MOMENTUM’s program will open on Friday, April 1st at 7PM with our Meet & Greet (including an awesome ice cream sundae bar because that’s the way we roll).  Once you’re seated and sated with ice cream, opening remarks and the Keynote Panel will begin at 8PM.

Over Saturday, April 2nd and Sunday, April 3rd, there will be a total of thirty-three (33) seventy (70) minute sessions. Please be sure to follow  and add our to your reader to keep track of any updates or changes.

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Opening Keynote Panel

Friday, April 1, 2011 at 8PM

MOMENTUM: Making Waves in Sexuality

Moderator
Lynn Comella

Panelists
Jenny Block

Reid Mihalko

Carol Queen

Tristan Taormino

Sexuality in 2010 is still filled with mixed messages, baffling dichotomies, and misinformation.  Our keynote panelists, all of whom have made significant impact in their own spheres, will discuss the role of sexuality in today’s culture, how they are making waves and what the attendees can do to carry forward the momentum by generating conversations about sexuality that fit into daily life.

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Sessions

1. The Shadow Side of the Internet and Its Role in Sexual Compulsion
2. No Homo: Prejudice and Homophobia within the Gay Community
3. Traveling the Yellow Brick Road of Kink: How to Avoid The Flying Monkeys Along the Road to Oz
4. Polyamory & New Media
5. What it Takes to (Successfully!) Date a Sex Worker
6. How to Succeed in Business – Giving Customers What They Want When They Want It
7. Sex Worker and Single
8. Play With Your Food: The Delicious Space That Is the Intersection of Food and Sex
9. Who is SexyKitty69? Exploring the social media pros & cons of anonymity
10. Odd Girl Out: Straddling The Fields of Sexual Health and Sexual Pleasure
11. Teaching and Learning Tantra Online
12. One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Identities and Intersections
13. Women Taking Power: D/s dynamic as Feminism
14. The Feminist Connection
15. Podcasting — What’s in It for Me: Marketing, Mojo and Monetization
16. Porn Stars Off the Set
17. New Media Roundtable – Tips and Tools for Social Change
18. Feminism, Sex Toys and Capitalism
19. The Accidental Poster Child: How to Handle the Media When it Comes Calling
20. Sex Positive Interventions: The Feminist Sex Wars and Beyond
21. Business Management Techniques for Sex Positive Entreprenuers
22. How New Media Has Changed the Way We Think About Porn
23. Defining Non-Monogamy: Bridging the Gap in the Community
24. Blogging the Gap: How Sex Workers and Sex Writers Can Work Together
25. Ethics and Responsibilities for Sex-Positive Writing
26. Multigen Feminist Pornographers Mouth Off
27. A Spoonful of Chocolate Makes the Vanilla Go Down
28. Sense & Sexuality: How Taking It Off Empowers The World!
29. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Looking at Female Masturbation Past and Present
30. Sex in the Sanctuary
31. Personal Branding for the Sex-Positive Activist
32. Sex & Race in America: Opening the Bedroom Door
33. Media Events for the Sex Positive Professional 101
34. Special Events at MOMENTUM

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1)The Shadow Side of the Internet and Its Role in Sexual Compulsion

Presenter
Anita Wagner

The internet offers every sort of sexual resourse and service imaginable. As it applies to consenting adults, this has significantly improved the quality of and led to the healthy expansion of the sex lives of millions. It also makes it more and more possible to share ideas and earn a living supporting and advancing the cause of sex positivity.

Unfortunately this trend has it’s shadow side. The numbers of individuals, couples and moresomes seeking counseling for problems with sexual compulsion/addiction are steadily increasing in both sex-positive culture and the mainstream.

What is sex addiction/compulsion?

Does it really exist?

What does it look like?

What does the internet have to do with it?

What are the challenges for sufferers and their partners, especially those who live within sex-positive culture fueled by the internet?

In this session you will learn about the challenges presented by easy access to the internet’s sexual content that is for some a dark shadow that it is important that they avoid. Come hear a polyamorous, sex-positive community leader tell her and her partner’s story of how together they are challenging the conventional wisdom of the addictions treatment industry and finding their own path to healing while refusing to give up their sex-positive life. Learn more about this highly controversial and misunderstood topic as she brings it out into the light.

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2) No Homo: Prejudice and Homophobia within the Gay Community

Presenter
Brandon B.

“No Femmes, Blacks, or Asians.” Most would recoil at that sentence in whole or in part. Go to any online gay dating or hook up site though and you’ll see this or similar tags being tossed around. The men who announce this “personal preference” don’t see it as sexist, racist, or homophobic in the least bit. These people aren’t paying attention.

The internet has had both positive and negative effects on gay culture. For the kid who lives in the middle of Nowhere USA, he now sees that there are others like him. But what have years of repression combined with a sudden flood gate of endless sexual opportunities online created within the community? Shine a light on this and discuss how the influx of technology has separated emotion and compassion from our interactions, and how we have devolved with “the machines” both sexually and socially to be like machines — lacking tact, sympathy, and respect.

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3) Traveling the Yellow Brick Road of Kink: How to Avoid The Flying Monkeys Along the Road to Oz

Presenter
Silverdreams

The internet has created wonderful tools for people learning about bdsm and kink. On the plus side, it’s opened a world in which people can discover that they’re not alone in their kink.  On the other hand, there are so many websites with (mis)information and opinion that it’s often difficult for people to navigate.

The internet has also brought about a great deal of “online” bdsm, with people exploring their kink in a way that they’ve never had access to before.  Very often that online experience is disappointing when translated to real life. This session talks about how to combine the information found, recognize the differences of opinions, and how to find what you’re looking for whether online or in real life.

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4) Polyamory & New Media

Presenter
Avory

This session will focus on the possibilities of new media for polyamory–resources, new ways of meeting up, and how sources like blogs and podcasts frame poly in the context of other issues.  We’ll talk about meeting people online and how the online option gives poly people opportunities to network and meet new partners in a (relatively) safe environment.  We’ll also talk about some good new media poly resources, and how new media has a normalizing effect–giving poly people the opportunity to consult media sources where monogamy isn’t the norm.  Finally, we’ll talk about how the discussion online surrounding progressive movements–feminism and queer rights, for example–frames polyamory and whether we might have an opportunity to use new media to make poly more accepted in the mainstream.

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5) What it Takes to (Successfully!) Date a Sex Worker

Presenter
Sabrina Morgan

Sex work makes relationships even more complicated. Currently, partners of sex workers have little to no resources or support and few successful relationship models; with so many sex workers in the closet, it’s hard for their partners to seek advice. This session will cover:
- How to approach sex workers for dating without coming off as creepy
- The challenges involved in dating a sex worker and how to meet those challenges
- How different relationship models have worked for active sex workers
- Red Flags and Green Lights to watch for
- Navigating boundaries (for all parties involved)

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6) How to Succeed in Business – Giving Customers What They Want When They Want It

Moderator
Nina Helms
Panelists
Princess Kali
Emme
Shanna Katz
Jacq Jones

With the wave of New Media and the speed by which one now can receive information, society has been given the tools to freely voice its opinion about sensual health products via personal blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc. As men, women and couples have grown increasingly more secure with their sexuality; high-end manufacturers can harness this public information to fulfill the needs of clients and customers. New Media has become a powerful new avenue for market research and demand.

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7 ) Sex Worker and Single

Presenter
Reid Mihalko

As sex workers and sex-positive professionals, what happens when we’re single and the only sensuality -or most of it- is coming from our clients and jobs? What if we like being single but realize that our personal needs are leeching into our work? And for those of us who’ve been single for a while and want to start dating again, is there hope for us?

Join sex and relationship expert Reid Mihalko of ReidAboutSex.com as he explores the ins and outs of sex work when you’re single.

We’ll talk about ways to keep you and your boundaries healthy, how to tell when you using work as an unhealthy substitute for a relationship, discuss ways to start a relationship when you’re a sex positive professional and have been out of a relationship for a while, as well as how to use community for erotic and emotional support.

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8 ) Play With Your Food: The Delicious Space That Is the Intersection of Food and Sex

Presenters
Yolanda Shoshana
Desiree Moodie

In this session, we’ll discuss the effect of certain foods on libido, hormonal balance and sexual health. From there we’ll go into a little history on aphrodisiac foods and how they’ve been used over the years. We’ll then talk about ways to incorporate food into your sex life and ways to build and nurture intimacy using food. We’ll share our sexy stories, recipes and tips and the audience will do the same. We’ll also talk about the cool things people are doing online around food and sex and how to use the internet and social media to get out of a food rut. Sexy snacks will be served!

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9) Who is SexyKitty69? Exploring the social media pros & cons of anonymity

Moderator
Twanna A. Hines

Panelists
Katherine Curtis
Samantha Fraser
Shanna Katz
Stef Woods

In today’s world of over-sharing, it’s not hard to find out the dinner plans of your neighbors, or the musical tastes of your closest enemies by checking one of their many social networking profiles. We talk online about everything from our biggest dreams to the littlest details. What happens when we go one step further and share our most intimate details with the world?

This panel will examine the pros & cons of blogging about our dating, sex and love lives from both anonymous and non-anonymous viewpoints. We will talk to sex & dating bloggers on both sides of the coin and discuss the benefits and pitfalls involved in sharing your identity while discussing dirty deeds. How does coming out affect your relationships, your work and the way people interact with you? How does protecting your identity keep your stories relevant and entertaining to the reader?

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10) Odd Girl Out: Straddling The Fields of Sexual Health and Sexual Pleasure

Presenter
Megan Andelloux

Since Kinsey’s groundbreaking work on human sexual behavior, the scientific study of sexual pleasure has been ridiculed. In the modern field of sexual education, a huge gulf exists between the culturally safe subject of sexual health and the risqué research on sexual pleasure.  The professionals who attempt to do credible work on sexual pleasure are often shamed, discredited, or even ostracized for such heresy.

How can these two worlds co-exist?

In this workshop, participants will learn about the leading organizations and individuals that are working to bridge the gaps between sexual pleasure and health.  Attendees will also learn how to advocate for scientific research into sexual pleasure and will walk away with skills to better handle the backlash that can (and often will) erupt.  With style and grace, you too can learn how to stand strong and proud for sex positive education.

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11) Teaching and Learning Tantra Online

Presenters
Mark Michaels and Patricia Johnson

Mark Michaels and Patricia began studying tantra with with their teacher via email in 1999, and although they supplemented our online study with visits and personal instruction, the use of email made it possible to learn from him despite the fact that he lives in Sydney, Australia.

Taking over the administration of his online courses in 2002, found registrants enrolling from around the world, studying the non-sexual aspects of Tantra under his direct guidance. Inspired by his example, Mark and Patricia created an online course, designed to be suitable for singles, couples, and polyamorous configurations, that evolved into their second book, Tantra for Erotic Empowerment. Mark and Patricia now guide students through that text via email. This discussion will include both the benefits and challenges of learning in this way.

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12) One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Identities and Intersections

Presenter
Shanna Katz

Most of us have more than one identity we use for ourselves; our age, race, ability level, religion, sex, gender, orientation, height, kinks, etc. Moreover, we also have different identities depending on who we’re around. Add to that the different roles we fulfill in our communities, and sometimes it’s hard to keep it all straight. How do we decide how we identify, how to we figure out other peoples’ identities, and how to we choose our roles? This discussion will involve much discussion and conversation about our place in our community, how to communicate our identities, and how to learn about and validate the identities of others.

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13) Women Taking Power: D/s dynamic as Feminism

Presenter
Princess Kali

Every woman has a right to choose what their experience of sexuality is, though many women struggle with fitting their desire to be submissive or dominant into their philosophy of feminism. This class will address the process that each woman goes through to claim their own power, regardless of which side of the D/s dynamic she prefers.

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14) The Feminist Connection

Presenter
Lillith Grey

This workshop will outline a feminist approach to developing and maintaining healthy relationships and communication, helping attendees shift their perceptions of the ways in which individuals relate to the people around them. Based on a relational-cultural model, the workshop will address communication principles as well as the ways that we can monitor and improve growth-fostering relationships. This approach to connection and communication can be applied to a variety of relationships, such as romantic, sexual, friendly, collegial, long-distance, parent-child, and more. Relationships take work, but the dominant relationship models in our society often fail to address how that work takes place. Workshop participants will be presented with specific tools and techniques for fostering empowered, uplifting, and deeply connected relationships.

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15) Podcasting — What’s in It for Me: Marketing, Mojo and Monetization

Moderator
Mia Martina
Panelists
Cunning Minx
Graydancer
Nobilis Reed
Raven Lightholme
Unspeakable Axe

Over 70 million Americans now listen to podcasts, and many sex-positive educators have built powerful communities using a podcast as a base. But that doesn’t mean all podcast hosts are rolling in the dough. Six podcasters, with varying content and audiences, will discuss how they use podcasts to build community and market their message.

If you have considered starting a podcast, recording an audiobook, or adding audio content to your blog, you will want to take part in the discussion. Panelists will discuss how to build community, publicize the show, set realistic expectations for sponsorship (if at all), and other issues that may arise like Apple “cleaning up” iTunes sex related content.

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16) Porn Stars Off the Set

Moderators
Paulie & Pauline
Panelists
Lynn Comella
Carol Queen
Dylan Ryan
Shira Tarrant

“What are porn stars’ personal relationships really like?” Photographers Paulie & Pauline spent five years documenting the off-screen romantic partnerships of ten couples who work in porn in an attempt to answer this question. They found that many of the familiar stereotypes about porn stars and other sex workers stood in stark contrast to reality. The result is “Off the Set,” a book of fine-art photography and thoughtful essays that illuminates an unseen side of the sex industry by revealing a community of autonomous, self-aware individuals who thrive on the genuine intimacy of their committed relationships.

Paulie & Pauline will moderate a panel including cultural sexologist Carol Queen, author, professor, and social critic Shira Tarrant PhD, Women’s’ Studies professor and media commentator Lynn Comella, and porn star, writer, researcher and grad student Dylan Ryan. This panel discussion will contrast the realities of porn star relationships with the commonly reinforced stereotype that sex workers are incapable of “traditional” romantic and family relationships due to the nature of their work. The panel will talk about the ways that mainstream media reinforce these assumptions, and delve into the latest anti-porn rhetoric and its slut-shaming attempts to dehumanize and marginalize porn performers. Panelists will also discuss the empowerment that many porn performers claim they gain from their work, and talk about how their performances can actually be an integral part of their sexual selves and/or their gender identity.

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17) New Media Roundtable – Tips and Tools for Social Change

Moderator
Cunning Minx
Panelists
Avory
Jenny Block
Jessica Karels
Anita Wagner

New media provides a wide variety of optons for individuals and groups to create an online presence. Publishers can choose to blog, podcast, vidcast, or collaborate through wiki-based platforms. In addition, there are numerous resources for promoting your content. How do you choose which tools to get your message across and to build awareness about your cause?

This discussion is for those who have considered publishing new media content, or who want to use tools like Facebook or Twitter to build an audience and community, Hear from our panel of experienced educators and activists on how they used (or built upon) existing tools in order to engage their respective audiences.

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18) Feminism, Sex Toys and Capitalism

Presenter
Jacq Jones

Sex toys are a huge industry. How does a feminist run a capitalist business that sells products made by an industry that doesn’t always follow feminist values. How as a feminist consumer can you make ethical purchasing decisons. Jacq will talk about how she constructed her business model, what pit falls she’s encountered and why she belives that profit and feminism can be complementary rather than contradictory. She’ll also discuss ways in which you, as a purchaser of sex toys, can make decisions about products, companies and materials that are body safe, fit with your values and are super hot!

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19) The Accidental Poster Child: How to Handle the Media When it Comes Calling

Presenter
Jenny Block

No one person can speak for everyone in a group and yet that is precisely what the media often demands.

It wasn’t my intention when I wrote “Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage” to become some sort of poly poster child. But that’s exactly what happened. The media came calling and I had to decide just what it was I wanted to say. Who was I? Who did I want to be? And how could I use this media attention to provide the positive publicity that all marginalized communities long for and need?

The question is – How do we maintain our personal integrity and forward our community’s goals at the same time when the media asks us to speak for all of a community for which we cannot possibly speak?

Join in this discussion about what to say, how to say it, and who to consult before you do it. Learn to make media work for you personally and for all of us as members of various communities, whatever that community might be, from sex worker to poly person to LGBTQ citizen of the world.

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20) Sex Positive Interventions: The Feminist Sex Wars and Beyond

Presenters
Lynn Comella
Carol Queen

In this session, Dr. Carol Queen, staff sexologist at Good Vibrations, and Dr. Lynn Comella, a women’s studies professor at UNLV, discuss the history of the feminist sex wars and the rise of sex positive feminism. More specifically, they will discuss the importance of sex positive feminist interventions – writing and blogging, media commentary, and other forms of cultural production, including pornography – in helping to mediate and reshape public discourses about sexuality, sex work, and sexual commerce.

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21) Business Management Techniques for Sex Positive Entrepreneurs

Presenter
Sarah Sloane

In this session, Sarah will review basic business setup and evaluating needs for professional support, as well as how to create an ethical statement (as well as a mission statement) to help both guide the direction of the business as well as help with marketing and social media direction.

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22) How New Media Has Changed the Way We Think About Porn

Presenter
Dylan Ryan

For most porn performers, life is lived on the internet. It is where our scenes are made available to the public, where we publicize our upcoming features, where we talk about our involvements and events. Increasingly, the porn performer’s life is not only public based on our performances and the products of those performances but based on the personas we create for ourselves and their interaction with the world through online media. Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, all of these arenas demand that we present ourselves in certain ways, demand that we decide on who we are as performers and how we want to engage with the world at large. This talk focuses on that process: the experience of developing that porn star identity and then putting it out into the world for consumption. What goes into deciding on a name and a porn persona? How have social media and online forums impacted the creation of that persona? How do we as porn performers come to know ourselves through how we are discussed and presented by others and what kind of influence do fans and the public actually have? As performers, growing each day into a deeper understanding of the performances and work we do, this talk seeks to add to that process by asking and attempting to answer some of the bigger questions about identity creation, social media, marketing and the changing face of how the world sees porn, how we see porn and how we see ourselves.

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23) Defining Non-Monogamy: Bridging the Gap in the Community

Moderator
Brian Ballard
Panelists
Mia Martina
Cunning Minx
Anita Wagner

The various faces of non-monogamy, from swinging to polyamory to open relationships are often individually defined, meaning very different things to different people.

Too often there is judgement and prejudice by practitioners of non-monogamy, the very same people who seek tolerance in the mono world for their choices, who condemn and vilify people in their own community who may not operate the same way they do. We believe that non-monogamists have the capability to create a much needed shift in social attitudes surrounding relationships, one that is more accepting of alternative lifestyle choices that are custom designed to fit the people who choose them. Building a focused community and determining how to create a harmonious and tolerant mindset that bridges all of these different ways of approaching and experiencing responsible non-monogamy is something to strive for.

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The many faces of non-mongamy – swinging, poly, kink, open, et al
The subgroups’ non-productive attitudes towards each other
The marginalization of non-monogamists by mainstream groups and organizations
Why it’s important to build a harmonious community

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24) Blogging the Gap: How Sex Workers and Sex Writers Can Work Together

Moderator
Monica Shores
Panelists
Christina Cicchelli
Sabrina Morgan
Christina Voss

Censorious and anti-sex rhetoric is a threat to all progressive individuals, not only those who make their living in the sex industry. And those who write honestly about sex, personally or objectively, are vulnerable to many of the same attacks and stigma as those who engage in various forms of sex for money. We’ll discuss how sex bloggers can better advocate for sex workers—and by extension, themselves—as well as ways of joining together to strengthen the sexually rebellious community as a whole. In addition to laying the groundwork for mutual respect and support, we’ll outline a list of talking points to be used in response to the most common, destructive cliches about sex and its advocates.

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25) Ethics and Responsibilities for Sex-Positive Writing

Moderator
Dr. Ruth (Dr. Ruthie) Neustifter
Panelists
Always Aroused Girl
Princess Kali
Shanna Katz

What are the ethical responsibilities of sex-positive writers as our information becomes increasing accessible to a more diverse audience? This facilitated panel of writers will discuss considerations and ethics of personal sexual experience, blog profit and sponsorship, sex & disability, sex & survivors of sexual assault and gender and sexual diversity from a sex-positive feminist perspective.

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26) Multigen Feminist Pornographers Mouth Off

Presenters
Susie Bright
Tristan Taormino

Join Susie and Tristan in conversation as they look at both the origins and the current state of feminist pornography. Susie will discuss her work with two of the earliest and most influential porn creations, On Our Backs magazine and Fatale Video as well as starting the first mail order catalog and erotic video library at Good Vibrations when it was a 2-girl operation! Tristan will talk about the rise of feminist pornography and her own work with Evil Angel, Smart Ass Productions, and Vivid Entertainment. Both women will reflect on the challenges (cough cough) and crazed victories of their history in sexed/porn. We’ll talk about how the web has revolutionized feminist porn, and the future of our sex on screen!

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27) A Spoonful of Chocolate Makes the Vanilla Go Down

Presenter
Heidi Anderson

Sexual assault prevention has generally been focused on two things: teaching women strategies to avoid being victims (watching your drink, parking in well lit areas) and teaching men that “no means no!” This not only reinforces the “women are the gatekeepers and men are the aggressors” sexual stereotype, but also patronizes, alienates, and makes heterosexist assumptions about the very audience it is intended to reach. In addition, the heavy focus on date rape drugs and stranger assault ignore the reality of what the majority of sexual violence actually looks like.

But what if we approached it from a different perspective? What would happen if we used the opportunity to share a vision of healthy sexuality, rather than using horror stories to scare young people into “good behavior?” What would a consent curriculum based on sexual negotiation techniques practiced in BDSM and non-monogamy look like? Can kink practices make sex safer for everyone?

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28) Sense & Sexuality: How Taking It Off Empowers The World!

Presenters
Lillith Grey
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You’ve seen it on TV, or maybe read it in a book. Perhaps you have tried it for your lover in the confines of your bedroom, or watched together as layer by layer is peeled off.

Burlesque in it’s beginnings was meant to mock or make fun of, but today we know it as sexy sultry striptease! The more exposure to this fine art, the more willing participants step on the stage. What is it about taking it off that empowers the way we look at our bodies, and most important, how we unwrap the layers?

Join award-winning performer N – The ONLY Letter In Burlesque and 2011 NYC Sex Blogger Calendar Model Lilith Grey as we explore and perform burlesque acts that have inspired us, empowered us, & made us want to change the world through striptease!

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29) The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Looking at Female Masturbation Past and Present

Presenter
Jamye Waxman

Jamye Waxman, M.Ed. Author of “Getting Off: A Woman’s Guide to Masturbation” explores the history and the hysterical around female masturbation. From the medical industry’s obsession around female self pleasure to a modern day look at the act, we’ll explore the meaning behind the meanings of self love, including how the media still portrays female sexuality as something less than pretty.

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30) Sex in the Sanctuary

Presenter
Leela Sinha

Even as our society becomes more open-minded and new media make community building easier, sex-positivity has really struggled with Western religion. Many of us have been hurt, damaged, or outright rejected by communities of faith–especially around sexuality–but it doesn’t have to be that way. Let’s talk joy and pleasure and acceptance in religion. Let’s talk bodies and religion. Let’s talk ritual and sex. Let’s talk radical inclusion. Let’s talk about welcoming communities and ways to start the conversation. Let’s start talking.

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31) Personal Branding for the Sex-Positive Activist

Presenter
Cunning Minx

Whether you’re a full-time sex educator or a part-time volunteer munch host, your personal brand online is your key tool for gathering community, resources and traffic to your primary area of passion. Kinksters, sex-positive activists and event organizers are beginning to see the benefits of expanding beyond geographic boundaries and personal networks, and understanding online branding can help give savvy educators access to new eyeballs.

Participants in this session will learn how to develop and refine a personal brand tied to their activism, product or service (with room to grow), maintain a consistent presence across owned and social media properties and how to expand their reach beyond their personal circles.

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32) Sex & Race in America: Opening the Bedroom Door

Presenter
Twanna A. Hines

Let’s have a quickie! Get fast, accurate information about what’s new with sex and race in American bedrooms. If you study, teach or write about sexuality and do not discuss race, you are doing yourself and your audience a disservice. We often fragment ourselves into separate social identities, forgetting that we all live in the intersection. It’s possible to be male and feminist, black and a sexual being or a lesbian who transitions to a straight man.

We’ll discuss recent pop culture news, films, newspaper and magazine articles related to the intersection of race/ethnicity, sex and gender. Learn how to apply knowledge gained during this session to broader discussions about overlapping identities. This workshop is lead by sexual & reproductive rights advocate Twanna A Hines. Hines has a Master’s in sociology and has published work on sexuality and race/ethnicity.

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33) Media Events for the Sex Positive Professional 101

Presenter
Reid Mihalko

Many sex-positive entrepreneurs come out with great ideas only to fumble and squander the attention of the media once they get it.

Please join sex and relationship expert Reid Mihalko, co-founder of the Cuddle Party phenomenon and ReidAboutSex.com, as he discusses the dos and don’ts to running media events and how to leverage press attention.

Reid will also discuss his current experiences with selling a television show in Hollywood, the basics of how to run a killer media event, as well as break down what he did that helped turn Cuddle Party into an international media darling that garnered over 1.5 million dollars worth of free publicity, including mentions on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, CSI:New York, appearances on Montel and Penn & Teller’s Bullsh*t!, and stories in print, radio and television more than thirteen countries in seven languages!

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Special Events at Momentum

1. Phone Whore
2. A Taste of Cinekink
3. The Line – a film and conversation
4. Sex Rules

Phone Whore
(a one-act play with frequent interruptions)

Hey, there. … How are you doing? …. Yeah? Well, hang out with me for an hour and I will rock your fucking world. … Truth and taboo collide in this intimate visit with a phone sex operator. Listen closely: she may change your views on sex forever.

**Best Female Solo performance, 2010 San Francisco Fringe Festival**
**Judges’ Honourable Mention, 2010 Ottawa Fringe Festival**

“… by far the most intimate and insightful theatre experience you’re likely to have.” (roverarts.com)

“I haven’t been shaken by a piece of theatre like this for quite a while.” (audience member, Ottawa Fringe 2010)

“… a one-woman monologue, a running confessional, a series of anecdotes that add up to a powerful whole.” (Fast Forward Weekly, Calgary)

A Taste of Cinekink

CineKink – “the kinky film festival” – treats us to a sampling of sexy, cinematic morsels!

Celebrating and exploring a wide diversity of sexuality, the works in this sex-positive and kink-friendly showcase range from documentary to drama, camp comedy to hot porn, mildy spicy to quite explicit – and everything in between.

The Line – a film and conversation

“The Line” is a 22 minute documentary about a young woman – the filmmaker – who is raped, but her story isn’t cut and dry.

Schwartzman confronts her attacker, recording the conversation with a hidden camera. The film explores the tangle of political and cultural questions that surround issues of sex and consent. “The Line” is the jumping off point for an in-depth conversation about the perceived “grey area” in sexual assault, and the myth of the “perfect victim.” During the course of the workshop, audiences will analyze the complicated and ambivalent ways sexual assault is often framed and understood in our culture. With a sex-positive approach, participants will discuss how to facilitate events and conversations on campus around sexual health and safety, pleasure and consent, and the legal rights and politics surrounding gender violence.

“A must see for boys and men” Byron Hurt, Filmmaker, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes.

“a powerful film” Good Vibrations Magazine.

“Nancy Schwartzman has taken a very personal experience about sexual assault that sadly many women have been through and used it to create a cultural conversation about sexual responsibility.” – Women and Hollywood.

SEX RULES

We all know that there will be some serious, heady stuff discussed over the weekend, so before we begin in earnest, we’ll lighten up the mood with Maria Falzone and her abbreviated version of “SEX RULES.” Falzone’s act “SEX RULES” is a hilarious and inspirational performance that addresses serious sexual subjects in a frank and funny manner. Through lecture and audience participation, Falzone speaks to students about topics from safe sex to self-sex and everything in between. The message behind “SEX RULES” is that sex should be fun and satisfying emotionally, as well as physically.