Woodhull 2016 Preview – I need your help!
In exactly 1 month I will be heading to Woodhull’s 7th Annual Sexual Freedom Summit, or #SFS16, courtesy of my amazing sponsor, Shevibe.com.
The Sexual Freedom Summit is more than just a place for the blogsquad to converge upon and roam the halls like a bad-ass gang from some progressive musical – it’s a place where we also learn a lot and bring that education to you readers. Take a look at the schedule of sessions and please comment if something jumps out at you that you’d like to read more about. I may only live-tweet it, but I also may blog about it.
The first thing I KNOW I’m doing is JoEllen’s Sex Geek Salon. And of course on Friday night I’ll be at the Blogsquad PJ Party.
The session I KNOW I’m attending is “Navigating Social Media Practices for Adult Businesses”, not because I’m planning on becoming a business but because one of my amazing sponsors is on the panel, Ms Sandra Bruce, and also Metis and blogger extraordinaire, JoEllen. It’s a topic I’m going to tweet the fuck out of, and it’s a topic I hope the companies who follow me will pay attention to. From how Blush Novelties handled blogger backlash about them copying a Tantus & Shevibe design to the problematic beached whale that we know as Lelo, to simply the clueless newbie companies who ask big-name bloggers to promote their sales for free or retweet our review tweets by quoting and adding in a link to THEIR store…..there’s a lot of education that needs to get out there.
I’m considering attending the following, and I’d like input from my readers – which of these would you most like to hear about? I know my brain;I can’t cram in a ton of sessions, I have to pick and choose maybe 4 or 5 total.
Social Justice in Sexual Health Research and Care: A Case Study in Bacterial Vaginosis
Sexuality Education Through a Social Justice Lens
Facing the Monster Under the Bed: Continuing the Conversation about Sex and Depression
Sex, Laws and Video: Legal Updates from Woodhull’s Free Speech Advocates
The Whore Singularity: If everyone’s naked on the Internet, is no one naked on the Internet?
I can’t even put into words right now how much I’m looking forward #SFS16, how much I need this time with like-minded people. Daily life, when your co-workers and family members are much more conservative than you, wears on a person after awhile. Spending 4 day surrounded by diverse, smart, like-minded people is so amazing.
p.s. a big huge extra-special thank you shout-out to SheVibe for sponsoring me to attend for a second year in a row. I wouldn’t be able to attend without their support, and that they think so highly of me as to spend money on my attendance means so much to me. Make sure you’re following them on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram for amazing SheVibe art and more.
p.p.s. a special thanks to Crystal Delights, Holistic Wisdom, and Ignite Pleasure Products for agreeing to sponsor Caitlin, Sarah and Sugarcunt, ensuring that the #blogsquad learns and grows in rank, that these sex educators & bloggers get the chance to learn and spend a weekend with peers and mentors.
These following has caught my attention: Side Effects May Vary, Facing The Monster Under The Bed: Continuing The Conversation About Sex and Depression, Act Like a Man: Sexuality and Masculinity in the 21st Century, What makes a legal parent? Comparative US & EU LGBTQI Family Policy. If I had to choose one it would be about the masculinity in the 21st Century.
Hope it helps a little.
I’d like to hear about Facing the Monster Under the Bed: Continuing the Conversation about Sex and Depression & Side Effects May Vary & Social Justice in Sexual Health Research and Care: A Case Study in Bacterial Vaginosis.
I would also like to hear about the sex and depression session, Facing The Monster Under The Bed: Continuing The Conversation About Sex and Depression. That’s the one I’m the most interested in.