From Scarleteen:
Hollerin' out to all you Texans! Come to the Austin benefit for Scarleteen!On Monday, October 20th, at 9:30 at 219 West, on the corner of 4th and Lavaca, in Austin, there will be a benefit for Scarleteen, starring drag kings Kings N' Things, the burlesque troupe Kitty Kitty Bang Bang and Scarleteen founder and editor Heather Corinna. Over 21 only, sorry!
Don't see this mentioned at Austin Localfeeds, but didn't dig too deep. If anybody goes, say hi to Heather for me.
If you're confused by all this, you can find out more about Scarleteen at the site:
We feel that the best model for lifelong sexual education is as follows: Providing information which educates in ALL aspects of positive sexuality,including birth control, safe sex and sexually transmitted diseases, masturbation and self-pleasuring, anatomy, diverse sexual orientation and identification, sexual and romantic relationship and communication tools, and care and compassion in sexual technique and practice.
- A nonjudgmental and unbiased attitude of tolerance and understanding for teens, whether they choose to be sexually active or abstain.
- Tools to encourage celibacy until readiness, such as information on masturbation and self-pleasuring, and to do so from a standpoint of positive sexuality, rather than anti-sexual behavior and sexual punishment.
- Encouragement to know as much as possible, and from an educated standpoint, make sound choices based on personal ethics and values gleaned from family, role models and the individual teen self.
In summation, we feel education is not encouragement, and that education -- to it's fullest possible level -- allows anyone, regardless of age, to make the best choices throughout their lives.
And if this sounds like something you'd like to support, but you're nowhere near Austin, you can always donate to Scarleteen.
I know, I know, I'm steady hitting folks up for something, like clicking on links and stuff. The local NPR affiliate is in the midst of a pledge drive, and I think it's rubbing off.
That number again is 888-YOUR-NPR, triple-eight, Your NPR, to support programming like. . .
*slap*
Sorry. Clearly, more coffee is required.
Update: Considered editing the above to read, "If anybody goes, you could take your life in your hands and say, 'Aaron says hi by the way' to doesn't-look-a-thing-like-Tori-Amos-no-no-no Heather for me," but my instinct for self-preservation took over.
That, and remembering that Little Earthquakes came out in 1992 makes me feel old. . .
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