To open, DomCon New Orleans is just around the corner. Coming this Halloween weekend to the Crown Astor in the French Quarter. Go to DomCon.com for full details.
I’m not showing this year. But I will be there working as the event publicist and the sketch pad is coming with me.
Meanwhile… there’s a new social media in town called Lips.Social It’s an adults only IG style site, aimed primarily at LGBTQ+ performers and fans, with a very organic feel. Queer artists are welcome and I’ve had great experiences there when handling social networking for a client. Instead of bots, they have people. So instead of just opening a second account and hoping I didn’t get banned. I asked if I could open one for Fetish Artist, and they said YASSSSSSS!
When opening an account, you have to give them kind of a mission statement of your intentions. Sounds odd, but it weeds out the trolls and bots. Here was mine:
I really like the organic nature of this site. While I’m not a performer in the traditional sense, I’ve been in the adult business for over 20 years and the BDSM community for over 25. I want to see this platform grow and be a part of that growth.
It would be easy to say I’m not a sex worker in the traditional sense, but I’ve reminded my peers that one of Annie Sprinkle’s first busts was for selling popcorn at a theatre showing ‘Deep Throat.’ Law and society do not see much difference between what I do in adult and sex work. When it comes down, I get marched out in handcuffs too. The difference between art and pornography is not the lighting, it’s the consequences. Pornographers say “It’s my first amendment right!” Artists say “You’re fucking right I did it! I’m going to do it again, and you’re going to have to kill me to stop me!”
I’m an artist first, and a gender second. I’m queer, not in the bow tie and ukulele sense. Instead, in that my influences were armed SF Lesbians and Dykes who showed me I should be proud of my Fem side. I can be strong and Fem, no matter what my clothing that day. I’m old enough to appreciate terms like Genderqueer, Genderfluid, and Non-Binary without clutching my pearls when called certain pronouns. I’m more of a verb person anyway. Let’s do this!
Hope they like it. It may stop, but it never ends!
Dungeon Net
Hogspy
