Events

Public Talk: Moving “Smart Justice” Forward: Community Narratives, ACLU of Pennsylvania

October 24, 2018

Join the Campaign for Smart Justice to hear panelists from the community share narratives on moving forward to foster Smart Justice in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. 

Guest Lecture: Motherhood, Sex Work, and Stigma, Susquehanna University

October 24, 2018

Guest Lecture to Public Sociology Senior Seminar on motherhood, sex work, and stigma.

Conference Presentation: Niches By the Thousands: Phone Sex in an Internet Age, Association of Internet Researchers

October 12, 2018

This panel explores the connections between our own technological moment and media

of the past to analyze the ways that we conceive of — and practice — notions of

intimacy.

Conference Presentation: Instruments of Crime: Condoms, Prostitution, Prosecutors and Public Safety in Pennsylvania, Beyond the Wall: Reentry Summit and Prison Healthcare

October 5, 2018

Beyond the Walls brings together the communities that are affected by the crises of mass imprisonment. With a focus on community-led responses to the crisis in the criminal justice system, workshops reflect the needs of prisoners and former prisoners and will highlight the work being done to improve conditions inside the prison walls and in the communities to which prisoners are returning.

Conference Presentation: “Where’s the B(eef)? Bisexuality beyond stereotypes and stigma” with Celeste Pietrusza, Bi-Visibility Community Conference

September 23, 2018

Bi Visibility Day Community Conference On-stage conversation on the history and issues in bisexuality (from 20th century to contemporary bisexuality), including: – psychology and pathologization of bisexuality – bisexuals and bisexuality in LGBTQ+ culture and activism – mainstream culture and bisexual representation (including “swinger” and “threesome” representations) – queerness and bisexuality – gender and bisexuality […]

Conference Presentation: “Media, Sexuality, Power” Plenary Panel, American Sociological Association

August 10, 2018

Plenary Discussion Panel
*Sponsored by Emerald Studies in Media and Communications
Media, Power, and Sexuality
Organizer and Moderator: Apryl Williams

Moderator: “Queer Relationships” Panel Moderator, Theorizing the Web

April 27, 2018

Our expectations of romantic relationships are deeply heteronormative. The experiences and transgressive actions of queer people stand to change that for everyone.

On Stage Interview of Laura Kipnis, on her book, “Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus,” Pittsburgh Humanities Festival

March 4, 2018

Sex is once again a lightning rod on college campuses, from alarming sexual assault statistics to controversies over free speech and “trigger warnings.” Laura Kipnis steps into this already fraught situation with her recent book Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus. 

Public Lecture: Phone Sex, Anti-Sex Work Feminism, and Masculine Socialization, Pittsburgh Humanities Festival

March 3, 2018

Phone sex, as a medium that precludes the possibility of (physical, real life) sex, opens up a space for the intimacy that men seek but do not know how to ask for. I will provide several examples of what these interactions look like, and what I believe the value of this sort of labor is.

Workshop: What to Say When That Ass Got You Shook: Dirty Talk Workshop, Fair Moans Collective

February 25, 2018

Jessie Sage, a professional phone sex operator, will present on how to engage in sexy conversation, stressing that dirty talk and phone sex is not a substitution for physical intimacy or even foreplay but rather, an independent act that has its own seductive value. Workshop will include: – How to create an authentic, sexually-charged dialogue […]