Events

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 […]

Guest Lecture: Masculinity and the Veiled Pursuit of Intimacy in Sexual Transactions, Kent State University

December 1, 2017

Presentation on sex work to Dr. Elaine Frantz’s History of Sexuality class

Workshop: Talk Dirty To Me: Phone Sex With Jessie Sage, Oasis Aqualounge

November 3, 2017

Tonight, explore the art of talking dirty, phone sex and ‘sexting’  to create unique,  erotic moments with your partner(s).

Guest Lecture: Digitally Mediated Sex Work, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

October 13, 2017

Presentation with PJ Sage to Dr. David Banks’ Digital Design in History course at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Just Films: The Dilemma of Desire

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.