Back on Friday (which always seems like a million years ago on Tuesday), I headed over to Widener University for the Careers in Sexuality Conference that I told you guys about last week. I meant to write about it yesterday when I got back to the office, but taking a day off means that there are a million things to do when you get back, so unfortunately it had to wait. But have no fear, you get to hear all about it now!
Like I said in the last post, the Conference asked me to come talk about having an alternative career in the sexuality field, so I created a whole workshop presentation titled, “From PowerPoint to Porno: Taking on an Alternative Career in Sexuality, Post Graduate Studies.”
Pretty fancy name, huh? I was freaking out because I was in the same time slot as the past director of education at Planned Parenthood and the authority on trans youth in the country – just the three of us. Yikes! But all my friends from the university that were there offered up plenty of advice and good tidings (though nobody told me to imagine folks in their underpants – I guess when you work in sex that doesn’t really do much, huh?).
Either way, the workshop went great! Aside from about 15 minutes of computer troubles (seriously, I can’t believe that some equipment still isn’t mac compatible), the whole thing went super smoothly. The room was pretty full, including the head of Widener’s Human Sexuality Department, and everyone seemed interested in hearing about my job and how new media sex education can be beneficial to the field. I consider it a total success!
For me, the best part of the day was when a women said that her friend in Chicago had asked her if she was going to the conference. Apparently the friend had heard about it on HM4Her and was excited that I was going to be there. Aww, yay!
I hung around the confernence for a while and spoke to lots of folks, including Mark Schoen, Ph. D., from Sex Smart Films, a sex ed film company and sex educator Judith Steinhart, Ed.D, who gave the plenary speach about being a successful educator. It was a great conference and a wonderful opportunity to not only preach the porno gospel, but to sing the praises of working in porn as well.
Three cheers for nerdy pervs!
xoxo
-J.D. Bauchery
