Y'all, I was too tired to put it down in writing, but this question from one of the Smut Slams kinda stuck in my head and made me want to respond. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIuySqKrmd0...
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I wrote recently about educational moments at Smut Slams, when someone shares something that violates our Code of Conduct. Now, in this fledgling #metoo culture, now is perhaps a good time to look at the other stuff, when a recalled narrative doesn’t cross the boundary,...
View MoreWe are all just here to have some fun! I recruit my Bucket Babes carefully: they have to be naturally outgoing and persuasive, in a gentle, encouraging way. And when they ask what they should wear, I give them the style in...
View MoreAs I’m gearing up for more Smut Slams in Europe (get in touch if you want one in your city), I’m thinking again about the Smut Slam Code of Conduct and the idea of safe(r) space in performance contexts. Specifically I’m thinking about what safer space...
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(This is the second article in an occasional series about Breaking the Fourth Wall in sex-aware performance. Here was the first.) I can see you! And that's WONDERFUL. I don’t always have a choice about lighting with Smut Slam, but when I do,...
View MoreWelcome to "From the Fuckbucket," my newest experiment in blog subseries, in which I respond more fully to anonymous questions deposited in the Fuckbucket at Smut Slams. If anyone thinks that Smut Slams are pure, unadulterated filth, just non-stop sexual sewage filling up the room, let me disabuse...
View MoreI’ve been on the sex-positive train for a long time, as a writer, performer, and sometimes-educator. People out in the world seemed quite happy and ready to pin that tag on me when describing a Smut Slam, for example, and when I looked over my...
View MoreOpen mics notoriously happen anywhere that the host can fit them. I’m not even talking about the alcoves and broom closets of Edinburgh Fringe. I have been on multiple open mic shows—comedy, music, variety, whatever—that just unroll in the front room of a bar, dropping...
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It's amazing how forthcoming people are after you've read a few things from the Fuckbucket...
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Two girls, one Fuckbucket; me and Trish at NYC Smut Slam (photo © Ed Barnas) I started doing the Fuckbucket in early 2015 in Montreal. I think I added it to the first-ever Smut Slam cabaret (itself an experiment, a curated show...
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