Sex work discussion now June 18

Sarah • 2 June 2008

Hi folks. We moved the sex work reading group event one day forward to Wednesday, June 18 at 7:30pm. This way it doesn’t conflict with the Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Centre AGM on the 17th, for anyone (including at least one of our organizers) who want to go to both. Hope to see you at an event soon!

Menstrual event details

Sarah • 8 November 2007

The program for our day conference for menstruators is up! Come see a movie, and stay for discussion. Bring your menstrual goodies to show off. (Cool tampon case? Pattern for homemade pads? Great zines? It’s all good!)

Please spread the word. If you’d like printed handbills to give to your friends or to post in your neighbourhood, just drop us a note and we can set you up!

Advance tix for DIY erotica workshop

Sarah • 21 September 2007

Hey, we’re trying something new! You can buy advanced tickets to the October 2nd DIY erotica workshop. You even get a free pass to one of our upcoming events with each advance ticket!

• Event details and online tickets

This saves you bringing cash to the event, and it helps us know how many people to expect. Let us know what you think!

If you can’t or don’t want to pay by credit card or PayPal, but you’d still like to reserve a spot in advance (and get a sweet free pass), just send us a note and we can add you to the RSVP list.

Thanks!

Positive porn resources

Sarah • 4 September 2007

I was just gently reminded that we wanted to share the list of positive porn and erotica we discussed at our show and tell events, so here’s the list! Thank you, everyone who brought suggestions and resources to share.

The book and movie links go to Amazon.ca for more information (any referral payments earned from Amazon sales go into the Sex Ed Exchange pot to fund future events). Some of these are also available at the library.

• Lost Girls – by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie (graphic novel trilogy)
• Five-Minute Erotica – Carol Queen (book)
• Nicole’s Pleasure Hunt – Morgan St. Michelle (book)
• Sweet Action Magazine – Independent Women’s Magazine
• Anne Rice’s Sleeping Beauty series (books)
• Short Bus (film)
• Vox – Nicholson Baker (book)
• Fermata – Nicholson Baker (book)
• Quills (movie)
• Desert of the Heart – Jane Rule (book and movie)
• Gary on Gabriola Island – Traditional Hawaiian massage
• The Smart Girl’s Guide to Porn – Violet Blue (book)
• Friendly Erotica – Heide Brown and Jay Mussell (book)
• The Big Book of Porn – Seth Grahame-Smith (book)

Adult websites:

• Nofauxxx.com
• Cyber-dyke sex network
• Literotica.com

And an alternate link for young people who are looking for sexuality info:

• Scarleteen.com

Not all these titles were whole-heartedly endorsed, but we discussed them and their pros/cons and all that juicy stuff.

Find us on Facebook and Feedburner

Sarah • 3 August 2007

Hi folks. I’m up in the middle of the night, getting this website closer to useful. Mind the falling pixels for the moment, please, and help yourself to the bits of technology that are already working:

• Facebook group for the Sex Ed Exchange, for all of you (ahem, all of us) who’ve taken to spending shocking amounts of time with the old FB.
• RSS/Atom feed covering blog items as well as event announcements.
• If that’s all a bit alien (or you prefer a more personal touch), you can get your sex ed event updates by good old fashioned email by filling out the mailing list subscription form on any page of this site.

Love Sarah.