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Blog post By inpud Mat Southwell gives us his impressions of CLAT 5, the Latin European Harm Reduction Conference. Here he talks to the sex workers and finds some fascinating views and more common ground. Only Rights will Right the Wrongs -Sex Workers & Junkies Network in Porto When Erin and I were at the UNAIDS PCB we [...]

Very interesting, and decidedly unfeminist. And criminal!!

Post-4th Party

Don't forget the "Bondage Is The Point" party on Sunday night at the Wet Spot. My darling Max usually teaches a class in the afternoon before that party, but this month he's presenting the people from the Suspended Animation Burning Man crew, who are doing a class called "So You Want To Tie People Up."

This workshop will teach you everything you need to know to start tying people up. In addition to technical skills, we'll focus on the "soft" skills required to put together a successful bondage scene.
We'll talk about why we do what we do, basic rope techniques, several different bondage positions and how to choose a position that's appropriate for your particular play style. We'll also spend some time talking about the psychology of bondage and the steps involved in putting together a fun and successful scene.
Suspended Animation rocked Burning Man last year and performed at this year's Seattle Erotic Art Festival (SEAF). Come see what all the excitement is about.
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I’ve just come from reading a bunch of female-run blogs talking about Palin’s resignation.

It’s depressing. With the occasional exception I saw and likely a number I didn’t, there is a different tone to many of these accounts than in discussions of the disgraced Mark Sanford or Rod Blagoyevich. Despite the fact that Palin’s decision, as far as we know, was voluntary and not brought about by wrongdoing on her part.

I have numerous disagreements on the issues with Palin. I have no issues with female bloggers taking strong adverse stances with Palin on substantive issues. I do not think feminism requires we hold off on that, any more than we’d do with a male politician.

However, the kind of visceral glee and speculation that attended her announcement, from women (and no, I’m not going to link, it’s easy to find and my goal here isn’t pointing fingers), is depressing on many levels.

Other human rights activist groups, such as anti-racists and the gay rights movement, have been more successful in pressing their political issues than women have, particularly recently, considering the percentage of women in the population vs other groups.

Oh but, some may pipe in helpfully, women don’t agree on goals!

Not quite. A high percentage of women agree on goals such as equal pay, right to be free of harassment and discrimination, increased female representation in management and government, anti-trafficking of women, ending the feminization of poverty.

And yet, it is difficult for women to coalesce around shared goals. For a wide array of reasons.

Seeing the vitriol come out from women, towards women, reminds me of this, and sounds an alarm bell for the movement. The unnecessary policing many feminists do of each other often appears distinct from tension within other groups.

On a personal level, I have seen alliances or, less frequently, friendships with other feminists dry up over issues that – I have to admit – do not seem to separate male friends who disagree on such issues. The sundering of these relationships doesn’t help me or other women on issues we disagree on – and it certainly doesn’t help us jointly progress with the many issues on which we strongly agree.

I wish I knew of a way forward on this. I fear it will continue to be an obstacle that holds us back.

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