May 202012
 

CINEKINK: LAS VEGAS – June 7-9, 2012


CineKink -– “the kinky film festival” — kicks off its annual tour in Las Vegas, June 7-9, 2012. With screenings at the city’s arts-district cinema, Theatre7 (1406 South Third Street), CineKink: Las Vegas will offer a specially-curated program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide and exciting world of sexual diversity, with works ranging from documentary to drama, comedy to experimental, mildly spicy to quite explicit – and everything in between.

This year’s line-up features:

Thursday, June 7 – 7:00 PM
CABARET DESIRE
CineKink Audience Choice Award – Best Narrative Feature/Tie
Set against a sumptuous Barcelona backdrop, at a bohemian gathering where readings, dance and music create a sensual vibe, CABARET DESIRE weaves together four erotic tales of intimacy, love, passion and sex.
Directed by Erika Lust, 2011, Spain, 74 minutes.

Friday, June 8 – 7:00 PM
STAGE BROTHER
CineKink Audience Choice Award – Best Documentary Feature
Jennifer Buonagurio has a dream…she wants to make it in the world of adult entertainment. With her brother, Richard, acting as manager, the New Jersey siblings pack into a mini-van and head
cross-country to the mecca of porn: Los Angeles. Directed by Richard Buonagurio, 2011, USA, 86 minutes.

Friday, June 8 – 9:00 PM
SWEET PRUDENCE AND THE EROTIC ADVENTURE OF BIGFOOT
CineKink Audience Choice Award – Best Narrative Feature/Tie
When Bigfoot is sighted near a remote nudist resort, sweet young Prudence sets off with her best friend, Veruca and her college buddy, Mike, to take the perfect photo of the mythical beast: one which will allow Prudence to finally get her long-awaited degree in cryptozoology. But how up close will they actually get?
Directed by William Burke, 2011, Canada, 90 minutes.

Friday, June 8 – 11:00 PM
SIRWIÑAKUY (LIVING TOGETHER)
In a Bolivian coffee-shop, middle-aged Luis spots Anouk, a pretty young French woman with exquisitely bad table manners. He approaches her and, without introduction, asks her to go home with him–and she, surprisingly, accepts. Once there he attempts to frame her into the woman that lies beneath her childish exterior, and the two participate in their own kinky version of a sirwiñakuy–an indigenous tradition where a man brings home a trial “wife.”
Directed by Amy Hesketh, 2010, Bolivia, 111 minutes.

Saturday, June 9 – 3:00 PM
KINK & KINSHIP (shorts program)
A collection of works that celebrate and explore the special sense of community our kinks tend to engender. Program includes:
Lenny Waller Memorial
The Transexual Dominatrix
So Pomo
Sisterhood of the Sash: International Ms Leather at 25
High: A Black Party Symphony

Saturday, June 9 –5:00 PM
KINK & LAS VEGAS (panel discussion)
(Free event, RSVP suggested)
Saturday, June 9 – 7:00 PM
BEST OF CINEKINK/2012 (shorts program)
A special screening of award-winning shorts deemed the year’s best from CineKink, “the kinky film festival!”
The Transexual Dominatrix
Baldguy (Skallamann)
Pedal to Pleasure
What Makes Us Queer
Smut Capital of America
Craigslist Dating
Tooshie Smooshie
A Day in the Country

LOCATION
theatre7
1406 South 3rd Street
Las Vegas, NYC 89104

TICKETS AND PASSES
Ticket prices for each regular screening are $10 door/$8 advance. Admission to the panel discussion is free, with RSVP suggested.
A great value for a weekend of non-stop, kinky entertainment, a CineKink: Las Vegas All-Access Pass, covering admission to all six regular screening programs and the panel discussion, is available in advance for $40; $30 for students/seniors; $25 for CineKinksters & Friends w/Benefits

SPONSORS
National tour sponsors of CineKink: 2012 include Crystal Delights, KinkyMedical.net, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and njoy

For tickets and more information, please visit http://www.cinekink.com

May 182012
 

Author, Sex Educator, Filmmaker Tristan Taormino to Host Show on VoiceAmerica Radio Network

Tristan Taormino, internationally acclaimed author, sex educator, college lecturer, and feminist pornographer “Sex Out Loud” on VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network. The show debuts June 1 at 5 pm Pacific Time, 8 pm Eastern Time.

PHOENIX, AZ, May 21, 2012 – VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network, Internet broadcasting pioneer, producing and syndicating online audio and video, today announced the debut of Sex Out Loud, hosted by internationally acclaimed author, sex educator, college lecturer, and feminist pornographer Tristan Taormino on the VoiceAmerica Variety Channel on Friday, June 1, at 5 pm Pacific Time, 8 pm Eastern Time.

Sex Out Loud explores the world of sexuality from every angle. Tristan Taormino will interview leading authors, educators, artists and icons and give listeners an uncensored, inside look at alternative sexual practices and communities. She’ll delve into topics from the popular to the taboo, including sex education and sexual health, erotic fantasies, BDSM, non-monogamy, the adult industry, and more. Tristan and her guests will also answer listeners’ questions live. Her first guest will be Dan Savage, sex advice columnist, author, co-creator of the “It Gets Better” campaign, and star of MTV’s “Savage U.” Upcoming guests include Kate Bornstein, Buck Angel, Jaclyn Friedman, Jessica Valenti, Bobbi Starr, Susie Bright, and her daughter, Aretha Bright.

Tristan has been educating and entertaining people for over fifteen years. A former columnist for “The Village Voice,” Tristan’s sex-positive attitude and sharp wit have made her a sought after guest on radio and television shows across the United States and abroad including “Howard Stern,” “Loveline,” “Ricki Lake,” and HBO’s “Real Sex.” Most notably, she was a recurring guest on “Ricki Lake” for two seasons, gave sex advice to Danny Bonaduce and the late Dick Clark on the NBC talk show “The Other Half,” and debated Dr. Drew Pinsky and Joe Scarborough on MSNBC. She is a widely recognized expert on sex education, GLBT issues, alternative relationships, and feminist pornography. She frequently lectures at top colleges and universities, including Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, UCLA, and NYU.

“Tristan Taormino is known around the world for her honest, down to earth, sex-positive advice, books, and films,” says Karen Dana, Executive Producer of Sex Out Loud. “We are so thrilled that she’s joining the VoiceAmerica Network, and her show is sure to inform and inspire our listeners.” Sex Out Loud follows Sex with Jaiya, the Variety Channel’s most popular show, giving listeners two hours of exciting, informative sex education.

Sex Out Loud is sponsored by The Smitten Kitten, an award-winning progressive sex toy retailer; Astroglide, one of the leading personal lubricant brands; and We-Vibe, the most popular rechargeable vibrator for couples in the world.

Sex Out Loud airs live on Fridays at 5 pm Pacific / 7 pm Central / 8 pm Eastern on The VoiceAmerica Variety Channel. To read more about the show, go to sexoutloudradio.com. To access the show, log on at http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2096/sex-out-loud. All shows will be available in Tristan Taormino’s Content Library on The VoiceAmerica Variety Channel for on-demand and podcast download.

May 042012
 

Cyndi's amazing classic car

We arrived at the Melbourne Airport and Cyndi Darnell, sex therapist, counselor, sex educator, and creator of Pleasure Salon Melbourne, picked us up at the airport. We’d met her in Sydney at Xplore and connected right away. Cyndi drove us in her classic car, which turns heads wherever it goes. She took us to where we’d be staying, the home of Fiona Patten, the CEO of the Eros Association, Inc. (Australia’s national adult retail and entertainment trade association) and the head of the Australian Sex Party, a progressive political party that supports free speech, the adult industry, sex workers’ rights, comprehensive sex education, gender equality, same sex marriage, decriminalization of drugs, and more. Fiona is a total bad ass: a smart, articulate, radical, multitasking whirlwind of sex-positive politics. It’s inspiring to be in her presence. She was super busy taking media calls and preparing for her presentation at The 2012 Atheist Convention, which took place at the same time we were in Melbourne. Fiona took us to a wonderful dinner out with two adult industry distributors and an American who was in town for AdultEx. We talked about legal issues surrounding selling and distributing porn in Australia, politics, and the Bong Task Force (the SNL skit writes itself).

The window display at Hares and Hyenas

The next day, Cyndi picked us up and we headed to Fitzroy, the artsy neighborhood of Melbourne. We went to Hares and Hyenas, an LGBT bookstore that’s been in busy for over 20 years. I was shocked to see that the entire window display was devoted to my books! It was beautiful, and I felt honored. It’s an amazing shop, and we scooped up lots of local books and magazines, including Dude Magazine, Dirty Queer Magazine, f2m: The Boy Within, and The Drag Queen Baby Name Book (a gift for friends who are expecting). We met the owners, Rowland and Crusader, who were wonderfully warm and charming. We went to another great bookstore, PolyEster Books (“world’s freakiest bookstore”), which carried tons of great sex books, including those from small and obscure presses, I was very impressed. I would later regret just how many books I bought as I dragged them back to the States (they weighed a ton!). Then, we went to some art galleries, which were closed for various unexpected reasons. Ah, artists. But it didn’t matter, really, because there was so much amazing street art throughout the neighborhood.

Just one example of the amazing street art in Melbourne

That night was my first presentation for Pleasure Salon Melbourne. It was simply an amazing night. There were about 150 people there.

A view from the audience at my Pleasure Salon Melbourne talk (photo courtesy of msnaughty.com)

I spoke for about 45 minutes, then we had intermission. Rowland from Hares and Hyenas was there with cartons of books, and by the end of intermission, he had sold out of several titles! It was totally overwhelming.

My books (photo courtesy of msnaughty.com)

At the end of the evening, I stayed as audience members waited almost an hour to have their books signed by me. Each person I met told me a little something about themselves, and they were all fantastic. Fiona Patten and friends were there. There was a pack of adorable queers, including Kit, Louise, and Lauren from D.VICE, a lesbian-owned sex-positive sex shop in New Zealand and Australia. Two of them had me autograph their boobs. It was my pleasure. I finally got to meet several women in person who I’ve corresponded with by email or Skype, including sex therapist Sandra Pertot, who wrote an amazing book called When Your Sex Drives Don’t Match. I met Lyndal Coon, whose new book Sexual Biversity: Loving My Bisexual Husband was just released and sex-positive coach Chantelle Austin, author of The Essential Guide for Adventurous Couples…Who Want to Explore Threesomes, Foursomes, and Moresomes. All the sex and porn people were there: Anna Brownfield (winner of a Feminist Porn Award for The Band), feminist pornographers Ms. Naughty from ForTheGirls.com (who blogged about my talk) and Gala Vanting, Blair from Adult Voyeur, a spunky, gorgeous performer named Angela White, and blogger Ultra Hedonist.

I was blown away by the audience at Pleasure Salon Melbourne. It was overwhelming, actually. Thanks to each and every person who came, asked questions, introduced themselves, and supported me and the local sex-positive community.

Apr 262012
 

Sunrise out our back window, Maianbar, New South Wales

I recently traveled to Australia for the first time in April and will be blogging about my experiences there over the next few weeks. First up is Sydney. Our hosts were C & C, a lovely couple active in the poly communities in Sydney. They picked us up at the airport and drove us to their place; they live in Maianbar, a small town in the Royal National Park (the world’s second oldest national park) about 75 minutes outside the city. It’s a little piece of paradise. The house sits right on Fisherman’s Bay/ Port Hacking which leads to the Tasman Sea, and the first thing we did when we arrived was jump in the water and wade/swim to a small island. Amazing! There were a ton of birds, especially magpies and kookaburras who we could feed from the back patio. Our hosts were warm, generous, and lots of fun to hang out with; in fact, we became fast friends and cannot wait to visit them again! Pretty soon, it was clear that the time change was hitting me like a ton of bricks. I resisted taking an afternoon nap, but to no avail. We went to Symbio Wildlife Gardens, a zoo where we saw koala bears, dingos, monkeys, a red panda, a Tasmanian devil, and we got to hand feed kangaroos! That was pretty cool. That night, I did a phone interview with Dean Beck on his show “Hide and Seek” on JOY 94.9 to promote my Melbourne events the next week. Dean is sharp, witty, and smart!

Koala bear at the zoo

We woke up the next morning and headed to the first of many events. This one holds a special place in my heart: it’s a kink/sex/Tantra festival called Xplore Sydney. It based on Xplore Berlin, where I taught in 2004. I finally got to meet its co-creator Peter Banki, who I’d been corresponding with for months. My first impression was that there was a diverse group of attendees and really cool offerings like Tantric Dominance and Submission and Full Body Orgasm. I sat in on The Kissing Whip with delta®, then taught my class on Female Ejaculation. The crowd for my class was very big and really engaged with lots of questions and comments. Jacqueline Hellyer, a local well-known sex therapist and also a presenter, told an especially entertaining story about her pussy! Then came the hands-on portion of the workshop and people got right down to it. One participant told me later that she ejaculated at the hands of someone she met in the class, and it was only her second time squirting! That stuff makes me smile. I was insanely exhausted, so we left as the Bondage Competition was well under way.

The next morning, I went to Marina Kronkvist’s class “A Journey Into Breath.” Marina is a really good teacher with an interesting approach to breath work. We all laid on the floor of the dance studio where the festival was being held, and pretty quickly I got very cold (it was a cement floor with a thin covering). I started to do the breathing exercise with the group and I heard people around me begin to vocalize and really get into it. I was freezing, but tried hard to stay present and go with it, then all of a sudden, I got the hiccups. Classic. So I am lying there, shivering and hiccuping, and decided I should probably bow out of this one since I seemed to be fighting the tide. I went out to the social area and met some cool people chilling out on the couches. Lots of nice queer eye candy to admire there. It turns out that most of them weren’t actually from Sydney (!), but had traveled there for Xplore. I met a fantastic woman named Zahra Stardust; she’s a queer, feminist sex worker, a former NSW Senate candidate for the Australian Sex Party (yes, an actual political party), and a pole dance champion! Very smart. I also spoke briefly with Gala Vanting who has appeared on I Shot Myself and Beautiful Agony, among other places, and was featured in the article about feminist porn in The Age. We also met J, E, XI, Sam, and Ana. Next, C and I attended Feasting the Body with Annetta Luce. The thing that struck me about Xplore is that many of the classes are participatory, and most people are willing to jump right in and do it. I don’t know that I can say the same about Americans. The Xplore folks are ready to stand up, move their bodies, look silly, and just go with it. After a quick lunch at a pub down the street (it was Easter so many places were closed), I taught my Anal Play class. Again I had an awesome crowd, and some butt play—with givers and receivers of different genders and sexual orientations—was the climax of the class. I needed to wind down afterwards, so we swung by the famed Sydney Opera House, got a bite to eat at a cool restaurant, then made the long drive home to paradise.

The Sydney Opera House

On Sunday, we headed back to Xplore. My class was at the same time as one that I really wanted to go to on blood play with AnA Wojak. That always happens to presenters! Next time, I hope. I premiered a brand new presentation: The Feminist Porn Clip Show, where I screened about 70 minutes of clips of porn by Candida Royalle, Erika Lust, Petra Joy, Louise Lush, Buck Angel, Courtney Trouble, Jaiya, Nina Hartley, Joanna Angel, Maria Beatty, Madison Young, Shine Louise Houston, and me, while I narrated it live. There was a great discussion afterwards and people really responded to the different clips. (I am expanding this presentation and will do an even better version, The Feminist Porn Show, presented by She Bop in Portland, OR in June; details will be on my Tour page soon). After my presentation, I sat in on Hajime Kinoko’s class Using Shibari for Therapeutic Purposes. It was fascinating. He is from Japan and brought a translator with him, a young woman who also happened to be his demo bottom. They had a wonderful chemistry, with him tying her up while explaining his techniques and thoughts in Japanese and her translating into English as she got further into bondage. Talk about a power dynamic! In the last class slot, I taught Making Open Relationships Work. About ten minutes into the class, a dramatic rainstorm began. The roof of the building was tin, and the rain was pounding so hard that no one could hear what I was saying. In the next room, presenter Mistress Tokyo was having the same experience. I ended up moving to the other room, where it was much less noisy. Again, a great, engaged crowd with lots to share.

Our hosts, who had generously been driving our American asses all around town, were headed to a concert that night. C and I wanted to go to Xplore’s play party. So a few of the local dykes we met, E, XI, and A, said they’d drive us to their place, where we could eat dinner and change for the party. We picked up take out on the way. When we got to where they were staying (they, too, were just in town for the festival), my body just shut down. I went to lay down in the bedroom, and I nearly passed out. All the jet lag, a full teaching schedule, and long days caught up with me. Periodically, one or more of them would come into the bedroom to get something as they dressed in their finest uniform/genderfuck/high femme fetishwear. It was taking quite a long time, and the booze was flowing. I thought we’d never make it to the party (we were supposed to arrive before 11 when doors close). I was dead tired, not sure I could even wake up, but they carefully eased me into a vintage polka dotted dress with a crinoline underneath and pronounced me ready. When they finally called a cab and specifically asked for a van because there were five of us, a regular-sized cab showed up and refused to take all of us. So, we had to call another cab, and, well, you see how this is going to be one of those nights. The whole scene felt like I was back in college, trying to get friends to focus and leave the house with everything working against that happening. But it was also wonderful: we were in Australia, hanging with hot Australian queers, getting ready to go to a play party at some illegal Australian playspace. Alas, my brain could go there, but my body could not. It was after midnight, and I needed to go home. I was very bummed that we missed the party. I want to thank Peter Banki, delta®, and all the teachers, participants, and volunteers who made Xplore Sydney possible—it’s a really unique, important event. The people it attracts are bold, courageous, inquisitive, and charming. We need more spaces like the one Peter created in Sydney.

The mangroves in Fisherman’s Bay

Monday morning, we planned to go hang gliding in Stanwell Park, which neither C nor I has ever done. Unfortunately, there was terrible wind and it got called off, which made us sad. Instead, we decided to go kayaking around Fisherman’s Bay. The water was beautiful and we glided around the mangroves. Then we did laundry and packed for Melbourne. That night, we went to Sydney for my female orgasms workshop at a store called Maxxx Black. Maxxx Black is beautiful and high-end, like the Good Vibrations of Sydney, with a glamorous aesthetic and an entire area dedicated to latex clothing. They sell top-quality, phthalate-free sex toys and accessories, including Australian-made floggers and canes that were gorgeous. When we arrived, they seriously rolled out the red carpet for me. There was champagne, sparkling cider, and cupcakes. A huge display of my books. Great promotion leading to fifty pre-sold tickets. A welcoming atmosphere with a smart, knowledgeable staff. In other words, the dream place to present! I know it all sounds so reasonable, but sometimes I arrive at a store and find the staff is blasé, they haven’t ordered any of my books (including the book on the topic I’m teaching), the room isn’t set up, etc., which makes me appreciate those shops that do it right even more! Heidi and her staff really know how to show a sex educator a good time and they have an absolutely beautiful store—a must-see for anyone traveling to Sydney!!

Next Up: Melbourne, which was so much fun it has to be split into multiple posts!

Apr 152012
 

I’m headed to Toronto soon for the Feminist Porn Awards –  on Friday night is the 7th Annual Awards Gala, featuring clips from honorees plus live entertainment. On Saturday, I’m giving my workshop on open relationships at the University of Toronto. Scroll down for the full list of details on the weekend’s events.

Wednesday April 18th – Sexing The Transman with Buck Angel
Muzzo Family Alumni Hall (121 St. Joseph Street), 7-9pm
$15 advance or at the door (free for SDS and Cinema students)
Pioneering filmmaker Buck Angel gives an audio-visual tour of transman sexuality with his new documentary Sexing the Transman, including interviews with a variety of transmen and the people who love them. In the talk that follows Buck is your guide to re-defining gender and enjoying the fluidity of sexuality and individual expression of identity. Co-sponsored by Sexual Diversity Studies and Cinema Studies, UofT. All Genders Welcome.

Thursday April 19th – Public.Provocative.Porn: The Year’s Best in Feminist Film
The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (506 Bloor Street West), 9:30pm
$15 advance or at the door
Join us for a screening of selected Films by Filmmakers Erika Lust, Buck Angel, Nenna and N Maxwell Lander. Directors will be in attendance for a moderated discussion and Q&A facilitated by CoCo La Crème.
This event is 18+ Only.

Friday April 20th – 7th Annual Good For Her Feminist Porn Awards Gala
Berkeley Church (315 Queen St East), VIP Party at 8pm / General Admission at 9pm
$20 Early Bird (limited) / $25 Advance / $30 at the door
Join us as we present the legendary Feminist Porn Awards with a fabulous celebration of your favourite porn makers, plus a night of mind-blowing entertainment, a mountain of eye candy and the best movie clips ever seen at an awards show. Featuring hot entertainment from Ill Na Na, Olive-or-Oliver & CoCo La Creme and hosted by Elvira Kurt with Ryan G. Hinds. ASL interpretation provided.
This event is 19+ Only.

Saturday April 21st – Making Open Relationships Work with Tristan Taormino
UofT Campus,  11:30am-1:30pm
$33
Do open relationships really work? How do people create nontraditional partnerships that are loving and lasting? Tristan Taormino, relationship expert and author of Opening Up, shares some key principles that can help your open relationship(s) succeed. Tristan will offer tips on communication, negotiation, and boundary setting, as well as how to cope with change. Whether you’re a newcomer or veteran to the world beyond monogamy, come discover strategies to help you nurture and grow your open relationship(s). Co-sponsored by Sexual Diversity Studies and the Sex Ed Centre, UofT. All Genders Welcome.

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The 7th Annual Feminist Porn awards are generously sponsored by Hot Movies for Her, LELO, The Everything to do with Sex Show, Aslan Leather, NOW magazine.

Still want more? Switch: Queer Porn Play Party produced by ASLAN Leather is for anyone & everyone comfortable playing in queer & trans positive spaces! Check it out on Saturday April 21st at Oasis Aqualounge. Tickets available at ASLANLeather.com

Apr 112012
 
Live Sex Show, best known for it’s groundbreaking live performance with porn legends Nina Hartley and Jiz Lee, is now for sale as a digital download at CourtneyTrouble.Com. Released by Courtney’s very own TROUBLEfilmsproduction company, Live Sex Show has received  a Feminist Porn Award nomination as well as the “Bring It” Best Porn Award from the Cinekink Film Festival since it’s release in October 2011.

Along with Jiz Lee and Nina Hartley; April Flores, Tina Horn, and Courtney Trouble also star in this film, which was shot in front of a live, horny audience at the San Francisco Masturbate-a-thon in 2010 at the Center for Sex and Culture. Indeed, this film was made as a benefit to the Center, led by sex positive icons Carol Queen and Robert Lawrence.

This film was the first release on Courtney Trouble’s independent film and website production company, and is also Trouble’s first inclusion of heterosexual sex scenes in her films, and certainly not the last. April Flores and Jolene Parton both star with their real-life male lovers, showing that Trouble’s queer porn career will gracefully transition into a full scale all-inclusive production house that blends the underground critically acclaimed and academically rejoiced Queer Porn Movement with a growing heterosexual fan base that prefers to see couples, high-chemistry couplings, and authentic desires portrayed on screen.

Live Sex Show has been kept from VOD and online porn streaming distributors until now, with it’s first release at CourtneyTrouble.Com’s online store, featured for only $25.00 for a full DVD quality download to own, unrestricted file that’s compatible with iTunes or Quicktime, and most mobile smartphones and tablets.

Live Sex Show will also be released at Adult DVD Empire for VOD within the month, Trouble says – an exciting connection that means more fans and more funds for this growing and ground-breaking company.

The film has been available only on DVD format until this time, with retailers like Smitten Kitten and Eden Fantasys at the top of sales. Wholesale inquiried for the DVD should be sent to orders@courtneytrouble.com or check out the TROUBLEfilms website for more information!

Mar 282012
 

Have you ever opened up to anyone about your private relationship with pornography? Despite the common knowledge that the use of porn, particularly online, is nearly ubiquitous—according to 2010 statistics compiled by OnlineMBA.com, 25% of search engine requests are for porn and over 28,000 people are looking at online porn at any given second—few of us think or talk about it honestly. In the internet age, although porn is easier than ever to access, it is also easier to consume surreptitiously before “x-ing out” and deleting the web history. If the statistics are even close to correct, most of us are consenting cogs in the wheels of the porn industry’s massive turnout, yet we often show a very different face to the public than the one we put on when we are alone with adult entertainment. The gap between our intimate moments and our public reactions to porn is rarely bridged with conversation or dialogue. Consent aims to close the gap between what we think about porn and what we say—to collapse the space between the “them” of the porn industry and the “us” of the consumer.

Consent is a new exhibition curated by Lynsey G at apexart gallery in New York City.  Closing the gap between the porn industry and its consumers, Consent features interviews with porn actors, directors, activists, and consumers, including:

Lux Alptraum
Brittany Andrews
Nyomi Banxxx
April Flores
Lynsey G
Cindy Gallop
Sinnamon Love
Mr. Marcus
Daniel Reilly
Kelly Shibari
Oriana Small
Natasha Starr
Danny Wylde
Madison Young

The Graduate XXX  Screening: Wed, Apr 4: 6:30pm

Lynsey G  (aka Miss Lagsalot, in some circles) is a copywriter, reviewer, interviewer, columnist, and blogger writing for and about porn since 2007.

Exhibition on view Tuesday-Saturday, 11-6, March 21 – May 12, 2012.

 

apexart
291 church street, new york, ny 10013
t. 212 431 5270
www.apexart.org ( http://apexart.org/ ) apexart’s  exhibitions and
public programs are supported in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation
for the Visual Arts, Barbro Pro Suecia Foundation, Bloomberg
Philanthropies, Degenstein Foundation, The Greenwich Collection Ltd.,
William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides
Foundation, and with public funds from the National Endowment for the
Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New
York State Council on the Arts.

All apexart events (http://apexart.org/events.php)  are free and
open to the public.

Mar 212012
 

Calling all sex scholars! Lynn Comella and Shira Tarrant are editing a two-volume anthology on sexuality, politics, and the law. The deadline is July 30, 2012 and the call for submissions is below.

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Call for Submissions: New Views on Pornography: Sexuality, Politics, and the Law, 2 Volumes

Edited by Lynn Comella, PhD and Shira Tarrant, PhD
Deadline: July 30, 2012

Co-editors Lynn Comella (University of Las Vegas, Nevada) and Shira Tarrant (California State University, Long Beach) are seeking submissions for a two-volume edited collection under contract with Praeger.

Description: New Views on Pornography is a two-volume collection of the most current scholarship on pornography. This edited series presents empirical research on a range of contemporary issues regarding pornography’s politics, psychology, cultural and legal debates, providing a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of the field of porn studies in one convenient location for students, researchers, and professors across related fields. Our goal as editors is to showcase new and innovative research that examines the culture and politics of pornography in a global context, including but not limited to, questions of production, audiences, market niches, technological innovations, political debates and controversies, obscenity, free speech, public policy and the law. The editors seek well-researched facts and data in order to provide readers with a comprehensive overview of issues on the subject.

Author Guidelines: For consideration, please submit full chapters (5,000-7,000 words), a brief abstract, bio (75-100 words), and complete contact information. Submissions must include endnotes and bibliography, and adhere to Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition. Send submissions in .doc or .docx format to both contact emails below. Submissions not conforming to these guidelines will not be considered.

The Editors are specifically interested in submissions on the following:

  • Foundations and Controversies in Pornography
  • Defining Pornography
  • The History of Pornography
  • Pornography and the Law: Historical Highlights
  • Cultural Trends and Changing Ideas about Pornography
  • Key Resources in Media and Cultural Studies of Pornography
  • Consumption Practices: Who Is Using Porn?
  • Global Porn Production: Practices and Revenue
  • Sources of Porn: The Marketplace and Changing Supply Patterns
  • The Porn Wars in Historical and Contemporary Perspective
  • The Politics of Porn Literacy and Social Control
  • Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Pornography
  • Impacts of the Industry: Interviews with Porn Actors and Industry Workers
  • Studying Pornography: Research Methods and Methodologies
  • Impacts and Effects of Pornography
  • Defining the Terms: Problems with Content Analysis and Ideological Bias
  • Women Watching Porn: Issues in Data Collection and Self-Reporting
  • Pornography and Global Sex Trafficking: Separating Myths from the Facts
  • Pathologizing Porn: Questions about Addiction
  • The Impacts of Pornography on Intimate Relationships
  • Technology and Porn
  • Obscenity, Surveillance and Free Speech: Current Issues in the Law
  • Varieties and Genres of Pornography
  • How the Adult Industry is Organized: Issues of Production and Revenue
  • Masculinity, Violence, and Pornography: Correcting the Data
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Porn
  • Porn Studies in Global Context
  • Porn Use and Sexual Satisfaction

Deadline: July 30, 2012

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