Polly Whittaker's Blog, page 6
September 15, 2014
Expanding Mind on the Progressive Radio Network
Listen to me having a conversation with Erik Davis about sexual objectification, Miley Cyrus, sex culture and Kinky Salon.
August 15, 2014
My Crazy Schedule
I’ve scheduled a bunch of events around the launch and I’m available for more! Check out my crazy schedule and come out and see me. Make sure you save the date for Saturday October 4th. I’m hosting a massive spectacle at a super glamorous venue for my book launch, and you’re all invited.
Watch this space for all the info coming soon.
And don’t forget… if you’ve read my book, please leave a review! Every time someone gives me 5 stars on Amazon it boosts my ratings and gets the book more visible.
An Excerpt from the Book
“Both Scott and I love to build altars. I’d done it since my teen years. Not because I followed a religion or a specific tradition, but because I had an intuitive urge to put precious things, which held memories or meaning, on display. These displays remind me of concepts like love, community, and gratitude, and they keep me on track with my goals. We had a goddess statue in the hallway of Mission Control, which I painstakingly covered in tiny plastic rhinestones, perched within folds of fabric and flowers. A huge carved tiki, on permanent loan from a friendly art collector, stood guard in the bar, teeth exposed in a wide smile.”
Say What?
“When the “cloud” is swept away in the threatening storm arising now, and all digital knowledge is lost as so much was lost in the great Alexandria fire, your book will be dug from the ashes and a young girl will read it and become herself. “
John Law
On the Interwebs
The #WomenAgainstFeminism reaction to #YesAllWomen is difficult to stomach. Women are posting images to their social networks with, the shockingly common misconception that feminists think women are superior to men. Just to be clear, we all know here that feminists just want equality, not to be the great overlord, right? A twitter account has opened up in response to the argument and it’s called @NoToFeminism. It’s a hilarious, satirical take on a depressing reality, and provides some much needed humor.
Until next time,
P♥lly
xx
July 31, 2014
The Book is Now Available
Although the book isn’t available to the general public yet, now that my kickstarter pledges have been honored I am making the new paperback version available to YOU, gentle reader!
BUY THE BOOK HERE
And don’t forget… if you’ve read my book, please leave a review! Every time someone gives me 5 stars on Amazon it boosts my ratings and gets the book more visible.
An Excerpt from the Book
“At age five, I took a trip to the National Gallery in London, accompanied by my father’s first wife, Marjorie—a very traditional woman, the 
total opposite to my mother. In the quiet whispering rooms of this classic museum of art, I faced a huge canvas of a naked woman surrounded by nymphs and satyrs, giving herself over in communion with Bacchus. I looked up and asked in a very loud voice, completely inappropriate for the surrounding volume of the gallery, but totally innocent in its tone: “IS THAT WOMAN A SEXUAL MANIAC?” Marjorie had no reply for me. She looked down, mumbled something about not wanting to miss the Constables, and pulled me quickly through to a room filled with landscapes. I went home that day and drew anatomically correct pubic hair and nipples on all my dolls, aghast at their lack of accuracy.”
Say What?
Call for Participation
We’re creating a video to help promote the global Kinky Salons. You can participate from your home with your webcam. We’ll ask you to read something to the camera. Then we have a bunch of silly things we want you to do. Make a heart shape with your hands, show us your underwear. Stuff like that. Then we’ll edit them all together into a super inspiring sex culture manifesto which communicates the ethos of Kinky Salon, and our ridiculous sense of humor.
INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS KINKY SALON PROPAGANDA
On the interwebs
This week has been the week of worthy fundraisers. There’s Candida Royale’s documentary where the porn star turned activist gets really really real. Everyone’s favorite local kinky cafe Wicked Grounds is seeking come fundsfor renovations. And last but not least theres the new picture book called Gay Men Draw Vaginas which is worth watching for the funny video. Although (as Roxane would say) they’re *actually* drawing vulvas.
Until next time,
P♥lly
xx
July 21, 2014
Call for Participation
Your participation is needed in this upcoming Kinky Salon promo video. I’ve had a few videos trickle in, and they’re all fabulous, but I need more, so I pushed the deadline back and have given you another week.
You can do it from your home with your webcam. We’ll ask you to read something to the camera. Then we have a bunch of silly things we want you to do. Make a heart shape with your hands, show us your underwear. Stuff like that. Then we’ll edit them all together into a super inspiring sex culture manifesto which communicates the ethos of Kinky Salon, and our ridiculous sense of humor.
INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE
An Excerpt from the Book
“There are many allegories in our culture about understanding the truth to be a bad thing: Curiosity killed the cat, Pandora opened the box, Eve ate from the tree of knowledge. We’re not ready for the truth. We can’t handle the truth. In our strange and beautiful culture, which has so many influences and complexities we will never truly understand, the story that people should stay stupid has held fast for centuries.
The truth about sex is a double whammy. Danger. Stay back. The tradition of interpreting mystic sexual awakening as demonic possession has discouraged any but the most stalwart explorer from adventuring down that disreputable path. The raw power of human sexuality is undeniable, in my experience. The energy pouring off the play spaces at Kinky Salon is enough to charge a battery.”
Reviews
If you’ve read the book and enjoyed it I really hope you’ll write an Amazon review. My commitment to independent publishing means that my Amazon page is the best selling tool I’ve got, and I need your help to fill it with five star reviews.
Shipped!
Moments ago I put the final box of books into the back of a truck and waved goodbye to six hundred copies. If you purchased a book then it’s on its way to you now! I’m excited to get them into your hot little hands….
Thank you to the posse of people who came over and helped me stuff them in envelopes. Signing 600 books was a big task and it was lovely to have company while I was doing it.
The pink latex ones came out fabulously, with a shiny translucent jacket they really are rather sexy.
On the interwebs
This week’s dose from the internet is a fascinating article about the global sexual revolution, and how cultures like Iran, China, and Russia are experiencing a similiarly dramatic cultural shift around sexuality as America did in the 60s. The difference with these countries is the risks these people are taking. “Premarital sex could be punished by imprisonment and lashings; unmarried men and women caught in a car together could receive up to eighty-four lashings each.” Ouch.
Until next time,
P♥lly
xx
July 6, 2014
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
It’s pretty amazing to live in a country that was founded on the right to be happy. As people celebrate with barbecues and beer, I’m spending my weekend making pink latex book covers for the Kickstarter rewards that will be shipped next week, and that makes me pretty happy.
Last week I checked out the space where I’m going to host my book launch party in October and it’s fabulous. You’re going to love it. It’s a brand new venue that nobody has seen yet, and it’s super glamorous.
If you’ve read my book, please leave a review! Every time someone gives me 5 stars on Amazon it boosts my ratings and gets the book more visible.
An Excerpt from the Book
“When I was eleven years old I started a new school. I remember looking around the site at the gymnasium and the tennis courts. There was an ancient vaulted assembly hall with the names of honored students from eons past etched on plaques. The library was vast and silent, with students dressed in identical uniforms studiously scribbling in books. As we entered the central courtyard at the heart of the institution I remember asking the teacher who was showing us around, “Excuse me, where is the playground?”
“We don’t have a playground,” she replied.
“Can we just play here in the courtyard?” I asked, innocently.
“No. The courtyard is a place for quiet conversations only.”
She paused and looked at me sternly. “Young lady, your time
for playing is over.”
I was mortified. No playground? No playing? What kind of monstrous place was this? I went home and complained to my mother, but she repeated the crushingly depressing reality the teacher had said: I was a grown up now, going to big school. Games and toys were a thing of the past. There would be no more play.”
Say What?
“Dear Sister Polly, we have traveled similar paths in our search for sexual expression always with the desire to improve people’s lives. I’m still expanding the Sexual Sisterhood in NYC by creating an army of Orgasmic Bodysex Women who I’ll circle the globe with the good news: Sexual pleasure is the most healing energy available. Come join us anytime.”
Betty A. Dodson
Call for Participation
We’re creating a video to help promote the global Kinky Salons. You can participate from your home with your webcam. We’ll ask you to read something to the camera. Then we have a bunch of silly things we want you to do. Make a heart shape with your hands, show us your underwear. Stuff like that. Then we’ll edit them all together into a super inspiring sex culture manifesto which communicates the ethos of Kinky Salon, and our ridiculous sense of humor.
INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS KINKY SALON PROPAGANDA
On the interwebs
While I understand that Dan Savage can be a controversial figure, I enjoyed this interview on gender politics. The bisexual statistics were particularly interesting to me. Apparently “there are three times as many bisexual people as gays and lesbians combined” and “70% and more of all bi people closeted.”
Until next time,
P♥lly
xx
P.S.Check out my website at www.sexculturerevolutionary.com
June 20, 2014
The Ballyhoo Review!
Excitingly, my page is up on Amazon! I chose to go the independent route and not use a traditional publisher, which means that my Amazon page is the best piece of marketing I’ll have. The folks who recieved the eBook as a kickstarter reward can now post their (5 star) reviews! Leaving a review is suuuper helpful. Please don’t mention that you know me, or that you helped fund the book–reviews like that might get deleted by Amazon. Extra thank yous to those who’ve already posted. It takes a village to ignite a revolution!
An Excerpt from the Book
“I named my business The Moral Minority. Not content to simply make clothes, I wanted to promote a lifestyle of fun, playful sexuality. I filled my publicity materials with absurdist manifestos about the sexual revolution. My shows included a speech about reclaiming the word pervert as an act of activism, and ended with me being carried off the stage naked and screaming. I mocked everything in sight with irreverent glee. The sexual revolution was, for me at the time, an abstract concept, a gimmick. I didn’t know much about the work that had gone on before me, paving the way for increasingly liberal sexual freedom in Western culture. I wasn’t aware of the people who had dedicated their lives in far more culturally oppressive times to bring us to this moment.”
Say What?
Call for Participation
We’re creating a video to help promote the global Kinky Salons. You can participate from your home with your webcam. We’ll ask you to read something to the camera. Then we have a bunch of silly things we want you to do. Make a heart shape with your hands, show us your underwear. Stuff like that. Then we’ll edit them all together into a super inspiring sex culture manifesto which communicates the ethos of Kinky Salon, and our ridiculous sense of humor.
INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS KINKY SALON PROPAGANDA
On the interwebs
Here’s a useful guide that cropped up in my inbox this week, displaying the varying nipple policies of social networks. Obviously, this is for female nipples only (damn the patriarchy!)
Until next time,
P♥lly
xx
June 6, 2014
The Proof Is in the Pudding
Exciting news! I received the proof of my book yesterday! Misha brought a bottle of champagne over to my house and sat with me waiting for the UPS delivery guy. (Thanks, Misha.) When it arrived I kept saying, “It looks like a book.” It was very strange to hold it in my hands and flip through the pages.
I also got the ebook file finalized, so I sent that out to the Kickstarter pledgers and over a hundred people have already downloaded it.
Over the last two weeks I’ve been travelling around meeting with teams from three different Kinky Salon cities: New Orleans, New York and Portland. I’m not just buttering their buns when I say all three teams f**kin rock. Like a reflection of each town, they have their own personalities. New Orleans is laid back and creative, New York is well organized and hip, and Portland is heartfelt and easy going. The connections that were made on this trip, not just with me but across the teams in different cities, more than ever make this venture feel like a family.
An Excerpt from the Book
“Wearing a gender-ambiguous ensemble with a penciled-on mustache, she demonstrated her motorboating skills on a topless 
apprentice. She was quite the expert. She removed her fedora hat, then lifted and separated the breasts in front of her. Placing her face between them, she blew out a loud, “PPHHHFFFFFFTTT,” moving her head from side to side. It’s not as easy as it sounds. Most people’s attempts ended with a quiet “pfhh.” Nikki didn’t mind showing them again. Uproarious laughter followed each try. She even demonstrated on men, grabbing their pecs and squeezing them together to make a crease, proving that breast size has nothing to do with a good motorboat. Each cleavage, whether male or female, was left with a streak of lipstick, glitter, and a smudge of mustache.”
Say What?
“Brilliant and boisterous, earnest and perverse, Polly Superstar is the kind of one of a kind that changes the game.” — Erik Davis, author of Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoterica
Call for Participation
I’m creating a video to help promote the book and the global Kinky Salons. You can participate from your home with your webcam. We’ll ask you to read something to the camera. Then we have a bunch of silly things we want you to do. Make a heart shape with your hands, show us your underwear. Stuff like that. Then we’ll edit them all together into a super inspiring sex culture manifesto which communicates the ethos of Kinky Salon, and our ridiculous sense of humor.
Shoot me an email and let me know if you want to take part in this fun poject, and help us reach new audiences. All shapes, sizes, colors and genders welcome.
On the interwebs
This week I want to give a shout out to LACI GREEN. She’s reaching huge audiences bringing amazing wisdom to the interwebs, and particularly to young people. Check out her latest video on feminism.
Love,
P♥lly
xx
May 22, 2014
We Are More than the Sum of Our Parties
Kinky Salon is not unique. There was a rich lineage of creative, free-thinking cultural pioneers who combined community, art, and sexuality, and they led the way to this point in history. But one aspect that does make our time different is the technology we have at our fingertips. With photo/doc sharing and apps like Skype we can collaborate with teams all over the planet replicate the experience of a Kinky Salon.
The Kinky Salon family is growing. I’m working with the global teams to upgrade the application process and create new training materials. If everything goes according to plan, this experience of community, connection, and liberation is going to become available to more and more people.
An Excerpt from the Book
Perhaps there are some people who think that shame is a good thing, that it’s society’s way of keeping people in check, or even
God’s way of communicating the wrongness of things.
Temptation is the devil causing us to stray from the path of righteousness, and shame is the signpost that leads us back to God. Humans are adept at creating mythic structures to reinforce cultural standards. The development of religion and belief systems is a universal human trait. I’m not knocking people’s beliefs—I support religious freedom—but I am fascinated that the development of these ideas fit so neatly with the cultural history of our morality.
Say What?
“I’m not going to be the only one who will read Polly’s memoir again and again – no one will tell a story like hers, ever.”
Violet Blue, www.tinynibbles.com
Call for ParticipationI’m creating a video to help promote the book and the global Kinky Salons. You can participate from your home with your webcam. We’ll ask you to read something to the camera. Then we have a bunch of silly things we want you to do. Make a heart shape with your hands, show us your underwear. Stuff like that. Then we’ll edit them all together into a super inspiring sex culture manifesto which communicates the ethos of Kinky Salon, and our ridiculous sense of humor.Shoot me an email and let me know if you want to take part in this fun poject, and help us reach new audiences. All shapes, sizes, colors and genders welcome.
On the interwebs
I’ll leave you with this thought–no man is worth spraying lysol in your twat… ouch!
Love,
P♥lly
xx
May 8, 2014
The Cover Story
You might know my cover designer as King of Restoration and designer of Burning Man posters, DA (AKA Dominic Tinio). I didn’t want a photo of myself on it at first. DA had already convinced me that my name should be the title, and I was concerned. Our conversation went like this:
“Isn’t it a bit narcissistic to have my face and my name slapped across the cover?”
“You’re the one who wrote a book about yourself, Polly.”
Hm. Fair point.
He called me in the middle of the night and insisted I get out of bed to look at the cover when it was done. I got the chills when I saw it. “That shit is iconic.” I said. He knew it.
An Excerpt from the Book
People started to come to me with stories of their experiences. One time a topless girl took me aside in the hallway and hugged me. She had tears in her eyes. She told me that she had struggled with body image and eating disorders for years, and she had never felt comfortable being topless in public before. Another time a cute young guy gushingly admitted his attraction to men. He had his first boy-on-boy kiss, and he was glowing with pride to tell the story.
I fell in love with Kinky Salon, head over heels, like a Hallmark romance with the whole community. It pressed itself into my most intimate places, making me gasp and want it more. I wrote poetry to it, and I wooed it like a lover. I felt supported and valued. It was the family I had always yearned for.
Say What?
“I can’t wait to read and fondle Polly’s book. She is a fearless love warrior whose love knows no bounds. Adventurous, fun, funny, on the cutting edge of sex/party science, she lives her life as art.”
Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. Post-Porn Modernist
Call for Participation
I’m creating a video to help promote the book and the global Kinky Salons. You can participate from your home with your webcam. We’ll ask you to read something to the camera. Then we have a bunch of silly things we want you to do. Make a heart shape with your hands, show us your underwear. Stuff like that. Then we’ll edit them all together into a super inspiring sex culture manifesto which communicates the ethos of Kinky Salon, and our ridiculous sense of humor.Shoot me an email and let me know if you want to take part in this fun poject, and help us reach new audiences. All shapes, sizes, colors and genders welcome.
On the interwebs
These two posts crossed my desk this week and made me chortle. The first attempts to make it simple, explaining the various relationship types in an easy to understand cartoon. The second made no such attempt, and just tells it like it is in this ridiclously complex diagram. Which one do you think is more accurate? I personally believe that it’s not the style of relationships that makes things complicated, it’s the people in them.
Love,
P♥lly
xx
