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Our mission is simple: we want people to start talking. When it comes to sex, ignorance is far from bliss. Sex Week is meant to provide students with fun, provocative, and informative opportunities to explore the role of sex and sexuality in their lives. There is no religious or ideological affiliation: just an open forum to learn and discuss.


"When people are fed and clothed, then they think about sex." -Confucius

College Feminists Presents: Sex Week 2010!

This spring at Northwestern, the birds will be singing and the bees will be buzzing because we are taking sex out of the closet


Sex Week is April 19-23.
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Sex Week 2010 Events
MONDAY, APRIL 19

THAT'S NASTY! THE LARRY CRAIG SCANDAL AND THE POLICING OF GAY PUBLIC SEX
4:00 PM
Tech LR3
NU Professor Lane Fenrich takes sex out of the bedroom and into the bathroom stall. Join him to discuss the Larry Craig scandal and the senator's alleged airport bathroom cruising. Is public gay sex policed heavier than straight sex? Where do our concerns come from? And perhaps most importantly, just how wide is Larry Craig's stance?

QUINTESSENTIAL NU: FLIRTING FOR GEEKS, NERDS AND EVERYONE ELSE
8:00 PM
Swift 107
XKCD
Presented by Early 2 Bed.
Is there a cutie in your orgo class whose eye you have yet to catch? What about that babe who you can only approach after some liquid courage? Some say Sex Week is just about sex, But we're here to help you wow your crush both in bed and out. Rebecca Stein-Metz of Chicago's Early to Bed, will offer you her expertise on the art of seduction. We're inviting geeks, nerds, and everyone else to come learn all you need to know about sexual and non-sexual flirting with people of all genders.

TUESDAY, APRIL 20

MY KIND OF TOWN: WHERE TO FIND, HAVE AND SEE SEX IN CHICAGO
4:00 PM
Tech Auditorium
We've all been to Michigan Avenue and Millennial Park, but the BEST sites in Chicago remain a mystery: where is all the sex? Spice up your next jaunt into the Windy City with the help of Northwestern's own Theo Greene, a PhD candidate and expert in urban sexuality. Greene will share the top locations to learn about sex, cruise for sex, and obtain the ultimate Holy Grail: have sex. Leave the funny pictures at the Bean for the tourists; when Sex Week's done with you, you'll put the 'ahhhh' in Chicago.

SEX-FILLED FUN FEST: HOW TO THROW A SUCCESSFUL PLAY PARTY
8:00 PM
Swift 107
Whether you are seriously planning to host a play party or are just curious, you will leave with insights about how to advertise your party, who to invite, how to prepare, how to be a good host, and how to make sure that everyone feels comfortable and has a good time. Special attention will be paid to helping guests set and respect boundaries and to developing standards for safer sex at the party. Presenter Laura Anne Stuart, MPH, is Northwestern University's Sexual Health Education and Violence Prevention Coordinator. She advises SHAPE (Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators). Laura also owns and manages the Tool Shed, a feminist sex toy store in Milwaukee, WI, and writes a weekly sex advice column for Express Milwaukee.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21

SEXPO!: Sex Week and SHAPE's Annual Sexual Health Resource Fair
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Big Ten Room, Norris
Where can you go to sample flavored lube, play Twister, win prizes and get free stuff, learn about safe sex toy use, and get answers to all of your sex questions? At the SEXPO! Sex Week and SHAPE's 4th Annual Sexual Health Resource Fair. Come to hear from over 14 student groups and local sexual organizations in one convenient location. Funded by SAF.

SEX WEEK WITHOUT SEX?! A CONVERSATION ABOUT ABSTINENCE
4:00 PM
Swift 107
Sex Week broadens its scope this year to discuss the idea of not having sex. With a panel of students, sexual health educators, and religious leaders talking about the reasons they do or do not promote or adhere to abstinence, we hope all participants will challenge others' as well as their own beliefs. Audience members will be encouraged to interact with the panel and participate if they so choose.

SLAM, BAM, THANK YOU MA'AM: SEX THROUGH POETRY AND THE SPOKEN WORLD
8:00 PM
The Rock
Sex is on the mind, in the heart, and in the pen. Saunter down by moonlight to the Rock to hear your talented fellow students read and perform (and hulahoop?) sexy poetry/fiction/nonfiction, written by themselves and others. We invite you to add your own musings to the mix! --It's all poetry. IT'S ALL SEX. *Email us to sign up to read at sexweeknu@gmail.com ! Collaborative readings are welcome. There will also be a sign-up sheet at the event! Co-sponsored by Helicon, Prompt, and the Slam Society.

THURSDAY, APRIL 22

GETTING OFF AND GETTING INTIMATE: THE DIFFERENT WORLDS OF BLACK AND WHITE FRATERNITIES
4:00 PM
Tech Auditorium
On many college campuses across the United States, including our own, Greek letters of various symbols and colors can be seen showering university student centers, lawns, and courtyards. Yet few of us stop to think of fraternities as institutions that structure our sexual lives. Rashawn Ray from Indiana University will speak on the idea of a fraternity as such, especially in a racial context. Using the actual voices, attitudes, and behavior of fraternity brothers, Rashawn will attempt to answer questions such as: How do fraternities structure their members' approaches towards women? And how do black and white fraternities differ in their approaches? Come to find out the answers to these questions and more! Co-sponsored by FMO, African American Student Affairs, and NUnite.

GLORIA FELDT PRESENTS BODY POLITICS: HOW AMERICA RUINS SEX (AND HOW YOU CAN RECLAIM THE JOY)
6:00 PM
Tech LR3
If anybody knows about sex in politics, it's Sex Week's keynote speaker Gloria Feldt. Teen mom turned former Planned Parenthood President/CEO, Feldt is a bestselling author and America's leading expert on and advocate for women's reproductive rights and public health justice. Veteran of running the world's largest reproductive and sexual health care provider and advocacy organization, initiator of the Prevention First Act, and a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and most major news programs, Feldt is one of Vanity Fair's top female trailblazers, Glamour's 'Woman of the Year' and a recipient of numerous awards honoring her dedication to powerful political activism. Feldt will examine America's unhealthy relationship with sex, its pervasion through public policy, and how we the students are harmed. The audience will be given the chance to engage in a dialogue with the woman at the helm of reproductive justice. Co-sponsored by College Democrats and funded by SAF.

Sex is everywhere, Sex Week is coming, let's get it on.