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Arse Elektronika 2008

by Viviane on 10/01/2025

in san francisco

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The 2nd gathering of kinksters and geeks (keeks and ginksters?) met in San Francisco, at CELLSpace. I also got to visit Kink.com and see the Ultimate Surrender live taping. Those pics are at Flickr and I’ll post shortly.

The Arse Elektronika Schedule page has links to all the MP3s, so you can hear the talks you’re interested in.

The MP3 of the talk Susan Mernit and I gave, “Avoiding the Emily Gould Effect” is here. Our Powerpoint slides (with additional references) may be viewed at Slideshare.net.

Susan has posted some of the notes and quotes for the talk over at Blogher: Over sharing, Blogging and Transparency—Notes—and Quotes– from a Talk.

Bonnie Ruberg (who writes the Click Me column for the Village Voiceand the Clickable Clit column for SF Weekly) had the stamina to Twitter the entire event.

The Arse Elektronika Anthology “pr0nnovation?” is out and can be ordered here or via RE/Search.

The Arse Elektronika 2008 Flickr pool is here.

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Blogging Sex @ Center for Sex and Culture

by Viviane on 09/30/2025

in Events, Fetish & Kink, san francisco, sex

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Melissa Gira‘s teaching a class on sex and blogging:

Blogging Sex
Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Center for Sex and Culture
1519 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA

Learning how to set up a blog is *so* not the same thing as learning how to deal with what you’re going to say on your blog. Especially if that’s about sex. Your audience may be the dozen friends and lovers who read you every day in a private journal, or it could be as much of the world that you want — and co-workers, family, and a few ex’s to boot. You may write under a pseudonym, or you may want to make a name for yourself. You might write smut, or confession, memoir, or essay: since it’s sex and you’re writing in public, it’s going to get messy sooner or later. Melissa will share some of the more scandalous success stories of where blogging sex has taken a few online personalities you’ve heard of and (since it’s the Internet) some you definitely haven’t heard of yet. She’ll be drawing on her own ten years as a serial oversharer online, and just a little on her stint this year reporting on sex for the Internet industry gossip blog Valleywag.com. If you’ve ever wondered how to write fairly, smartly, and hotly online about your own sex life, come to this talk and workshop with your laptop and your questions.

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SF: Chasing the Erotic Portrait with Michele Serchuk

by Viviane on 07/10/2025

in photography, san francisco

homemidori14 10 SF: Chasing the Erotic Portrait with Michele SerchukPhoto: Midori by Michele Serchuk

Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008
Time: Noon – 4:00 PM
Location: Center for Sex & Culture
1519 Mission near 11th Street in San Francisco
415-255-1155

Cost: $15 for Photo Club members, $40 for non-members. ( CSC can accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, plus
personal checks.)
RSVP: Please RSVP at mail@sexandculture.org with “Photo Club” in the subject line.
(Please plan to come a little early if you want to sign up to be a Photo Club member onsite. What’s the Photo Club? See below.)

Have you ever looked at a beautiful, erotic photo and wondered how that shot came to be? What’s the story behind that seductive image? How does one make art from interpersonal connections and life experience? How does the artist’s approach change when working with the personal boundaries and emotional issues encountered when exploring sexuality and eroticism?

Perhaps you’ve begun shooting your own erotic imagery — your personal artwork, or sexy photos of a lover. Anyone can pick up a fully featured, pre-programmed camera and make technically credible images, but you want put passion and emotion into the shot. How can you use the erotic and/or creative connection you have with your subject to shoot stronger, more personal images? Learn how to put your lover or model at ease, draw their own sensuality out and create a dynamic conducive to making powerful, sexual imagery.

Michele Serchuk, working collaboratively with her subjects, has been shooting a wide range of erotic portraits for over a decade. Using a slide show of her own images as a framework, Ms. Serchuk will discuss how she puts her subject at ease, draws out their own sensuality and creates a creates a safe and exciting space conducive to making powerful erotic imagery. There will be time to ask plenty of questions and discuss students’ own creative goals and quandaries, and of course time for students to shoot their own photos after we’re done talking. Whether you are shooting sexy pictures with your lover or are working with a friend on your personal artwork, this workshop will help you to develop your approach to creating exciting, erotic images.

Michele will give a presentation about her work including lecture-style teaching, then oversee/teach a two-hour shooting session with at least one model.

This class will include a slide show of the artist’s work, lecture & discussion, plus time for students to shoot their own work with a model.

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Cinekink: San Francisco

by Viviane on 06/18/2025

in cinekink, movies, san francisco

CineKink: San Francisco
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
July 10-12, 2008

Please join us – and/or tell all your friends – as the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents CineKink: San Francisco, a touring version of “the really alternative film festival,” to be held July 10-12, 2008 at the YBCA screening room (701 Mission Street, SF).

Cutting across orientations to celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality, offerings in this kink-friendly, traveling showcase range from documentary to drama, camp comedy to hot porn, mildy spicy to quite explicit – and everything in between.

Schedule
Tickets

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San Francisco: Chemistry 4 launch party

by Viviane on 06/03/2025

in Events, Fetish & Kink, porn, san francisco

chemistry San Francisco: Chemistry 4 launch party

Vivid Entertainment invites the public to celebrate the release of multi-award winning director Tristan Taormino’s movie “Chemistry 4: The Orgy Edition” on Thursday, June 5 at Good Vibrations in San Francisco. The party is from 6:30-8:00 p.m.

“Chemistry 4: The Orgy Edition” is the latest in Taormino’s reality porn series, and it features four hours of unscripted, spontaneous, scorching hot sex.

Tristan will host the evening and introduce a special clip of the movie created especially for the party. Three stars of the film — Penny Flame, Adrianna Nicole, and Sinnamon Love — will be at the party to meet fans, sign autographs, and share stories from behind the scenes. “This will be a reunion of the three female stars in the movie, and they are all looking forward to seeing each other and meeting their fans!” says Taormino. In addition to the sneak preview of the movie, there will be complimentary cocktails and hors d’ouerves, a special guest DJ, and a fabulous door prize full of sexy goodies.

Tristan adds, “Good Vibrations is the perfect place to celebrate my latest creation for Vivid. It is the center of the sex-positive community in San Francisco, and I’m thrilled they are throwing the official launch party for ‘Chemistry 4.’” Good Vibrations is located at 603 Valencia Street (at 17th Street), San Francisco, CA 94110. For more information or to RSVP, email tristan AT puckerup DOT com.

“Chemistry 4: The Orgy Edition” also stars AVN’s Male Performer of the Year Evan Stone, Tyler Knight, and Johnny Sins and is available in stores now.

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