In twelve hours, I’ll be on a plane to Amsterdam and a total sex nerd extravaganza! I have a big pile of work to do before I go (eep), but I’m SO looking forward to getting out of New York for a while.
I’m going to Amsterdam for the Pinched festival, where I’m giving a talk called “Making Sex Media for a Radical Future” on Saturday. I’m pretty stoked about that, but mostly I’m stoked about hanging out with weird and crazy sex nerds. Upon arrival tomorrow after my red eye tonight, my traveling partner (Eliyanna from $pread, yay!) and I are headed to Xaviera Hollander’s, where we’re staying for a night with the lady herself, plus Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens. Yep, it’s a sleep over with the grand dames of the sex industry. Xaviera just had her 65th birthday party, and from what I hear she’s plenty full of piss and vinegar - bring it on. And you bet I’ll be documenting the experience.
I’m also looking forward to see people like Jennifer Lyon Bell and Jurgen Bruning of the Berlin Porn Film Festival, plus plenty of other fascinating people who I haven’t met yet.
I’ll be putting pictures up on my Flickr and I’ll be making video too, plus I’ll put up a daily diary at Naked City - but though I’ll be in Amsterdam starting tomorrow, the daily fun won’t be up on Naked City til next week - that way I can kick back and enjoy the fun without having to record it minute by minute.
8:59 am
yo audacia! i found your talk at pinched very useful and it was really cool to talk to you about antiporn sentiments amongst supposedly left radical groups etc. i feel like i have a lot more resources at my disposal to tackle hostility regarding our altporn zines now i’ve been to the festival… not to mention lots of new ideas! can’t wait to see the video footage from the shows. i will watch this space ha!
all the best
rei