Sex 2.0 2009 post roundup

A big “thank you!” to all the attendees who took the time record a session and upload media or do a writeup. If I’ve left out a post, please leave a comment and I’ll update the post. There were many people who couldn’t attend, so there were reqeusts that media be posted. Next time, we’ll be more proactive in organizing volunteers to record and transcribe sessions.

Twitter Search: #sex20 OR #sex2.0 OR “sex 2.0″ OR sex20con
Google Blog search: Sex 2.0
Sex 2.0 Flickr pool (add your pics!)
Opening Remarks (Vimeo)
Melissa Gira’s Keynote (Vimeo)
Twitter Live Feed

Amber Rhea
Sex 2.0: Building Bridges & Alliances between researchers, sex workers & clients
Sex 2.0: Sex Work in the Time of Obama
Audio recording of Revisiting Naked on the Internet panel
Sex 2.0, v2 – success!
Sex 2.0 2009 Flickr photo set

Audacia Ray
Research on Alternative Sexualities (Sex 2.0 Session)
Internet Advocacy for Sexual Freedom (Sex 2.0)

Calico
“Building Bridges” at Sex 2.0 (video)
“Gender and Technology” (video)
“Revenge Porn” with Maria Diaz at Sex 2.0 (video part 1, video part 2)
“Sex Work in the Time of Obama” at Sex 2.0 (video)

Cunning Minx
“How to Get Some ” (Powerpoint on Slideshare)
Sex 2.0: Building Bridges
Polyamory Weekly #204: Polyamory at Sex 2.0

Debauched Domestic Diva
Happy Mother’s Day!

Domina Doll
Sex 2.0 2009

Elizabeth Wood
Mothers Day, Sex 2.0, and some not-so-random connections | Sex In The Public Square

Essin’ Em
Sequoia tree, very pretty

Feministing
@Sex 2.0: At the intersection of social media, feminism and sexuality

Figleaf
The Art of the Takedown: Lessons for Knee-Squeezing Twits
Rough Notes from Cunningminx’s “Internet Famous / Conference Shy” Session at Sex 2.0
Sex 2.0 and Galvanic Response
Rough Notes from Maria Diaz’s “Revenge Porn” Session at Sex 2.0
Revenge-Porn “Revenge” Strategy

Furry Girl
Sex 2.0 roundup: militant awesome-ism

Harley Jean Tobin
Sex 2.0 and “I Am a Sex Worker” PSA

Jack
Sex 2.0 ver 2, DC

Lisa Kansas
Sex 2.0! Part One: Let’s Talk About Objectification
Sex 2.0! Part Two: Constructive Dialoguing
Sex 2.0! Part Three: Ethical Research
Sex 2.0! Part Four: You Can Run But You Can’t Hide, Feminists!

Lolita Wolf
Sex 2.0 – Part 1
Sex 2.0 – Part 2

Maria M. Diaz
Revenge Porn Notes for Sex 2.0

MayMay
Gender and Technology at IgniteSydney
KinkForAll and the Evolution of Sexuality Communities

Mollena Williams
Sex 2.0 in the thick of it

Renegade Evolution
A preliminary Sex 2.0 2009 post
And now, the Sex 2.0 angst…

Sequoia Redd
good night, internet, v-log from sex 2.0

Sarah Sloane
A big weekend

Scarlet Lotus St.Syr
The (Un)conference: Getting to D.C. & Sex 2.0
Sex 2.0 Update

Twitter Live Feed

Getting ready to come to Sex 2.0: Countdown check list

Have you….

• registered for the conference? Registration ends Thursday, May 6 at midnight. No walk up registrations will be allowed.
• checked out the sessions and the schedule?
• read the rights, responsibilities & photography policy?
• packed your business cards/Moo cards?
• reviewed the list of those attendees who Twitter or live blog, so that you can follow them?
• joined the Flickr group pool, so that you can upload pictures?
• activated your Campfire invite (check your bulk mail folder), so you can chat?
• looked to see if there are any attendee organized events you might be interested in?
• brought literature to leave at the literature table (which will be set up in the vendor area)?
• brought some toiletries to donate to HIPs?

It’s going to be an amazing conference. See you on May 9th!

Rights, responsibilities & photography policy

Terms:

1. Registration is mandatory. Anyone whose name is not on the registration list on the day of the event will be turned away at the door; no exceptions. Additionally, Sex 2.0 reserves the right to refuse admission to any person.
2. Sex 2.0 is a 18-and-over event. You must present a valid photo ID upon entrance.
3. You waive the right to sue Sex 2.0, its organizers, participants, agents, proxies, and representatives for any reason.
4. You affirm that you are not offended by nudity, sexuality, visual depictions of sex, and frank discussion about sex.
5. You agree that any and all content created will be irrevocably licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
6. You agree not to use or derive anyone else’s content which you do not have permission or rights to use.

Sex 2.0 rights and responsibilities

At any time if a session leader or event staff feels that an individual is being disruptive to the flow of the discussion or conference any session leader or event staff member can remove that individual from that session or from the conference entirely. Sex 2.0 is a zero tolerance event.

Attendee Organized events are not a part of Sex 2.0 and are not included in the price of admission. The attendee event organizers reserve the full right and responsibility to remove or deny access to any individual for any reason.

(Adapted from Charis Circle rights & responsibilities)

Rights:

• To speak (for yourself) and be heard (without interruption)
• To self-identify without challenge or explanation
• To ask questions and express ideas
• To voice your individual needs
• To disagree
• To laugh, have fun, participate, and learn

Responsibilities:

• To listen with an open mind
• To be respectful of others’ voices and experiences
• To avoid making generalizations or assumptions based on individual characteristics, personality traits, appearance, cultural affiliation, race, sex, gender identity, class, age, dis/ability, religion, occupation, etc.
• To be conscious of the space we take up verbally (step back, step up)
• To be mindful of scheduling and respect the value of each others’ time
• To challenge ourselves and each other

Additionally: Sex 2.0 is not an appropriate venue for debating whether sexuality, gender, gender identity or sex work is “good” or “bad,” or for prodding attendees or speakers for personal information or explanations. Sex 2.0 participants will value and respect the voices of all people and the information they choose to share.

The Law of Two Feet

Simply put: your experience at Sex 2.0 is what you want it to be. At any time, if you’re not learning what you want to learn, if you’re not getting what you need, you have every right to depart the session you’re in and move to a different one, or none at all.

The Law of Null Space

You are very likely to learn the most in the spaces between sessions, at lunch, at breaks, etc. when you can just talk and hang out with people. Be ready! Have your notebook out, your business cards handy, and be ready to learn at the most unlikely times.

Photography policy

Photography will be permitted at the event however photos can only be taken of those individuals who agree to have their photo taken as stated below. Any person taking photos of individuals without their consent may be asked to leave the event.

We’ll be providing color stickers so that you can indicate on your badge your photographic preference.

GREEN – Yes,  you can take my picture

YELLOW – ASK FIRST

RED - NO photography

Audio and Video recording

Audio and video recording of any kind is prohibited unless express permission is given from the session leader, if recording a session or individual permission if recording an individual. Anyone caught using audio of video recording equipmentnt without the express permission of those being recorded may be asked to leave the event.

Liveblogging and Twitter

I’ve tried to assemble a list of attendees who will be live blogging or using Twitter. These names were collected either through the Google Group or by using Twitter search. You’ll either want to follow them because 1) you’re attending and it’ll help you keep track of where people are  or 2) you’re not attending and want to follow the conference by following them.

Last year, I did a post on my blog listing all the speakers on Twitter (18). This year, many attendees are on Twitter! We’re also going to have a live Twitter feed on the front page, so if you are twittering, please make sure you use the #sex20 hashtag, otherwise it won’t show up in the feed. If you want to understand what Twitter is, I suggest this video.

If I have not listed you, my apologies for having left you off. Please add your name and link in the comments and I’ll update the list. Thank you!

Live blogging

Twitter (remember to use the #sex20 hashtag)

Session Recorders Needed

I’ve set up  a page in the Google Group to organize recording for each of the sessions. The goal of a session recorder is to form a summary of what was discussed during a session. There’s been a lot of interest and people who can’t attend have asked that writeups or some sort of media be made available. 

Session Leaders

Please indicate the all permitted methods of recording a session (i.e. for certain sessions, participants may not want to be on video):

-Video recording
-Audio recording
-Live blog/writeup

Twitter isn’t an acceptable method of recording the session, because from what my searches show, all the Twitters from last year’s conference aren’t indexed. The goal is to have a file or document that can either be uploaded to this site (Files section) or linked to from another site. If it’s video or audio recording, please list whether you can provide the equipment.

Volunteers

Please list your name and email address, so that the session leader can get in touch with you after the session to discuss how the session writeup/video/audio will be formatted, written up, and where it will be uploaded or linked to.

Reminder: Bound, Not Gagged Happy Hour, Thursday, May 7th

 

The Desiree Alliance is pleased to invite you to attend a happy hour to support our web blog project, BoundNotGagged.com

BoundnotGagged.com is a place for sex workers to respond to the way that we’re portrayed in the media and the way that sexist laws are used to undermine our rights. It is one way that we respond to the injustice and hypocrisy that keeps sex workers’ voices muted and faces hidden. Sex workers may be forced into hiding, but we refuse to be silent.

The Desiree Alliance is committed to creating space and campaigns that address self-identified needs of sex workers. We are proud to sponsor this project to provide a platform where sex workers can speak for ourselves.

Please join us in Washington DC for our first ever meet-up with some of the blog contributors and other friends and allies for sex workers rights.

When: May 7th, 2009, 5-7pm
Where: 
Madam’s Organ
Soul Food Restaurant & Blues Bar
2461 18th Street, NW 
Washington, DC 20009

This happy hour is a pre-event hosted in conjunction with Sex 2.0, focusing on the intersection of social media, feminism, and sexuality. BoundNotgagged.com is a proud sponsor of the second annual Sex 2.0 “un”-conference on May 9th, 2009 in Washington DC.

Service project benefiting HIPS

This year we are organizing a small service project for Sex 2.0 attendees to participate in. Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS) will be participating in the conference this year and are an excellent organization that provide much needed support to sex workers in the Washington D.C. area. Their outreach efforts serve over 8,000 sex workers per year with services such as education and counseling; emergency shelter; and distribution of safety materials, clothing, food, and personal items.

HIPS always needs donations of personal care items such as lotion, shampoo, and mouthwash. Incidentally, our conference this year is located in a hotel and our hotel rooms will be coming with handy sample sizes of these items. So, as a simple service project, we’ll be collecting donations of your hotel toiletries for HIPS so that they can be distributed to sex workers in need of them. While this project is focusing on the things we can swipe from our hotel rooms, we’ll also collect other items that HIPS can use including:

• Any new and unused personal care item
• Clothing
• Cash donations

Donation boxes will be available at the Porn and Brownies event on Friday evening, at the registration table the day of the conference, and at brunch on Sunday. Thank you for taking the time to participate in Sex 2.0. Please consider embodying the spirit of the conference by making a donation of a personal care item for HIPS.

Thanks to Ellie Lumpesse, who suggested this.

Sex 2.0 Press Release

Please help spread the word and repost/send the press release wherever you think it’s appropriate. Thanks!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Match
email: match@playwithmatch.com

The second Sex 2.0 to focus on the intersection of social media, feminism and sexuality

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 27, 2009. Now in our second year, Sex 2.0, a one-day unconference, will take place on May 9, 2009 in Washington, D.C. Sex 2.0 will focus on the intersection of social media, feminism, and sexuality. How is social media enabling people to learn, grow, and connect sexually? How is sexual expression tied to social activism? Does the concept of transparency online offer new opportunities or present new roadblocks — or both?  Sex 2.0 is an unconference, which means that sessions will be informal conversations organized by people attending the event. Session leaders with some knowledge in a subject area facilitate conversations among the participants.

Sessions will include: “Internet Advocacy for Sexual Freedom” with Ricci Joy Levy of the Woodhull Foundation; “Polyamory in Media’s Spotlight” with Anita Wagner; “Craigslist Red, Craigslist Blue: Why we should dismantle the “internet red light district” with Melissa Gira Grant and Joanne McNeill;  “Kick Ass Twitter Apps” with Cunning Minx; “Revenge Porn” with Maria Diaz; and “Sex Writing Beyond Erotica, Beyond Porn” with Jack Murnighan, Nerve.com editor-at-large. The keynote speaker will be Nikol Hasler, creator of the Midwest Teen Sex Show (http://midwestteensexshow.com). A complete list of sessions may be viewed at: http://sex20con.com/2009-schedule/sessions/

Sex 2.0 will be held in a Washington, D.C. hotel. (To ensure everyone’s privacy, location information will be email once you are registered). It will offer five conference rooms, a lounge (with free WiFi), vendor area as well as space for various sex-positive outreach groups to set up informational displays and tables.

The event is managed by volunteers and funded by sponsors. We are pleased to have SEXTOY.com as our presenting sponsor this year. SEXTOY.com has been focusing on building a relationship within the blogger community with the recent start-up of its sex toy reviewer program. SEXTOY.com is honored to be the official sponsor for Sex 2.0 and looks forward to a mutually rewarding relationship with the blogger Community.  Two SEXTOY.com associates will be attending Sex 2.0 this year: Erik Van Riper and Domina Doll; who both look forward to meeting everyone, attending the talks and participating in discussions. Sex 2.0 is also pleased to have community sponsor Bound Not Gagged (www.boundnotgagged.com), hospitality sponsor Kimberleecline.com and technology sponsor PosAlt.com supporting this years conference.

While the event itself is on Saturday, May 9, there are participant-organized meetups, outings, and parties being planned for Friday night and Saturday evening, as well as a Sunday brunch. For more information, visit the Sex 2.0 website at www.sex20con.com or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/sex20con.

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Sessions & Session Leaders

We’ve updated the Session Leaders list and have posted the Sex 2.0 sessions (which are subject to change).

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