Social Media Saturday: April 7-18

Many people seem to be interested in having a weekly wrap up of my doings, so I’m going to start doing that on Saturdays… though of course it took me two weeks to actually sit down and do this. I’ve been busy, as you’ll see below! I’m planning to use these posts to pull together the stuff I do online - and in the otherwise recorded world - every week.

The big news (and big reason why it’s so quiet around here) is that I’ve got a new job! I’m now the editor of Naked City, a new sexuality blog from the Village Voice. I’m responsible for 25 posts a week there, many of which I’m writing, though I’ve also got a few terrific columnists, and I’m producing a weekly video show called Naked City TV (links below in the video section).

Before I unfurl the links, I just wanted to say that I’m always on the lookout for people and events to feature on Naked City. Please drop me a line if you have suggestions for people to feature in my 4 question interviews (they don’t have to be in NYC) and people or events to feature in my Naked City TV shows (they DO have to be in NYC).

Live Action Adventures
I went to Atlanta last weekend for Sex 2.0, an unconference about the intersection of feminism, sexuality, and social media. It was really terrific, and there were a lot of interesting conversations happening, in ways that are actually only possible in person. Though there was some liveblogging and a hell of a lot of Twittering, there was a lot of face to face interaction that wasn’t captured, which for me was actually the coolest part of the day. I posted the text of my keynote speech here and you can watch the video of the keynote here (and then tell me that they’re different).

Me in the Media
Along with other porn luminaries I was quoted in a Bitch Magazine piece, republished on AlterNet, called Strange Bedfellows: Can Feminism and Porn Coexist?

I talked with Jamillah Knowles on BBC Radio’s Pods and Blogs about making sex media - my segment starts 5 minutes into the show. Click to see the show notes for Sex online and Rise and Shine

The Nerve Scanner named the first episode of Naked City TV “Video of the Day” on Wednesday, April 10th.

A pair of Columbia Journalism school students interviewed me and some other NYC pornographers for a piece on HD Porn for the website NYC Interactive.

The Naughty American did a piece on Sex 2.0, and they couldn’t resist a play on words for the title: Web Conference Erects Web 2.0. The piece also compares Amber Rhea to Martin Luther King, Jr. (seriously).

Posts and Articles I’ve Written
For my monthly column at Hot Movies for Her, I wrote about Sex 2.0 in a piece called Perverts and Peaches: Sex 2.0 Brings Internetophiles to Atlanta.

On Naked City, you’ll find a whole range of posts, from short posts about fashion - Dressed for Sex, posted twice a week, to moderately ridiculous lists, to four question interviews. I’m also doing a four-part series every month so I can go a little more in depth about a variety of topics without writing obnoxiously long posts. This month, I’m examining the religion and the sex industry in a series called Sexiness, Next To Godliness. The first installment is an introduction, called Religion and the Sex Industry. The second piece is called God Loves Sex Workers and Doesn’t Require Them to Repent.

On Sex Work 101, a blog that is the first the public education project from Sex Work Awareness, I wrote a piece called Why should sex workers talk to the media?

Videos I’ve Produced
On Live Girl Review, I reviewed The Porn Report, an Australian book about a research study on porn, and the G Pilot, a strange little purple device designed to help guide men’s penises towards their lady’s g spot.

I also interviewed Rachel Kramer Bussel about her new anthology Dirty Girls.

On Naked City TV, my first two episodes cover The Porno Jim Show and Sex 2.0.

I also made a special video for Sex 2.0: How to Make a Condom into A Dental Dam Using Your Teeth