See the Schedule and the lineup of Presenters and Sessions
UPDATE April 2, 2013:
SCHEDULE: Registration opens at 9:15 am and everyone must check in to pick up their badge. The first session begins at 10:15 am, there is a lunch break from 12-1:15 pm, the last session ends at 6:15 pm, and the final event is a closing reception from 6:30-7:30 pm. The schedule of sessions is online.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR: Online registration closed on March 31 at 12 midnight EST. Tickets will be available at the door for $60 ($35 with valid student ID).
PRESS CONFERENCE: If you are a member of the media who plans to cover this event, we are holding a press conference on Friday, April 5 at 12 noon. Details here.
KEYNOTE SOLD OUT: Interest in The Feminist Porn Conference has exceeded our expectations. The Keynote Luncheon sponsored by The Feminist Press and featuring Constance Penley, Mireille Miller-Young, and Tristan Taormino is now sold out. We’ve reached the maximum capacity of the room and cannot move to a bigger space because of accessibility issues in the building (the elevators are currently out of service).
NO REFUNDS: Our policy of no refunds has been on the website since registration opened, although we did grant some early requests for refunds due to serious circumstances. At this point, no refunds will be given, as per the original policy.
LOCATION: The conference takes place at University College at University of Toronto. The street address is 15 Kings College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H7, which can be accessed from College Street by taking King’s College Road (the bricked road which leads from the stone pillars at College Street north to University College). As you drive up the road, University College is the large stone building directly in front of you to the north. King’s College Circle can also be accessed from the east by taking Wellesley Street across Queen’s Park. Because University College is basically in the middle of campus, and you may come at it from several different directions depending on where you come from, we recommend you use Google maps or a map app on your smartphone to help you get there. Read more about directions including public transportation and parking here.
HOTEL: There are still a few rooms available at Holiday Inn Toronto Bloor-Yorkville, the official host hotel for the Feminist Porn Conference and The Feminist Porn Awards. It’s a five minute walk from the conference at University of Toronto and the Thursday night FPA screening. Register with our code FPA to get our special rates ($129.99 single/double occupancy and $139.99 triple/quad occupancy), which will be honored as long as rooms are available. Holiday Inn Toronto Bloor-Yorkville, 280 Bloor St. West, Toronto, ON M5S 1V8, 416-968-3300.
THE FEMINIST PORN AWARDS: We want to clarify one thing, since there has been a lot of confusion about it: The Feminist Porn Awards & The Feminist Porn Conference are part of the same week of events but are organized entirely separately, so conference organizers don’t have access to any comps or media passes to the Awards. Order Awards tickets by following the links below or contact the following folks at Good for Her to inquire about the Feminist Porn Awards: carlyle@goodforher.com and JP at troismarteaux@gmail.com.
TICKETS to The 2013 Feminist Porn Awards: http://goodforher.com/catalog/
MORE EVENTS: In addition, there are two other official events that are part of the festivities: Dr. Carol Queen gives her lecture “Absexuals and Erotophobes: Why They Hate Us for Our Freedom” on Wednesday, and there is a Switch Queer Porn Play Party: FPA Edition on Saturday night.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:
Feminists have been debating, studying, and creating pornography for decades, and the transformation of feminism, sexual politics, porn, and popular culture over the last decade has broadened the dialogue on this provocative topic. With the resurgence of anti-pornography feminist scholarship and activism, the time has come to hear from progressive, anti-censorship, sex positive, and sex worker feminist voices.
The Feminist Porn Conference, a one day conference, will bring together academics, cultural critics, sex workers, activists, fans, and producers to explore the intersections between feminism and pornography as well as the emergence of feminist porn as a genre, industry, and movement. It will be a part of The Good for Her Feminist Porn Awards, one of the largest gatherings of feminist pornographers in the world. We seek to raise awareness, pose critical questions, and incite dialogue about the shifting landscape of pornography and what roles we can play in it. It includes sessions, two special screenings, a keynote luncheon, and a closing reception.
Sponsored by Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, Good for Her, The Feminist Porn Awards, and The Feminist Press.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
University of Toronto
a 2013 Feminist Porn Awards Official Event
Feminists have been debating, studying, and creating pornography for decades, and the transformation of feminism, sexual politics, porn, and popular culture over the last decade has broadened the dialogue on this provocative topic. With the resurgence of anti-pornography feminist scholarship by Sheila Jeffries, Gail Dines, Pamela Paul, Robert Jensen, and others, the time has come to hear from progressive, anti-censorship, sex positive, and sex worker feminist voices.
This one day conference will bring together academics, cultural critics, sex workers, activists, fans, and producers to explore the intersections between feminism and pornography as well as the emergence of feminist porn as a genre, industry, and movement. It will be a part of The Good for Her Feminist Porn Awards, one of the largest gatherings of feminist pornographers in the world. We seek to raise awareness, pose critical questions, and incite dialogue about the shifting landscape of pornography and what roles we can play in it.
How has a new generation of people in the porn industry–who openly identify as feminist and own their own companies, direct and produce their own material, and/or take on politicized identities as sex worker performers–changed the way porn in produced and consumed? What does it mean to be a feminist who performs in, makes, distributes, and/or consumes porn? Are women and feminists working within or against the status quo? How have representations of the female body, gender, and sexuality shifted as a result of feminists and women making porn? How are marginalized women—including women of color, queer and trans women, disabled women, lower and working class women, fat women, and older women—imagined, represented, or marginalized in pornography? How are femininities and masculinities re-imagined in feminist porn? How do performers of color and minority performers address misogyny, racism, and inequality as workers in a predominantly white, male-dominated industry? The conference includes sessions, two special screenings, a keynote luncheon, and a closing reception.
Sponsored by Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, Good for Her, The Feminist Porn Awards, and The Feminist Press.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN! See the lineup of Presenters and Sessions
UPDATE: Interest in The Feminist Porn Conference has exceeded our expectations. The Keynote Luncheon sponsored by The Feminist Press and featuring Constance Penley, Mireille Miller-Young, and Tristan Taormino is now sold out. We’ve reached the maximum capacity of the room and cannot move to a bigger space because of accessibility issues in the building (the elevators are currently out of service). But, you can still register for the conference and get access to 18 lively sessions with 45 top-notch presenters from around the world. Online registration will close March 31 at 12 midnight EST. Tickets will be available at the door for $60. A few other pieces of important information:
HOTEL: There are still rooms available at Holiday Inn Toronto Bloor-Yorkville, the official host hotel for the Feminist Porn Conference and The Feminist Porn Awards. It’s a five minute walk from the conference at University of Toronto and the Thursday night FPA screening. Register with our code FPA to get our special rates ($129.99 single/double occupancy and $139.99 triple/quad occupancy), which will be honored as long as rooms are available. Holiday Inn Toronto Bloor-Yorkville, 280 Bloor St. West, Toronto, ON M5S 1V8, 416-968-3300.
ALL ACCESS & VIP TICKETS: You can purchase several special types of tickets that cover many of the Feminist Porn festivities:
Feminist Porn Awards All-Access Ticket gets you admission to:
*Public. Provocative. Porn at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
*8th Annual Good For Her Feminist Porn Awards Gala at the Capitol Theatre
*The Feminist Porn Conference at University of Toronto
Admission: All-Access Pass $70 advance. Order tickets online.
Feminist Porn Awards VIP Ticket gets you VIP access and seating to:
*Public. Provocative. Porn at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema with priority seating
*VIP pre-party Friday at 7:00 pm with visiting and local performers and directors
*8th Annual Good For Her Feminist Porn Awards Gala at the Capitol Theatre with priority seating
*Special VIP bag of toys, lube, passes and more courtesy of Fun Factory, Everything to do with Sex Show and more
Admission: VIP: $85 advance / $100 at door / $115 VIP + Feminist Porn Conference Order tickets online.
MORE EVENTS: In addition, there are two other official events that are part of the festivities: Dr. Carol Queen gives her lecture “Absexuals and Erotophobes: Why They Hate Us for Our Freedom” on Wednesday, and there is a Switch Queer Porn Play Party: FPA Edition on Saturday night.
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The 2013 Feminist Porn Awards
