Sex 2.0 Conference — May 22-23, 2010 The Intersection of Social Media, Feminism and Sexuality
SEATTLE – Sex 2.0 celebrates its third year May 22-23, 2010, in Seattle, Washington, at the Quality Inn. For the first time, the conference is heading to the West Coast and expanding across an entire weekend, attracting local and national influencers, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts who are defining the future of sex and technology.
Sex 2.0 focuses 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, are addressed within a safe, welcoming, sex positive space.
Topics this year include building your sex positive presence online, using the internet to connect with people as a sex coach or educator, participatory community organizing for social and sexual freedom, the new sex educators, with panels on new media, sex work, and more.
Featuring certified sexologist and author, Veronica Monet, as the keynote speaker and a discussion leader. Other session leaders include educator, writer, and founder of Cuddle Parties, Reid Mihalko; executive director of the Center and Foundation for Sex Positive Culture, Allena Gabosch; rope bondage podcaster, author and activist, Graydancer; president of Love U Parties, author, sex educator and activist, Ducky Doolittle; author, high priestess, and founder of Temple of the Red Lotus, Inara de Luna; and many more.
The conference welcomes all sex positive individuals 18+, the GLBTQ, poly, kinky, sex workers, podcasters, eroticists, activists and more. At Sex 2.0, everyone is a participant, rather than a passive attendee, joining conversations rather than listening to presentations. Respecting the confidentiality and protecting the identities of participants who wish to maintain a degree of anonymity is a top priority at Sex 2.0.
Profits will go to the Northwest chapter of the Sex Workers Outreach Project, which is dedicated to the fundamental human rights of sex workers and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy, and to the event producer, the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture.
Advance registration is mandatory, given the relatively sensitive nature of this event. Registration is open and tickets are $50 until May 19 or tickets sell out.
The conference is being held at the Quality Inn at 618 John St., in the heart of Seattle beside the famous Space Needle and Seattle Center. It officially runs from 9 a.m. Saturday to 4 p.m. Sunday, with parties on Friday and Sunday.
Sex 2.0 is being produced and sponsored by Seattle’s Foundation for Sex Positive Culture, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes the many ways sex is beneficial through education, outreach, the arts, advocacy, and research programs that serve the public. For more information, please visit www.foundationforsexpositiveculture.org <http://www.foundationforsexpositiveculture.org/> .
Participatory Community Organizing for Social and Sexual Freedom – Presented by MayMay Sex 2.0 Conference 5/22/10 – Seattle, WA
Meitar “maymay” Moscovitz is a social justice technologist who opted to join the Information Technology workforce rather than finish high school when he was 16. He merges more than a decade of experience as a professional web developer and free and open source software programmer with the social media savvy of a self-sustaining freelancer and activist community organizer.
The Need For “Peermanship” In Meat-Time: Flying Your Freak Flag At Conferences, Why It’s Important to Hit On Your Peers, and How To Handle Your Conference Crushes – by Reid Mihalko Sex 2.0 Conference 5/22/10 – Seattle, WA
Reid Mihalko of ReidAboutSex.com helps adults create more self-esteem, self-confidence and greater health in their relationships and sex lives, no matter what their self-expression of those happen to be. From his PG/PG-13 Cuddle Party, Speed-Flirting workshops, to the R-rated Iron Slut Sex Educator Showdown, to his explicit, NC-17-rated, Show-N-Tell sex education workshops (where audiences get to watch, take notes, and ask questions), Reid has worked with thousands of individuals from myriad walks of life, orientations, relationship styles, countries and religions.
In this panel, Cunning Minx, Danielle Sipple, Jasen Bartlett, maymay, Reid Mihalko and Veronica Monet will discuss media strategies. Topics will range from TV, radio, and print, to social networking and online media, to twitter, to youtube, to monitoring your presence online, to anything else that pops up! Come engage and be prepared for a lively discussion with this wide variety of media professionals.
Panelist Bios: Veronica Monet, ACS is the author of Sex Secrets of Escorts (Alpha Books 2005) and a Couples Consultant specializing in Anger Management and Sacred Sexuality. Monet has been a vocal and highly visible spokesperson for the sex worker rights movement since 1991 having appeared on every major network as well as CNN, FOX, CNBC, WE, A&E and international television programs. Veronica has been profiled in prestigious publications including The New York Times and she has lectured at a variety of academic venues including Kent State, Stanford and Yale Universities. Veronica hosts a weekly internet radio program on BBS Radio called The Shame Free Zone which airs live every Monday at 9PM Pacific Time. Monet’s passion is honesty, especially as it applies to our emotions, and she believes what the world needs more than anything is freedom from shame. Toward that end she provides keynote lectures, workshops and individual sessions over the telephone and in her Nevada City office. She is a Certified Sexologist and Anger Management Specialist.
Cunning Minx has been the tireless producer and host of the Polyamory Weekly podcast (www.polyweekly.com) since the spring of 2005, now with over 230 episodes in production. A kinky boobiesexual, Minx founded the show as a resource for the poly and poly-curious to form a community, share experiences and help guide each other on their journeys of poly exploration. And hopefully, also guide each other away from common relationship land mines–or at least share sympathy when they step on one!Poly Weekly has received accolades from the likes of ErosZine, Fleshbot and the Chicago Sun-Times, and Minx has spoken on poly, kinky and Web 2.0 community-building topics at the Heartland Polyamory Conference, Leather Leadership Conference, Dragon*Con, Galleria Domain 2 and New York’s Poly Pride Day. Join the conversation at www.facebook.com/polyweekly or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/polyweekly.
Jasen Bartlett is Marketing Director at Castle Megastore Group, Inc. and Owner of IdeaCloud Media. He is considered an Internet Marketing and Local Internet Sales Strategist with 10 years of Internet Marketing and Digital Sales experience. He received his B.S. degree and M.B.A from Arizona State University. He has undergone additional sales management education at the University of Madison, WI and Executive Leadership training at Emory University and is a Rapport Leadership Master Graduate. For the past six years he helped lead and grow market shares for Jobing.com, the Nations Largest Locally focused recruiting website with multimedia employment communities in 32 local markets across the United States. His team supported Fortune 500 clients with web 2.0 digital media technologies including Video, Blog, SEO, SEM, Social Media, Recruitment Portals and Mobile marketing. Currently, he is expanding Castle Megastore’s online presence with engaging ecommerce community portal, social media and video technologies.
Danielle Sipple is a writer who is a self-proclaimed ‘word nerd’. She has managed to extend her love of writing into the blog community with her two blogs : FierceKitty Fashion and FemmeRemix. She has led writing workshops at the Purple Thistle Youth Collective, which facilitates skill sessions for youth involved in the unschooling movement. Danielle has had her work published in the Vancouver Sun, ION magazine, Rain.zine and on UptownSound music blog. Her writing covers many topics of interest including philosophy, music, theory, identity and technology. Her writing style often blends ideas and metaphors for a unique perspective. Danielle is currently studio manager at Static Photography. She has spent time doing volunteer work in the DTES of Vancouver as well as aiding in management advice for the musical group The Heard. She loves kitties and cupcakes.
Meitar “maymay” Moscovitz is a social justice technologist who opted to join the Information Technology workforce rather than finish high school when he was 16. He merges more than a decade of experience as a professional web developer and free and open source software programmer with the social media savvy of a self-sustaining freelancer and activist community organizer. Meitar is the co-author of Foundation Website Creation (Friends of ED, 2008) and AdvancED CSS (Friends of ED, 2009), a semi-regular technical blogger at SitePoint.com, and frequent speaker on the intersection of technological and sociosexual issues. He is a loud gender justice, sexual health and reproductive rights, and education reform advocate whose fierce support for self-empowered learning birthed the BarCamp-like, grassroots sexuality education unconference series called KinkForAll. “Maymay” maintains numerous blogs about various sexuality issues, including the increasingly popular MaleSubmissionArt.com, and co-hosts the Internet radio talk show Kink OnTap.
Reid Mihalko of www.ReidAboutSex.com helps adults create more self-esteem, self-confidence and greater health in their relationships and sex lives, no matter what their self-expression of those happen to be. From his PG/PG-13 Cuddle Party, Speed-Flirting workshops, to the R-rated Iron Slut Sex Educator Showdown, to his explicit, NC-17-rated, Show-N-Tell sex education workshops (where audiences get to watch, take notes, and ask questions), Reid has worked with thousands of individuals from myriad walks of life, orientations, relationship styles, countries and religions. Known for his charisma, wit and emphasis on integrity, Reid travels the country teaching, coaching, consulting and collaborating on fulfilling his mission: create more self-esteem, self-confidence and health for adults in and out of the bedroom. Reid has been a featured speaker at dozens of conferences on relationships and sexuality and is a sought-after presenter and teacher at colleges and sex positive stores across the country. He has been a writer and producer on a number of films and television projects about sex and relationships, and appears regularly in national and even international media.
Veronica Monet, ACS is the author of Sex Secrets of Escorts (Alpha Books 2005) and a Couples Consultant specializing in Anger Management and Sacred Sexuality. Monet has been a vocal and highly visible spokesperson for the sex worker rights movement since 1991 having appeared on every major network as well as CNN, FOX, CNBC, WE, A&E and international television programs. Veronica has been profiled in prestigious publications including The New York Times and she has lectured at a variety of academic venues including Kent State, Stanford and Yale Universities. Veronica hosts a weekly internet radio program on BBS Radio called The Shame Free Zone which airs live every Monday at 9PM Pacific Time. Monet’s passion is honesty, especially as it applies to our emotions, and she believes what the world needs more than anything is freedom from shame. Toward that end she provides keynote lectures, workshops and individual sessions over the telephone and in her Nevada City office. She is a Certified Sexologist and Anger Management Specialist.
Even subtle changes in position can make an enormous difference to the angle of penetration. A variation of ‘Legging It’, the man kneels instead of sits, pulling her high and aiming for front-wall stimulation. G-spot fans will love it, but it’s also ideal if he wants to work on her clitoris. Male Tantra devotees would draw her feet up to touch his mouth and forehead to convey ‘tenderness, humility, and devotion.’ Non-Tantrics will enjoy the prime view of both her genitals and her facial expressions.
Don’t start until they’re aroused. The more aroused the are, the more
likely they are to be receptive to erotic pain.
Run your fingers lightly over their buttocks.
Then place one hand on a buttock cheek, the other on the genitals.
Cup your hand slightly, keeping your fingers together and spank in a slightly upward motion.
This feels better than a downward stroke. Keep your wrist flexible.
Your first spank should be more like a caress than a slap, then massage
the area for a few seconds and fondle the genitals.
Time spanks to arrive no more than 3-5 seconds apart. Cover both cheeks, aiming for the lower
(fleshier) part, and start to increase the force. Vary the weight, frequency, and placement of the slaps.
A sensual weekend at a hotel, away from routine and normality, can do great things for your life! Aim for one weekend away every two to three months.
Things To Take Advantage Of:
Most hotels discreetly position full-length mirrors so you can watch yourselves in bed. Position yourselves so the person receiving pleasure can see exactly what’s going on.
If your room has large bathtub, it’s rue not to have sex in there! Go easy on the bubbles so you have a good view of gloriously naked flesh. Pick favorite parts of your partner’s body - look but don’t touch as you wax lyrical.
Under ideal circumstances, her body produces enough natural lubrication not to warrant adding any extra. Which, let’s face it, is about one day in twenty. Adding artificial moisture—in the form of a good-quality personal lubricant—is a sensible way of making sure sex feels pleasurable for the both of you.
But it’s not just useful during penetration. If you’re using your hands and fingers on yourself or her, lubrication means you can maintain a nice, even, steady rhythm because your hands glide more freely with added moisture.
