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Media Strategies and Tactics AND Consent Counts
What: Two workshops/discussions by NCSF founder Susan Wright and Activist Judy Guerin Schedule: Sunday, March 28, 2010 When: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM Where: In the annex Who: 18+. Cost: $10 donation requested, all proceeds go to NCSF
Description:
Don't miss these two exciting discussions/workshops with the founder of the National Coalition of Sexual Freedom, Susan Wright, and activist Judy Guerin!
Media Strategies and Tactics: Winning the Culture War (1:30-2:30 p.m.)
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) has developed winning strategies for dealing with media persecution. Concepts such as privacy rights for consenting adults, minority rights, and adult sex education are now being used to transform the media coverage of alternative sex. It's not just sensationalism anymore.
Susan Wright will take you through the most notorious media incidents over the past decade dealing with BDSM, swinging and polyamory - from Jack McGeorge's outing in the Washington Post over his involvement with the UN Weapons Inspection team in Iraq, to the recent attacks against Folsom Street Fair and Winter Wickedness by religious political extremists.
Tactics will be discussed - what worked, what didn't and how the incident was dealt with on an ongoing basis as developments happened. You'll also get interview tips and soundbites, and will learn about hot button topics and how to develop a media plan of your own.
Don't miss this exciting discussion with Susan Wright!
Consent Counts: Our communities' major sexual freedom initiative -- what you should know and how you can help (2:30-3:30 p.m.)
A discussion of, and call to action for, the nationwide Consent Counts initiative (led by the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom) to decriminalize consensual BDSM. This discussion will include the breadth of criminal law problems we need to address, major issues that need analysis - such as defining what "consent" means in the various contexts of BDSM - and the evolving strategic plans for the initiative. Particular attention will be devoted to what you, as a BDSM/leather/fetish person, can do to help in this important cause.
Brought to you by Judy Guerin and Susan Wright.
I want to discuss this with a variety of people in the kink community. There is a lot of play that walks the edge of this dichotomy.Figleaf's Ultimate Definitions of Good and Bad Sex
It’s good sex if you feel as good or better about yourself and your partner(s) as you did before.
It’s bad sex if you feel bad or worse about yourself and your partner(s) after than you did before.
Here's something a little different - a bondage workshop that starts with headspace and works backwards to technique.
We'll start off with a demo showing several different types of bondage scenes. We'll pull volunteers out of the audience for this portion of the workshop.
As we exit the scenes, we'll ask the bottoms to talk about their experience and how the specific elements of the bondage impacted them physically, mentally and emotionally.
After a short break Max will present a model for categorizing bondage bottoms and will facilitate a panel discussion on the bottom's experience in bondage scenes. We'll be sure to leave plenty of time at the end for questions and discussion.
If you're looking for a "beyond technique" bondage workshop, this is for you. Hearing what's going on in someone's head when they're bound will make you a more capable bottom and a more creative top.
Plus - you might get tied up.
This workshop assumes no previous bondage experience, and is appropriate for all genders and orientations.