Events

Events Calendar

Upcoming Events

Just Films: The Dilemma of Desire

— Eddy Theater, Chatham University

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Just Films is a collaboration of six organizations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania committed to women, girls, gender equity, and social justice: Black Women’s Policy Center, Chatham University Art & Design Department and Women’s Institute, MomsWork Powered by NCJW Pittsburgh, Women and Girls Foundation,  Women’s Law Project, and YWCA Greater Pittsburgh.

Previous Events

Dr.Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Pittsburgh: Sketch Social

February 25, 2023

Dr.Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Pittsburgh: Sketch Social featuring Jessie Sage.

Online Event: NCJW Pittsburgh hosts Sex Work Is Work

July 12, 2022

Together with Debby Applegate and Jessie Sage, we’ll take a deep dive discussing the Jewish history of sex workers and the current complexities of parenting as one.

Zoom Event: July 11 – Digital Security Talk with SWOP PGH

July 11, 2022

Let’s get Digital via Zoom for our next support group meet! Mark your calendars for Monday, July 11th from 6:30pm-8:30pm. @curvaceous_sage and a volunteer from the National Lawyers Guild will be speaking.

Event: June 2 – International Whore’s Day, SWOP Pittsburgh

June 2, 2022

International Whore’s Day began 46 years ago after hundreds of sex workers stormed churches in Lyon, France, in protest against horrid working conditions. For this International Wh0re’s Day, we honor some incredible minds who’ve written about the intersections of being in the sex industry and living in a marginalized body in this punitive world. You’ll […]

Virtual Book Launch for We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival

February 18, 2021

Join Feminist Press and the writers of We Too at Bluestockings for a group reading from the new anthology We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, MC’d by coeditor Tina Horn!

The State of the Industry

February 10, 2021

Internext Online Conference Other Speakers: Mistress Blunt, Gem Stone, Dylan Thomas, Lotus Lain

Women of Sex Tech Virtual Conference 2020

May 2, 2020

To raise awareness and demonstrate the impact of COVID-19 on the intersection of human sexuality and technology.

This virtual conference will include talks ranging from reproduction rights to porn and policy and compliance. Special performances by Vally Latini and Jacq The Stripper. Keynote by Cindy Gallop.

Facts not Fear: A Night to Fight Stigma

September 24, 2019

This event features members of several highly stigmatized populations including sex workers, trans folks, and people living with HIV. Each will be talking about their reality and how stigma is harmful to the communities of which they are a part. There will be time for Q & A after each speaker, and the intention is to be an open dialogue rather than a lecture-style event. James is an accomplished stand-up comic, so his approach will be very different from Jessie and Dena’s, but will address the same issues of stigmatization.

Conference Presentation: “Podcasts, and Sex Columns, and VICE Articles, Oh My!”

May 26, 2019

Four years into my PhD program in philosophy, I left full-time academia, disillusioned by the field’s hostility toward women. Since then, I have built a career outside of academia, which includes working as an online sex worker and social justice advocate. As someone who has recently returned to teaching, I do so as an activist-scholar […]

Sexual Suppression, Theorizing the Web, Keynote Address

April 12, 2019

The increasing repression of sexual content across digital platforms threatens lies and raises important questions about representation, access, safety, and institutionalized discrimination. With Cameron Glover, Samantha Cole, Liara Roux, Sunny Moraine, and Ramona Flour.