Bawdy, Banned, and Burned: A History of Left-Handed Literature with Dr. K.I. Winslow
LOCATION: CSC, 1349 Mission Street (at Grace Street between 9th and 10th streets) in San Francisco
DATE: Wednesday February 8, 7:00 PM
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This class will be a random romp through erotic writings from antiquity through the 1960s. During this time we will be reading excerpts aloud, exploring interesting historical factoids and attempting to locate society's efforts to regulate. Audience participation will be encouraged.
$10-25 sliding scale; no one turned away for lack of funds
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Sex Workers' Writing Workshop
LOCATION: CSC, 1349 Mission Street (at Grace Street between 9th and 10th streets) in San Francisco
DATE: Saturday February 11, 2:00 PM
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photo: nakedeyephotography.com
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Cost: Sliding scale $10-$20 (more if you can, less if you can't, **nobody turned away** -- if you're broke you should still come write with us! - 2nd Saturday of Every Month)
Workshop facilitated by Gina de Vries.
This is a writing workshop for current and former sex workers to share their writing and get honest, non-judgmental feedback. Workshop participants are not obligated to write exclusively about sex work, but writing about work in the sex industry (as well as writing about other topics) will be welcomed. This is a place where people can write and share about their sex work experiences without having to censor themselves or explain every detail. Beginning writers are encouraged to attend along with more seasoned wordsmiths.
Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop is all-genders. We define the term “sex worker” broadly, as people who have exchanged erotic labor for money/food/shelter, including but not limited to:
+Street and Survival Sex Workers
+Escorts and Personal Companions
+Sensual Massage and Sensual Body Work Providers
+BDSM workers; pro-dommes, subs, and switches
+Adult Film Actors; Porn Models and Performers; Nude Models; Cam Girls and Boys
+Exotic Dancers; Strippers; and Peep Show Workers
+Phone Sex Operators
+And many other Sex Workers and Adult Entertainers!
(If we’re forgetting your area of the industry in this definition, tell us!)
**Email questions, volunteer inquiries, etc, to queershoulder@gmail.com.
**If wheelchair access is needed, please contact mail@sexandculture.org in advance of workshop.
**While we can’t guarantee a scent-free space, we ask that all attendees please refrain from wearing scented products to ensure that workshop members with chemical sensitivities can attend.
**We ask that our non-sex worker friends, lovers, partners, allies, and clients respect that this space is FOR SEX WORKERS ONLY.
INSTRUCTOR BIO
Gina de Vries is a genderqueer femme, a queer Paisan pervert, and a writer, performer, and activist with a long history doing political organizing in and withqueer, trans and gender-variant, and sex worker communities. She co-edited the queer youth anthology [Becoming] with Diane Anderson-Minshall in 2004, and her publications include Coming & Crying: true stories about sex from the other side of the bed, Take Me There: Trans & Genderqueer Erotica, Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet, The Revolution Starts at Home, $pread, Curve, make/shift, and On Our Backs. Gina is the founder and co-curator (with Elena Rose and Julia Serano) of “Girl Talk: a trans & cis woman dialogue,” a spoken-word show fostering and promoting dialogue about relationships of all kinds between cis and trans women.
She has performed, taught, and lectured everywhere from chapels to leatherbar backrooms, and recent university appearances include Harvard University and Yale University. Gina regularly presents on issues ranging from sex work to intersex activism for the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program of the Reproductive Rights Activist Service Corps, and works a day job fundraising for St. James Infirmary, the nation’s only clinic run by and for current & former sex workers.
She is the founder and facilitator of Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop, a writing class for current & former sex workers at San Francisco’s Center for Sex & Culture (where she also serves on the Advisory Board). A graduate of Hampshire College, Gina is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Fiction Writing at San Francisco State University, where she is working on a memoir and a book of short stories. Find out more at ginadevries.com, and keep track of her on the daily at queershoulder.tumblr.com.
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SF Jacks
LOCATION: CSC, 1349 Mission Street (at Grace Street between 9th and 10th streets) in San Francisco
DATE: Monday February 13, 7:30 PM
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SF Jacks - now in our 27th year of Pubic Service!
* Just dik... desire... and lots of naked guys in a room!
* SF Jacks meat the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month.
* Doors: 7:30 - 8:30 PM only, play until you're finished.
* $7 Donation Suggested; no one turned away for lack of funds.
* 13th Jacks Virgin is our guest!
* For more info, call: 415 267-6999
sfjacks.com
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My Sucky Valentine 2012
LOCATION: CSC, 1349 Mission Street (at Grace Street between 9th and 10th streets) in San Francisco
DATE: Tuesday February 14 - All Day
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My Sucky Valentine 2012 is not happening but will return next year! Please stay tuned for a Valentine-themed event that may be produced so you heart fetishists will not be left high and dry.
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SF D/s Discussion Group
LOCATION: CSC, 1349 Mission Street (at Grace Street between 9th and 10th streets) in San Francisco
DATE: Monday February 20, 7:30 PM
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A $5-$10 donation to our host, the CSC, is requested.
Generally meets on the third Monday of each month, from 7:30 to 9:30pm.
Doors open at 7:00pm; meeting starts at 7:30pm
For a directed discussion--held in a spirit of fellowship and mutual respect, on matters pertaining to Mastery, slavery, Dominance and submission, with an emphasis on our M/s and D/s lives--among persons of a variety of backgrounds, views, sensibilities, and philosophies.
The meeting is open to adults having a sincere, positive, personal interest in M/s or D/s, and who agree to keep confidential, within their own dynamic, what transpires at the meeting. All roles, gender identifications, and orientations are welcome.
Please RSVVEP(*) in the week preceding the meeting to either of these addresses:
Eric Arkouda < EArkouda@mailworks.org>
SF D/s Discussion Group mailing list < SFDsDG@yahoogroups.com>
* RSVVEP: Repondez si vous voudriez être présente, "respond if you'd like to attend", a statement of desire to attend. Please send this in if there's a 50% chance of your being able to attend; for my gathering of rough numbers, and saying hello.
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Erotic Reading Circle
LOCATION: CSC, 1349 Mission Street (at Grace Street between 9th and 10th streets) in San Francisco
DATE: Wednesday February 22, 7:30 PM
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$5 suggested donation
Come share new or old work with us! We listen non-judgmentally and share our responses with any writer/reader who feels s/he/ze can benefit from peers' feedback. And it's great practice if you've been thinking about doing any public readings. We welcome writers of any experience level and every orientation. A Best of the Bay award-winning event! 4th Wednesdays.
Facilitated by Jen Cross (of Writing Ourselves Whole) and Carol Queen |
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SF Jacks
LOCATION: CSC, 1349 Mission Street (at Grace Street between 9th and 10th streets) in San Francisco
DATE: Monday February 27, 7:30 PM
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SF Jacks - now in our 27th year of Pubic Service!
* Just dik... desire... and lots of naked guys in a room!
* SF Jacks meat the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month.
* Doors: 7:30 - 8:30 PM only, play until you're finished.
* $7 Donation Suggested; no one turned away for lack of funds.
* 13th Jacks Virgin is our guest!
* For more info, call: 415 267-6999
sfjacks.com
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Sex Workers' Writing Workshop
LOCATION: CSC, 1349 Mission Street (at Grace Street between 9th and 10th streets) in San Francisco
DATE: Saturday March 10, 2:00 PM
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photo: nakedeyephotography.com
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Cost: Sliding scale $10-$20 (more if you can, less if you can't, **nobody turned away** -- if you're broke you should still come write with us! - 2nd Saturday of Every Month)
Workshop facilitated by Gina de Vries.
This is a writing workshop for current and former sex workers to share their writing and get honest, non-judgmental feedback. Workshop participants are not obligated to write exclusively about sex work, but writing about work in the sex industry (as well as writing about other topics) will be welcomed. This is a place where people can write and share about their sex work experiences without having to censor themselves or explain every detail. Beginning writers are encouraged to attend along with more seasoned wordsmiths.
Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop is all-genders. We define the term “sex worker” broadly, as people who have exchanged erotic labor for money/food/shelter, including but not limited to:
+Street and Survival Sex Workers
+Escorts and Personal Companions
+Sensual Massage and Sensual Body Work Providers
+BDSM workers; pro-dommes, subs, and switches
+Adult Film Actors; Porn Models and Performers; Nude Models; Cam Girls and Boys
+Exotic Dancers; Strippers; and Peep Show Workers
+Phone Sex Operators
+And many other Sex Workers and Adult Entertainers!
(If we’re forgetting your area of the industry in this definition, tell us!)
**Email questions, volunteer inquiries, etc, to queershoulder@gmail.com.
**If wheelchair access is needed, please contact mail@sexandculture.org in advance of workshop.
**While we can’t guarantee a scent-free space, we ask that all attendees please refrain from wearing scented products to ensure that workshop members with chemical sensitivities can attend.
**We ask that our non-sex worker friends, lovers, partners, allies, and clients respect that this space is FOR SEX WORKERS ONLY.
INSTRUCTOR BIO
Gina de Vries is a genderqueer femme, a queer Paisan pervert, and a writer, performer, and activist with a long history doing political organizing in and withqueer, trans and gender-variant, and sex worker communities. She co-edited the queer youth anthology [Becoming] with Diane Anderson-Minshall in 2004, and her publications include Coming & Crying: true stories about sex from the other side of the bed, Take Me There: Trans & Genderqueer Erotica, Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet, The Revolution Starts at Home, $pread, Curve, make/shift, and On Our Backs. Gina is the founder and co-curator (with Elena Rose and Julia Serano) of “Girl Talk: a trans & cis woman dialogue,” a spoken-word show fostering and promoting dialogue about relationships of all kinds between cis and trans women.
She has performed, taught, and lectured everywhere from chapels to leatherbar backrooms, and recent university appearances include Harvard University and Yale University. Gina regularly presents on issues ranging from sex work to intersex activism for the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program of the Reproductive Rights Activist Service Corps, and works a day job fundraising for St. James Infirmary, the nation’s only clinic run by and for current & former sex workers.
She is the founder and facilitator of Sex Workers’ Writing Workshop, a writing class for current & former sex workers at San Francisco’s Center for Sex & Culture (where she also serves on the Advisory Board). A graduate of Hampshire College, Gina is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Fiction Writing at San Francisco State University, where she is working on a memoir and a book of short stories. Find out more at ginadevries.com, and keep track of her on the daily at queershoulder.tumblr.com.
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SF Jacks
LOCATION: CSC, 1349 Mission Street (at Grace Street between 9th and 10th streets) in San Francisco
DATE: Monday March 12, 7:30 PM
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SF Jacks - now in our 27th year of Pubic Service!
* Just dik... desire... and lots of naked guys in a room!
* SF Jacks meat the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month.
* Doors: 7:30 - 8:30 PM only, play until you're finished.
* $7 Donation Suggested; no one turned away for lack of funds.
* 13th Jacks Virgin is our guest!
* For more info, call: 415 267-6999
sfjacks.com
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SF D/s Discussion Group
LOCATION: CSC, 1349 Mission Street (at Grace Street between 9th and 10th streets) in San Francisco
DATE: Monday March 19, 7:30 PM
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A $5-$10 donation to our host, the CSC, is requested.
Generally meets on the third Monday of each month, from 7:30 to 9:30pm.
Doors open at 7:00pm; meeting starts at 7:30pm
For a directed discussion--held in a spirit of fellowship and mutual respect, on matters pertaining to Mastery, slavery, Dominance and submission, with an emphasis on our M/s and D/s lives--among persons of a variety of backgrounds, views, sensibilities, and philosophies.
The meeting is open to adults having a sincere, positive, personal interest in M/s or D/s, and who agree to keep confidential, within their own dynamic, what transpires at the meeting. All roles, gender identifications, and orientations are welcome.
Please RSVVEP(*) in the week preceding the meeting to either of these addresses:
Eric Arkouda < EArkouda@mailworks.org>
SF D/s Discussion Group mailing list < SFDsDG@yahoogroups.com>
* RSVVEP: Repondez si vous voudriez être présente, "respond if you'd like to attend", a statement of desire to attend. Please send this in if there's a 50% chance of your being able to attend; for my gathering of rough numbers, and saying hello.
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