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Couples who use porn - Participants Needed!

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:31:41 GMT

Hey Gorgeous People of Pleasure

Just thought I would forward this on. If you're interested in participating, please contact Louisa on her mobile. Please forward to your networks :)

Hi there, I'm a Researcher at ABC TV and curently working on a show in production called The Hack Half Hour - a youth current affairs studio talk-back style program. One of the topics we are covering is on porn. We are looking for a straight couple in their 20's who use porn. Would you know of any people who might be interested in coming on the show?

Thanks,
Louisa
0405 032 201

Cheers
The Wrat

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:50:32 GMT

Gay man challenges Red Cross on donation

"A CHANGE to blood donor rules sought by a gay man to remove discrimination threatens to bring infection and death, according to the Australian Red Cross."

Articles!

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:50:29 GMT

ESPN Says It Has Asked Affiliates to Pull an Ad for a Cheaters' Matchmaking Service

"Amy Phillips, a spokeswoman for ESPN -- which is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News -- said that the sports channel has asked its local affiliates to stop running an ad for AshleyMadison.com, a Web site that connects would-be cheaters with potential mates. "

New Study Shows Condoms 95 Times More Cost-Effective than Circumcision in HIV Battle

"Results of the new study, “The Cost to Circumcise Africa,” comparing the cost of male circumcision to the cost of lifetime distribution of free condoms in sub-Saharan Africa, found that condom distribution is 95 times more cost-effective in preventing the same number of infections in Sub-Saharan Africa."

What Trans Erotica Gets Wrong

"There's a vast difference between eroticizing trans people and exoticizing them in ways that scream "I'm clueless and disrespectful."

Viagra could boost orgasms in depressed women

"Sildenafil – marketed as Viagra – helps women on antidepressants achieve an orgasm, according to a study funded by the drug's manufacturer, Pfizer."

Queer Animation - Public Lectureby ProfessorJ. Jack Halberstam Friday 1st August

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:57:04 GMT

FYI

----- Forwarded message -----

QUEER ANIMATION

A public lecture by Professor J. Jack Halberstam

Author of:
Female Masculinity
In a Queer time and Place, and
The Drag King Book with Del LaGrace Volcano

Sponsored by the Narrative, Discourse and Pedagogy research node and the
College of Arts, University of Western Sydney, Australia

Abstract
I want to lay out a thesis about a new genre of animated feature films that use Computer Generated Image (CGI) technology instead of standard linear animation techniques and that surprisingly foreground the themes of revolution and transformation. I will call this genre "Pixarvolt" in order to link the technology to the thematic focus and I will show that in the new animation films certain topics that would simply never appear in adult films are central to the success and emotional impact of these narratives. Furthermore, and perhaps even more surprisingly, the Pixarvolt films make subtle as well as overt connections between communitarian revolt and queer embodiment and thereby articulate, in ways that theory and popular narrative have not, the sometimes counter-intuitive links between queerness and socialist struggle. And so, while queer politics are often caricatured by Marxists as "body politics" or as simply superficial, these films recognize that alternative forms of embodiment and desire are central to the struggle
against corporate domination.

When
Friday, 1st August 2008
6pm for 6.30 start

Where
The Powerhouse Museum
500 Harris Street Ultimo
Coles Theatre
Enter main doors from Harris Street Forecourt
Gallery Officer will direct guests to ramp to Level 2 Theatres

Tickets
$25
$20 (student and pensioner concession)
Ticket price includes booking fees and GST. Handling fees may apply.To purchase tickets call Ticketek on 132-849, or visit

Public Transport
Central Station is the closest railway station to the Powerhouse Museum. >From Central Station take the eastern exits to Railway Square/George Street. Turn left into George Street and then right into Harris Street. Walk down Harris Street for 5-10 minutes until you reach the Museum on your right. For further information:http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/visit/howtogethere.asp

Parking
Parking for the Powerhouse Museum is available at the Entertainment Centre Car Park on Darling Drive. The Level 3A RED parking area is the most convenient to the covered walkway connecting the parking station to the Museum (a two minute walk). When tickets are validated at the Museum, a special flat rate of $11.50 (inc GST) applies.

Donate money to Ken Campagnolo Fund and/or find out more about him.

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:17:20 GMT

Ken Campagnolo was discriminated against by his football club and his employer for being bisexual. He has lost his job, home, community and now lives in a car. To find out more...

Please spread the word!

AIDS Advertising...Explore...Just Protect Yourself

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:09:04 GMT

Articles

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:43:10 GMT

'Bi the Way, what does push women's buttons?'

"For heterosexual women," researcher Dr Meredith Chivers says in a new documentary about bisexuality called Bi the Way, which was shown at the NewFest film festival in New York, "looking at a naked man walking on the beach is about as exciting as looking at landscapes."

'Gay Couples Find Marriage Is a Mixed Bag'

BOSTON — Four years after Massachusetts became the first state to allow gay couples to marry, there have been blissful unions, painful divorces and everything in between. Some same-sex couples say being married has made a big difference, and some say it has made no difference at all. There are devoted couples who have decided marriage is not for them, couples whose lawyers or accountants advised them against marrying, and couples in which one partner wants to marry but the other does not."

'Men aged 18 to 30 on Viagra to keep up with Sex And The City generation'

"It used to be that men had the upper hand when it came to confidence in the bedroom. But health experts say ever-younger men are increasingly turning to Viagra in a bid to keep up with modern women inspired by the strong female characters in films such as Sex And The City, starring Sarah Jessica Parker. "

'The history of vibrators'

"From the moment that the steam-powered “Manipulator” appeared in Britain in 1870, the story of vibrators is every bit as thrilling as the devices themselves, reflecting science, medicine, design, technology and social history. I am this week giving a lecture at the Cheltenham Science Festival on the science and history of vibrators, and through my research I have come to realise that, above all, the vibrator story reflects men's changing attitudes towards women."

'Your generation was sluttier'

"Sluttiness is perhaps the most frequently given example of how far kids these days have fallen -- fallen, that is, from the zenith of innocence embodied by fucking your gf in the back of your car at Make-out Point (or the drive-in theater), round-robin pairing off during the sexual revolution, and the barely-covers-you costumes of the disco era and its spillover into the nightclub scene of the 1980s. Although there are not national probability samples (as opposed to convenience samples) going back decades for the entire diversity of perversions, indicators of sexual misbehavior correlate with each other, so we may need to rely on a proxy indicator if data are lacking for another."

Discussion: "8 Signs Your Partner is Addicted to Porn"

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:37:39 GMT

"You can't quite put your finger on it, but your relationship feels troubled. In fact, things have become increasingly stressful and you’re constantly fielding unresolved relationship problems... but you don’t know why.

You are starting to feel confused and distressed.

Could it be that your partner has a pornography problem?"

Read more...

What do people here think?

Articles

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:23:17 GMT

Internet, tolerance spark change in urban gay communities

"With the exception of London and possibly New York, gay bars and culture are changing. On almost all measures, we're seeing the same trend: decreasing number of gay bars/clubs, decreased attendance at gay events, less volunteerism in gay or HIV/AIDS organizations and, less gay media, resulting in an overall decline in gay visibility,' said Simon Rosser, Ph.D., principal investigator on the study and professor in the School of Public Health's Division of Epidemiology and Community Health."

"The Greatest Self-Love Of All: How, Where, And When We Masturbate"

"In celebration of National Masturbation Month (remember that?), Gay.com conducted a survey of their readers—and their straight and lesbian friends—to learn all the dirty details about their masturbation habits. Over 29,000 people responded, and the results have been tabulated. So who's going below the belt most often? How are they doing it? And sex toys? What about the sex toys?"

Unhealthy Views of Female Sexuality

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:41:17 GMT

Unhealthy Views of Female Sexuality by Wuukiee

"I used to have somewhat of a dislike for your kind. I can't do that anymore, not after hearing you. now, if anything... I feel sorry for you. I shouldn't, you don't want my pity. If you're happy with your life, all the power in the world to you. I just don't comprehend how it is possible for you to want things as they are...

You've slept with all these guys, easily one or two a weekend, if not a night. And you don't get it at all. You say yourself, with all these guys... you've never had an orgasm. and you kind of wonder what they're like. But you assume you'll never have one. Because whatever guy you're with, he finishes, and that's that. nothing for you, except the feeling you've done "what you should", climbing your social ladder. You don't "get" sex. You say this. You don't get what it's all about, you don't get the good feelings from it."

Whatever You're Into.....

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:02:55 GMT

Fetish Safe-Sex Commercial

http://humanrightsamerica.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/whatever-youre-into/

"World's largest fake breasts - Maxi Mounds"

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:28:28 GMT

"A stripper has broken the record for the world’s largest fake breasts – thanks to a dangerous medical technique that is banned in Britain."

World's Largest Fake Breasts

"Kylyssa's Sex Tips #9: Solo Sexual Spice For Women"

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:23:29 GMT

"People are forever reading and writing articles about spicing up their sex lives. Women eagerly scan the newsstands for helpful tips to please their partners. However, they seldom bother to think about how to spice up sex for themselves… with themselves!"

Kylyssa's Sex Tips 9: Solo Sexual Spice for Women

"The Orgasmic Mind: The Neurological Roots of Sexual Pleasure"

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:18:53 GMT

"Achieving sexual climax requires a complex conspiracy of sensory and
psychological signals—and the eventual silencing of critical brain
areas"

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-orgasmic-mind

"Berlin remembers persecuted gays"

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:14:09 GMT

"Germany has inaugurated a 600,000 euro concrete memorial to honour the thousands of homosexuals persecuted by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945."

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"Gambia gay death threat condemned"

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:12:07 GMT

"Gay rights activists have condemned Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's
threat to behead homosexuals."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7416536.stm

"Sex And The American Mom: 1 In 3 Report Having Affairs on the Side"

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:34:53 GMT

"A survey reveals that a majority of married moms are not sexually satisfied in their marriages. Many are making up for it on the side."

http://www.alternet.org/sex/85531/

Pleasure Activism Australia in Another Form

Sat, 31 May 2008 10:11:53 GMT

Hey Gorgeous People of Pleasure

Just letting you know that we have made a Google Groups version of the group in addition to the Yahoo group and this Livejournal community.

If you want to join or you know someone that would like to join PAA and have a Gmail account, go to http://groups.google.com/group/pleasure_activism_au .

Cheers
Ruth

Mon, 19 May 2008 10:33:40 GMT

Make love (and money) not war

"There is one place in the Middle East where Arabs and Jews seem to be getting along quite well. It?s the Israeli Web site Parpar1.com, where amateur pornography features Arabs and Jews at each other's throats - but only for erotic purposes."

Web sites with Australian erotica / porn? - Xposted

Mon, 19 May 2008 10:10:37 GMT

Please forward to all your networks!

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Hi everyone,

i'm currently looking for Web sites with Australian-produced erotica /
porn - in particular, stuff which is (pro-)feminist and pro-diversity
in terms of body size / shape, ability, gender, sexual orientation,
etc. - to add to the 'Erotica' section of the Pleasure Activism
Australia Web site:

http://pleasureactivism.org/erotica.html

Any ideas? If so, let me know! i'd love to hear from you. :-) Please
send your recommendations / suggestions to myself at:

alexis@pleasureactivism.org

Thanks!

Alexis Hazell
Web site administrator
Pleasure Activism Australia

Male Circumcision Ineffective in HIV Battle According to New Future HIV Therapy Report

Wed, 07 May 2008 07:50:49 GMT

Male Circumcision Ineffective in HIV Battle According to New Future HIV Therapy Report

"Promoting male circumcision in Africa is risky and dangerous and could lead to more HIV infections, warns a new paper published today in the May issue of Future HIV Therapy. Promoting circumcision will drain millions, possibly
billions, of dollars away from more effective prevention strategies, and cause tens of thousands of infections and other surgical complications."

Hooked on Hookers

Wed, 07 May 2008 07:32:17 GMT

Hooked On Hookers

"As anti-prostitution groups increasingly try to thwart the sex trade by going after the customers, they say they have faced a big problem - researchers have only the crudest grasp of why men buy sex.

Even scholarly understanding of prostitution demand has been coloured for years by a boys-will-be-boys attitude toward sex, advocates say. To get a deeper understanding, a group of researchers - most of them young women - invited more than 100 US men who frequent prostitutes to sit down and talk about their attitudes and experiences."

New Article on PAA site - Kabbalah and Sex

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:49:37 GMT

Hey Gorgeous People of the Pleasure!

There is a new article on the PAA website.

Kabbalah and Sex

This series of essays by Jacobus Swart first appeared on the Kabbalahconcepts Yahoo! group in 2008. They have been reproduced on the PAA site with his kind permission.

You can find it at here.

Cheers
The Wrat

and some of us are kinky

Thu, 01 May 2008 09:31:50 GMT

Hi all!

This is a quick post to promote a new blog site, FetLife.

Whilst at first blush it looks like alt.com or collarme, it is in fact modelled after such places as Facebook and Myspace.

I'm in there for social reasons myself as I don't find sweeties in online sites, but others may want to, or just hang out :-)

There are a number of active communities in there.

"Hard times ahead as porn goes soft?"

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:27:10 GMT

Hard times ahead as porn goes soft?

"Economists are citing some dire portents of a recession these days, but they've missed one indicator I find especially disturbing: The porn business has suddenly gone flaccid."