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		<title>Kaleidoscope 09 &#8211; 3rd Annual National People of Color Cabaret</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kuono</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Francisco Cabaret fans (and students) rejoice!
This weekend is the 3rd Annual National People of Color Cabaret, Kaleidoscope, and if the performers aren&#8217;t hot enough get this: they&#8217;re teaching workshops, too! You have got  to check out the classes, a must-do for any burlesque or cabaret performer and a good time for fans! The performance [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>San Francisco Cabaret fans (and students) rejoice!</p>
<p>This weekend is the 3rd Annual National People of Color Cabaret, Kaleidoscope, and if the performers aren&#8217;t hot enough get this: they&#8217;re teaching workshops, too! You have got  to check out the classes, a must-do for any burlesque or cabaret performer and a good time for fans! The performance is Saturday, so the classes are also a great way to meet the performers before seeing them do their thing!</p>
<blockquote>
<h3><strong>Kaleidoscope Workshops</strong></h3>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Explore your understanding of desire and racialized performance and learn the history of burlesque performers of color while learning saucy choreography, burlesque on a budget, make-up application, tassel twirling, glove removal and other tricks of the trade from the pros.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Friday, September 25th &amp; Saturday, September 26th<br />
10am &#8211; 4pm<br />
<a title="Kaleidoscope Class List" href="http://kaleidoscopecabaret.com/Kaleidoscope_Workshop_9_8_09.pdf" target="_blank">Class list PDF</a></strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Location: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts<br />
2868 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94110<br />
(415) 821-1155</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Cost: FREE and Sliding Scale (most classes are $10-15)<br />
Kaleidoscope workshops are sponsored by the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Walk-ins welcome but registration encouraged. Please call 915-252-9252<br />
or email lachicaboom@gmail.com Scholarships available.</p></blockquote>
<h3>Kaleidoscope 2009 has outstanding performers.</h3>
<p>Many of the folks you&#8217;ll see performing are San Francisco Bay Area finest. But it doesn&#8217;t stop in the Bay Area; performers like Vagina Jenkins are out here from Atlanta, Georgia. There&#8217;s also one of Burlesque&#8217;s Greats, <strong>Toni Elling</strong>, who is considered by many a Burlesque Legend.  Here&#8217;s a archival photo from back in the day of the beautiful Toni Elling. <a title="Toni Elling Kaleidoscope 2009" href="http://www.kaleidoscopecabaret.com/work/example_1/elling.html" target="_blank">Read her story</a>.</p>
<p><img src="http://magazine.goodvibes.com/wp-content/themes/mimbo2.2/images/Mag_Kaleidoscope_Toni_Elling.jpg" alt="Toni Elling" /></p>
<p><em>Image Courtesy of Toni Elling</em></p>
<p>Kaleidoscope founder is <strong>Miss La Chica Boom</strong>, who if you&#8217;ve had the thrill of watching, blends politics and pleasure in a sassy mixture of hot burlesque. Do do do read <a title="Kaleidoscope La Chica Boom" href="http://www.kaleidoscopecabaret.com/work/example_1/chica.html" target="_blank">more about her</a> or on her website: <a title="La Chica Boom" href="http://www.lachicaboom.com/" target="_blank">www.lachicaboom.com</a>.</p>
<p><img src="http://magazine.goodvibes.com/wp-content/themes/mimbo2.2/images/Mag_Kaleidoscope_LaChicaBoom.jpg" alt="La Chica Boom" /></p>
<p><em>Image Courtesy of La Chica Boom</em></p>
<p>Check out <strong>SF Boylesque</strong>, <strong>Simone De la Getto</strong>, <strong>Shanghai Pearl</strong>, and so, so many more at <a title="Kaleidoscope" href="http://www.kaleidoscopecabaret.com/" target="_blank">www.kaleidoscopecabaret.com</a> and if you are out of town or can&#8217;t make it to the show, click over to their site and consider scrolling all&#8230; the way&#8230;. down&#8230;. to the bottom to make a paypal donation! Kaleidoscope 09 is also supported by: <a title="CUAV" href="http://www.cuav.org/" target="_blank">Communities United Against Violence</a>, <a title="Mission Cultural Center Latino Arts" href="http://www.missionculturalcenter.org/" target="_blank">The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts</a>, <a title="Mama Calizo's Voice Factory" href="http://www.voicefactorysf.org/" target="_blank">Mama Calizio’s Voice Factory</a>, <a title="Main-tain.com" href="http://Main-tain.com" target="_blank">Main-tain.com</a>, &amp; <a title="Mangos with Chilli" href="http://www.myspace.com/mangoswithchili" target="_blank">Mangos with Chili.</a></p>
<p>Buy your tickets at <a title="Brown Paper Tickets Kaleidoscope" href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/78443" target="_blank">Kaleidoscope event on BrownPaperTickets.com</a>.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Saturday September 26, 2009 8:00 PM<br />
The Brava Theater<br />
2781 24th Street<br />
San Francisco, CA 94110</p>
<p>And to wet your appetite, here&#8217;s a peek at previous performances:</p>
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		<title>And Know We Know Why…</title>
		<link>http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2008/10/06/and-know-we-know-why%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read Dr. Glickman’s blog post the other day and giggled.
Ever since having a conversation with a dear friend about the Palin porn he envisioned (filed under MILF of course) I’ve been waiting for the industry to pony up and release a Palin-inspired title. And after watching last night’s debate… I was hoping somebody would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I read <a href="http://blog.goodvibes.com/2008/10/01/best-craigslist-job-post-ever/" title="Craigslist Post looking for Sarah Palin Look-a-like Pornstar" target="_blank">Dr. Glickman’s blog post</a> the other day and giggled.</p>
<p>Ever since having a conversation with a dear friend about the Palin porn he envisioned (filed under MILF of course) I’ve been waiting for the industry to pony up and release a Palin-inspired title. And after watching last night’s debate… I was hoping somebody would hurry and start filming…</p>
<p>The wait is over! Just read this on <a href="http://avn.com/video/articles/32638.html" title="AVN Hustler Sarah Palin Porn" target="_blank">AVN</a>:</p>
<p><strong>Hustler Reveals Details of Palin Porn Flick</strong><br />
Lisa Ann to play lead role in &#8216;Nailin&#8217; Paylin&#8217;</p>
<p>By: David Sullivan</p>
<p>BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. &#8211; Hustler Video has cast Lisa Ann as Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a porn spoof called Nailin&#8217; Paylin.</p>
<p>Word of the latest political parody from Larry Flynt and company spread earlier today after the New York Daily News printed a rumor that Hustler was seeking Palin look-alikes on Craigslist. Hustler Video denied any connection with the ad but confirmed the Palin parody is in the works.</p>
<p>&#8220;Nailin’ Paylin will take the viewer on a naughty adventure to the wild side of that sexy Alaska governor,&#8221; the company announced in a press release. &#8220;Sara Paylin will not only be showing us some girl-on-girl lovin’ but will also be nailing the Russians, who come knocking on her back-door (wink, wink) and in a flashback, young Paylin’s creationist college professor will explain a &#8216;big bang&#8217; theory even she can’t deny!&#8221;</p>
<p>One scene will show the Palin character in a lesbian threesome with characters based on Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice. The movie will also feature a Bill O’Reilly character as the announcer who dishes dirt on the Paylin sex scandals.</p>
<p>&#8220;Obviously, the real life antics of Sarah Palin are much funnier than anything we could ever make up,&#8221; Hustler exec Jeff Thill told AVN. &#8220;Her public appearances seem more like a trailer for a Farrelly brothers film then a carefully executed run at the White House.&#8221;</p>
<p>Jerry T. is signed to direct. Hustler plans to have Nailin&#8217; Paylin on the streets in time for the November election.</p>
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		<title>MTV Gets Candid about Sex, Love, and Relationships with Fatman Scoop and Shanda&#8217;s &#8220;Man and Wife&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2008/09/23/mtv-gets-candid-about-sex-love-and-relationships-with-fatman-scoop-and-shandas-man-and-wife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kuono</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a fan of &#8220;Man and Wife&#8221;, a regular webisode (www.manandwife.tv) hosted by two-time Grammy Winner Fatman Scoop and his beautiful and smart-as-hell sweetie Shanda.
Special Note: While the gender bender in me wants to say &#8220;Man and Wife?&#8221; what&#8217;s up with that?! Shouldn&#8217;t it be &#8220;Man and Woman&#8221; or &#8220;Husband and Wife&#8221;&#8230; you know&#8230; it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a fan of &#8220;Man and Wife&#8221;, a regular webisode (<a href="http://www.manandwife.tv" title="Man and Wife" target="_blank">www.manandwife.tv</a>) hosted by two-time Grammy Winner Fatman Scoop and his beautiful and smart-as-hell sweetie Shanda.</p>
<p>Special Note: While the gender bender in me wants to say &#8220;Man and Wife?&#8221; what&#8217;s up with that?! Shouldn&#8217;t it be &#8220;Man and Woman&#8221; or &#8220;Husband and Wife&#8221;&#8230; you know&#8230; it references &#8220;I now join you, man and wife&#8230; you may kiss the bride&#8230;&#8221; Man owns his woman as property marriage vow from way back in the day&#8230; eh, straight cisexual people, go figure. I&#8217;ll let it drop because I really do love how OPEN they are about talking about sex and sharing it with their audience.</p>
<p>Turns out that on September 29th, MTV is going to premier the show, bringing pretty explicit sexual health topic, as well as information and resources, yey, to the ginormous mass of MTV viewers. The demographic is perfect; particularly as I imagine the show to combate some of the more dumbed-down representation of sexual relationships that youth see in music videos. Shanda is also an HIV/AIDS counselor.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the trailer:</p>
<p style="margin: 0pt; background-color: #212121; width: 423px"><embed src="http://www.mtv.com/player/embed/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="CONFIG_URL=http://www.mtv.com/player/embed/configuration.jhtml%3Fid%3D1595373%26vid%3D278439&amp;allowFullScreen=true" allowfullscreen="true" base="." allowscriptaccess="always" width="423" height="318"></embed></p>
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		<title>For Whom The Bell Tolls</title>
		<link>http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2008/06/17/for-whom-the-bell-tolls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walking to work I saw paper after paper, national and local, touting the good news that gay marriage is now officially legal in California. The historic coupling of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin was San Francisco’s first to be married after being together for over 50 years… honestly it brought tears to my eyes. Not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Walking to work I saw paper after paper, national and local, touting the good news that gay marriage is now officially legal in California. The historic coupling of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin was San Francisco’s first to be married after being together for over 50 years… honestly it brought tears to my eyes. Not just because it’s gay marriage but because – well, it’s just ludicrous. What gives anybody the right to deny people who love each other the rights and privileges that everybody else has. Whether people should get all those rights and privileges for registering their love with the government is a discussion for another day. For today it’s just so sweet to see photos of couples who are finally getting to do what straight people have done and done again for years.</p>
<p>But, as with many political situations, this issue runs deeper than local… there are people all over the world engaged in this same struggle for rights and we have many battles to wage before we can call it a day.</p>
<p>Many links later I read this article and it reminded me how far we have to go. This story is upsetting in so many ways and representative of the varied fights we have to fight and the difficult struggles the LGBT community has ahead of us:</p>
<p><img src="http://magazine.goodvibes.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/jesusandblanca1.jpg" alt="Photo by: Jorge Saenz" /><br />
<em>Photo by: Jorge Saenz * News source [<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/paraguay_same_sex_wedding" title="Yahoo News" target="_blank">Yahoo</a>]</em></p>
<p>ASUNCION, Paraguay &#8211; A couple jailed on suspicion of having a same-sex wedding was freed Monday after a doctor determined that the groom is a hermaphrodite. Prosecutor Jose Planas ordered the couple jailed after their civil wedding Friday, when the priest scheduled to perform the religious ceremony the following day said he received a call saying the groom, Jesus Alejandro Martinez, was actually a woman.</p>
<p>Same-sex marriages are illegal in Paraguay, and news of the arrest became the talk of the nation.</p>
<p>Planas had threatened Martinez with five years in prison for falsification of documents, and said he could charge the bride, Blanca Estigarribia, with complicity.</p>
<p>But the couple was released Monday. A doctor who inspected Martinez in jail ruled that he is a hermaphrodite, with atrophied female genitals and well-developed male genitals, according to the couple&#8217;s lawyer, Jorge Cantero.</p>
<p>&#8220;Conclusion: He is a man,&#8221; Cantero said.</p>
<p>He also said the document in the name of Jesus Alejandro Martinez is legitimate, meaning the forgery charges wouldn&#8217;t have held up.</p>
<p>&#8220;So this case goes into the archives,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It will remain as an anecdote for the media and a bad experience for my clients.&#8221;</p>
<p>Martinez, who has some feminine traits, said he suspected an ex-girlfriend made the accusation to the priest.</p>
<p>&#8220;I always felt like a man, with no feminine inclination,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Martinez said the couple would continue to live along the border near the Argentine city of Clorinda — &#8220;where everybody knows us and loves us.&#8221;</p>
<p>And the beat goes on….</p>
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		<title>1st Annual Urban Spice Awards</title>
		<link>http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2008/06/06/1st-annual-urban-spice-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kuono</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does that song go? &#8230;  &#8220;Sistas are doing it for themselves&#8230;&#8221;
Well, they are. Giana Taylor, founder of the 1st Annual Urban Spice Awards is recognizing adult industry talent who usually only get their for nods in  the &#8220;Best Ethnic&#8221; categories. Shafted (literally?!) by award after award, this Sunday&#8217;s award ceremony brings some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How does that song go? &#8230;  &#8220;Sistas are doing it for themselves&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Well, they are. Giana Taylor, founder of the 1st Annual Urban Spice Awards is recognizing adult industry talent who usually only get their for nods in  the &#8220;Best Ethnic&#8221; categories. Shafted (literally?!) by award after award, this Sunday&#8217;s award ceremony brings some of our favorite adult film stars to the forefront.</p>
<p>And! Hosted by Sean Michaels, Olivia O&#8217;Lovely, and Comedian Evan Lionel. Red Carpet hosts Tia J and Speedy the Comedian. San Francisco&#8217;s lovely but I wish I was over there.</p>
<p>Platinum Live 11345 Ventura Blvd. Studio City, CA 91604<br />
<a href="http://www.urbanspiceawards.com/" title="Urban Spice Awards" target="_blank">www.urbanspiceawards.com</a></p>
<p><img src="http://magazine.goodvibes.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/gianna.jpg" alt="Giana Taylor’s Urban Spice Awards" /><br />
<a href="http://www.avnlive.com/106.html" target="_blank">Watch her Interview on AVNLive</a></p>
<p>Nominations&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Best Agency with Ethnic Talent</strong><br />
A List Talent<br />
Double Exxxposure<br />
Exotic Talent Agency<br />
Five Star<br />
Gold Star Modeling<br />
Spieglar Girls<br />
XXX Valley Babes</p>
<p><strong>Best Anal Performer</strong><br />
Beauty Dior<br />
Cherokee<br />
Chyanne Jacobs<br />
Emma Cummings<br />
Jada Fire<br />
Jazmine Cashmere<br />
Kitten<br />
Marie Luv<br />
Mone Divine<br />
Monique<br />
Nadia Styles<br />
Rebecca Linares<br />
Sinnamon Love<br />
Sydnee Carpri<br />
Tia Sweets<br />
Vanessa Monet</p>
<p><strong>Best Celebrity Sex Tape</strong><br />
Darkside Hustler<br />
DJ Yella: West Side Story<br />
DJ Yella: XXX Games<br />
G Unit: Groupie Love<br />
Ice T&#8217;s Pimpin&#8217; 101<br />
Karina Stephens Super Head<br />
Kim Kardashian &#038; Ray J. Super Star<br />
Little John&#8217;s Vivid Las Vegas Party<br />
Snoop Dog: Doggy Style<br />
Too Short: Get in Where you Fit In</p>
<p><strong>Best Director &#8211; Body of Work</strong><br />
Alexander Devoe<br />
Bishop<br />
Brian Pumper<br />
Dave Navarro<br />
Diana Devoe<br />
Dwayne Dane<br />
Jacob Jewel<br />
Jax<br />
John E. Depth<br />
Juan Cuba<br />
Justin Slayer<br />
L.T.<br />
Lee G<br />
Lexington Steele<br />
Mandingo<br />
Marco Banderas<br />
Sean Michaels<br />
Terry<br />
Tony Flush<br />
Tony T<br />
Vanessa Blue</p>
<p><strong>Best Director &#8211; Feature</strong><br />
Bishop<br />
Diana DeVoe<br />
Justin Slayer</p>
<p><strong>Best Female Performer</strong><br />
Beauty Dior<br />
Candace Von<br />
Carmen Hayes<br />
Carmen Luvana<br />
Cherokee<br />
Chyanne Jacobs<br />
Eva Angelina<br />
Gina Lynn<br />
Jada Fire<br />
Jazmine Cashmere<br />
Jessica Bangcook<br />
Katsumi<br />
Kitten<br />
Lana Croft<br />
Mari Luv<br />
Mika Tan<br />
Misti Love<br />
Mone Devine<br />
Monique<br />
Nautica Thorn<br />
Niomi Banxxx<br />
Olivia O&#8217;Lovely<br />
Pinky<br />
Rebecca Linares<br />
Rosario Stone<br />
Roxy Jezel<br />
Roxy Reynolds<br />
Sinnamon Love<br />
Skyy Black<br />
Sydnee Capri<br />
Vida Valentine</p>
<p><strong><br />
Best Interracial Star</strong><br />
Alexis Amore<br />
Annette Schwartz<br />
August<br />
Belladonna<br />
Brianna Love<br />
Emma Cummings<br />
Gianna<br />
Jenna Haze<br />
Nina Hartley<br />
Ricki White<br />
Sara Jay<br />
Sasha Grey<br />
Savannah Stern<br />
Sophie Dee<br />
Velicity Von</p>
<p><strong>Best Male Newcomer</strong><br />
CJ Wright<br />
Ethan Hunt<br />
J Strokes</p>
<p><strong>Best Male Performer</strong><br />
Brian Pumper<br />
Charlie Mac<br />
CJ Wright<br />
Deep Threat<br />
Jack Napier<br />
Jaune Claude Batiste<br />
Jon Jon<br />
Justin Long<br />
Justin Slayer<br />
Marco Banderas<br />
Mr. Marcus<br />
Nat Turnher<br />
Nathan Threat<br />
Prince Yahshua<br />
Rico Strong<br />
Rock<br />
Sean Michaels<br />
Shorty Mac</p>
<p><strong>Best New Company</strong><br />
Black Market<br />
Brian Pumper Productions<br />
Heart Breaker Films<br />
Nautica Thorn Productions<br />
Ryhmes N Dimes</p>
<p><strong>Best Oral Female</strong><br />
August<br />
Carmen Hayes<br />
Carmen Luvanna<br />
Jada Fire<br />
Jazmine Cashmere<br />
Kitten<br />
Luscious Lopez<br />
Marie Luv<br />
Pinky<br />
Roxy Reynolds<br />
Sunny Leone<br />
Vida Valintine</p>
<p><strong><br />
Best Oral Male</strong><br />
Byron Long<br />
Devlin Weed<br />
J Strokes<br />
Nathan Threat<br />
Prince Yahshua<br />
Rico Strong<br />
Rock</p>
<p><strong>Best Studio</strong><br />
Adam &#038; Eve Pictures<br />
Alexander DeVoe Productions<br />
Anabolic<br />
Bang Brothers<br />
Belladonna Entertainment<br />
Black Ice<br />
Brian Pumper Productions<br />
Combat Zone<br />
Elegant Angel<br />
Evasive Angles<br />
Exquisite<br />
Gina Lynn Productions<br />
Jules Jordan Video<br />
Justin Slayer Productions<br />
Mercenary Pictures<br />
Metro<br />
New Sensations<br />
Pink Visual<br />
Reality Kings<br />
Red Light District<br />
SexZ Pictures<br />
Shaynes World<br />
Smash Pictures<br />
Teravision<br />
Voyeur Media<br />
West Coast Productions<br />
Wicked</p>
<p><strong><br />
Best Videography</strong><br />
Alexander Devoe<br />
Bishop<br />
Diana Devoe<br />
Jacob Jewel<br />
Juan Cuba<br />
Nato<br />
Vanessa Blue</p>
<p><strong><br />
Biggest Ass in Porn</strong><br />
Beauty Dior<br />
Cherokee<br />
Luscious Lopez<br />
Mya G.<br />
Olivia O&#8217;Lovely<br />
Pinky<br />
Skyy Black</p>
<p><strong>Crossover Female</strong><br />
Marie Luv<br />
Roxy Reynolds<br />
Tera Patrick</p>
<p><strong><br />
Crossover Male</strong><br />
Lexington Steele<br />
Mr. Marcus</p>
<p><strong>Freakiest Girl in Porn</strong><br />
Candace Von<br />
Carmen Hayes<br />
Cherokee<br />
Jada Fire<br />
Jazmine Cashmere<br />
Lorena Sanchez<br />
Luscious Lopez<br />
Marie Luv<br />
Mone Devine<br />
Monique<br />
Olivia O&#8217;Lovely<br />
Rebecca Linares<br />
Roxy Reynolds<br />
Sydnee Capri<br />
Tia Sweets<br />
Vida Valentine</p>
<p><strong>Hall of Fame Female</strong><br />
Angel Kelly<br />
Dominique Simone<br />
Heather Hunter<br />
Janet Jackme<br />
Jenie Pepper<br />
Vanessa Del Rio</p>
<p><strong>Hall of Fame Male</strong><br />
Byron Long<br />
Devlin Weed<br />
Johnny Keys<br />
Julian St. Jox<br />
Mr. Marcus<br />
Ray Victory<br />
Sean Michaels</p>
<p><strong>Hottest BBW Star</strong><br />
Bootylicious<br />
Crystal Clear<br />
Farrah Foxx<br />
Misses Butterworth<br />
Sabrina Love<br />
Scented Kisses<br />
Thunder Kat</p>
<p><strong><br />
Rising Star Female</strong><br />
Amile Waters<br />
Candace Nicole<br />
Cassidy Clay<br />
Chavon Taylor<br />
Desiree Diamond<br />
Donna Red<br />
Gianna Lynn<br />
Heidi Waters<br />
Melrose Foxxx<br />
Millian Blue<br />
Misty Love<br />
Nazara<br />
Nikara<br />
Pleasure Bunny<br />
Sandy Jackmon<br />
Shyla Haze<br />
Stacey Adams<br />
Stacey Lane</p>
<p><strong>Visionary</strong><br />
Alexander Devoe<br />
Lexington Steele</p>
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		<title>The Rise of Trans Male Porn</title>
		<link>http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2008/04/11/the-rise-of-trans-male-porn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s queer, genderfucking, community-based, and political.&#8221; Says sexpert Tristan Taormino in her Village Voice article The New Wave of Trans Cinema.
Taormino writes of two of the newest trans-focused DVDs Couch Surfers by Trannywood Pictures and Trans Entities: The Nasty Love of Papi and Wil, a docu-porn by Morty Diamond.  Her article is well-written and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s queer, genderfucking, community-based, and political.&#8221; Says sexpert <a href="http://www.puckerup.com/" title="Tristan Taormino's Pucker Up" target="_blank">Tristan Taormino</a> in her Village Voice article <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0815,the-new-wave-of-trans-cinema,404209,24.html" title="The New Wave of Trans Cinema" target="_blank">The New Wave of Trans Cinema</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Item--i-8-1-EE-0702" title="Couch Surfers" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.goodvibes.com/ProductImages/Large/p6890b.jpg" title="Couch Surfers DVD" alt="Couch Surfers DVD" align="right" border="0" height="170" vspace="5" width="170" /></a>Taormino writes of two of the newest trans-focused DVDs <a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Item--i-8-1-EE-0702" title="Couch Surfers" target="_blank"><em>Couch Surfers</em></a> by Trannywood Pictures and <a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Item--i-8-1-EE-0703" title="Trans Entities: The Nasty Love of Papi and Wil" target="_blank"><em>Trans Entities: The Nasty Love of Papi and Wil</em></a>, a docu-porn by Morty Diamond.  Her article is well-written and honest, as well as optimistic of a strong future for pornographers and audiences interested in transsexual men.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m curious about the road we took to get here, because for me, queer porn is more than just for jerking off; it&#8217;s a radical movement that concerns self-empowerment, visibility, and validation of how one&#8217;s gender/perceived and sexual identity meet. And to display this hot juncture publicly, through pornography, is a political act as much as it a personal decision. (A timeline of social movements in race, gender, and sexuality can be constructed through the lenses of contextualized pornography distribution. But that&#8217;s another topic for another time.)</p>
<p>How many pornographic films make their way to the public through film festivals? This is the route of a queer film; one which meets it&#8217;s viewers through through word-of-mouth and through enthusiastic audiences packed into non-profit events.</p>
<p><strong>From butch to boi</strong>:<br />
In the early nineties, some filmmakers inspired by the graphic depictions of lesbian sexuality found in the pages of <em>On Our Backs Magazine</em>, and distanced by the &#8220;Lesbian Porn&#8221; (aka Girl/Girl sex) produced by men, staring heterosexual women and distributed for the male marketed, decided to enter the industry and create films for their own queer community. These films usually ran around a half an hour long, and often just featured one or two scenes with a handful of stars. One of the earliest, <em>Suburban Dykes</em>, stared Nina Hartley and Sharon Sharon Mitchell, and showed a butch side to lesbian identity, as did <em>BurLEZk</em> (that&#8217;s right, sound it out) which featured lesbian striptease but also drag king performance. <em>San Francisco Lesbians</em> series, delivered real dyke action complete with crossdressing and butch attitudes up until 2002, where SIR Productions took the reign to satisfy the niche with a number of films, including <a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Item--i-8-1-BB-BE11" title="Hard Love and How to Fuck in High Heels" target="_blank"><em>Hard Love and How to Fuck in High Heels</em></a>, featuring butch performers. <em>Full Load</em> was another film which showcased dyke and trans-identified performers.</p>
<p><strong>From Gay to Queer:</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.buckangel.com/" title="Buck Angel: FTM Pornstar" target="_blank">Buck Angel</a> rose to recent mainstream acclaim through a winning charisma and an unabashed sexual appetitive, as well as some pretty eye-catching tag-lines such as &#8220;Man with a Pussy&#8221;, &#8220;Mangina&#8221;, and &#8220;FTM Pornstar&#8221;. With his own video line, website, and titles such as &#8220;Buckback Mountain&#8221;, his recent recognition as AVN Transsexual Performer of the Year and nominated for a GayVN were well deserved.</p>
<p>However, many pornographers still lay under the radar.<a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Item--i-8-1-EE-0701" title="Cubbyholes" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.goodvibes.com/ProductImages/Large/p6339b.jpg" title="Cubbyholse" alt="Cubbyholse" align="right" border="0" height="170" vspace="5" width="170" /></a></p>
<p>Christopher Lee gave a strong sexual voice to directors and stars alike, with 1998 <em>Alley of the Trannyboys</em> and 1999 <em> Sex, Flesh in Blood</em>, a gothic thriller with a complete cast of color. His work is acknowledged in the Transsexual Porn article on <a href="http://www.glbtq.com/arts/porn_transsexual.html" title="Christopher Lee in Transsexual Porn" target="_blank">QLBTQ Archives</a>. Showing performers in a number of acts previously not seen on film, Lee gave a cinematic voice to the sex acts of queers, which many found validating and very, very inspiring.</p>
<p>Luke Woodward&#8217;s<em> Enough Man (2005)</em> was an explicit documentary that opened many eyes as it toured film festivals; <a href="http://mortydiamond.com" title="Morty Diamond" target="_blank">Morty Diamond</a>&#8217;s <em>Trannyfags</em> <em>(<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">2003)</font></em> and the work of Lee and Woodward inspired for <a href="http://www.trannywoodpictures.com/" title="Trannywood Pictures" target="_blank">Trannywood Pictures</a> to use video to promote Safer Sex practices and education about FtMs. Trannywood produced <a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Item--i-8-1-EE-0701" title="Cubbyholes" target="_blank"><em>Cubbyholes</em></a> (2007), and <em>Couch Surfers (2008)</em>. Their work depicts trans guys having sex with each other, and with biological men.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Item--i-8-3-BB-0702--m-5" title="In Search of the Wild Kingdom" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.goodvibes.com/ProductImages/Large/p6378b.jpg" title="In Search of the Wild Kingdom" alt="In Search of the Wild Kingdom" align="right" border="0" height="170" vspace="5" width="170" /></a>Inspired by films such as &#8220;The Hole&#8221;, <a href="http://www.pinkwhite.biz/" title="Pink and White Productions - Porn for Pussies" target="_blank">Pink &amp; White Productions</a>&#8216; director <a href="http://www.curvemag.com/Detailed/711.html" title="Curve Magazine interview with Shine Louise Houston" target="_blank">Shine Louise Houston</a> took cinematic formula and visuals from gay porn and translated them to a sexual storyboard for dyke/trans couples. With the focus of the scenes on the performers&#8217; chemistry, gender is often blurred and performers who are post-op MtF or pre-op FtM slip by invisible to the unknowing eye. Asked by a number of mainstream journalists, what made her films any different than mainstream Lesbian (Girl/Girl) films, Houston tackled the question in a mocu-documentary <a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Item--i-8-3-BB-0702" title="In Search of the Wild Kingdom" target="_blank"><em>In Search of the Wild Kingdom</em></a> (2007) where the film asks the question &#8220;What is queer porn?&#8221; Wild Kingdom won a Feminist Porn Award for &#8220;Hottest Trans Sex Scene 2008&#8243; with the performance of stars Papi and Wil.<a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Item--i-8-1-EE-0703" title="Trans Entities: The Nasty Love of Papi and Wil" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.goodvibes.com/ProductImages/Large/p6971b.jpg" title="Trans Entities" alt="Trans Entities" align="right" border="0" height="170" vspace="5" width="170" /></a></p>
<p>Morty Diamond took audiences hungry for more Papi and Wil even further with <em>Trans Entities: The Nasty Love of Papi and Wil</em> (2008), a docu-porn that allows the viewer to really get to know the stars; how they identify, how they live and love, and this makes the film hotter by the minute as we come to feel that we know them just as the scenes become more and more intimate. The stars identify as &#8216;Trans Entities&#8217;; in this case the education of gender to people outside of the immediate understanding, and the validation of gender to people inside their own questioning of gender expression and play, becomes apparent.</p>
<p><strong>Trans Love Online</strong><br />
Before you google &#8220;Trans Porn&#8221;, be warned by blogger <a href="http://www.tinynibbles.com/" title="Violet Blue" target="_blank">Violet Blue</a> &#8212; there was a time when google treated the word trans, and dyke, as a  bad word. Context is everything, and google was quite offensive when it blocked the word &#8220;<span id="bodytext" class="georgia md">transgrrrl&#8221; </span>but allow &#8220;<span id="bodytext" class="georgia md">she-males</span>&#8221; to pass. Hopefully with Google well trained since witnessed in Blue&#8217;s <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/03/15/violetblue.DTL" title="Violet Blue's Don't be Evil Article" target="_blank">2007 article</a>, web perverts hungry for trans/queer porn can get their fill through a number of companies.</p>
<p>As featured in Violet&#8217;s Article, <a href="http://www.redhandedporn.com/" title="Red Handed Porn" target="_blank">Red Handed Porn</a> is a website which eagerly welcomes trans folks to apply. <a href="http://blog.goodvibes.com/2007/04/30/red-handed-porn/" title="Red Handed Porn" target="_blank">Interviewed by Misty last year</a> for Masturbation Month, the site features people from most walks of life through intimate solo masturbation. Similar to Morty&#8217;s docu-porn, Red Handed asks the performers questions about their identity, and their experience with porn. It is as enlightening as it is hot.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.crashpadseries.com" title="CrashPadSeries.com - queer porn" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.goodvibes.com/ProductImages/Large/p6921b.jpg" title="Crash Pad Series Volume 1 DVD" alt="Crash Pad Series Volume 1 DVD" align="right" border="0" height="170" vspace="5" width="170" />CrashPadSeries.com</a> is the continuation of Pink &amp; White Production&#8217;s 2006 bestseller <em>The Crash Pad</em>.  The site features episodes of real couples, of all queer gender identities and sexual appetites through downloadable video and extensive photo sets. GV sells a recent DVD release of the top five episodes from the site&#8217;s first season, <a href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Item--i-8-3-BB-0711" title="Crash Pad Series Volume 1 DVD" target="_blank">Crash Pad Series: Volume 1</a>, which was awarded a Feminist Porn Award.</p>
<p>Other queer online sites have featured trans performers, such as <a href="http://NoFauxxx.com" title="No Fauxxx - porn that doesn't fake it." target="_blank">NoFauxxx.com</a>.  &#8220;Porn that Doesn&#8217;t Fake It&#8221;, No Fauxxx has a strong community feel, a D.I.Y. aesthetic, and some of the cutest genderfucking portrayed in photo sets, ever.</p>
<p>Pssssst&#8230; do you want to see some of the old school dyke porn made in the 80s and 90s? Here&#8217;s a tip &#8212; go to <a href="http://www.trannywoodpicturesvod.com/index.php?&amp;CLICK=221706,1,hm_rs,http%3A%2F%2Fcrashpadseries.com%2FCMS%2Fallies%2F" title="Trannywood Pictures VOD site for Dyke Porn, Trans Porn, oldschool lesbian porn" target="_blank">Trannywood Picture&#8217;s VOD</a> site, where you can watch Trannywood films, as well as Buck Angel, <em>San Francisco Lesbians</em>, <em>Full Load</em>, and some of your favorite old films that are no longer distributed or available on DVD.</p>
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		<title>FUCK (a loose dvd review)</title>
		<link>http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2007/12/21/fuck-a-loose-dvd-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kuono</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best parts about working at Good Vibrations is the ability to take home pornos so we all can get a good look at the videos we carry.
I just borrowed FUCK (Wicked Pictures, Directed by Brad Armstrong) and it was truly everything it said it would be.
I loved the production value of this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img border="0" vspace="2" align="right" src="http://magazine.goodvibes.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/kali.jpg" hspace="2" alt="kali.jpg" title="kali.jpg" />One of the best parts about working at Good Vibrations is the ability to take home pornos so we all can get a good look at the videos we carry.</p>
<p>I just borrowed <a target="_blank" href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Item--i-8-2-AA-0602" title="FUCK">FUCK </a>(Wicked Pictures, Directed by Brad Armstrong) and it was truly everything it said it would be.</p>
<p>I loved the production value of this film &#8212; really well done! Each scene depicted a historical period/theme. Granted, it was eurocentric, heterosexist, and the narration concluded with some questionable future of female sexuality. (AI anyone?) &#8230; but I&#8217;m a really tough critic and was so impressed with this film that I watched it from start to finish.</p>
<p>I think most viewers will find a favorite vignette to enjoy. I found two. An embellished scene with Latina <a target="_blank" href="http://www.icelafoxxx.net/" title="Ice La Foxxx">Ice LAfox</a> playing Kali (or Mahakali) was masterfully done &#8212; the choreography of the arms of the Hindu goddess was conceptualized particularly well. Talk about handjob/blowjob central &#8212; with six arms and one lovely hungry mouth, Kali embodied strong female power in a sex act usually seen as degrading. My other favorite was the Victorian Era Playhouse (with one of my favorite hapa pornstars <a target="_blank" href="http://www.clubkatsuni.com/" title="Katsuni">Katsuni</a>). The scene incorporated theatrical elements like choreography and costuming, accentuating the womens&#8217; hyper sexualized drag characters. The shots of Katsuni and others sitting in the playhouse watching the action onstage was a great self-referential point that really carried over the themes of lesbian desire and the &#8220;role&#8221; of femininity quite nicely. And Katsuni&#8217;s puppet interpretation was very believable. The amount of detail that went into staging, lighting, and particularly hair and make-up&#8230; wow. Sound score, editing, all of it was perfect. The other scenes from the film were all gorgeous, Katsuni stole the show at the dinner party scene as well, and we got to see both Sean Michaels and Mr. Marcus in one scene with some really good looking dobermans.</p>
<p>If you get a chance, do try to see really high quality films like <a target="_blank" href="http://www.goodvibes.com/Item--i-8-2-AA-0602" title="FUCK">FUCK </a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.goodvibes.com/ItemSearch--search-Fashionistas--srcin-1" title="Fashionistas">Fashionistas</a>, and other large production porns sold at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.goodvibes.com/index.aspx" title="Good Vibes">GV</a>, do it!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a teaser from their safe for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/JPHGdbh27uU">youtube trailer</a></p>
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		<title>I Love You To Death: Black Lesbian Diaries</title>
		<link>http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2007/10/29/i-love-you-to-death-black-lesbian-diaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kuono</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good friend just passed this call for submissions to me. It&#8217;s an 2009 anthology of Black Lesbian Erotica, edited by Shonia L. Brown and brought to us by Nghosi Books. Please note the submission specifications; they&#8217;re looking for erotica that doesn&#8217;t focus necessarily on sex. &#8220;Be as sexy, sensual, even explicit as you like, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">A good friend just passed this call for submissions to me. It&#8217;s an 2009 anthology of Black Lesbian Erotica, edited by Shonia L. Brown and brought to us by Nghosi Books. Please note the submission specifications; they&#8217;re looking for erotica that doesn&#8217;t focus necessarily on sex. &#8220;Be as sexy, sensual, even explicit as you like, but no porn.&#8221; Please contact the Nghosi Books for more information (if I were submitting, I would&#8230; the &#8220;explicit as you like, but no porn&#8221; part is a little confusing to me). Their email address: nghosi (at) bellsouth (dot) net.<img src="http://magazine.goodvibes.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/nghosibooks.jpg" title="Nghosi Books" alt="Nghosi Books" align="middle" border="0" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Shonia&#8217;s work appears in <em>Ma-Ka Diasporic Juks: Contemporary Writing by Queers of African Descent</em>. I&#8217;m a big fan of anthologies; I love reading works by a group of authors who are all coming together under a commonality. Another book that I like which focuses on race and sexuality is <em>Queer Papi Porn: Gay Asian Erotica</em> edited by Joel Tan. If you&#8217;ve got a recommended reading, add it to the comments for this post.</p>
<hr />CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> BLACK LESBIAN EROTIC ANTHOLOGY<br />
I Love You To Death: Black Lesbian Diaries<br />
Edited by Shonia L. Brown</p>
<p>Nghosi Books (<a href="http://www.nghosibooks.com/" title="Nghosi Books" target="_blank">nghosibooks.com</a>) brings you its deadliest and most tantalizing tales of black lesbian erotica in the form of diaries from lesbians who won’t take no for an answer. Have you ever had a one night stand that you wished you hadn’t? Or what about the woman that you know loves you&#8230;if she would just give into her hidden desires? Do you find yourself looking over your shoulders after inhaling a scent of her hypnotic perfume? And try as you might, because you know you shouldn’t, you fantasize and might just a little, desire this strange but sexy lesbian whose favorite lyrics are, “If loving you is wrong, I don’t wanna be right!”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Do you have a tale of obsessive passion and/or borderline stalker story in you, written as if it were from a page of your very own private diary? Then join the talented new writers from Nghosi Books with our second edition from the New Voices Series of our small print press with the upcoming release of “I Love You to Death: Black Lesbian Diaries”. This anthology will be published in late 2009, but we are currently accepting submissions starting on <st1:date year="2007" day="31" month="10">October 31,  2007</st1:date> until <st1:date year="2008" day="31" month="10">October 31,  2008</st1:date> .</p>
<p>Specifications:<br />
Stories should be no more than 4,000 words. Be as sexy, sensual, even explicit as you like, but no porn. No underage or non-consensual encounters, no animals, etc. Previously unpublished material is preferred, but excerpts from published work are also acceptable. In the case of previously published work, you must have the reprint rights. (Indicate where and when published, plus rights status. This means full disclosure of publishing history.)</p>
<p>Submission requirements:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Submit stories in typewritten hard copy only, double-spaced. Manuscripts not chosen will be discarded, so do not send your only copy. Include with your submission a brief author bio and your e-mail address. No e-mail submissions, please. For additional information, contact:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nghosi Books at nghosi (at) bellsouth (dot) net with the Subject heading of: Nghosi Books Anthology 2009.</p>
<p>Mail submissions to:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nghosi Books<br />
Attn: NBANTHOLOGY2009<br />
<st1:address><st1:street>P.O. Box 1908<br />
Stone Mountain</st1:street>, <st1:city>GA</st1:city> <st1:postalcode>30086</st1:postalcode></st1:address></p>
<p>Submission deadline: <st1:date year="2008" day="31" month="10">October 31, 2008</st1:date><br />
Compensation: Two copies of the published anthology.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Nghosi Books is a small print press of African-American LGBT writers. This area of the company celebrated its first publication of a bi-annual anthology of new African-American lesbian writers; and serves as the sole publisher of the founder&#8217;s future novels.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.nghosibooks.com/pages/NghosiBooks/index.htm">Check out our 2007 Anthology: Longing, Lust, and Love: Black Lesbian Stories.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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		<title>We, Asian Sex Workers Anthology</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kuono</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just came across this in my inbox. It&#8217;s too good to pass up &#8212; there&#8217;s such a lack of education out there, so please pass this along to anyone you think can contribute. If you have any online resources, comment them here, or in the previous post I wrote about Asian American sex blogs.
CALL [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just came across this in my inbox. It&#8217;s too good to pass up &#8212; there&#8217;s such a lack of education out there, so please pass this along to anyone you think can contribute. If you have any online resources, comment them here, or in the previous post I wrote about <a href="http://blog.goodvibes.com/2007/08/07/me-so-horny-for-non-appropriating-asian-american-sex-blogs-2/" title="Me So Horny -- for non-fetishizing" target="_blank">Asian American sex blogs</a>.</p>
<p>CALL FOR API WRITERS (SEX WORKERS AND NON SEX WORKERS welcome)</p>
<p><strong>Sex Slaves, American Dreams and Happy Endings</strong><br />
<em> Women/People of Asian Descent Speak on Race, Sex Work, Power, Art and Love</em></p>
<p><em>ed. by Gennifer M. Hirano, M.Ed.</em></p>
<p>A collection of realistic, diverse accounts of Asian womens&#8217; lives is URGENTLY needed to educate our youth and communities about the realities of our lives and the strength of our sex worker rights movements.  We must not allow them to continue to feed the people media clichés of being only sex trafficking victims without demanding that our voices be heard as well.  This anthology is a collection of accounts from women of Asian descent who are current and former sex workers, researchers, [post]feminists, activists, lawyers, artists, mothers and more.  Women working in Asian countries, Asian-Americans, LGBTQs of Asian Descent, Hapas and baby mamas are invited to submit writing that will present readers with a portal to complexify the dialogue and perception of the Asian Sex Worker working in the U.S and abroad.  These accounts should examine crucial themes in your life and the ways in which the perception of others related to the issues of race, sex work, power, art and/or love has affected you.  (For instance, if you are not a sex worker why and how does this topic affect you?  How are you involved in this world?) Men are also welcome to submit, the gender specific requirement is yet undecided and contingent on quantity/quality of male submissions.</p>
<p>Possible issues and key words to explore include Migrant Sex Work, Sex Work Activism in Asia, Cultural perception of the Prostitute, A Queer Sex Worker&#8217;s dialogue with her boyfriend, The Myths and Truths of Trafficking, Sex Slave Victims, Raid and Rescue Missions, Me Love You Long Time, Sex Tourism, Miss Saigon, Cambodian children for sale, Mail Order Brides, outreach in Oriental Massage Parlors…</p>
<p>OPTION #2-Search under &#8220;Me Love You Long Time&#8221; on You Tube [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7EPWSsr1Lg" title="Me Love You Long Time" target="_blank">here you go</a>] and watch the original footage sequence from Full Metal Jacket. Write a 3-500 word response/reaction to the clip. Feel free to contextualize the 2 Live Crew song and your present and past perceptions into your response. Do you think that the woman in the clip is empowered?Submit using any name you wish to be published with your piece along with a 3 sentence bio. Photo Essays, Interviews, and Academic Papers from College (if you really still think they&#8217;re good) are welcome. 1500-2000 words, word files to<a href="mailto:gmh%40asianprincessartifacts.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> gmh@asianprincessar tifacts.com</a> by NOVEMBER 15, 2007.</p>
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		<title>Get Crucial Sex Tips &#8212; in a Phone Text!</title>
		<link>http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2007/08/13/get-crucial-sex-tips-in-a-phone-text/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kuono</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Co-Worker Judi B. just passed this along to me. I copied the info as follows below, but just want to pipe in that I&#8217;ve tried it from my mobile and it works great!
Everyone can use this bit of knowledge, but I hope that educators and folks working with youth especially get this info out [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://magazine.goodvibes.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/cellphone.jpg" title="cellphone.jpg"><img src="http://magazine.goodvibes.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/cellphone-150x150.jpg" title="cellphone.jpg" alt="cellphone.jpg" align="right" border="0" /></a>My Co-Worker <a href="http://blog.goodvibes.com/author/judi-b/" target="_blank">Judi B.</a> just passed this along to me. I copied the info as follows below, but just want to pipe in that I&#8217;ve tried it from my mobile and it works great!</p>
<p>Everyone can use this bit of knowledge, but I hope that educators and folks working with youth especially get this info out loud and clear so that sex information is as easy as a txt msg.</p>
<p>[TEXT "SEXINFO" to 61827, or if you're a Metro PCS User, (917) 957-4280... and get sex information texted to your cellphone.]</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana">In April &#8216;07, Access SF was hired  by the San Francisco Department of Public Health&#8217;s STD DIVISION to produce a set  of original PSAs for Sex Info, a pilot sexual health text messaging service for  young people in </span></font><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana">San Francisco</span></font><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana">. LEARN  MORE &#8211; <a href="http://sextextsf.org">http://sextextsf.org.</a></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="1">Last  year, Sex Info was the recipient of a grant from Full Circle Fund, a unique  engaged philanthropy fund that matches local dollars with local talent who  volunteer their time. In this case, a team of technology and marketing  professionals from Full Circle Fund supported the development of the PSAs &#8211;  collaborating with Access SF staff, SFDPH staff and a team of youth health  outreach workers.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="1">The final spots were recorded during June/July &#8216;07,  featuring a group of local African American youth as talent and local rapper  Mistah F.A.B., who is very popular among the Sex Info target population. The PSA  package will be launched in fall &#8216;07 as part of an overall marketing campaign  designed to expand awareness and usage of this one-of-a-kind text messaging  service for youth.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="1">TO USE SEX INFO:<br />
- Text &#8220;SEXINFO&#8221; to 61827 -<br />
917-957-4280 (Metro PCS users)<br />
*Standard text messaging fees will  apply.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana" size="1">TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PARTNERS ON THIS PROJECT:<br />
<a href="http://accesssf.c.topica.com/maahqkoabAw2bbHyGGWeafpNzr/">http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/sfcityclinic/</a><br />
<a href="http://accesssf.c.topica.com/maahqkoabAw2cbHyGGWeafpNzr/">http://fullcirclefund.org</a><br />
<a href="http://accesssf.c.topica.com/maahqkoabAw2dbHyGGWeafpNzr/">http://www.myspace.com/mistahfab</a><br />
<a href="http://accesssf.c.topica.com/maahqkoabAw2ebHyGGWeafpNzr/">http://www.isis-inc.org/</a>  </font></p>
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