Momentum Con Recap

I’m happy to say that I had an amazing weekend at Momentum, thanks to our fabulous organizers Tess & Diva, a truly excellent group of presenters, and a great crowd of attendees overall.  It felt so good to be in a sex-positive, mostly safe space for a weekend, and I feel about a hundred times more connected to the online sexuality community than I did before the convention.  It’s great to read the blogs and listen to the podcasts, but making new personal connections gives my writing and activism so much more energy.  I did a pretty good job of making time for self-care this weekend, in a number of ways, and for the most part managed to keep my mental health balanced.  There are tons of project ideas spinning through my head, and I know I need to tone it down, but I do think I’ll be ready to go ahead with the planned sexuality e-zine project soon.

Some of the highlights for me included:

Let’s Talk About Sex

So far, Momentum has been very encouraging. The keynote panel really energized me to get out there as a sex educator and not be afraid of being young or the new kid on the block on this community. I also was pleased to hear some discussion of queerness and gender. Talk about anonymity was very relevant to me as I think about allowing my public identities to move a little closer to each other. I also got some ideas about where my niche might be as a writer and sex educator, and how that blends with overall queer feminist activism.

I’ve felt isolated before in the sex blogger community, but I felt very welcomed last night and was able to come out of my shell a bit. It’s still interesting how in a sexuality-focused group, it’s hard to just say hey, I find you attractive, but I imagine that gets easier with time.

Don’t forget to follow me @sexpositiveblog for livetweeting, and follow the whole con #mcon!