Conversations about sex work, sex writing, sex worker rights and sex related activism

Spoken Word Performers

Sex/Sexuality Educators

In this special GBA Live recorded in the Soundcloud space on the royal mile we get even better acquainted with BBC Radio 4's Richard Tyrone Jones who was on the show a few years ago: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-13-richard-tyrone-jones

We talk Edinburgh, spoken word, heart conditions and challenging performance art, plus Dan Simpson drops by to join us and talk pac man, poems and chiptunes.

Richard Tyrone Jones plugs his Cananda tour.

You can find him here:

http://www.richardtyronejones.com/

http://twitter.com/RTJpoet


Dan Simpson plugs his show We Are All Orange Ghosts (Fiddler's Elbow Downstairs, Venue 71)3rd - 18th August at 2.45pm

You can find him here: 

http://dansimpsonpoet.wordpress.com/

http://twitter.com/dansimpsonpoet


I plug:

Stand Up Tragedy (Fiddler's Elbow Downstairs, Venue 71) 3rd - 14th August at 6.30pm: https://www.facebook.com/events/597921693564454/?fref=ts

And my live GBA shows:

12th August w/ Gods of Comedy: 1.40pm Banshee Labyrinth Banquetting Hall: https://www.facebook.com/events/489862131092073/?fref=ts

13th August w/ Peter Buckley Hill: 1.40pm Banshee Labyrinth Banquetting Hall: https://www.facebook.com/events/197046307128430/?fref=ts


And we all plug: 

A Maze of Breaths - http://pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/album/a-maze-of-breaths-spoken-word-at-pbhs-free-fringe

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GBA Live 6:  Richard Tyrone Jones (and Dan Simpson)

In GBA 197 we get better acquainted with Toni. She talks about being a sex worker and sex worker rights activist, decriminalisation, the problems with the Swedish Model, the language and stigma around sex work, harm reduction, how various systems of oppression intersect around the lives of sex workers and more. 

Toni is a member of the Sex Worker Open University: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/

Content Note: Some reference to violence against sex workers and to rape and sexual assault, although none of these references are graphic or personal accounts.

Toni plugs:

@SexWorkerOU: https://twitter.com/SexWorkerOU
CONFIDE: Helpline: http://confideinfo.com/about/

I plug:

Tragic Winter @ Hackney Attic: 28th February: 
http://www.facebook.com/events/1516191711967276/

We mention:

International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers: http://www.december17.org/
Carol Leigh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Leigh
Tres Cosas Campaign: https://3cosascampaign.wordpress.com/about/
Decriminalisation: http://prostitutescollective.net/2010/09/28/decriminalisation-of-prostitution-v-legalisation-2/
Swedish/Nordic Model: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/blog/swou-statement-on-poverty-sex-work-and-the-swedish-model-poverty-is-objectifying-demeaning-and-coercive1
Amnesty International - the backlash: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/agm-decisions-to-date
http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2013/06/amnesty-human-rights-and-criminalisation-sex-work
Friends: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends
Petite Jasmine: 
http://titsandsass.com/the-bloody-state-gave-him-the-power-a-swedish-sex-workers-murder/
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/alex-bryce/petite-jasmine-sex-workers_b_4439049.html
Arrested Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_Development_%28TV_series%29
Tina Fay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Fey
Morecambe Bay Cockle Picking Disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Morecambe_Bay_cockling_disaster
ECP:  http://www.nswp.org/members/europe/english-collective-prostitutes
http://prostitutescollective.net/
x: talk: http://www.xtalkproject.net/
NSWP: http://www.nswp.org/
Ipswich Serial murders: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich_serial_murders
Associated Press: http://www.ap.org/



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GBA 197 Toni

GBA Fringe Season: Two weeks of episodes devoted to the Edinburgh and Camden Fringes

In GBA 13 we get better acquainted with Richard Tyrone Jones.  Amongst other things we talk about how he literally has a big heart that almost killed him, what it means to try and make a living from poetry and the way his life now (finally) has a narrative arc.

Richard Tyrone Jones plugs:

Utter! Spoken Word: http://www.utterspokenword.com   / http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=5704768293

Fund Richard Tyrone Jones Has A Big Heart's 2012 Tour and Book: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/investment/richard-tyrone-jones-has-a-big-heart-edinburgh-amp-tour-2012-256


Camden Fringe:

Richard Tyrone Jones Has a Heart: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=203616559670276 LAST SHOW SUNDAY 7th August - Camden Head

Utter! MisGuided Tour of Camden 6th August: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=215717238445578

Utter! Puppets: 9th August - Green Note http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=214491278563431


Edinburgh Fringe:

26th and 27th August Banshee Labyrinth: 
http://freefringe.org.uk/showlistings/5099-richard-tyrone-jones-reads-some-stuff-off-bits-of-paper-spoken-word

27th August - Utter! Spoken Word
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=179663742082014




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GBA 13 Richard Tyrone Jones

In GBA 215 we get better acquainted with Cameryn Moore.  She talks about her shows Phone Whore, Smut Slam Caberet and Slut (R)evolution, the ethics around making art about difficult subjects; responsibility, accountability and authenticity, balancing doing phone sex work and being a touring artist, fat acceptance, authentic sexuality, "bigot comedy bingo" and more. 

Cameryn plugs:

Phone Whore and Slut (r)evolution at the Buxton Fringe: http://www.buxtonfringe.org.uk/descriptions2015.html
Phone Whore at the Manchester Fringe: http://www.greatermanchesterfringe.co.uk/
Dundee - Phone Whore: http://www.camerynmoore.com/current-tour/
Phone Wore, Slut (R)evolution and  Smut Slam Caberet at the Edinburgh Fringe: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/phone-whore-a-one-act-play-with-frequent-interruptions
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/slut-r-evolution-no-one-gets-there-overnight
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/smut-slam-cabaret-where-sexy-and-storytelling-collide

Website:  http://www.camerynmoore.com/

I plug:

GBA and SUT in Edinburgh: http://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/
http://www.facebook.com/events/1446178112341943/
http://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/

We mention:

Adrian: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-162-adrian
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/
Natural Born Storytellers: http://www.naturalbornstorytellers.com/
Smut Stand: http://www.camerynmoore.com/sidewalk-smut/
Heather McAllister: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_MacAllister_(activist)

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GBA 215 Cameryn Moore

In GBA 244 we get better acquainted with Alison Phipps. She talks about her roundabout route to becoming an academic, how her politics have changed and grown over time, researching lad culture, sexual violence and reproductive rights, the dialectics of feminism, including sex worker and trans rights within feminism, how institutions work and the way that music and singing have framed and shaped her life.

Content note: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault, rape and violence.

Alison plugs:

Blog: https://genderate.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alisonphipps
Pastachips: https://twitter.com/pastachips

I plug:

What do sex workers want?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJRBx0JjM_M
Toni Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-197-toni

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk

Twitter: http://twitter.com/goosefat101

Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt

We mention:

(Re)theorising laddish masculinities: https://t.co/XVhIziHi5e

Elmhurst Ballet School: http://www.elmhurstdance.co.uk/
Manchester University: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/
The Politics of the Body: Gender in a Neoliberal and Neoconservative Age, Alison Phipps, 2014: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Politics-Body-Neoliberal-Neoconservative/dp/0745648886
Radical Feminism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_feminism
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Intersectional Feminism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality
Dialectics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic
Sex Worker Open University: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/
Shula Firestone - Dialectics of Sex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dialectic_of_Sex
Carceral Feminism: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/10/against-carceral-feminism/
Prison Abolition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_abolition_movement
Restorative Justice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorative_justice
Survivors Network: http://www.survivorsnetwork.org.uk/
Stoya/ James Deen: http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/dec/04/how-stoya-took-on-james-deen-and-broke-the-porn-industrys-silence
Unilad: http://www.unilad.co.uk/
Gamergate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy
Steve Dempster: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-research/about-us/people/steven-dempster
NUS Report Lad Culture: http://www.nus.org.uk/Global/Campaigns/That's%20what%20she%20said%20full%20report%20Final%20web.pdf
50 Shades is Abuse: https://twitter.com/50shadesabuse
Germaine Greer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Greer
Female Eunach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Female_Eunuch
Janice Raymond: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janice_Raymond
Andrea Dworkin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Dworkin
Brownmiller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Brownmiller
McKinnon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharine_MacKinnon
Baudrillard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baudrillard
Focualt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault
Lean In: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_In
Fawcett Feminism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawcett_Society
Centre for Gender Studies: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/gender/
Solidarity With Sex Workers: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/31323
Kimberle Crenshaw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberl%C3%A9_Williams_Crenshaw
Hamilton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)
Prince: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)
REM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.E.M.
Nirvana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)
Pearl Jam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam
Stone Temple Pilots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Temple_Pilots
The other Alison Phipps: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/08/hosting-refugees-in-my-home-migration-crisis

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GBA 244 Alison Phipps

In GBA 250 we get better acquainted with Natalie. She shares some of her personal story and talks about her faith and her feminism, we compare notes on patriarchy and masculinity and discuss some areas we disagree on.

Content note: Discussion of child sexual abuse, rape, violence against women, self-harm, PTSD and domestic violence.

Natalie plugs: 

Emailing her if you want to have a conversation with her about the areas and issues discussed: natalie.collins[at]dayprogramme.org

I plug:

What Sex Worker's Want: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJRBx0JjM_M

Toni: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-197-toni

Get Matt Hill on GBA by donating to the Spark RefuAid appeal: http://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sparkrefuaid

Live GBA @ Radioman Lates: http://www.facebook.com/events/1400049843627973/

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity
http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk

Twitter: twitter.com/goosefat101

Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt

We mention:

God Loves Women: https://twitter.com/god_loves_women
DAY Programme: http://www.dayprogramme.org/
Christian Feminist Network: https://christianfeministnetwork.com/
PTSD: http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/
Gender Reconciliation International: http://www.genderreconciliationinternational.org/
Apartheid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid
Female Genital Mutilation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation
MRAs: http://www.buzzfeed.com/adamserwer/how-mens-rights-leader-paul-elam-turned-being-a-deadbeat-dad
Universal Basic Income: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income
End Demand/The Nordic Model/The Swedish Model: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/blog/swou-statement-on-poverty-sex-work-and-the-swedish-model-poverty-is-objectifying-demeaning-and-coercive1
Radical Feminism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_feminism

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GBA 250 Natalie

In GBA 252 we get better acquainted with Girl on the Net. I talk to her about sex, anonymity, blogging, masculinity, porn, feminism, anxiety and more. She discusses why she started sex blogging, the realities of your blog becoming your job, how her politics and feelings around sex, sexuality and gender have changed and expanded as a result of talking sex online, and how laws around porn and internet regulation would effect her ability to do what she does.

GotN plugs:

HER NEW BOOK: How A Bad Girl Fell In Love: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Net-How-Fell-Love/dp/1910536571
HER FIRST BOOK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Net-Not-So-Shameful-Sex-Secrets-ebook/dp/B00CU86FDG
HER WEBSITE: Girl on the Net: https://www.girlonthenet.com
HER TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/girlonthenet

I plug:

Spark London Refuaid Appeal/Get Matt Hill on GBA: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sparkrefuaid

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk

Donating: http://http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt

SUT: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk

We mention:

SWOU: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/
Guest Post for GOTN: https://www.girlonthenet.com/2015/05/29/guest-blog-what-do-men-think-about-patriarchy/
Kink: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kink_(sexual)
Sex Positive Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex-positive_movement
Dan Savage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Savage
GGG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Love#GGG
GOTN on domestic chores: https://www.girlonthenet.com/2014/10/08/washing-up-feminist-issue-chore-wars/
Lost Girls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Girls
Alan Moore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore
Porn Blocking/Banning Laws:

http://pandorablake.com/blog

https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/dec/05/uk-pornography-law-scientific-perspective-children-safety

Stuart Taylor: http://www.chainbear.com/
Greetings Cards: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ChainBearShop
Fetish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_fetishism
Pegging: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pegging
OK Cupid: https://www.okcupid.com/
Consensual Non Consent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consent_(BDSM)#Consensual_non-consent
BDSM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM
Nordic Model/Decriminalization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJRBx0JjM_M
Dean Burnett: http://www.theguardian.com/profile/dean-burnett
Article on Ashley Madison: https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2015/aug/24/ashley-madison-hack-victims-deserve-punished
Eroticon: http://writesexright.com/eroticon-2015-2/
Vice: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/

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GBA 252 Girl on the Net

In GBA 262 we get  better acquainted with Miranda Kane. We recorded this conversation at the Audible studios in London during the recording of her new audio sitcom Slaving Away which is a comedy about a cheerful and happy-go-lucky single girl who just happens to be a dominatrix that will be hitting your earways this August. We talk about making comedy about sex work and sex worker rights, why it took a while for her to realise she could fit into the world of stand-up comedy, not making fat people and sex workers into punchlines and lots more. 

We also talk about her show Coin Operated Girl which is back again at this year's PBH Free Fringe: https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/602895-the-coin-operated-girl/

For more about sex worker rights, decriminalization and sex worker led activism see:

Sex Worker Open University: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/
Toni Mac: The Laws That Sex Workers Really Want: https://www.ted.com/talks/toni_mac_the_laws_that_sex_workers_really_want
GBA 197 - Toni https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-197-toni

Miranda Plugs:

Slaving Away: https://www.amazon.com/Slaving-Away-Speaking-Audible-Original/dp/B010PRLWLI

I plug:

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefamilytreepodcast

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk

Donating: http://bit.ly/1LUtbKt

We mention:

Audible: http://www.audible.co.uk/
Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/
Spark SW podcasts:
https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/special-sex-worker-stories
https://www.acast.com/sparklondon/more-sexworkerstories-truestoriestoldlive
Coin Operated Girl: http://www.coinoperatedgirl.co.uk/

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Getting Better Acquainted

GBA 262 Miranda Kane

In GBA 308, we get better acquainted with Meg-John and Justin. They talk about how they came to be sex and relationship educators, approaching sex, relationships and sexuality in an inclusive and non judgmental way, avoiding thinking in binaries and lots more. With references that include Terry Pratchett,  Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Professional Cycling and Homer Simpson as well as a whole range of academics, activists and theorists, it's a fun and informative conversation.

MJ and Justin plug:

Enjoy Sex (How, when and if you want to): a practical and inclusive guide: https://www.waterstones.com/book/enjoy-sex-how-when-and-if-you-want-to/meg-john-barker/justin-hancock/9781785780806
Their podcast and other collaborations: http://megjohnandjustin.com/
https://twitter.com/megjohnjustin
https://www.facebook.com/megjohnjustin

Bish UK: http://www.bishuk.com/
Rewriting the rules . com: http://rewriting-the-rules.com/
How to Understand Your Gender: http://www.jkp.com/uk/how-to-understand-your-gender-2.html

I plug:

Smut Slam: Sex Education on Wednesday Sept 13th: https://www.facebook.com/events/827737554066972/

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

We mention:

Petra Boynton: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/dr-petra-boynton/
Carluccios: https://www.carluccios.com/
Open Barbers: http://openbarbers.co.uk/
Barber Streisand: https://barberstreisand.com/
Roz Gill: https://www.city.ac.uk/people/academics/rosalind-gill
Laura Harvey: http://brighton.academia.edu/LauraHarvey
Open University: http://www.open.ac.uk/
Simone de Beauvoir: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir
PUA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction_community
Neil Strauss: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Strauss
bell hooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks
Toxic Masculinity: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Toxic_masculinity
Young Masculinities: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Young-Masculinities-Understanding-Contemporary-Society/dp/0333779231
Hegemonic masculinities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemonic_masculinity
Homer Simpson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Simpson
Charles Bukowski: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/why-we-cant-have-nice-things
Revenge of the Nerds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_of_the_Nerds
Intersectionality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality
Kimberle Crenshaw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberle_Crenshaw
Patricia Hill Collins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Hill_Collins
Rewriting The Rules:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rewriting-Rules-Meg-Barker/dp/041551763X
Terry Pratchett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett
Relationship Anarchy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_anarchy
Dan Savage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Savage
Joss Whedon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon
Joss Whedon Is a ‘Hypocrite Preaching Feminist Ideals,’ Ex-Wife Kai Cole Says (Guest Blog) http://www.thewrap.com/joss-whedon-feminist-hypocrite-infidelity-affairs-ex-wife-kai-cole-says/
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer
Gaslighting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting
Complex PTSD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_post-traumatic_stress_disorder
Petar Sagan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sagan
Superstar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)
Jonathan Levinson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Levinson
Laverne Cox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laverne_Cox
The Eels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eels_(band)

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Getting Better Acquainted 

GBA 308 Meg-John And Justin

In GBA 312 we get better acquainted with Pandora Blake. They talk about how they became an award-winning feminist porn producer and performer, the rise and fall of their website Dreams of Spanking that was dedicated to ethically-produced BDSM erotica that prioritised gender diversity, explicit behind the scenes enthusiastic consent, and equal pay for equal work. With a wide lens they get into some of the issues around sex work law reform, censorship, obscenity law, sexual freedom and ethical/feminist porn. And in close up they talk about emerging from a few years of turmoil, change, transformation and transition, with new possibilities on the horizon and with a new understanding of their gender.

Pandora/Blake on coming out as genderqueer: http://pandorablake.com/blog/2017/10/meet-the-real-me

Pandora Blake plugs:

Supporting their activism (and helping them to write their book) by  signing up to their Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pandorablake

I plug:

Smut Slam London: Spooky Sex: https://www.facebook.com/events/1924476301132034/

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

We mention:

Sex Worker's Opera: https://www.sexworkersopera.com/
Pandora's blog: http://pandorablake.com/blog
Cameryn Moore: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-215-cameryn-moore
Miranda Kane: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-262-miranda-kane
ATVOD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATVOD
Chilling Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect
AVMS Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiovisual_Media_Services_Regulations_2014
BBFC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Board_of_Film_Classification
Obscene Publications Acts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscene_Publications_Acts
Myles Jackman Obscenity Lawyer: http://www.mylesjackman.com/
Anna Span: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Span
Spanner Case Manchester: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Spanner
Digital Economy Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Economy_Act_2017
Backlash: https://www.backlash.org.uk/
TERFs: http://sjwiki.org/wiki/Trans-exclusionary_radical_feminism
SWERFs: http://sjwiki.org/wiki/Sex_worker_exclusionary_radical_feminism
bell hooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks
Genderqueer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genderqueer
Mx: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mx_(title)
Stoya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoya
Dreams of Spanking: http://dreamsofspanking.com/
11 Life Times: http://puttylike.com/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-11-lifetimes/
Tai Chi: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/fitness/Pages/taichi.aspx
Cuddle Party: http://www.cuddleparty.com/
Feminist Porn How to Find it and feel good watching it: http://pandorablake.com/blog/2017/9/feminist-porn-talk-book-club
Open Rights Group: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/

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In GBA 45 we get better acquainted with Hannah. She talks about being arrested for dressing like a zombie, unemployment in austere times, creative writing, the right to protest and whether it’s a good time to be a loud bisexual and being middle class.
We also try and puzzle out whether I’m an evil person for owning an iPhone when I understand the moral problems with its production.

She was a "Starbucks Zombie" -

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Starbucks-Zombies/205464159493433

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23951992-zombies-held-in-police-swoop-protesters-spend-four-hours-in-cells-on-day-of-royal-wedding.do

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/29/royal-wedding-police-criticised-protesters

And was the Zombie Rights Campaign's Zombie of the Year: http://zombierightscampaign.org/blog/?p=3948


Hannah plugs:

The Whippersnapper Press: Her web-publishing site for short, taut, witty and innovative writing: http://www.whippersnapperpress.com/

THEY HAVE A GIG: Thursday, 1 March 7.30PM The Miller Pub, 96 Snowfields, London, SE1 3SS   £5

http://www.whippersnapperpress.com/events

http://www.facebook.com/events/194993510595219/

The blog she writes for: Bad Reputation - A feminist pop culture adventure: http://www.badreputation.org.uk/

And her personal blog: http://hannahdoublebarrel.wordpress.com/



I plug:

Stand Up Tragedy

http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk 

WE HAVE A GIG: Monday 5 March 6.30 The Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, London

Tickets: http://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/126520120/events   £10 / £8   - use code TRAGIC to make your full price a concession.



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GBA 45 Hannah

In GBA 336 we get better acquainted with Ruby.  She talks about being a sex educator, life drawing modelling, non monogamy, sexuality, pleasure, play, communication, bodies and lots more. We recorded this conversation on a sunny Sunday in a back garden in east London drinking lemon balm tea.

Ruby plugs:

Body Loves Sketch Club Workshop at the Togetherness Festival on June 17th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/togetherness-london-tickets-43878927052
Body Loves Sketch Club: coming to other places such as Wilderness in the near future.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rubyrare
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_rubyrare
Brook: https://www.brook.org.uk/

I plug:

Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity

http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688

We mention:

ASMR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response
Lemon Balm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_balm
Smut Slam: http://www.camerynmoore.com/smut-slam/
Sh! https://www.sh-womenstore.com/
The next London Smut Slam on 25th June: Hot Mess: https://www.facebook.com/events/125620798303053/
Liquid Love: https://www.facebook.com/Liquid-Love-1762181417343126/
Magic Wand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Magic_Wand
Naked Cabaret: https://www.facebook.com/cabaretminusclothes/
Shibari: http://www.artofcontemporaryshibari.com/?page_id=29
Vulva: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulva

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GBA 336 Ruby

GBA Edinburgh Festival 2012 Season: Three weeks of episodes related to the Edinburgh Festival 2012

(This was last year's season: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/fringe-festival-season/)

In GBA 69 we get better acquainted with the second Lucy that has been on the show. She talk about yoga for prisoners, accents, fairytales, feminism, the spoken and written word, and lot's more. 

This is the first episode of the 2012 GBA Edinburgh Festival Season (http://goosefat101twitterspills.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/around-year-ago-getting-better.html) Over the next few weeks there will be conversations with people doing shows up there this year plus next Friday they'll be this year’s Edinburgh special documenting my journey into the opening weekend of the festival, mixed in with previews, reviews and extra snippets of conversation. 

Lucy has a brilliant show. We talk about it in our conversation. And I went to see the preview a few months afterwards. I really thought it was great and I very strongly recommend it. Not only is it awesome, it is FREE!

Lucy Plugs:

Lullabies to Make Your Children Cry:

6.20pm 4-14 August @ The Banshee Labyrinth  Price: FREE (It is part of the excellent PBH Free Fringe)   Duration 1hr

http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/lucy-ayrton-lullabies-to-make-your-children-cry

http://lullabiestomakeyourchildrencry.tumblr.com/

http://youtu.be/mlpe-tv_Tf0

And 

Flea Circus Open Slam:

7.30pm 4-14 August @ The Banshee Labyrinth  Price: FREE (It is part of the excellent PBH Free Fringe)   Duration 2hr

http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/flea-circus-open-slam

Want to compete? Contact lucy@teafuelledart.co.uk, or there’ll always be one slot free on the night.


Both show are produced by Tea Fuelled Art: http://www.teafuelledart.co.uk


She also hosts Oxford's Hammer and Tongue: http://www.hammerandtongue.co.uk/

And blogs here: http://lucyinthepubwithcider.tumblr.com/

This is the blog post we talk about: http://lucyinthepubwithcider.tumblr.com/post/14222491238/fat


At the end I plug the show I will be performing in on August 4th:

Grant's True Tales Presents Spark London-Storytelling

http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/grant-s-true-tales-presents-spark-london-storytelling

5.30pm 4-14 August @ Riddles Court   Price: £8 (including 2 Grant's Cocktails)  Duration 1.5hr

Here is the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/463582240327243/

If you go and see it on the 4th you'll hear me telling a story and if you introduce yourself you become eligible as a future GBA guest!



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GBA 69 Lucy

GBA Edinburgh Festival 2012 Season: Three weeks of episodes related to the Edinburgh Festival 2012

(This was last year's season: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/fringe-festival-season)

In GBA 70 we get better acquainted with Superbard (aka George). He talks about telling stories, playing instruments, the God number, developing, refining and improving work and being an optimist. It was recorded at Edinburgh Waverly Station last Sunday after a weekend of hardcore Edinburgh Festival-ing. It's the episode I've been most exhausted while recording and has had the fasted editing turnaround of the series so far, with the majority of it being edited on the train back to London. 

This is the second episode of the 2012 GBA Edinburgh Festival Season (http://goosefat101twitterspills.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/around-year-ago-getting-better.html) 

Over the next few weeks there will be conversations with people doing shows up there this year plus on Friday they'll be this year’s Edinburgh special documenting my journey into the opening weekend of the festival, mixed in with previews, reviews and extra snippets of conversation.

George has a brilliant show. We talk about it in our conversation. And I went to see it in Edinburgh before we recorded the conversation. It charmed me completely (in a good way!)

Superbard doesn't plug his show:

Superbard Starts to Save the World: http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/superbard-starts-to-save-the-world

9.10pm 8-19 August at Spotlites @ The Merchants' Hall   Price: £8.50 / £7.50

Instead he plugs previous guest Lucy Ayrton's show (which he has directed):

Lullabies to Make Your Children Cry:http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/lucy-ayrton-lullabies-to-make-your-children-cry

6.20pm 4-14 August @ The Banshee Labyrinth Price: FREE (It is part of the excellent PBH Free Fringe) Duration 1hr

Lucy was featured in episode 1 of this year's Edinburgh Festival Season: http://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-69-lucy

Also mentioned:

An early part of his show that was performed and podcasted here: http://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/stand-up-tragedy-07

Tea Fuelled Art: http://www.teafuelledart.co.uk

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

Spark London: http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/grant-s-true-tales-presents-spark-london-storytelling

Autumn Shift: http://autumnshift.co.uk/

Zombies, Run!: https://www.zombiesrungame.com/

Flea Circus: http://www.fleacircuslondon.co.uk/

http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/spoken-word/flea-circus-open-slam

Soho Stories: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/soho-stories/id528325471?mt=8

Hackney Hear: http://www.hackneyhear.com/

Hardcore History: http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh

BAC "Scratch": http://www.bac.org.uk/search/?q=scratch/

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GBA 70 Superbard

A weekly podcast: Join Dave Pickering on his journey to get better acquainted with the people he knows. Part interview show, part oral history project and part autobiography through conversation.

British Podcast Award 2017 winner (bronze in Best Interview category)

GBA was nominated for a 2012 Radio Production Award, aired for 3 seasons on Resonance 104.4 FM and was featured on BBC Radio 4's In Pod We Trust, BBC Radio 5 Live’s Helen and Olly's Required Listening and has been recommended by The Guardian, Time Out and the Financial Times