Video interview by the Goethe-Institut China with Beata on "Pornography & Society"
What materials can be used to trace the elusive nature of sexuality? How are our bodies and their desires entangled in power relations - how to deal with them? Alone or with others? Publicly or privately? By emphasizing the beautiful or the difficult sides? With play or seriousness? Being sweet or being angry? Do you even have to decide - and why is it always so much about deciding "This is good and this is bad!" when it comes to sexual matters? Silvan Hagenbrock, online editor of the Goethe-Institut China, spoke to Beata about her work and vision for the issue of the online magazine "yì" focusing on "Pornography and Society".
Watch the video here.
Sex /vs./&/?/ Violence. Attempt at a conceptual delimitation on the basis of demarcation
"What is sex?" we asked in a discussion round during Xplore. Anna Natt and Matís invited us to break down this impossible question: "How do you use the word sex?", "How do you do sex?" and "How do you know you had sex?" One participant explained that he was attending this discussion group because he thought it would be a good idea to hear what "sex" means to the participants at a sex-positive event. Community = shared language. Makes sense. But after the first round, it becomes clear that "sex" means something different to everyone. And yet it would be too easy to stop at private language and pseudo-enlightened "Everyone sees it differently, everyone is right, no one is right. Namaste." Surely we can find good arguments for common denominators in order to agree on convincing conceptual limitations. The answers to the questions vary between references to certain...
Sexmoralism - Compulsory Sex - Sexpositivity - Sexnegativity
I would like to take up the cudgels for sex negativity. Why?
1) Despite all the fantastic things that are made possible under the label "sex-positive", there are also some weak points, stumbling blocks, traps and misunderstandings. These go hand in hand with an uncritical understanding of sex positivity when a too one-sided diagnosis of the problem is made: that sex is primarily repressed and taboo.
2) I would like to propose a very specific understanding of sex negativity that cannot be confused with a kind of ecclesiastical-conservative or political-right sexophobia.
3) In general, I want to abandon binary divisions and make it clear that sex-negativity and sex-positivity do not have to be two opponents, but rather as two progressive strategies that both could pull together from opposite directions in order to achieve a huge victory together.
A mixed bag, please! Definition difficulties
Difficulties in understanding. When people talk about their wildest love affairs in friendly conviviality and then the extra hint is dropped: "...and then we also had sex". Oops, and what was the other thing you did together? It's actually a classic: where does sexuality begin and where does it end? Generally, the term refers exclusively to the penetrative act. This is particularly surprising when the people you're talking to are people who otherwise celebrate sexuality in all its diversity and engage in various experiments, techniques, games and pleasures that go beyond the heteronormative compulsory matrix...
INDEX
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August 2023
- Aug. 22, 2023 Devouring, digestion and cocoreç Aug. 22, 2023
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July 2023
- July 3, 2023 "I do ask myself: Why am I turning people in?" July 3, 2023
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April 2023
- Apr 22, 2023 Workshopsexuality. Part I Apr. 22, 2023
- Apr. 21, 2023 Workshopsexuality. Part II Apr. 21, 2023
- Apr. 20, 2023 Workshopsexuality. Part III Apr. 20, 2023
- Apr. 19, 2023 Workshopsexuality. Part IV Apr. 19, 2023
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August 2022
- Aug. 23, 2022 Tantric massage: Decluttering, Recluttering & Beyond - A TWAPOS experience Aug. 23, 2022
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July 2022
- July 30, 2022 Salt With A Pinch Of Tantra July 30, 2022
- July 21, 2022 On Being Unenthusiastic About Enthusiastic Consent - New Zine by Beata July 21, 2022
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January 2022
- Jan. 11, 2022 Calling A Sex-Positive Community, Group or Event a "Family" - And Why It Is A Red Flag - New Zine by Beata Jan 11, 2022
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December 2021
- Dec. 1, 2021 But I'm a Creep. A lab report. Dec. 1, 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
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April 2021
- Apr 10, 2021 Cookie Consent Apr 10, 2021
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January 2021
- Jan. 2, 2021 Selfhelp zine for the time AFTER an exciting workshop Jan. 2, 2021
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December 2020
- Dec. 31, 2020 Intimate Interviews Part II Dec. 31, 2020
- Dec. 22, 2020 Video interview by the Goethe-Institut China with Beata on "Pornography & Society" Dec 22, 2020
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November 2020
- Nov. 11, 2020 The inner playground. An audio journey by Tim Holland Nov. 11, 2020
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October 2020
- Oct. 29, 2020 Daniela Reina Téllez On The Power Of Workshops And Circles Oct. 29, 2020
- Oct. 20, 2020 Sex /vs./&/?/ violence. Attempt at a conceptual delimitation based on demarcation Oct. 20, 2020
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September 2020
- Sept. 18, 2020 Testimonial for our workshop "Trial & Eros" by Claire Sept. 18, 2020
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August 2020
- Aug. 6, 2020 "Sex & Food" - Beata in a podcast talk with Nicole Siller Aug. 6, 2020
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June 2020
- June 23, 2020 Intimate Interviews Part I - The connection between art and desire and a workshop request concert June 23, 2020
- June 15, 2020 Lonely surfaces - sexual enhancement on the touchscreen June 15, 2020
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May 2020
- May 3, 2020 Sexmoralism - Compulsory Sex - Sexpositivity - Sexnegativity May 3, 2020
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March 2020
- March 18, 2020 Inspiring restriction - not only in Japanese. Cultural and historical links to bondage March 18, 2020
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February 2020
- Feb. 24, 2020 Clauses. A self-reflection Feb. 24, 2020
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January 2020
- Jan. 15, 2020 Beyond 'sex-positive' and 'sex-negative' Jan 15, 2020
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November 2019
- Nov. 27, 2019 Deguiltification - Experiential Essay By Chris Ifso Nov 27, 2019
- Nov. 10, 2019 Forensic Sexualities. Some thoughts on shame Nov. 10, 2019
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September 2019
- Sept. 25, 2019 'Look what marketing's done to my body' - On the compulsion of (not so) creative self-marketing Sept. 25, 2019
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July 2019
- July 9, 2019 Eclectic experiment on un/security (work in process) July 9, 2019
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June 2019
- June 24, 2019 Wellness and exorcism. An attempt to answer the question of what makes a session valuable June 24, 2019
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April 2019
- Apr 28, 2019 The Ropes That Mean The World. Reflections on the EURIX - Rope Artist Intl. Performances Spring 2019 Apr. 28, 2019
- Apr 6, 2019 "Always this disgusting sex". To read the reviews of Jan Bonny's 'Winter's Tale' Apr 6, 2019
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March 2019
- March 27, 2019 A mixed bag, please! Definition difficulties March 27, 2019
- March 20, 2019 Enduring the weird. Reflections after a workshop March 20, 2019
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July 2018
- July 10, 2018 Some Thoughts On The Empowering Sensual Objectifications In Contact Improvisation July 10, 2018
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