VA kidbusters, girlhood vs. boyhood, Diamond Daggers, etc

         

SEX WORKER Festival, coming to SF in May:

http://www.bayswan.org/swfest/calendar2005fest.gif
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Comparing brains (and childhoods) of MEN & WOMEN:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/03/BAGSKBJI981.DTL
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FLORESIAN "HOBBIT" BRAIN -- small but smart?

http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Analysis-Shows-Prehistoric--Hobbit--a-Distinct-Species&story_id=30923&category=disc

[ Comment by TBL: If correct, this report challenges the view that we modern humans
(Homo sapiens sapiens) are unique in our intelligence. ]
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VIRGINIA police arrest 8-year-old boy for tantrum

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/03/04/national/a072935S09.DTL

[ Comment by TBL: Virginia likes to claim that "Virginia is for lovers."
Maybe they mean " Virginia is for lovers of fascism." ]
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FREEDOM-SEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events + news-links
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from HolyTitClamps.com, SFBG.com, et alii ):
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For more "queer things to do"
in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
please visit Larrybob at HTC:

[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
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For news of EduKink leather/BDSM classes,
please consider joining

[ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edukink ]
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Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
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MARCH 2005:
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Second anniversary of the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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March 4:
Friday 7 pm: Want to hear some Queer voices on the air? Listen to KPFA radio's show Full Circle this Friday nite from 7-8pm and hear a story about Racism in the Castro, Queers and gentrification in Oakland and a story about the life of a Queer Immigrant youth. That is 94.1 FM, the progressive listener sponsored station. And let us know what you think.
http://www.kpfa.org
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**Dandelion Dancetheater
Fri/4-Sat/5, ODC Theater
"WHEN ERIC KUPERS and Kimiko Guthrie, right out of UC Santa Cruz, started collaborating in 1991, they were a couple. They're uncoupled now, but their artistic relationship continues in Dandelion Dancetheater. It's one in which their works intersect but also shoot off in completely different directions. Guthrie has refined her approach to dissecting how the commonplace shapes perceptions of ourselves and others: when two people do identical moves, what does that tell us about them? How much can we read in a single gesture, for example,
a handshake? Kupers, for his part, has gone out into left field by examining identity through that most vulnerable aspect of our selves, the nude body:
The Undressed Project digs into fundamental questions about how our physical selves relate to the rest of us.
Dandelion's spring season is delivered in two parts. The evening starts at 7 p.m. with a double bill of world premieres. Guthrie's You is a sextet that looks at the connection between the memory and the reality of a relationship. Kupers's Octagon, a collaboration with musician Patrick Cress and painter Nancy Ostrovsky, balances between improvisation and composition in looking at obsession. For Coital Canvas II, which starts at 9:30 p.m., ODC Theater becomes a nightclub in which the Kupers-Cress-Ostrovsky trio meet for an extended jam session, which the audience is invited to join." [-- SFBG]
7 and 9:30 p.m., 3153 17th St., S.F.
$17-$20 for both shows
(415) 863-9834

http://www.odctheater.org

http://www.sfbg.com/39/22/art_c_stage_dandelion.html

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***CAL-SF: 5 March, Saturday afternoon
nude outdoor performance in Castro district
(near Castro Muni station, Castro & Market):


"Sat. Mar. 5 - Nude Street Performances
as Raelians Celebrate the first FEMININITY DAY.

We invite women and men everywhere to come and join us in this ... celebration [....]
to ensure that love, peace and Femininity will one day rule this planet.

In San Francisco, the performance will take place at 1pm on March 5th in the gay community of Castro and Market St., one of the few places in the USA where nudity is no longer considered to be an offensive sight."
[ http://www.rael.org/english/index.html ]
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FREE

wightcurtin [at] hotmail.com
650-355-5305
http://www.rael.org
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http://www.sowoman.org
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[ Comment by Senior Unlimited Nudes (SUN):
WITHOUT endorsing the Raelian religion,
we will attend their event, as spectators.
We MIGHT go nude, if this seems appropriate, maybe not.
At least one early posting about this event gives the location as Castro & Tenth, which is clearly impossible. When advised of this misprint, "wightcurtin" corrected it. ]
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***CAL-SF: Saturday, March 5
The Queer "Playground"
hosted by Arielle
8pm - 1am
[ $20 per person ]
The SF Citadel and Host Arielle present an evening full of
friendly, kinky, queer fun and hot energy.
Come join us March 5, from 8pm-1am for the SF Citadel's Queer Playground,
a queer energy play party for those of us in the leather community of any gender or sexuality
who identify as queer, lesbian, gay, fag, dyke, genderqueer, genderfucker, genderbender, trans,
MTF, FTM,
bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, questioning, intersexed, trysexual ;)

We will have service submissives serving the guests and house slaves....
There will be bootblacking, and a wrestling area ....
Femina Potens will be there raising some money with a spanking booth.

Volunteer work shifts available for entry
(service submissives, house slaves, DM's, setup, cleanup, door shifts)
House slaves require an interview for pre-approval. Service submissives require a brief training,
and preferably experience or desire for service submission.

To volunteer, send email to Arielle at
MusicGeekChic [at] speakeasy.net

Please RSVP for this event; by email to:
MusicGeekChic [at] speakeasy.net


For Citadel street address,
and possible last-minute changes,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]

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SF: Saturday March 5,
7 pm: Center for Sex & Culture Fundraiser.
Kink Ink:
this fabulous feast of filth and fanciful fun will include a silent auction of donated adult comic art;
the "Cartoon Concert" by Mark Bode, who is a well-known comix artist who does sexual themes with characters who come to life. A dj playing funk and soul. Wine and cheese and stuff.
And sexy entertainment including a tasty sampling from Diamond Daggers Queer Girl Revue.
[ http://www.diamonddaggers.com ]
CSC, 398 - 11th [near Harrison], 3rd Floor, SF.

http://www.centerforsexandculture.com
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MARCH 6: SF: first birthday of
SaveFreedom yahoogroup,
started during SF's Winter of Love:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/

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CAL, northern:
circa Tuesday, 8 March (International Women's Day):
special election for Sacramento seat in U.S. House of Representatives.
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WASHINGTON state, circa 8 March:
(on or near International Women's Day):
State supreme court
considers whether state can deny marriage rights of same-sex couples.

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*8 March, SF, Tuesday afternoon:
Int'l Women's Day march
Tuesday, March 8, gather at San Francisco City Hall and march to the "Hall of Justice"
(850 Bryant St.) to rally against the criminalization of poverty, in observance of
International Women's Day, which is honored by 60 countries.
Meet 3 p.m., march 4 p.m., from San Francisco City Hall, S.F.
(415) 626-4114
http://www.globalwomenstrike.net
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CAL-SF: 11 March:
"Half Price Friday":
8pm to 1am :
open playparty
for adults of any gender:
at sfCitadel.org

For work exchange, please email
volunteers [at] sfcitadel.org
For sfCitadel street address, exact price
possible last-minute changes, etc.,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]

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CAL-SF: ....... thru March 16:
exhibition on MAMMY PLEASANT
(Mary Ellen Pleasant),
controversial SF black pioneer,
in SF new Main Library,
SF History Center, 6th floor.

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Book drive for Philippine students
..... thru March 16,
St. Paul's Episcopal School's second-grade class holds a
two week-long drive to provide school books, learning games, and supplies
for students living in barrio communities in the Philippines.
Please deliver donations to St. Paul's,
116 Montecito, Oakl. (510) 285-9600
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*CAL-SF: 19 March, Saturday:
yet another ANTI-WAR MARCH
[or is it an Anti-Fascism march?? ]....

Gather 11am in Dolores Park;
march to SF Civic Center.

[ Will "nakedmarvin" march nude this time? ]

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CAL-SF: 25 March
"Half Price Friday":
8pm to 1am :
open playparty
for adults of any gender:
at sfCitadel.org

For work exchange, please email
volunteers [at] sfcitadel.org
For sfCitadel street address, exact price
possible last-minute changes, etc.,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]

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*CAL-SF: Saturday, March 26

The Ethical Slut
presented by Dossie Easton and Janet Harding
2:30pm - 5:30pm
Doors at 2:00pm
[ cost ?? ]
Strategies for Sluts: Negotiating the Banana Peels of Free Love

OK, so you want to have lots of sex and lots of S/M with lots of wonderful people... who wouldn't? But the realities are often challenging: even the most joyous slut may experience insecurity, feelings of clumsiness and/or incompetence, guilt, and, of course, jealousy. Dossie and Janet will discuss lifestyles that go traditional monogamous model. Can you maintain supportive relationships in a world where the only sexual boundaries are the ones you set yourself? How do you feel secure when your partner has a date (with someone cuter than you)? What is jealousy, and can it be overcome? Come listen, talk and learn about how to build the lifestyle you want.

Janet Hardy (aka Catherine A. Liszt and Lady Green) is president of Greenery Press Inc. Under her various pen names, she is the author or co-author of ten books on sexuality, polyamory and BDSM. Janet is a bisexual, polyamorous, gender-flexible SM switch who has shared her lifestyle knowledge at workshops and conferences internationally.

Dossie Easton, a San Francisco therapist, has been an active sex radical since 1961. While she is a well-known bottom, Dossie also tops, and has taught dozens of classes on S/M techniques, skills and philosophy. She was one of the first members of the Society of Janus in San Francisco.

The two women have co-authored five books, including
"The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities"
and "Radical Ecstasy: SM Journeys to Transcendence."

For cost, Citadel street address,
and possible last-minute changes,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]

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