<div dir="ltr"><div>excellent.<br><br>i think this also presents an excellent opportunity for discussing what kind of (light) infrastructure would facilitate reproductive and sexual health at the space - very basic stuff, tampons etc., but also community infrastructure - are we living up to our goal of being inclusive by providing options in both the physical and community dimensions of the space that allow everyone to feel at home. everyone should be a part of this discussion and i would love to speak more with women, queer folks, people of all stripes about it.<br>
<br></div>- marina<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Craig Rouskey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:craigrouskey@gmail.com" target="_blank">craigrouskey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>I would be down to talk about Gonorrhea and plug our program to eradicate the antibiotic resistant strains! May 4 th</p>
<div>—<br>Sent from <a href="https://bit.ly/SZvoJe" target="_blank">Mailbox</a> for iPhone</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><p>On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:46 AM, Anon195714 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anon195714@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">anon195714@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<br><br>
Yo's-<br><br>
Re. "What does it mean to hack sexual health...?"<br><br>
Here's one example. For years I've had a slogan I tell people
(typically guys) whose sex drive is on overdrive to the point where
it warps their attitude toward others (typically gals):<br><br>
"Masturbate and keep your objectivity."<br><br>
70% of guys "admit" that they play with themselves, and the other
30% are lying. Yet the hypocrisy around this subject is just
astounding, and the result is that physical needs become conflated
with social attitudes and generate oppression of self and oppression
of others.<br><br>
Envision a culture where relationships are based on partners feeding
each other (as in, holding the forks and spoons full of food up to
each others' mouths during a meal) instead of on people having sex
with each other. People would run around frantically seeking
partners because otherwise they'd either have to feed themselves
(oh!, the embarrassment!) or go hungry and die. <br><br>
That's where our culture is about sex. It's crazy. <br><br>
So I'd suggest "masturbation liberation" as a sexuality hacking
topic. <br><br>
It even has major potential for cybernetic devices and interfaces
and online communication enhancements. <br><br>
"Did you try building the new Orgasmatron?"<br><br>
"Yeah. The interface works pretty well, but there's a bug in the
code, so I patched it. Wanna' download my version, see what you
think?"<br><br>
Later.... "Hey, your version's a lot better than the original. Now
I was thinking, the interface could be improved. Here, I'll make
one for you on the 3D printer."<br><br>
"Oh, cool, yeah I like your CAD diagram, I think it'll work, so go
ahead and print one for me..."<br><br>
Here's another potential topic:<br><br>
Chastity belts for men in cultures that oppress women (for example
by making women wear oppressive shapeless garments from head to toe,
that barely leave enough of an opening for their eyes to see the
world). <br><br>
Even one decent prototype would stir up a bunch of publicity about
the subject, and hopefully generate some embarrassment on the part
of men whose answer to their own weaknesses is to oppress women.
"Stop the problem at its source: the dirty minds of men!"<br><br>
OK, enough for one night;-)<br><br>
-G.<br><br><br>
=====<br><br><br><div>On 13-04-04-Thu 12:18 AM, Vicky Knox
wrote:<br></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Tonight during the general meeting I proposed the
Today I Learned event "Hacking Sexual Health". I'd like to open
up the floor to multiple facilitators interested in this topic
area to help me lead either one TIL workshop, or a series of
workshops if there is sufficient excitement. Hacking Sexual
Health is intended for sexual and asexual people alike.
<div>
<br></div>
<div>So what does it mean to hack sexual health? Ruminate on it.
:]<br><div>
<div><br></div>
<div>My personal interest is hacking menstruation. I'd like
to lead a workshop for creating cloth pads out of recycled
clothing. The workshop is intended both for people who
menstruate and for people who have friends who menstruate
(and want to make them lovely presents!). We will go over
different lady product options and have fun
cost-comparisons for different products and unproducts. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I will be reserving either April 27th or May
4th upon consulting my secretary. :P</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Please contact me if you are interested in
developing your own workshop or helping me to facilitate
menstruation hacking! </div>
</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>ykciV</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>PS: Clothing hackers, you know who you are! </div>
</div>
</div>
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