Events
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May classes
The Sex Diaries Project — A 2-part workshop series and fundraiser for Bitch Media
Tease a Peel: Classic Burlesque Peeling Techniques - FULL
Rough Sex for Everyone: Consent and Desire
June classes
Making Open Relationships Work with Tristan Taormino
She Bop Presents The Feminist Porn Show with Tristan Taormino
The Sex Diaries Project — A 2-part workshop series and fundraiser for Bitch Media
Wednesday, May 2nd and Wednesday, May 9th — 7:30pm — $50
What's going on in your sexual and emotional life? How can you improve your relationship world? Come join Arianne Cohen, author of The Sex Diaries Project: What We're Saying About What We're Doing, for a full week of self-discovery and exploration in this participatory 2-class workshop.
In the first class, Arianne will discuss what she's learned about love and relationships from over 3000 anonymous diarists, and she'll lead diarying exercises to get you started on your own week-long diary. Over the next week, you'll keep your own 7-day anonymous diary about your relationship, sexual and emotional life through a guided online diarying program, and discover how you're really connecting and disconnecting with others. In the second class, you'll discuss your realizations and discoveries about yourselves with the group. It's better than therapy! Whether you're single or coupled or poly, not to be missed!
Your participation in this workshop will support independent, feminist media! All proceeds benefit Bitch Media, the nonprofit feminist media organization that publishes the magazine Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture and the blog and podcasts at bitchmedia.org.
Arianne Cohen has collected thousands of sex diaries from around the globe, and is executive producing a television show based on the concept. Her work has appeared regularly in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Popular Science, Fast Company and many others. From 2007-2010, she was founding editor of a weekly online Diaries column at New York Magazine. She was "The Fix" columnist for The New York Times, and she is a contributing editor at Woman's Day. She has appeared on numerous television shows, including The Martha Stewart Show, Tyra and The Early Show.
Limited space available — sign up online!
Tease a Peel: Classic Burlesque Peeling Techniques
Wednesday, May 16th — 7:15pm — $15
THIS CLASS IS FULL - please email info@sheboptheshop.com w/ name and phone # to be put on wait list
Portland burlesque sensation Madison Moone is back by popular demand with a sultry new class sure to awaken your inner diva!
Students will be guided through a sexy burlesque movement study including bumps, grinds and struts, followed by a tantalizing round of peeling techniques. We will explore classic tools of the trade such as nylon stockings and opera length gloves while learning graceful transitions to help you tease with ease! Class will conclude with a sassy group striptease, leaving you and your girlfriends feeling like glamazons!
Students should dress in comfortable clothes; shorts or a skirt are preferred. Please bring your favorite heels (slip ons are best), nylon stockings, and elbow length gloves for peeling. Miss Moone will have extras on hand. All levels of fitness welcome; no dance experience or nudity required. Please avoid alcohol consumption before attending and arrive by 7:15 p.m. Class will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m, with no late entrance after 7:45 p.m. No photographs are permitted.
Limited space available — sign up online!
Rough Sex for Everyone: Consent and Desire
Thursday, May 24th — 7:30 pm — $20
The sweet intersection of a slap and a kiss. The rough and tumble of a spank and caress, of a commanding voice and a gentle stroke, of a laugh and a growl.
Does this sound like you? Or do you wish it could?
Come join hugely popular sex and BDSM educator Felice Shays as she teaches you to use your hands, mouth, toys, and imagination to delve deep into what is often taboo and always crazy hot. Felice will address what it is to take and give power, and how we can lose society's prescriptions as we cross the bedroom threshold.
Throughout the workshop, with levity and straight talk, Felice will share provocative techniques on how to find and express your own desire, how to push through fears that might be preventing you from discovering new sexual and sensual highs, and of course, how to spank, slap, restrain, and more. We will explore communication, emotional limits and release, safety, partnered positions, head space, anatomy, dirty talk, and helpful items.
All genders, sexual proclivities, singles, couples, and other relationship configurations welcome. Bring your questions and your curiosity.
Known for her straight talk infused with humor, Felice Shays provides personal sexual and BDSM education across the US and Canada. Felice provides sex and BDSM counseling to individuals and couples, and has presented at a plethora of events, groups, and private functions for a decade. Felice also produces sex and BDSM parties for women and trans people.
Limited space available — sign up online!
Making Open Relationships Work with Tristan Taormino
Sunday, June 3rd — 7:30pm — $25
Do open relationships really work? How do people create nontraditional partnerships that are loving and lasting? Tristan Taormino, relationship expert and author of Opening Up, shares some of the key principles that can help your open relationship(s) succeed.
Tristan will discuss common issues and problems — from "new relationship energy" and time management to jealousy and agreement violations — and ways to address and resolve them. She'll offer tips on communication, negotiation, and boundary setting, as well as how to cope with change. Learn how to get to the root of jealous feelings and transform them by embracing the concept of compersion. Whether you’re a newcomer or veteran to the world beyond monogamy, come discover strategies to help you nurture and grow your open relationship(s).
Tristan Taormino is an award-winning author, columnist, editor, and sex educator. She is the author of seven books and runs her own adult film production company, Smart Ass Productions. She directs three porn series for Vivid Entertainment: a reality series called Chemistry; Vivid-Ed, a sex education series; and Rough Sex, a vignette series based around women's real fantasies. She was a syndicated columnist for The Village Voice for nine and a half years and writes an advice column for Taboo Magazine. Tristan has been featured in over 200 publications and has appeared on CNN, HBO's Real Sex, Loveline, MTV, Oxygen, The Discovery Channel, and on over four dozen radio shows. She teaches sex and relationship workshops around the world.
This workshop will be held at the Q Center, which is 3 blocks up the street from She Bop at the corner of Mississippi and Mason (4115 N. Mississippi).
Limited space available — sign up online!
She Bop Presents The Feminist Porn Show with Tristan Taormino
Tuesday, June 5th — Mississippi Studios — Doors 7 p.m., pre-show 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. — $25
Join us for a special evening showcasing feminist porn, a genre of adult films and a growing movement!
Tristan Taormino will share a brief history and definition of feminist porn, then screen a special compilation curated by her, which includes clips from the work of feminist porn pioneers and newcomers including Candida Royalle, Annie Sprinkle, Nina Hartley, Petra Joy, Erika Lust, Shine Louise Houston, Madison Young, Courtney Trouble, and more. The screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion, where we'll explore some of the current issues surrounding feminist porn.
The pre-show will include a sexy performance from Felice Shays. Afterward, Tristan will stick around to sign books and videos, and the party can continue at the adjoining Bar Bar!
Tristan Taormino is a writer, sex educator, speaker, and feminist pornographer. She is the author of seven books and editor 25 anthologies including her latest, The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play and the Erotic Edge. She is co-editor of The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure, the first collection that includes writings by scholars, academics, producers and performers about feminist porn, forthcoming in 2013 from The Feminist Press. She runs the adult film production company Smart Ass Productions and is an exclusive director for Vivid Entertainment. She has directed and produced twenty-four sex education and porn films including the groundbreaking series based on real female kink fantasies, Rough Sex, and the Expert Guide sex education series, which she created for Vivid-Ed. She was the first female director to win an AVN Award for Best Gonzo Movie for the debut film in her reality series Chemistry, and she received the Trailblazer Award at the Feminist Porn Awards in 2010.
This event is general admission, so get there early for a good seat. Tickets are available in person at She Bop and Mississippi Studios, where there will be a $1 box office fee. If you buy tickets online, there is a $4.40 service charge.
Tickets can be purchased online here!
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