Because I am a Woman

Hey everyone! I just wanted to bring your attention to this really great conference that is coming up in a couple of months. Right now, early bird pricing is being offered AND there are student discounts, making this conference extremely affordable. I’m registered for Saturday’s workshops (I was planning in being in DC that weekend anyways), and I would love to see some of you there as well! Register here!

Here is the description from their facebook page about the conference:

CatalystCon is a conference created to inspire exceptional conversations about sexuality. It is about reaching out and stimulating those who attend to create those important conversations in their own communities, changing how we as a society talk and treat sexuality. It is about stimulating the activist that is within all of us and sparking transformation in the way our friends, neighbors, children and even politicians discuss one of the most important aspects of humanity.

This is a conference meant to energize, enlighten and exhilarate. It is a conference where everyone is welcome, everyone is respected, and everyone is encouraged to share their knowledge and experiences. With the most current attacks on women’s rights such as birth control, mandatory transvagainal ultrasounds as well as sex education being pulled from our schools, it is more important than ever to come together and have these important conversations on all areas of sexuality.

The fundamental principle of Catalyst is that knowledge is power and sharing that knowledge is the first spark in igniting changing conversations.

Here is the list of the workshops being offered:

• The Burned-Out Sex Professional
• Creative Recovery: Transforming Pain into Healing Power After Sexual Assault
• Diagnosing the DSM
• Does This Panel Make Me Look Fat?: Body Image and Sexuality
• Entrepreneurial IQ: 10 keys to designing an unconventional career in sexuality
• Ex-Gay No Way! Practically Maneuvering Through the Rhetoric of “Reparative Therapy”
• The Facts About Measure B and How It Impacts Us All
• Female Sexual Freedom & Web 2.0: This Ain’t Your Mama’s Feminism
• Feminist Porn: The Politics of Producing Pleasure
• Getting In (Business) Bed With Buddies – Protect Yourself
• “Good Girls Don’t Have Sex”: How Do Religion, Sexuality, and the Media Influence the Body Image, Sexuality, and Self Esteem of Young Women & Girls?
• Healing and the new Monogamy
• The history of sex education in Sweden and the development of sex ed for Swedish queer women
• How (and Why) to Be a Sex Positive Parent
• How to Be a Top Presenter
• How to Be an Ally to Sex Workers in Theory and Practice
• How to Become a Successful Erotic Writer
• Language Matters: How To Speak Sex-Positivity So That People Listen
• Making Comprehensive Sex Education into Inclusive Sex Education
• NeuroLoveology
• Ok, Polyamory’s Been Outed! Now What Do We Do?
• The Online Activist: Ready, Set, TWEET!
• Passion 24/7: Love & Apathy in an Always-On World
• The Piracy of Sex
• PRIDE & Prejudice: Confronting Homophobia in Communities of Color
• Sex and Sexuality from a Trans Perspective
• Sex in the Media: From Pitch to Print; What Does Sex Really Sell?
• Sex with Benefits: Progressive Swinging
• Sex Work and Disability
• The Silver Rainbow: Working with LGBT Seniors
• Slut Shaming in Sex Positive Communities
• Spiritual Sexuality: Ending the War Between Religion and Sex
• Tales from the front line: Everything you wanted to know about “trafficking” but didn’t know whom to ask
• Talking Out Loud About Senior Sex
• Toxic Toys
• What’s So Special About Sex?
• What’s Your “Bi-Q”?
• When To Give It Away and When To Charge For It: Knowing Your Worth, Assessing Others’, And How To Make Ends Meet As a Sex-Positive Professional
• Why Talk About Sex And Disability Anyway?

I hope to see some of you there! Register here!