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Get to Know Yer Booty Conference

Date:
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Time:
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Event Type:
Conference
Organizer/Author:
the booty folks
Location Details:
Women's Choice Clinic
570 14th St
Oakland

a semi-annual extravaganza of info about sexuality, gender, and health including workshops, discussions, resource referral, and a zine distro.
Workshop Schedule:

11 - 1150am Live Music and Local Art, Resource Referral and Zine Library, Pastries, Coffee and Tea

12 - 1250am Gender Exploration or Self Defense

1 - 150pm Panty Sewing or Gender Demystification

2 - 250pm Radical Families or Menstrual Cycle, Abortion Options

3 - 350pm Social Detox or Sexual Physiology

4 - 450pm Self Cervical Exams or ACT UP and WHAM! History

5 - 550pm Consent To Sexy or Sexual Assault, Power Dynamics

ASL interpreters upon request.
Wheelchair accessible.
Childcare provided.

Contact: xmarksthespot [at] riseup.net
or sign up for updates: knowyourbooty [at] lists.riseup.net

Workshop Descriptions:
Gender Exploration: A circus of gender play including make-up, dress-up, and discussion.

Self Defense: An interactive self defense workshop.

Make Your Own Sassy Pants: Learn how to hand-sew underwear out of recycled materials.

Gender Demystification: A discussion on gender variation; how to be an ally to the gender deviant.

Rad Families: Where we find comfort, where we make family and home, and why that choice is important.

Menstrual Cycle and Abortion Options: An overview of of the physiology of the menstrual cycle, conception, and abortion options.

Social Detox: How can we break down patriarchy and what does a radical masculinity feel like?

Sexual Physiology: A workshop on sexual anatomy.

Self Cervical Exam Workshop: Radical Feminist Healthcare: an anatomical exploration.

An Intro to ACT UP, WHAM, and Other Bad Asses: A short history of radical, queer movements of the eights and nighties.

Consent To Sexy: A workshop on safe BDSM play and safer sex.

Sexual Assault and Power Dynamics from a Radical Perspective: A discussion about safe space, consent and accountability.
Added to the calendar on Tue, Dec 12, 2006 3:31PM
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