VISIT WWW.RETHINKINGVIRGINITY.TUMBLR.COM FOR FULL SCHEDULE AND SPEAKER BIOS
May 3, 2010
10:15am- 5:15pm
Harvard University
Is there a sex-positive way to teach abstinence? What are the historical and cultural origins of the virginity ideal? How does a queer person lose their virginity? Does anyone even know what virginity really is?
From debunking myths to defying norms, the Rethinking Virginity Conference will feature gender and sexuality scholars and experts, including:
Lori Adelman ’08 (Feministing.com, International Women’s Health Coalition)
Lux Alptraum (Fleshbot)
Chloe Angyal (Feministing.com)
Megara Bell (Partners In Sex Education)
Sady Doyle (Tiger Beatdown)
Dr. R. Marie Griffith (Harvard Divinity School)
Elizabeth Janaik (Center for Wellness at Harvard University Health Services)
Dr. Kathleen Kelly (Department of English at Northeastern University)
Shelby Knox (“The Education of Shelby Knox”)
Ellyn Ruthstrom (Bisexual Resource Center)
Therese Shechter (“I Was A Teenage Feminist”, “How To Lose Your Virginity”).
This conference is free and open to the public. Attendance at the entire conference is not mandatory but please register if you plan on attending any part of the event. To register, RSVP to this Facebook page and send an email to rethinkingvirginity@gmail.com with your name in the subject line of your email.
For more information, visit www.rethinkingvirginity.tumblr.com. Does your organization want to table at the event? Interested in becoming an official publicity partner? Email lenachen[at]fas.harvard.edu.
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