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ExplicitDressing for Success: Klawdya Rothschild – Podcast Episode 57 | In the 57th episode of the Red Umbrella Diaries podcast, latex fashion design and sex worker Klawdya Rothschild tells a story about how she learned to dress for work and how her business as a latex designer developed. This story was told at the Catwalk event on September 1, 2011. Klawdya Rothschild is a curator, artist, advocate, and occultist. Klawdya has degrees in fashion, fiber/textile arts and museum studies, and has been seen curating the Baltimore Erotic Arts Festival, judging Miss Rubber World, and serving on the board of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF). The former House Dominatrix for BOUND, Klawdya has participated in the Sex + Community for over a decade as a model, performer, sex worker, sacred w***e, and presenter. Klawdya currently offers custom latex and repair to New York’s rubber and vegetarian leather enthusiasts with her exclusive label KLAWTEX for Purple Passion. Click here to listen in your browser. Podcast editing by Josh Ryley. Podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Live events are produced by the Red Umbrella Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 5/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTravel Tips: Josh Ryley, Podcast Episode 56 | After a long hiatus, we’re back with new episodes of the Red Umbrella Diaries! This week’s episode introduces Josh Ryley, who in addition to being a funny and insightful storyteller, is the new editor of the Red Umbrella Diaries podcast. Fire up your feeds, because we’ve got new, weekly episodes again! In the 56th episode of the Red Umbrella Diaries podcast, rentboy Josh Ryley tells a very funny story about a trip to Paris with a client, and what happened when he had a big appetite and lots of enthusiasm for culinary adventures. This piece was performed at the Recipe for Disaster event on August 4, 2011. Josh Ryley is an escort in NYC who is always up for new adventures. He is an artist at heart and an active sleep eater. When he is not in the kitchen or thinking deep thoughts in the park his other interests include porn, talking about sex, writing about sex, making artwork about sex- oh and having sex. He has performed at Red Umbrella Diaries several times and hosted the “Like a Virgin” night at Red Umbrella Diaries in May 2012. He is working on compiling his various stories of work in the service industry into a discernible document to peddle around, and is the new editor of the Red Umbrella Diaries podcast. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are produced by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLive Nude Waiting Room – Sheila McClear – Podcast Episode 55 | Sheila McClear is a features reporter at the New York Post. Her writing has also appeared on Gawker.com, the Daily Beast, the New York Observer, and the New York Press. She is the author of the book The Last of the Live Nude Girls (Soft Skull Press, August 2011) She lives in Brooklyn. She read this piece from her book at the Recipe for Disaster event on August 4, 2011. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Boss – Sophia Dazzle – Podcast Episode 54 | Episode 54 features Sophia Dazzle’s story of drugs, young love (or lust), and gross bosses. Sophia Dazzle started working in the sex industry as a teenager, and has since become an avid sex worker activist, academic and performer. Though a born-and-bred New Yorker, she considers herself tri-cosmopolitan, splitting her time between three continents (North America, Europe and Asia). She read this piece at the Recipe for Disaster event on August 4, 2011. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRecipe for Disaster – Peter Bailey – Podcast Episode 53 | In episode 53, Peter Bailey tells the story of his early years in New York, being a young man about town during the 1970s and 1980s. Peter Bailey has lived in Manhattan since 1970 and has been through hell and back at least twice. On his third trip, he’d like to go first class. He has recently completed a sex-for-sale tale. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 9/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSmile When You Say It: Guy Gonzales – Podcast Episode 52 | In episode 52 Guy Gonzales reads a story about a strip club he worked in during the 1980s getting raided by the police. He read this piece at the Law and Orderthemed event on June 2, 2011. From swabbing pools of disgrace to live sex acts on stage, outlaw artist/writer Guy Gonzales repeatedly penetrated the inner sanctums of smut. Though no longer on an intravenous of all-nite theaters, massage parlors, nude clubs and adult peep shows, the noir New Yorker continues to evoke the aesthetic of the broken mirror ball of that forgotten live-wire, the Deuce, the former 42nd Street, circa the 1980’s. Befriended by the brutal Mafia enforcer ‘Tommy Karate’ on a whirlwind of transgression, Guy navigated a gauntlet of undesirables reflecting that displaced period, and survived unscathed. Screw, Hustler, Vibe, The Village Voice, TimeOutNY, and New York Magazine, not to mention A+E Biography all chronicled his unusual experiences with articles and artwork. He is completing a memoir, PEEP MAN/DEUCE42, a gnawing exposition of detachment, on a debauched detour of an unforgettable Times Square. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 8/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDead Rat: Rachel Aimee – Podcast Episode 51 | In episode 51 $pread magazine founding editor Rachel Aimee tells a story of a falling down strip club and its vermin problem. She read this piece at the Law and Order themed event on June 2, 2011. Rachel Aimee is a former stripper and a founding editor of $pread Magazine , a magazine by and for sex workers. She currently organizes regular Brunch and Bitch meetings and know-your-rights trainings for current and former strip club, peepshow, and bachelor party dancers in New York. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 7/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCase Closed: Dominick – Podcast Episode 50 | Episode 50 (!!) features three-time Red Umbrella Diaries performer Dominick’s account of a New Jersey cop’s willingness to cross state lines, a great river, and several other boundaries to be with him. He told this story at the Law and Order themed event on June 2, 2011. ‘Dominick’ found his confessional voice as a regular at Dean Johnson’s ‘Reading for Filth’ series. Dominick draws on his own diaries kept during his three year stint as a sex worker, delving into such topics as his lost sugar daddy, the evolution of his dominant guido persona, the digital transformation of the sex industry, eighties music, ass health- and of course, the johns, in all their splendor. Since retiring from sex work, Dominick walks among civilians in NYC’s real estate industry- where the art of the sell is supreme. Dominick lives on the far West Side with his very understanding boyfriend. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 7/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitOn the Stroll: Cayenne Doroshow – Podcast Episode 49 | Episode 49 features Cayenne Doroshow telling a story about leaving her parents house, attempting to work the stroll, and getting tangled up with the cops and a reporter. She told this story at the Law and Order themed event on June 2, 2011. Cayenne Doroshow has dedicated most of her life to taking care of everyone but her, and she’s excited to share her talents with the world. She has been a social worker, and is an avid cook who is working on her first cook book. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Next Wave, A Sex Worker Manifesto: Annabelle Xaah – Podcast Episode 48 | Episode 48 features Annabelle Xaah reading her manifesto at the Boss of Me event on May 5, 2011. Annabelle Xaah is a bookworm that pops out of the library every once in a while to strip dance and kick ass, in order to sustain a healthy cashflow. It’s all to keep the nutrition channeling uninterrupted through the wormy tunnels of her stomach and brain, where, unfortunately, the flow is always a matter of life or death. As a fifteen-year-old former runaway and survivor of a hundred secret senses, she thinks of herself as a dishonorably discharged war veteran of sorts: old, crippled, and angry. “Don’t ask me any questions – I’ll kill you. Can you spare some change?” She prides herself on being a bit of an oddball ascetic, working minimal hours at maximum wage, and not really giving a f**k when her bank statements begin with the word “danger” in red letters – in other words, she’s the laziest hoe in the world. She supplements her salary with a little dumpster-diving here and a little couch-surfing there, on the luxurious floors of her university library; because materialism stifles enlightenment, and property is theft – excessive amounts of it anyways – stiletto boots notwithstanding….All this trouble, for a room of one’s room, or just a carrell, a small space of peace to shelter the life of the mind, while making her way through that American system of contemporary debt slavery, AKA education. While Annabelle spends her weekdays reading about social justice and revolution, she takes a biting pleasure on the weekends in practicing the techniques of rebel warfare on her very generous little old slaves. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 7/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Boss of Me: Hawk Kincaid – Podcast Episode 47 | Episode 47 features Hawk Kincaid performing spoken word at the Boss of Me event on May 5, 2011. Hawk Kinkaid is a well-known secret. Living in New York, writing when he isn’t exploring social psychology, art direction and clutter reduction. Known by other names in various cities like Zach, Alec, and Abel, he is an outspoken sexworker activist, supporter and organizer (founder of the HOOK program). His work has appeared in sundry literary publications and spoken word/poetry collections. Mostly, he just disappears a lot. More information is available at Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 6/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLesbian Porn Professional: Jincey Lumpkin – Podcast Episode 46 | Episode 46 features Jincey Lumpkin reading a story at the Boom and Bust event on April 7 2011. Jincey Lumpkin, Esq. is the founder and Chief Sexy Officer of Juicy Pink Box, a brand that is glamorizing lesbian sex by showing real lesbians in a chic way. The Daily Beast called her the “Lesbian Hugh Hefner”, Out Magazine recognized her one of the most influential gay people of 2010, and Time Out New York named her a “New York City Sex Icon”. She chronicles her life as a pornographer in her column, “Naked Ambition” for The Advocate. Jincey is a former lawyer, a diva and a lover of breasts. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 6/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMaking the Paper: Cayenne Doroshow – Podcast Episode 45 | Episode 45 features Cayenne Doroshow telling a story at the Boom and Bust event on April 7 2011. Cayenne Doroshow has dedicated most of her life to taking care of everyone but her, and she’s excited to share her talents with the world. She has been a social worker, and is an avid cook who is working on her first cook book. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 6/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTake Out in Manhattan: Aimee Herman – Podcast Episode 44 | Episode 44 features Aimee Herman reading at the Price of Love event on February 3, 2011. Aimee Herman, a performance poet, has been featured on radio, at various poetry festivals, and erotic salons. She currently works as sections editor of erotica for Oysters & Chocolate. Aimee has facilitated numerous erotica writing classes and writing workshops that reconfigure the language of the body. She has been published by Cliterature Journal, InStereo Press, and can also be read in the anthologies, Oysters & Chocolate Erotic Stories of Every Flavor (NAL), Best Lesbian Love Stories (Alyson Books), and Best Women’s Erotica 2010 (Cleis Press). She is turned on by Canadians, women with curly hair, and peanut butter. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 6/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMacklean’s Story, read by Zawadi Nyong’o – Podcast Episode 43 | Apologies for the month-long lag between episodes! We’ve been moving house, and it’s taken up a lot more time and energy than we thought. For the next few weeks we’ll be posting multiple episodes of the Red Umbrella Diaries each week. There’s a lot of great stories to get caught up on! Episode 43 features Zawadi Nyong’o reading at the Boom and Bust event on April 7, 2011. Zawadi Nyong’o is an activist from Kenya who read from “When I Dare To Be Powerful”, about which she says “Five audacious women, five compelling stories and what promises to touch, move and inspire many women in Africa and beyond. “When I Dare to Be Powerful” is East Africa’s first collection of herstories of women engaged in sex work. Women who dare to cross the line, share their journeys of subversion, transformation and rebellion. Women who express their love, pain, joy and ambitions. Women who embrace sexuality, celebrate diversity, and refuse to tolerate adversity. Women who weave through sexuality and its connections with many aspects and faces of women’s rights. May African women continue to tell their stories and break the silence.” Download the whole set of stories for free here. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 5/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBilly Pelt Sings! – Podcast Episode 42 | Episode 42 features Billy Pelt’s performance from the Price of Love event on February 3, 2011. Billy Pelt is the lead singer of Billy Pelt and The Plaid Panthers, a cuntry and cabaret band based in the East Village and is the founder of the Grendel Socialist Music Theatre. He’s 5’10”, 160, 6.5c, versatile, bisexual and great in groups. He can be found on Men4RentNow.com #220965. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 4/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Invention of Safe Sex: Richard Berkowitz – Podcast Episode 41 | Episode 41 features Richard Berkowitz talking about sex work and the invention of safe sex, plus reading from his memoir Stayin Alive: The Invention of Safe Sex, A Personal History. This piece was recorded during the No Justice, No Piece event for International Sex Worker Rights Day on March 3, 2011. Richard Berkowitz is the subject of Daryl Wein’s 2009 documentary, SEX POSITIVE, which tells his story: coming out as a gay man in the 1970s amid the sexual abandon of the times, becoming a sex worker in NYC before the dawn of AIDS and how that led him to become involved in the invention of safe sex for AIDS. In May 1983, Berkowitz co-authored “How to Have Sex in an Epidemic,” along with Dr. Joseph Sonnabend and the late Michael Callen. Their 40-page booklet is widely regarded as the invention of safe sex as we know it today even though at the time many gay men considered safe sex an attack on their sexual freedom. Berkowitz majored in journalism at Rutgers University, writing for the school newspaper and using his position as the film editor to promote LGBT and feminist arts and issues. He spent two decades writing to promote safe sex, culminating in his 2003 memoir, Stayin Alive: The Invention of Safe Sex, A Personal History. That book became the inspiration for SEX POSITIVE, which won the Grand Jury prize for Best Documentary at Outfest. http://richardberkowitz.com/ Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 4/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLove & (Pocket) Rockets: Rebecca Alvarez – Podcast Episode 40 | Episode 40 features Rebecca Alvarez telling a story about the consequences of falling in love with a coworker at a sex toy store. This piece was recorded during the Price of Love event on February 3, 2011. Rebecca Alvarez is a Brooklyn-to-Philadelphia transplant who totes around a panache for BDSM, a devotion to kindness, and a seat at her table for all sweaty freaks. She emerged as a fledgling sex educator in 2004 with the women owned-and-run sex shop Babeland in New York City. She went on to write a sex column for the Indypendent newspaper and the Sex Herald. Her love/disdain for the written word was tested during her tenure as a bookmaker/letterpresser with Booklyn and as the host of the NYC-based small-press reading series Cup and Pen. Currently, she works as one-third of the pleasure-based sex education collaborative ScrewSmart and a gynecological teaching associate while earning her dual masters degree in Social Work and Education in Human Sexuality at Widener University. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Hawaii Prostitutes’ Strike: Melissa Ditmore – Podcast Episode 39 | Episode 39 features Melissa Ditmore telling a story about the prostitutes’ strike in Hawaii in the 1940s. This piece was recorded during the International Sex Worker Rights Day event on March 3, 2011. Melissa Ditmore has written and edited three books and numerous reports about sex work. For more about the history of sex work, check out her most recent book, Prostitution and Sex Work. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Last Frontier of Social Justice: Drew Deveaux – Podcast Episode 38 | Episode 38 features Drew Deveaux telling a story about working in porn as a trans woman. This piece was recorded during the International Sex Worker Rights Day event on March 3, 2011. Dynamic and androgynous, Drew Deveaux has been bending over and shaking up the porn world since her explosive first shoot for Doing It Ourselves: The Trans Women Porn Project. Through self-creation and self-exploration, Drew’s work explores gender and power, shame and transcendence, play and authenticity. Pushing boundaries and playing with edges, Drew is a master of dirty talk with a Master of Science and is equally in her element with her face gagged in a pillow or behind a lecturn. http://www.drewdeveaux.com Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Price of Pressing Play: Porn’s Effect on My Sex Life – J.D. Ackerman – Podcast Episode 37 | Episode 37 features J.D. Ackerman telling a story about working in porn. This story was recorded during the Price of Love themed event on February 3, 2011. J.D. Ackerman J.D. is a new media sex educator and sexuality writer with a Masters of Education in Human Sexuality. Not only is she a co-creator of ScrewSmart, Philly’s own pleasure-based sex education collective, she works online, creating a sex-positive community with HotMoviesForHer.com, a video-on-demand adult movie site specifically for women. With a focus on pleasure education and queer sexuality, J.D. spends her days making sure that every person is experiencing the most pleasure they can, as well as baking, sewing, crafting and pretty much doing anything else that involves her hands. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGTA: Laura G. Duncan – Podcast Episode 36 | Episode 36 features Laura G. Duncan telling a story about being a gynecological teaching associate (GTA). This story was recorded during the Healing Touch themed event on October 7, 2010. Laura G. Duncan is a sexual health researcher, educator and writer currently living in Brooklyn. Her research deals with issues of sexuality within medicine, focusing on health literacy and accessibility among underserved populations. She has taught sex education at a high school, health non-profit and medical school and she currently works as an full spectrum doula with The Doula Project. She also performs a multimedia research presentation on teledildonics and sexual robotics in venues around New York City. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 3/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Dabbler: Donkey – Podcast Episode 35 | Episode 35 features Kira Manser with two stories about dabbling in the sex industry. This story was recorded during the Price of Love themed live event on February 3, 2011. Donkey traces her sex education roots from Miko, a feminist run sex shop in Providence, to her current position as an educator at The Velvet Lily, a sex-positive shop in Philly. Besides being a retail goddess, she’s worked as a high school peer sex educator and in legal sex-work. Currently, she can be found working on a dual masters program in social work and education in human sexuality at Widener University. She brings home the bacon working as a Gynecological Teaching Associate (GTA) and is always excited to chat about her current labor of love, the sex education collaborative ScrewSmart. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 3/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMy Problem With Television: Matthew Lawrence – Podcast Episode 34 | Episode 34 features Matthew Lawrence with a story about a client he nicknames Mr Chompers. This story was recorded during the Price of Love themed live event on February 3, 2011. Matthew Lawrence is a writer and former escort living in Providence, Rhode Island. He has written for Carnal Nation and $pread Magazine. Currently he runs a small literary events organization and co-edits Headmaster, an art magazine for man-lovers. His blogs are Mixtapes For Hookers and Naked Pictures Of Your Dad. Click here to listen in your browser. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 2/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitInbox Horrors: Miss Darling – Podcast Episode 32 | Episode 32 features Miss Darling, who shares a variety of emails from her prospective clients. This story was recorded during the Dirty Tricks themed live event on January 6, 2011. Miss Darling is a cubicle-working, “productive member of society” by day and a sex worker by night (and weekends). By being involved with almost every form of online and in-person pay-for-play since 2008, she has been exploring her own sexuality by allowing others to pay her to explore theirs. Besides tantalizing the masses for a living, she is an activist, a staunch feminist, shoe w***e, perpetual supporter of underdogs and an avid baker. Living in sin and New Jersey along with her dashing partner in crime, Mr. Darling, she dreams of saving the world one orgasm at a time. http://allthingsdarling.com Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 2/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDirty Tricks: Dominick – Podcast Episode 31 | Episode 31 features Dominick, who tells a pair of stories dealing with dirty tricks in New York City. This story was recorded during the Dirty Tricks themed live event on January 6, 2011. ‘Dominick’ found his confessional voice as a regular at Dean Johnson’s ‘Reading for Filth’ series. Dominick draws on his own diaries kept during his three year stint as a sex worker, delving into such topics as his lost sugar daddy, the evolution of his dominant guido persona, the digital transformation of the sex industry, eighties music, ass health- and of course, the johns, in all their splendor. Since retiring from sex work, Dominick walks among civilians in NYC’s real estate industry- where the art of the sell is supreme. Dominick lives on the far West Side with his very understanding boyfriend. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 2/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDirty Little Girl: Sequoia Redd – Podcast Episode 30 | Episode 30 features Sequoia Redd, who reads a story from her hot-off-the-presses zine Dirty Girl. This story was recorded during the Dirty Tricks themed live event on January 6, 2011. Sequoia Redd is a 20 something sex worker, traveler kid, public m*********r, witch and self proclaimed dirty girl. Her one degree is in touching people aka “massage therapy”. She is an aspiring activist in the areas of environmentalism and sex worker rights. She believes there are many paralells between how society regards nature to its attitudes towards sexuality and sex workers. Originally wanting to be an escort and then ending up as a performer in mainstream porn to stripping and webcamming to finally escorting, she’s figured out that most of the exploitation and violence that goes on in the industry is due to lack of community and knowledge within the scene and lack of empowerment for the workers. Inspired by this realization, she’s looking to be apart of building visible sex worker community in her native South Florida. http://sequoiaredd.com Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 1/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMike the Nazi: Audacia Ray – Podcast Episode 29 | Episode 29 features Red Umbrella Diaries host Audacia Ray, who tells a story about a memorable would-be client. This story was recorded during the Dirty Tricks themed live event on January 6, 2011. Audacia Ray is the host and founder of the Red Umbrella Diaries. She is a former sex worker and currently an activist and storyteller in many media. In addition to the monthly Red Umbrella Diaries events, Audacia leads media and storytelling workshops, blogs, makes videos, and generally does more working than sleeping. http://audaciaray.com Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 1/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMomma Drama: LeNair “Tré” Xavier – Podcast Episode 27 | Episode 27 features LeNair “Tré” Xavier, who shares a story about what his mother thinks about his life as an out bisexual porn star. This story was recorded during the Family Affairs themed live event on December 2, 2010. LeNair “Tré” Xavier is a predominantly gay bisexual entertainer and author who writes about sex, life & love in his blog, Tré’s X-Ray Vision. While he has retired from performing in studio-based gay porn, his continued exhibitionist displays online and telling of his sexual adventures and explorations for his blog maintains his being considered an adult entertainer. During his time in the industry, Tré’s writing skills at creating vivid pictures and expressing valid points has led to him writing blog entries for Pitbull Production’s ThugPornBlog, and more recognizably, MOC Blog, which he still maintains being a contributing writer for. He has also had his opinions published in a book review for FlavaMen Magazine, and in the Feedback section of The Advocate. In the vein of his published words on MOC Blog and in The Advocate, he is an active and well-recognized voice for racial equality in gay adult entertainment by way of comments on various websites like Fleshbot, Gay Porn Times, and The Sword. And since retiring, Tré’s voice fighting for that racial equality continues to be heard by the aforementioned, and even more places now as he has spread to fighting for it in gay mainstream entertainment as well, including most recently the gay cable channel, LOGO. All this while he resurrects his skills as an actor, dancer, singer, artist, poet, and songwriter. Most of which can be found on his YouTube channel. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 1/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMILF: Katelan Foisy – Podcast Episode 26 | Episode 26 features Katelan Foisy, who shares a story about her mother’s brush with Playboy. This story was recorded during the Family Affairs themed live event on December 2, 2010. Katelan V. Foisy is a visual artist, pin-up model, writer, and tarot reader living in NYC. Her fine art pieces have been displayed at The Worcester Art Museum, Ohio History Museum, Mae West Fest, MODA, Museum of Contemporary Art DC, as well as the A&D gallery in London. Her illustrations have graced the pages of the Grammy Awards, Scholastic Books, as well as appearing on the stage of Ensemble Studio Theater. She is the art director for Constellation, an astrology-based arts magazine, and released her memoir Blood and Pudding earlier this year. www.katelanfoisy.com Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 1/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGrowing Up Loving a Working Mother: Syd – Podcast Episode 25 | Episode 25 features Syd, who shares her story about growing up the daughter of a sex worker. This story was recorded during the Family Affairs themed live event on December 2, 2010. Syd is a writer and photographer interested in youth led research, sexuality & social justice. Her masters thesis, “Beyond Risk: The evaded curriculum in sexuality education for marginally housed and homeless young women,” has helped shape and focus her lens through which she sees the power in education and knowledge. She has been a passionate photographer since the age of 14, continually documenting her life in New York City and Beyond. She has a BA in Sociology from St. Lawrence University and her MA in Sexuality Studies from San Francisco State University. Currently she is working with queer youth in NYC, c0-creating and building a peer sex education program with 15 amazing youth interns. Her photography has appeared in publications by the National Sexuality Resource Center and The Center for Sex and Culture and The Richard F. Brush Art Gallery. Her writing is published in $pread magazine and the San Francisco State University Library. She is interested in Photo Journalism & Art/Erotic Photography. This Cuban/Greek sex geek lives in New York City with her Pound Pup, Henry Marie Elizabeth and is always on the look out for a new restaurant to try. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 12/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitInternational Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers – Podcast Episode 24 | Episode 24 is a special edition of the Red Umbrella Diaries podcast, featuring select speeches from the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers event held in New York at the Metropolitan Community Church on December 17, 2010. The event was organized by SWOP-NYC and was one of dozens of events taking place around the world. Audacia Ray hosted the evening, and the Red Umbrella Project was a co-sponsor, along with the Anti-Violence Project, Audre Lorde Project, Babeland, Counterpublic Collective, FIERCE, MADRE, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Peter Cicchino Youth Project, The Queer Commons, PONY (Prostitutes of New York), PROS Network, SAFER, Sex Work Awareness, Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, SWANK (Sex Workers Action New York), SWITCH, SWOP-NYC (Sex Workers Outreach Project – NYC Chapter), The Space at Tompkins, and the Third Wave Foundation. In this podcast, you’ll hear (in order) speeches by: Audacia Ray is a media maker and advocate who is based in New York City. She consults on information and communications technologies for the Global Network of Sex Work Projects and hosts a monthly storytelling series, The Red Umbrella Diaries, where people who have worked in the sex trade gather to share stories and document their experiences. Audacia leads annual media training workshops with Sex Work Awareness. Michael Miller developed and implemented a harm reduction intervention in peer education and peer outreach for LGBTQ youth of color that were engaging in street and internet-based sex trade. Through this work, Michael became one of the founding members of the PROS Network (Providers and Resources Offering Services to sex workers) and is currently serving on the PROS Committee for Community Education. Michael is speaking tonight on behalf of the Counterpublic Collective, a peer-led workgroup that fosters thoughtful reflection and community-building around queer issues through discussions that are both academic and personal. Chelsea Johnson-long is an artist/activist with over 6 years of experience in liberation theater and music therapy. She rests her head in Brooklyn via her homeland on the island of Oahu. She received her BA in Community Studies, Theater, and Feminism from UC Santa Cruz. As current program Co-coordinator of the Safe OUTside the System collective (a program of the Audre Lorde Project) she works with the LGBTSTGNC people of color community in central Brooklyn to address violence without relying on police. Sarah Jenny Bleviss is a community organizer and co-founder of SWANK and SWOP-NYC. She read a piece by Stephanie Thompson, daughter of Catherine Lique, a sex worker who was found murdered in Nevada in 2003. We also got some great mainstream media coverage. Watch an NBC segment on the event below: This event and podcast is hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded by Chris Thomas and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 12/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitStrip City: Lily Burana – Podcast Episode 23 | Episode 23 features Lily Burana, the author of the memoirs Strip City and I Love A Man in Uniform and the novel Try. Lily reads from her book Strip City in this episode, which was recorded during the Family Affairs themed live event on December 2, 2010. Lily Burana is a punk rock girl turned writer and editor. Since starting her writing life as a columnist and editor at punk and alternative ‘zines, she has gone on to write for numerous publications including The Washington Post, GQ, The New York Times, Self, Glamour, Entertainment Weekly, Details, The Village Voice, Slate, Salon, and The New York Observer, and her reviews and cultural criticism have been picked up by magazines and newspapers around the world. She has been a Contributing Editor at SPIN and New York magazines. Her essays have been included in numerous anthologies. Lily is the author of three books. Her first book, STRIP CITY: A Stripper’s Farewell Journey Across America (Miramax Books, 2001) made Best Book of the Year lists in Entertainment Weekly, Salon, New York Newsday, and Rocky Mountain News, and was selected as a Barnes and Noble Discover New Writers title. Strip City was also named in the Top Six “EW Picks” in Entertainment Weekly’s 2008 “So You Want to Write a Memoir” roundup, which featured a thousand recent memoirs. Her novel, TRY (St. Martins Press, 2006), an alt.Western romance, was lauded by Kirkus Reviews as “a touching winter-spring romance set amid full Western regalia.” Her third book, I LOVE A MAN IN UNIFORM: A Memoir of Love, War, and Other Battles (Weinstein Books, 2009) was called “a notable historical document” by the New York Times. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 12/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSoul F*****s: Goldschwanz – Podcast Episode 22 | Episode 22 features Goldschwanz, a German escort who is based in Berlin. The piece was recorded during the Bad Behavior themed live event on November 4, 2010. Goldschwanz is a Berlin & London based independent escort, dedicated activist, writer & visual artist. She smashed her promising academic career to become a sex worker, and has since checked out the European adult industry, starred in scat movies and fetish clubs, and has been an usherette at porn movie theatres, a party host, and sex coach. She blogs at “Hookers’ Republic,” a dirty, entertaining, and revealing treatise on sex worker issues, and documents her life and travel with images, print columns, comic strips, and poetry. She also performs multifaceted stand-up comedy to crack mind-mapping and stereotyping and tackle political issues with grim humor. She has performed in London & Berlin and this is her debut in NY. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 12/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBad Behavior: Joanna Angel – Podcast Episode 21 | Episode 21 features multiple AVN Award winner Joanna Angel. The piece was recorded during the Bad Behavior themed live event on November 4, 2010. Joanna Angel is a writer, producer, director, model and AVN award-winning adult film star – is more commonly referred to as the “Queen of Punk Rock Porn” in the adult world. A nerd by nature, Joanna holds a B.A. in English from Rutgers University and although her name and brand are synonymous with a much more risqué art, she remains a director, writer, actress, adult entrepreneur and comedian. Joanna has been published in Carly Milne’s “Naked Ambition,” and was a featured sex columnist for Spin Magazine in 2006. She is also a diligent blogger who captures her daily experience for fans on the BurningAngel blog. When forming the BurningAngel empire, she drew upon her strengths as a powerful, intelligent and creative woman, added her innate sense of comedic timing, and – with a lot of chutzpah and her unique vision – created a whole new genre of adult film. http://joannaangel.com Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 11/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitImpossible Dominance: Desiree Burch – Podcast Episode 20 | Episode 20 features Desiree Burch, who tells a story about her struggle to understand her power as a dominatrix. The piece was recorded during the Bad Behavior themed live event on November 4, 2010. Desiree Burch is an NYC-based comedian, emcee, writer, and New York Neo-Futurist, best-known for her acclaimed solo show “52 Man Pickup” which has played alt-theater venues in New York and London as well as the Hollywood and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. One of New York Magazine’s “10 New Comedians that Funny People Find Funny,” Desiree has supplied laughter for MTV, VH1, NBC News, The New York Post, Comedy Central, Huffington Post and more, and can also be seen in the upcoming feature-length documentary “I Heart New York.” She is a Yale graduate and previously hosted/curated the reading and variety series Smut. (“Art that should carry a Parental Advisory Label” – NY Times). http://desireeburch.com Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 11/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Invitation: Christine Macdonald – Podcast Episode 19 | Episode 19 features Christine Macdonald, who reads from her memoir-in-progress. The piece was recorded during the Bad Behavior themed live event on November 4, 2010. Honolulu native Christine Macdonald worked the darker side of paradise as a nude exotic dancer Waikiki. Her articles, The Customer is Always Trite, Embarrassing Stripper Moments and Stripper Scoop: your top five questions answered earned her cover spots as Editor’s Picks on Open Salon; she has also been featured and recognized as a rising author on the popular publishing site Scribd. An avid supporter of equal rights, Macdonald founded Another way to say it Greetings, a greeting card company that caters to her friends in the GLBT community. She plans to launch these cards following completion of her current project. Christine is currently writing a memoir about her experiences as a stripper from 1987 to 1996, and was selected as the October 2010 NAMW Member of the Month.She is a self-proclaimed stripper cliché and recovering narcissist. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 11/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Healing Power of Burlesque: Alithea Howes – Podcast Episode 18 | Episode 18 features Alithea Howes, who talks about her experience running a Monday night burlesque show, Original Cyn. The piece was recorded during the Healing Touch themed live event on October 7, 2010. Alithea Howes takes her clothes off in bars and teaches people how to be kinky. She has been performing burlesque since 2005 and stunning audiences with her creative twists on the art of burlesque. After becoming a professional dominatrix in 2006 she began teaching classes on the art of kink and has taught for TES, DSF, and GD2 among others. She is also a writer, a storyteller and an artist. Find her on facebook, fetlife (under the name Coraline) or look her up at www.marycyn.com Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 11/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBriar: Tobi Hill-Meyer – Podcast Episode 17 | Episode 17 features Tobi Hill-Meyer, who shares a story about her partner Briar. The piece was recorded during the Healing Touch themed live event on October 7, 2010. Also check out Tobi’s piece My Year as a “Pimp”, in which she writes about her experience working security for her partner, an outcall sex worker. Tobi Hill-Meyer is just about your average multiracial, pansexual, transracially inseminated queerspawn, genderqueer, transdyke, colonized mestiza, pornographer, activist, writer. Having been less than thrilled with both her own experience in mainstream porn and the amount of representation trans women have in queer and feminist porn, she directing and produced Doing it Ourselves: The Trans Women Porn Project, winning the Emerging Filmmaker award from the Feminist Porn Awards in the process. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 10/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWhy I Do This: Sarah Sloane – Podcast Episode 16 | Episode 16 features Sarah Sloane, who talks about her path to sex education and the sex business, through surviving and thriving after sexual trauma. The piece was recorded during the Healing Touch themed live event on October 7, 2010. Sarah Sloane travels the US & Canada as a sex, relationship, and kink educator, sowing her wild oats (and selling sex toys) along the way. She speaks to thousands of people each year, and gets a total buzz from watching the “aha!” moments that happen to attendees during and after classes. She’s also a grudgingly prolific writer (with regular columns on Fearless Press and on other websites), activist, and sex-positive business coach & consultant. Her current adjectives include queer, butch-ish, curmudgeony, left-wing, and unapologetic introvert. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded edited by David Beasley, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 10/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDominoes and Backbone: Ducky Doolittle – Podcast Episode 15 | Episode 15 features Ducky Doolittle, who shares some insight on resilience, healing, and her path from peep show girl to sex educator. The piece was recorded during the Healing Touch themed live event on October 7, 2010. With more than two decades working in the field of sexuality, Ducky Doolittle graduated from behind the peepshow glass to the front of the class. Today she is a celebrated Sex Educator and the author of “Sex with the Lights On: 200 Illuminating Sex Questions Answered” Ducky is also a certified Sexual Assault & Violence Intervention Counselor. Harvard University has cited her as their “favorite, most informative and hilarious” sex educators ever to grace their campus. MTV said, “Who do you want to talk about sexuality with? Ducky DooLittle. She knows it all!” Ducky is the President of Love U Parties, a healthy-for-the-body sex toy company. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was edited by Audacia Ray, with podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 10/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitA Parent’s Story: Touching Base, as read by Audacia Ray – Podcast Episode 14 | Episode 14 features “A Parent’s Story,” my favorite blog carnival selection from September. This piece came to me from Touching Base New South Wales, an organization in Australia -where sex work is decriminalized- that aims to facilitate the links between people with a disability, their support organizations, and the sex industry. The story is by Angie, mother of Elisabeth, about their family’s struggle to address the sexual needs of their daughter, who has cerebral palsy. The piece was recorded during the Healing Touch themed live event on October 7, 2010. Read the whole blog carnival here. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 10/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitOde: Hooker Addict – Podcast Episode 13 | Episode 13 features the story “Ode,” written by the blogger Hooker Addict and performed by Red Umbrella Diaries host Audacia Ray. Every month I selected a favorite piece from the monthly blog carnival and read it at the live event. The piece was recorded during the Demand Side themed live event on September 2, 2010. Read the whole blog carnival here. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was edited by David Beasley, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 10/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSittin’ on a Goldmine: Puma Perl – Podcast Episode 12 | Episode 12 features performance artist and poet Puma Perl, accompanied by Big Mike. Though he doesn’t speak, Big Mike cut up Puma’s dress as she performed – so listen for the scissor snips. The piece was recorded during the Demand Side themed live event on September 2, 2010. Puma Perl’s poetry and fiction have been published in over 100 print and online journals and anthologies. Her first chapbook, Belinda and Her Friends, published in 2008, was awarded the Erbacce Press 2009 Poetry Award in a field of over 1400 applicants; a full length collection, knuckle tattoos, was published in early 2010. She performs her work in many venues, in and out of New York City. She lives and writes on the Lower East Side and has facilitated writing workshops in community based agencies and at Riker’s Island, a NYC prison. She believes in the transformative and healing power of the arts. Big Mike is the author of 2 books, 81 Pounds and Sibling Rivalry and appears in the anthology One Millimeter, all published by Pretty Pollution Press. Big Mike is known for his performance art and was awarded Best Neptune in the 2004 Mermaid Parade in Coney Island. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was edited by David Beasley, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 9/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGood, Bad, and Ugly: Emma Lee – Podcast Episode 11 | Episode 11 features Emma Lee in her public debut as a sex worker. The piece was recorded during the Demand Side themed live event on September 2, 2010. Emma Lee is a writer and editor who has contributed to BUST, Elle, Marie Claire, Maxim, Radar, and other fine publications. She used to write a dirty blog that was featured in Rolling Stone, Playboy and TimeOutNY. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 9/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Transparent Shirt: Caveh Zahedi – Podcast Episode 10 | Episode 10 features Caveh Zahedi, director of the autobiographical film “I Am A Sex Addict.” The piece was recorded during the Demand Side themed live event on September 2, 2010. Caveh Zahedi received a B.A. in Philosophy at Yale University and an M.F.A. in Film Production at the UCLA School of Film and Television. His feature-length films include A Little Stiff (1991), I Don’t Hate Las Vegas Anymore (1994), In The Bathtub of the World (2001), and I Am A Sex Addict (2005). http://cavehzahedi.com/ Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was edited by David Beasley, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Johns: Audacia Ray – Podcast Episode 9 | Episode 9 features my story “The Johns,” which was recently published in the Kickstarter-funded anthology Coming & Crying, a book of true stories about sex edited by Melissa Gira Grant and Meaghan O’Connell. The piece was recorded during the Demand Side themed live event on September 2, 2010. Audacia Ray is a media maker and advocate who is based in New York City. Audacia is the Program Officer for Online Communications and Campaigns at the International Women’s Health Coalition. She consults on information and communications technologies for the Global Network of Sex Work Projects. As a co-founder of advocacy organization Sex Work Awareness, Audacia leads annual media training workshops for sex workers. She is the author of Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing In on Internet Sexploration and has written and edited a variety of blogs about sexuality and culture, including her personal blog Waking Vixen, which launched in 2004. Audacia is a former sex worker who was an executive editor at the Utne Reader award-winning $pread magazine for three years. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was edited by David Beasley, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 9/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDancer (An Excerpt): Ignacio Rivera – Podcast Episode 8 | Episode 8 features a short excerpt of Ignacio Rivera’s one person show, “Dancer.” The piece was recorded during a live event on September 3, 2009 that featured contributors to $pread magazine. Ignacio Rivera is a Queer, gender fluid, Trans- Entity, Black Boricua performance artist, lecturer/trainer, activist, new filmmaker, sex worker and self-proclaimed sex educator. Ignacio is the founder of Poly Patao Productions. P3 is dedicated to producing sex-positive workshops, performance pieces, films, play parties, panel discussions, social/political groups and educational opportunities that are specially geared toward queer women, transgender, multi-gender, gender-queer, gender non-conforming and gender variant people of color. Ignacio is also one of the founding board member of Queers for Economic Justice, a progressive non-profit organization committed to promoting economic justice in a context of sexual and gender liberation. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was edited by David Beasley, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 8/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitOde to My Fellow Dancers: Busty Kitten – Podcast Episode 7 | Episode 7 features a story by Busty Kitten, “Ode to My Fellow Dancers.” The story was recorded during the Coworkers and Co-conspirators live event on July 1, 2010. Busty Kitten is a theatrical know-it-all, muse and artiste, and feminist barstool philosopher. She co-produces and co-hosts The Giddy Multitude Vaudeville Co, a monthly cabaret of circus, music, dance, comedy, and burlesque. www.giddymultitude.com. Her work explores issues of sex and sexuality, body image, and constructed identies of femininity. She holds a BA from UC Santa Cruz and will be pursuing an MA in Applied Theatre at CUNY in the fall. She can be seen burlesque dancing at the usual venues around NYC and proudly earning her sweat equity at WOW Cafe Theatre. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was edited by Audacia Ray, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 8/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHelmut the Maid: Alex Kinney – Podcast Episode 6 | Episode 6 features the story “Helmut the Maid,” told by Alex Kinney. The story was recorded during a live event on December 3, 2009. Alex Kinney is an old w***e who has prostituted himself in the Ivy League, America’s regional theaters, the Golden Hills of Hollywood, one cold Christmas in Dublin, and more lengthily, the South of the Slot in San Francisco. Alex is also a director, actor and playwright whose most recent play, Holy Hell, was developed at The Actors’ Studio. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was edited by Audacia Ray, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or search for it on iTunes. | 8/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMy Illustrious Career in Times Square Peeps: Guy Gonzales – Podcast Episode 4 | Episode 4 features a story by Guy Gonzales, “My Illustrious Career in Times Square Peeps.” The story was recorded during the Embarrassing Things I’ve Done for Money live event on May 6, 2010. Guy Gonzales. Peepstar. Hustler. Notorious Nude Club Manager. Outlaw Artist and Writer. Warrior. From peddling firecrackers to live sex shows, legendary hardcore hustler Guy Gonzales was born in Manhattan of Asian-American ancestry. Despite the façade of a decent upbringing, he became enticed by the filthy streets. Flesh emporiums fueled his incentive; in 1982 Guy gravitated to Times Square, a reputed red-light district, and began as a cashier/mop-man in the adult peep shows. While swabbing pools of disgrace, he dated a Private Booth showgirl; subsequently they became a Love-Team, performing live sex acts on stage. On a mattress stained with bodily fluids, he penetrated even deeper into the inner sanctum of smut. Guy’s artwork, articles, and photo essays have been featured in Screw, Hustler, Swank, Vibe, the Village Voice, and Penthouse Forum. Featured in TimeOutNY as the leader of the Mortuary Squad, an elite task force that documents the underbelly; and the 40th Anniversary Issue of New York Magazine. A+E ‘Biography’ entitled ‘Times Square’ chronicled his unusual experiences, with interviews and illustrations. Exhibitions include ‘Erotopath’ and ‘Viewer Discretion Advised’. In 2006 he exhibited at the Ayala Museum, Makati, the Philippines, with former President Fidel Ramos in attendance. A noir New Yorker, Guy continues to evoke the broken mirror ball on the fringe of a forgotten Times Square, as his autobiographical account PEEPMAN/DEUCE42 nears completion. Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was edited by Audacia Ray, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or search for it on iTunes. | 8/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitVisible Femme, Visible Sex Worker: Damien Luxe – Podcast Episode 2 | Welcome to Episode 2 of the Red Umbrella Diaries Podcast! This episode features a story from Damien Luxe, which was told on July 1, 2010 during our Coworkers and Co-conspirators night. Damien Luxe is a multi-media performer and artist who has worked in DIY/indie print, web, theater and audio production for over 10 years. She has performed all over Canada and the US, has two self-published music albums out, and from 2006-2009 she Art Directed the award-winning $pread Magazine. Currently, she is the Co-Head Madam of the NYC Femme Family, Co-Creative Director of the H[art] Collective, is completing a DIY MFA, and is touring work that honors feminine hero/ines. Check out her work at http://femmetech.org Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Subscribe to the weekly podcast by RSS feed for a new episode every Sunday or on iTunes. | 7/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGripe: Relationships Between Club Staff and Dancers – Podcast Episode 1 | Welcome to the first episode of the Red Umbrella Diaries Podcast! Every Sunday, I’ll be posting a new episode – each one will be about 10 minutes long, give or take. Most of the episodes will have been recorded at the previous month’s Red Umbrella Diaries event in New York City, though occasionally I’ll drop in an episode from my archives. The first episode features my selection from the June Blog Carnival on Coworkers and Co-conspirators, which I read at the live event on July 1. The story is written by Mona of the blog Civil Undressed. For your chance to have your story read by me and included in the podcast, participate in an upcoming blog carnival. I’m always on the lookout for performers for the live events, which happen the first Thursday of the month in NYC. To get in touch with me about the podcast, performing, or any questions, email stories@redumbrellaproject.com. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project. Click here to listen in your browser. Subscribe to the podcast by RSS feed or on iTunes | 7/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Audacia Ray has really put together a great monthly event in New York City. How awesome is it that this well-produced podcast exists to share it with the world. These stories are not 'hot' -- if that's the kind of entertainment you're looking for, look elsewhere. Rather, these are true stories of the rawest kind: sometimes tragic, sometimes hilarious, but always illuminating.
Great show, lousy audio
The podcast is the live recordings of the Red Umbrella Diaries shows in New York City. The stories themselves can be quite engaging at times and boring at others.
Good Stuff: Hearing Sex Workers talk about their own industry openly and honestly. Stories that give a glimpse into the industry. No real agenda other than informing people or promoting a book on the same topic.
Bad Stuff: This podcast suffers MASSIVELY from bad audio issues. Intro is too loud, speakers are too quiet, too much background noise, closing is too loud, and/or the speaker is so monotoned you don't really want to take the effort to figure out just what they are saying. When the speaker is good you don't care about the audio quality. If the speaker is ok, you won't want to work through the issues.
Another negative thing for me is the series is very NYC centric which is to be expected. There are no stories about experiences outside of NYC and sometimes it comes off the speaker sounding elitist. This is not a bad thing but since I don't live in the city I sometimes find it very off putting because the attitude is very much matter of fact for issues of sex work in the city. I guess I am saying that the target audience is very small where it could be much larger.
I would say it's worth staying subscribed to for the gems but you have to wade through a lot of the bad to get to the good.
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