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Polyamory 101/Relationship Mapping Class – Denver, CO

February 19th at 7pm, Hysteria brings you Shanna Katz aka Essin’ Em. Shanna will be presenting Basics of Poly and Relationship Mapping workshop. This workshop is primarily a lecture and discussion on the ideas of polyamory, open-relationships, non-monogamous relationships, etc. In addition to talking about what poly is (and what it can and does mean [...]

The Femme Spiral…in real life

By now, most of you have read about, or at least heard about my concept of the Femme Spiral, mostly written about here.
It is visibility. It is validation. It is physical proof of belong to such a strong and powerful group of women, queers, dykes, and more.
It’s bigger than I had planned on, but I’m glad. [...]

A study on ethnography and dykes

 

Please repost! Thank you.
-Essin’ Em
Do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, bi-curious, queer, questioning, or otherwise same-sex attracted? Are you of African American or Latina descent? Are you age 18 and older? Even if you prefer not to label yourself, we are interested in your experience!
I am a doctoral student at Emory University conducting research [...]

NoFauxxx.com Membership Giveaway

If you listened to my interview with Trouble (creator, owner and photographer for NoFauxxx.com) on RadioDentata (you can go directly to my player here), you already know what I’m about to say.
If you missed it, you can listen to it tonight at 9pm EST (6pm PST), or again at 3am EST (Midnight PST). She [...]

Book Review: Two Knotty Boys — Showing You the Ropes

I get sent a lot of sex toys to review. But as much as I love sex toys, I also love reading. I like reading erotica, I like reading sex writing, and I like reading educational books. SexToy.com understands my love and need for words on paper, and was kind enough to send [...]

Poly/Relationship Mapping Workshop in SF, Jan 16th

This Friday January 16th at 7pm Femina Potens brings you Shanna Katz aka Essin’ Em. Essin’ Em will be presenting Basics of Poly and Relationship Mapping workshop.
This workshop is primarily a lecture and discussion on the ideas of polyamory, open-relationships, non-monogamous relationships, etc. In addition to talking about what poly is (and what it [...]

But You Don’t LOOK Gay!

So I had this new super part time job doing promotional marketing. Like 3-5 hours a week. Of course, now that we’re in the economy crisis, they’ve cut out their street team, but that’s beside the point.
On the first day working in the field (and by “in the field,” I mean taking pictures and giving [...]

Sex Toy Review: Vampire Gloves

I have a thing for vampires. Just in general. Even before Twilight was written, I was going gaga over blood suckers. I even did a ridiculous vampire shoot with Chris back in August. I like being bitten. I’m always cold…but yet I don’t wear socks, or really jackets. I rarely sleep, and [...]

Sex Toy Review: Afterglow Candle

If you were to visit me, you would notice a preponderance of candles in my house. On the dining room tables, the kitchen counter, the top of the fridge, in my bedroom, on the bookshelves (ok, not a wise sounding idea, but those are ones that aren’t going to get lit for a while). It’s [...]

Sex Toy Review: Liberator Ramp

As we all know, I have a leopard print fetish. Love sac, photo albums, sheets, negligees, pillows, purse, gloves – you name it, I probably have it in leopard print. Ergo, when a certain sex toy company happened to start carrying the Liberator Ramp in LEOPARD PRINT, you can imagine the cravings I felt. [...]

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