The Harm of Abstinence-Only Sex Education
Access to high-quality, comprehensive sex education is a fundamental human right. It’s a right that empowers us to make choices about our bodies, pleasure, relationships, safety, and futures. Abstinence-only-until-marriage (AOUM) education is neither high-quality nor comprehensive in approach. As decades…
Distinguishing from Abuse: Adapting the Power & Control Wheel for Power Exchange Dynamics
When abuse happens in BDSM communities, systemic support is harder to access in part because many definitions of intimate partner violence rely on evaluating patterns of power and control. However, because the “bargained-for” exchange in BDSM culture is based in…
Whole Body Listening: Connecting with Embodied Pleasure as a Trauma Survivor
In activism and organizing spaces (as well as our larger culture), many of our bodies carry the impacts of personal and collective trauma. Often, these leave us feeling afraid or unworthy of our own pleasure or unsure how to navigate…
Content Creators Showcase, Sponsored by Dr Elizabeth Anne Wood
Join us for an evening featuring creative expressions of sexuality! Explore provocative artwork, discover new sensational podcast and sex-positive porn, build your own sex graph with the Graphic Sex Project, and experience compelling book readings from some of the most…
2019 Vicki Awards – Nadine Smith and Kate Kendell
Join us as we celebrated the 2019 Vicki Sexual Freedom Award recipients, Nadine Smith and Kate Kendell, two spectacular sexual freedom and human rights champions. Nadine's award was presented by Woodhull Freedom Foundation President and founder, Ricci Levy, and Board…
Carmen Vázquez in Conversation with Nadine Smith and Kate Kendell
Woodhull Board Co-Chair and past Vicki recipient Carmen Vázquez will facilitate a conversation with 2019 honorees Nadine Smith and Kate Kendell. Nadine and Kate will be discussing their work, human rights, and strategies for 2020 and a future where sexual…