$pread Magazine launch party in NYC!
Wednesday, March 16th, 8pm at The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St
Party in New York City with: New York’s hottest new punk band I LOVE YOU. Drag, dance, and dissent divas DALIPSTYXX, Playboy’s first out lesbian Playmate STEPHANIE ADAMS, Off-Broadway interracial/interfaith comedy sensation EPSTEIN AND HASSAN of “The Black and the Jew”, sexpert and author DUCKY DOOLITTLE, HOOK Magazine founders SHANE LUIJTENS and DANIEL W.K. LEE, DJ DESIGNER IMPOSTER Go-go wildness from the all-gender $PREAD DANCERS.
Also: Emcee Raven Snook raffles off t-shirts, magazines, and free passes to NYC strip clubs, $pread contributors read from the first issue, tarot readings, drink specials, and more!
Join sex workers, activists, and literati from around the world in celebrating the launch of the US’s first independent sex industry magazine! (also a send off to co-editor Mary Christmas as she departs NYC for an indefinite period) Burlesque performers are to be announced.
Come early for the spectacular show and stay late for the band, DJs and dancing till 2am! Entry is $10 with a copy of the magazine, $7 without; sex workers get in for $8 with a magazine or $5 without.
$pread is the first magazine in the U.S. to explore the sex industry from the workers’ perspective and includes articles by sex workers and their allies across the globe. Issue One features original articles by Jo Doezema, David Henry Sterry, and Katherine Frank, an exclusive interview with Carol Queen and contributions from Annie Sprinkle and Scarlot Harlot, as well as news, reviews and stories by sex workers all over the world. Topics covered include women of color in the American porn industry, anti-trafficking policy in Europe, the effect of the recent Tsunami on Asian sex workers, the Bangkok AIDS Conference, retiring fromstripping, and discrimination in Israel-Palestine.
BE THE FIRST TO GET A COPY AT THE LAUNCH PARTY!