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Naked on the Internet panel at Museum of Sex – 6/11
NYC Weekly Leather Dates – June 7-13
Yay! Nerve’s “Sex Advice from Librarians”
NCSF Action Alert: Support the Palmer House Hilton, Host Hotel for IML
Julie Amero gets a new trial
Subjects of ‘Kabul Beauty School’ Face New Risks (NPR)
Alison Stokke vs. 5 Sexy Athletes (Sugarbank)
Blogging for Sex Education roundup
Sugasm #82
Brand Spanking new: Boinkology
Are you lost?
Spencer Tunick: nude photography in Amsterdam
Turner Classic Movies: “Screened Out: Gay Images in Film”
Kyla (Met Art)
More Literary Whoring
Sex Advice From… Drag Kings (Via Nerve)
Package Tour (One Life, Take Two)
Getting Naked on the Internet Is Risky, but Rewarding (Regina Lynn)
Under the Big Top (Lolita’s Predictions and Predilections)
Leather Pride Night – NYC – June 16, 2007
Take an online sex survey
Researchers produce Viagra alternative from walnuts (Star Online)
Blogging Services Still Haven’t Stopped Sucking (ErosBlog)
Sapphic Erotica
Women in Art (YouTube)
For Pornographers, Internet is Now a Curse (International Herald Tribune)
Phoenix (I Shot Myself)
Photo: Anna (Hegre)
Next week I have what I view as my crowning glory, essential NYC book event. At my other events, I’ve been talking a lot about the fact that I interviewed more than 80 women for the book. On Monday night at the Museum of Sex – where, incidentally, I started this whole sex nerd journey as an employee almost six years ago – I’ll be hosting a panel with some of those very women who I keep talking about. I’m always going on about the fact that people should be encouraged to speak up for themselves and tell their own stories, and I’ll make good on that at this event. The line-up for the evening includes some really special and amazing women:
Ellen Friedrichs, of SexEdvice and formerly of Planned Parenthood’s Teenwire. Also, Ellen was a coworker of mine at MoSex, so I’m very happy to have her on the panel with me.
Lux Nightmare, of the brand spanking new Boinkology and formerly of her own bastion of alt porn stardom, That Strange Girl. Lux and I met maybe four years ago through a strange/hilarious set of circumstances that involved us sharing a boyfriend, open-relationship style. He was pretty devoted to making us dislike each other, but guess who’s laughing now?
Madeline Glass, of Madeline in the Mirror. The out-of-towner of the bunch, Maddy and I became fast friends through Jefferson, who she is dating, while I remain the only female sex blogger in NYC who is not dating him.
Marie Lyn Bernard, of This Girl Called Automatic Win, who was an early devotee of my blog and has become a shiny blogstar in her own right.
Ellen Friedrichs, of SexEdvice and formerly of Planned Parenthood’s Teenwire. Also, Ellen was a coworker of mine at MoSex, so I’m very happy to have her on the panel with me.
Lux Nightmare, of the brand spanking new Boinkology and formerly of her own bastion of alt porn stardom, That Strange Girl. Lux and I met maybe four years ago through a strange/hilarious set of circumstances that involved us sharing a boyfriend, open-relationship style. He was pretty devoted to making us dislike each other, but guess who’s laughing now?
Madeline Glass, of Madeline in the Mirror. The out-of-towner of the bunch, Maddy and I became fast friends through Jefferson, who she is dating, while I remain the only female sex blogger in NYC who is not dating him.
Marie Lyn Bernard, of This Girl Called Automatic Win, who was an early devotee of my blog and has become a shiny blogstar in her own right.
Together, we’ll be talking about personal experiments and explorations of sex online (yes, the dirty stuff), the pleasures and dangers the Internet puts at women’s fingertips, the emergence of a new online sex culture that is becoming increasingly available to women, and of course we’ll be answering any questions that the audience has… that’s actually my favorite part. MoSex is at 233 Fifth Avenue at 27th street – so come experience the weirdness of me talking about my book in the space of my former employer.
Tickets are $10, $8 for students and seniors, and you can get them ahead of time at the museum, by calling 212.689.6337 x115 or at the door the night of the event.
NYC’s 24th ANNUAL LEATHER PRIDE NIGHT AUCTION
Saturday, June 16th, 2007
Saturday, June 16th, 2007
NEW YORK, NY April 2nd –The 24th annual Leather Pride Night Auction will take place on Saturday, June 16th, 2007. This year the festivities will be at Splash! at 50 W. 17th Street. This will be a new venue for the event, as the Roxy nightclub is being demolished. SPLASH!’s doors will open for LPN at 6:00 PM, and the auction will run from 7 PM until 10:00 PM. Liquor, beer, wine and soft drinks will be provided at a cash bar. Light finger food will be served. A sign language interpreter will be present during the non-auction segments of the evening. This year, as every year, there will be a team of bootblacks to keep your boots and shoes looking sharp. All tips go toward the event’s total for the beneficiaries. A very special silent auction is planned, but because of space concerns there will be no LPN flea market.
MC’s will keep the evening moving, directing attendees to the varying activities and announcing the opening and closing of the auction times. Jo Arnone, LPN’s veteran auctioneer, will preside over more than a hundred items being auctioned, including leather and latex fetish clothing, unique toys and equipment, art objects, Broadway theater tickets, and much more. This year’s event will be immediately followed by SPLASH!’s Saturday Fetish Dance. This event is free with an LPN ticket.
Leather Pride Night is sponsored by nine NYC S/m-leather-fetish organizations:
Gay Male S/M Activists, Imperial Court of NY, Iron Guard BC, Lesbian Sex Mafia, MAsT Metro NY, MetroBearsNY, New York boys of Leather (NYboL), Pariah’s MC, The Eulenspiegel Society and many committed individuals.
Over the years, Leather Pride Night has donated over $250,000 for local and national charities. This year, Leather Pride Night will donate the 2007 Auction proceeds to: The National Council for Sexual Freedom, God’s Love We Deliver, Ali Forney Center, Leather Archives & Museum, and as is customary, an annual donation to Heritage of Pride, the producer of New York’s annual Pride March.
Tickets for Leather Pride Night are $15 in advance, and $20 at the door. Paypal payment is available at the LPN website www.leatherpridenight.org. Tickets can also be obtained at any of the sponsoring organizations or the beneficiary organizations, as well as the following supporting commercial venues: David Samuel Menkes Custom Leatherwear, Purple Passion/DV8, London, Paddles, The Leather Man, The Noose, Passional, Rubio Leather, Nasty Pig, Le Chateau Exotique, New York Fetish Corp.
A community charity event produced by volunteers, Leather Pride Night is always seeking volunteers and presenters. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact LPN at lpnnyc@aol.com
Leather Pride Night is part of a month of fabulous leather and fetish-oriented events in New York City. To kick off the weekend of leather events, MetroBearsNY is hosting a leather/bear party on Friday night, June 15, at the Dugout. The Dugout is located at 185 Christopher Street. The event will feature a best BARE BUNS Contest and a Happy Leather Pride cake served off the body of a very hot bear in a sling. For more info, go to: http://www.metrobears.org. Also on Friday night Lesbian Sex Mafia hosts Susan Benner with a presentation on Cutting. For more info go to http://www.lesbianexmafia.org. On Saturday, after LPN, The Eulenspiegel Society will be at a party at Paddles. Show your LPN hand stamp for special admission price. For more info, go to: http://www.tes.org Sunday, June 17th brings Folsom Street East, the largest fetish themed outdoor fair on the east coast, for info on the “hottest†day in New York, go to: http://folsomstreeteast.org At 5pm on Sunday, LSM hosts a women and trans play party at Paddles. For more info, go to http://www.lesbiansexmafia.org.
The Leather Pride Night Committee is dedicated to promoting freedom of sexual self-expression, and actively works to improve the image and understanding of S/m and fetish lifestyles.
The Leather Pride Night Committee meets on the first Thursday of the month (October through June) at 8:00PM at the LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street.
There is no photography or cellular telephone usage allowed at the event. For press entry and/or to receive official photography from the event, please contact Darrell at darrellblackandblue@yahoo.com
Description: Join WNYC News’ Richard Hake for a Lesbian/ Gay/ Bisexual/ Transgender Singles Event. Richard will break the ice with a pop culture quiz, tossing out questions about Paris, France, and Paris Hilton. You can also enjoy the works of Japanese photographer Miwa Yanagi, in her first solo exhibit.
Date: Wednesday, May 23
Location: The Chelsea Art Museum
556 West 22nd Street (at 11th Avenue)
Time: 7-10pm
Ticket price: $35; $40 at the door (complimentary drink and hors d’oeuvres included)
Ticket information: In the interest of creating a gender-balanced event…
Purchase tickets (men)
Purchase tickets (women)
Questions? Call Listener Services: (212) 669-3333
On April 30th, 2007 the Voting Membership of the Leather Archives & Museum ratified two new members to its Board of Directors. The new Directors are Hilton Flax of New York, NY and Matthias “Leatherbound” of Oosterbeek, The Netherlands. Chuck Renslow, President of the LA&M, said “Matthias and Hilton bring expertise and diversity to the leadership of the organization that will help serve our patrons and the community that supports us”.
Hilton Flax is the owner of Purple Passion fetish store in New York. He has been involved in the NYC leather and fetish scene for thirty years and served on the Board of The Eulenspiegel Society [TES] from 1981 to 1994. He has helped to plan many fetish fundraisers in New York including Leather Pride Night. Matthias “Leatherbound” has been coordinating European outreach and Road Show exhibitions for the LA&M since 2003. He served as a judge of the 2006 International Mr. Leather competition and is an associate member of Chicago Hellfire Club.
In addition to the new Directors, the following Directors were also reseated for an additional term: Chuck Renslow, Chicago, IL; Jon Krongaard, Chicago IL; Lawrence Fox, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Tom Stice, Chicago, IL.
You can pre-order it from Amazon.com.
Here are her upcoming appearances:
June 2: C*lick Me netporn conference & European debut of The Bi Apple, at Paradiso in Amsterdam
June 4: SMUT reading, Galapagos Art Space, 8 pm at 70 North 6th street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
June 5: Bluestockings Bookstore, 7 pm at 172 Allen Street, NYC
June 6: McNally Robinson Booksellers Seal Authors Event with Jessica Valenti
and Helen Boyd, 7 pm at 53 Prince St, NYC
June 7: Brookline Booksmith, 7 pm at 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA
June 11: Museum of Sex panel discussion with Lux Nightmare, Ellen Friedrichs, Madeline Glass and Marie Lyn Bernard, 7 pm at 233 5th Avenue, NYC
June 12: KGB Bar $pread celebrates Naked on the Internet, time TBA at 85 East 4th, NYC
July 10: Center for Sex and Culture, 7 pm at location TBA, San Francisco
July 11: Modern Times Bookstore, time TBA at 888 Valencia Street, San Francisco
July 14: Writers with Drinks, The Make-Out Room, 7 pm at 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco
I’m going to try to make as many of the NYC appearances as I can.
Ducky is teaching two workshops at the Museum of Sex:
- April 19th: Sex with the Lights On: Sex Questions, Answers, Tips, Techniques and Myths Debunked
- April 26th: POP His Rocket: A Guide To Handling Your Guy
Every year, the American Library Association sponsors National Library Week. Across the country, libraries celebrate and look for ways to improve their services in the coming year. This year, the Teri Rose Memorial Library at the Leather Archives & Museum marks National Library Week with a survey of our membership’s kinky reading habits.
Take the survey here.
This survey will be open for only a few weeks, so if you can’t spend a few minutes on it today, please make sure to get your responses in by April 29.
Stanley of Sexoteric has posted screenscaps of Dita Von Teese's lovely Penthouse spread .
Vivid Entertainment has launched Vivid-Ed, the sex education imprint. It is helmed by Tristan Taormino and has advice, an events calendar (go post your listings), and community forums. Currently it has a gallery and clips for Tristan's new Expert Guide to Anal Sex.
Ecstasy really does unleash the love hormone (NewScientist)
No-Fail Date Spots in NYC (Gridskipper)
Child Hookers and the Law – Tale of a 13-Year-Old Prostitute (NY Magazine)
Elizabeth was happy to discover the NYS Thruway offers free wireless access, but found her blog was ' Not Safe for Thruway' when she was attempting to moderate comments.
Lolita Wolf has updated her 'Find Lolita' appearance calendar.
The Brooklyn Museum has open the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. It includes a permanent installation of Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Amsterdam’s sex workers came to work early on Saturday to offer a free look at the city’s famed red-light district.
Hundreds of wide-eyed visitors queued in the sunshine to enter the dimly-lit sex clubs and peep shows that draw thousands to the city and to snoop around prostitutes’ neon-lit boudoirs.
“I think the open day is a great idea,” said Love, an erotic dancer at Amsterdam’s Banana Bar, who was on hand to answer questions and pose for photographs in fluorescent negligee.
“It is especially interesting for women. If they learn what we do here they will realize it is not a big deal if their husbands or boyfriends want to come here.”
Organisers staged the open day to counter bad publicity surrounding the 800-year-old district after harrowing reports of forced prostitution, human trafficking and organized crime.
More than 30 brothels are fighting closure after officials revoked their licenses last year over suspected links to money laundering and drug dealing.
But tourism authorities say the district — a warren of narrow alleys and canals lined with sex shops, brothels and neon signs – - is as big an attraction as Amsterdam’s art museums and coffee shops, where marijuana is freely smoked and sold.
Every night visitors throng the streets, agog at scantily clad women sitting behind huge red-lit windows, and who sell their services for as little as 50 euros ($66.58).
“I am here because my wife was interested in coming along,” said 63-year-old Evert Rijnders from Haarlem.
His wife Jos added: “This has been a chance to look behind the scenes, and some things have definitely surprised me.”
Organizer Jacco Wanders displayed a typical prostitute’s bedroom, usually concealed behind red velvet curtains and fitted with an emergency alarm bell in case a client turns violent.
Lolita Wolf has brought back the weekly leather calendar!
Thursday March 22
Kinky Jews: An Evening of Jewish Lit-Erotica
Friday March 23
DSF Advanced Genitalia Torture with Mistress Nona
Saturday March 24
Testosterone Book Signing w/ Joe Oppedisano 1-4pm at Rainbows & Triangles
TES New Bondage Basics with Quick Ties Workshop with RopeMark
Convoy 9pm at Stonewall
RITES XXVIII: The Black Party
Tuesday, March 27
Museum Of Sex: BDSM Basics: Intro Workshop with Domina M
TES Cigars 101: When Is A Cigar NOT Just A Cigar? with Daddy David
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
TES Bondage Group: Long Distance, Long Term Bondage with Tim
- Sorority Evictions Raise Messy Issue of Looks and Bias (NYT)
- Weekly Feminist Reader (Feministing)
- What a Bad Museum Exhibit Can Teach You About Blogging (ProBlogger)
- MARIE AND JACK: A Hardcore Love Story receives an NC-17 rating from the MPAA (Comstock Films)
- RKB Need interviewees – “straight” women who’ve slept with women
- Uncircumcised pupils sent home (BBC News)
- This advert isn’t sexist. Yeah right. (Stuff.co.nz)
‘Rufus Sings Judy’: Rufus Wainwright at the Olympia, Paris
Originally uploaded by viviane212.
I can find any excuse to go to Paris. This time it was so Jefferson and I could hear Rufus Wainwright sing ‘Rufus Loves Judy’ at the legendary Olympia. Rufus had vocal problems (NO high notes and couldn’t adjust his tessitura to sing down an octave), but he was much more comfortable with the music. The Paris audience didn’t seem to know Judy Garland’s music and the great american songbook like the Carnegie Hall audience did, but they gave him a standing ovation. Lorna Luft (‘sa mere est Judy Garland’) got a solo encore, and knocked it out of the park.
We saw the erotic drawings show at the Rodin Museum, Montparnasse Cemetary and also the Sargeant/Sorolla show at the Petit Palais. And we ate, and ate, and ate. Now, I need a wheelbarrow for my belly!
Bonsoir sweeties, the jet lag has done me in.
By Krittivas Mukherjee
MUMBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters Life!) – This is India’s version of sex in the city.
A rare sex museum in Mumbai, the country’s teeming financial capital, is drawing hundreds of prostitutes and their regular clients who say they learn more about HIV/AIDS from its graphic exhibits than staid lectures on safe sex.
Antarang, which means intimate in Hindi, is a one-room exhibition of nude statues, models of the human anatomy and illustrations near a well-known red light district in Mumbai. And it is India’s only sex museum, according to its management. (more...)
Thanks, Lolita.
Gallery Carre
