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Whirlwind of awesomeness
February 03, 2006
This week has been one of those weeks during which I am so psyched about my life, my projects, the stuff I’m reading, the stuff I’m writing, and the possibilities of everything that I just cannot sleep like a normal person. This leads to 4 am phone calls to my boyfriend (not uncommon anyway, as he is my late night phone buddy) that start with me saying “Dude! How about this…” and a notebook full of exuberant scribbles on my bedside table.
I started my day yesterday with a conversation about my top secret porn project, then lunch with the very awesome Jamye Waxman, who I hadn’t met before but got along with famously. She has really impressive and sparkly eye shadow, in addition to being very smart about sex.
Then it was off to Bluestockings for a last-minute talk on radical feminist activism that I’d been asked to do for a college class, which turned out to be taught by my very own college and BA thesis advisor, who is the most fabulous of women. I’ve done quite a few talks for college classes about sex work, general sexuality and feminist issues, but yesterday was something else. I was reminded of how truly awesome my undergrad education was, because all the questions asked were heavy-hitting and critically engaged with radical thought in a way that no other group of college students I’ve taught ever has been. I stayed longer than I should have, and then had to run around a bit before the NYC sex blogger’s meetup at Viviane’s, though of course I had time to stop and fetch a dozen cupcakes.
The list of attendees for the meetup included Chelsea Girl of Pretty Dumb Things, Lex Konrad & Les of Naked Loft Party, Tony Comstock, Cherry Bomb of Queen of Cream, J of Male Slut, Selina of The Real Sex in the City, newcomer Charlie Bucket of Plain Bellied Sneetch, visitor Anakalia of Salacity and Madeline and Jefferson by cam. Also, Porno Jim weaseled his way into the lineup, and I spent the night being bratty to him (“you’re not even a real blogger!”) because I am, well, a brat.
Best dressed of the evening was definitely Chelsea Girl, who sported a t-shirt that read “No one cares about your blog” – but the t-shirt was outdone by her fabulous boobs.
The thing is: sex bloggers are really nice people. I don’t know why this wasn’t obvious to me already, since I am a nice person (haha), but damn. The other thing you should know about sex bloggers is: we walk among you and you don’t even know it – sex bloggers are foxy and confident, but also basically a pretty average looking and acting bunch of folks.
I won’t go into all the details of conversations, partly because there was so much of it that it was hard to keep track (though there were the note-takers among us), but it was really damned awesome, and surely not the last time we do this. It was really cool to come face to face with people whose words and innermost thoughts I’ve encountered (by which I mean, “masturbated to”) and in some cases folks who I’ve had ongoing email correspondence with. It was really clear that this event was the beginning of something, not just a one-time fluke. Take that, sexual secrecy and shame! I felt like part of a community of like-minded people last night, and that is a beautiful thing.
(Did I win the race to blog about last night? Dammit, Viviane did.)
Posted by Dacia at February 3, 2006 11:59 AM
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We’re polite and we’re perverts. Who knew?
And don’t forget that tattoo on Chelsea Girl’s lovely hip.
It’s a good thing we didn’t have the meetup in a bar. There were so many hot women, that they would have been hit up constantly and we would never have had a chance to talk to each other.
Posted by: Viviane at February 3, 2006 01:23 PM
Gosh, you two.
I’m cyberblushing.
But you, you are the hottest of them all.
kissykiss, cg
Posted by: chelsea girl at February 3, 2006 04:37 PM
