Fetish:Working Out The Kinks

 

O, it’s going to be a fantastic weekend indeed:

The Sexual Diversity Studies Students’

 Union of U of T (SDSSU) is hosting the inaugural Fetish: Working Out The Kinks conference, from Mar 14-15th (yes, this weekend!).

 

For more info:

“Fetishism is a highly visible aspect of sexuality but rarely is its impact critically analyzed. The conference will address how fetishism and specifically Bondage, Domination, Sadism and Masochism (BDSM) practise is regarded in terms of sex work, media representations, identity politics and pathologization by the medical and mental health community. Through the conference, the Sexual Diversity Studies Students’ Union (SDSSU) aims to create a space where academics and community members can begin a vital critical analysis.”

Friday kicks off with Carol Queen giving the keynote address Friday at 7:30. Only $5 for students! Saturday is packed with seminars on various subjects… in particular I’m looking forward to Andrea Zanin’s talk, “(Un)Common Ground: Intersections of Poly, Kinky and Queer”, which just so happens to be exactly what I’m aiming at in this blog: the intersections and overlap between the many sexuality and relationship movements. Fancy that. You can find more of Andrea’s genius here.  

Looking forward to giving a review, possibly peppered with some anecdotes from other recent events in city (The Erotic Arts Festival, and The Homo Hobo’s ’Abnormals Anonymous spring to mind). 

 

FYI: The SDSSU is also hosting a “Colloquium Talk: Sexual Diversity Activism as a Career?”, given by Judith Macdonnell on Thursday, March 20, 4:30-5:30pm. more info

So much kinky fun, so little time!

 

~ by openthebox on March 12, 2008.