SEX WISDOM With Benjamin Law — Podcast #419 — 06/04/14

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Hello sex fans! Welcome back.

June is indeed bustin’ out all over. And that can mean only one thing here at Dr Dick’s Sex Advice. IT’S LGBT PRIDE MONTH! Hurray!

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To kick off our celebration we’re gonna take an audio fieldtrip to the land down under to visit with one of the most interesting men I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. And seeing this is the SEX WISDOM show, you can be certain that my guest is among the movers and shakers in the field of human sexuality. Because this is the series where we meet researchers, educators, clinicians, pundits and philosophers who are helping us take a fresh look at our sexual selves.

My guest is none other than Benjamin Law, the author of the critically acclaimed book, Gaysia; Adventures in the Queer East. Benjamin is a journalist, columnist, and screenwriter. And has a Ph.D. in television writing and cultural studies, don’t cha know. His passion is evident in all he does, but he is also funny as all get out. I can’t wait for you to meet him.

Benjamin and I discuss:

  • His way with words;
  • Cleis Press, his North American Publisher;
  • His international audience;
  • Modern gay consciousness is linked to a certain economic class;
  • Bad reviews;
  • Sex tourism;
  • Living on the sexual fringe;
  • His travels throughout south Asia;
  • Religion, family responsibilities, and sexual minorities;
  • Sex work can come from a place of pride or from a place of desperation;
  • The double standard for women and men.

I’m going to make sure that Benjamin reads from Gaysia; Adventures in the Queer East, so you won’t want to miss that.

Benjamin invites you to visit him on his site HERE!

Click on the cover art below for more information about Gaysia; Adventures in the Queer East.

Gaysia Adventures in the Queer East

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Modern Hooker, Part 2 – Podcast #125 – 05/27/09

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Hey sex fans,

We’re back with more Sex EDGE-U-cation with Modern Hooker. This podcast series brings you chats and interviews with prominent educators, practitioners and advocates of unconventional sexual expressions and lifestyles from all over the world.

mh_lookingupModern Hooker is a sex worker; but she’s also an activist, a poet, an educator, and the author of a kick-ass comic strip called, aptly enough, Modern Hooker.

If you somehow missed Part 1 of this compelling discussion, look for last week’s podcast, #124, simply use my site’s search function; type in Podcast #124.  And don’t forget to include the # sign.

Modern Hooker and I discuss:

  • How she protects her health and wellbeing and that of her clients.
  • How her sex work is empowering to her as a woman.
  • Legal ramifications of sex work.
  • Being an advocate/activist — SWOPUSA
  • Her sexual heroes.
  • Her advice for someone considering a career move to sex work.

Sex EDGE-U-cation with Modern Hooker – Podcast #124 – 05/20/09

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Hey sex fans,

I have something truly extraordinary for you today.  As you know this Sex EDGE-U-cation podcast series brings you interviews and chats with prominent educators, practitioners and advocates of unconventional sexual expressions and lifestyles from all over the world.

mh_marijuanaToday, we add to this chorus of voices one that is rarely heard in public.  I have the distinct pleasure of introducing you to my special guest.  She is a working girl; ya know a lady of the evening, a trollop, a whore, a street-walker, an escort, a courtesan, a pro, a ho, a prostitute, a hooker.  In fact, my guest is the one and only Modern Hooker.

She is an actual sex worker currently plying her trade here in the good old US of A.  But for obvious reasons, her true identity must remain hidden.  Despite that, her perspective is extremely valuable. Modern Hooker is also an activist, a poet, an educator, and the author of a kick-ass comic strip called, aptly enough, Modern Hooker.  She’s here to help us dispel some of the myths and misconceptions of sex work and she does so with a wicked sense of humor.  You don’t want to miss a moment of this, sex fans!

Modern Hooker and I discuss:

  • How she got into the business.
  • The sex workers rights movement.
  • Being an advocate/activist — SWOPUSA
  • Client oriented sex.
  • Her fetish clients.
  • The vast array of human sexual response.