issues of sex work and trafficking from [...]
Posted in $pread, audacia ray, audacia ray on Jan 20th, 2008
I’ve made a big, weird decision that I’m still getting used to, but the cogs are in motion and it is happening. Effective with the spring issue and the start of $pread’s fourth year in print, I’ve decided that I will no longer be the executive editor of the magazine, nor will I be directly [...]
Posted in audacia ray on Jan 7th, 2008
Audacia has a 2007 wrap-up piece up at Eden Fantasys, entitled Ten Hot Sexuality (And Gender) Issues of 2007. The Sex Carnival gets a mention!
Here are the ten topics:
Pole Dancing: For Fun, Exercise and Empowerment
Porn Goes Public: The Rise of Porn Film Festivals
Print vs. Online Erotica
Teen Sexuality: A Laughing Matter?
Social Media and Sex
Sex-Positive: Revolution or [...]
Posted in audacia ray, audacia ray, porno, pornography on Jan 7th, 2008
Audacia Ray’s column for Hot Movies for Her appears the first Monday of every month.
The idea of pornographers with ethics and strong political convictions seems ridiculous to many people. After all, isn’t porn just about overly-tanned hedonism, driven by the desire to make a mint while surrounded by swarms of hot chicks who wouldn’t otherwise [...]
Posted in del.icio.us on Nov 30th, 2007
Conversation with Tristan Taormino, creator of the reality-porn series “Chemistry” | Sex In The Public Square
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pro-porn activism: The Rising Tide of “Leftist” Sex Hate: Bob Jensen’s “Getting Off”
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Bringing It Up Gracefully ” Hot Safer Sex
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Untitled (The Garden)
He told me how [...]
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Posted in bellavendetta, estates, fisting, galleries, naked, nude, sexblog, sextoys, sexuality, tgp on Oct 2nd, 2007
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Please do some activism on behalf of sexual freedom between consenting adults. Do it now before September 10th.
The federal government is proposing regulations that would effectively kill adult social-networking sites. This is being done under the guise of fighting child pornography. The proposed regulations would force adult social-networking services to obtain [...]
Posted in del.icio.us on Aug 31st, 2007
10 Tips to Make your First Year of Marriage Easier – Dumb Little Man
And believe me when I say, that first year can lay a foundation for a healthy marriage or a partnership that needs some TLC. Here’s what I’ve learned from my experiences and the marriages of my friends.
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Posted in Events, Fetish & Kink, sex on Aug 20th, 2007
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? These questions, and many more, will [...]
Posted in gay, history, libraries, new york on May 1st, 2007
A major archive of papers relating to the early gay-rights movement in America has been donated to the New York Public Library’s Manuscripts and Archives Division. The Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen Gay History Papers and Photographs consist of letters, photographs, handbills, manuscripts, publications, and ephemera accumulated over nearly 50 years by the late [...]
Posted in Blogging, bloggers, sexbloggers on Apr 3rd, 2007
Sex-radical feminist and sociologist Elizabeth Wood writes at Sex in the Public Square.
1. I started blogging on June 27, 2006, not quite a year ago. Coincidentally that is my mother’s birthday and she has been a regular reader of my blog (and occasional commenter!) from the start. I started because I wanted a way to [...]
Posted in Blogging, Lolita Wolf, bloggers, lolitawolf, sexbloggers on Mar 16th, 2007
Introductory post for this series.
BDSM educator and princess Lolita Wolf blogs at Lolita’s Predictions and Predilections.
When did you start blogging?I am a “preblogger.” I started an email newsletter 13 years ago that was sent to over 1400 email addresses and was hosted on several BBS’s and websites. Over the years it has morphed [...]
Posted in sex on Jan 11th, 2006
Friday night on WBAI’s Riseup Radio from 9-10 pm listen to Audacia Ray and fellow $pread executive editor Eliyanna Kaiser talk about sex work, activism, and $pread.
On Sunday night at 6.30 Eliyanna and I are at it again on WBAI’s Equal Time for Free Thought, where we’ll be discussing commercial sex and healthy sexuality.
Tags: activism, [...]
