Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Thaths wrote: > ​Yes, I was wondering what your angle was.​ > > > > I am acutely embarrassed now. ​That's right. You're being deliberately obtuse.​ Is it a reflex? ​Udhay​ -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:22 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Thaths wrote: > > By which, of course, I mean 'menstruation'. That'll teach me to not trust > > my browser's spell corrections. > ​Yes, I was wondering what your angle

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:22 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Thaths wrote: > > Welcome to Silklist, Cindy. I first heard you (and of your work) a few > > years ago, IIRC, in Dan Savage's podcast Savage Lovecast. > > > ​Thaths, ​your

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Thaths wrote: > On the other the patriarchy tries to keep women suppressed through a > > veneration of (women's) virginity, an emphasis of abstinence, rules of > > impurity around mensuration, etc. > > > > By which, of course, I mean

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Thaths wrote: Welcome to Silklist, Cindy. I first heard you (and of your work) a few > years ago, IIRC, in Dan Savage's podcast Savage Lovecast. ​Thaths, ​your name came up in the conversation that Cindy and I had - due to your past work as

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:14 PM Thaths wrote: > On the other the patriarchy tries to keep women suppressed through a > veneration of (women's) virginity, an emphasis of abstinence, rules of > impurity around mensuration, etc. > By which, of course, I mean 'menstruation'.

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 1:11 AM Cindy Gallop wrote: > If I may introduce myself - I'm Cindy Gallop, founder and CEO of social sex > videosharing sextech startup MakeLoveNotPorn, which began as a little > public service site I launched at TED 2009 with this talk: > >

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Amitha Singh
Hi Cindy! Welcome to Silk List... Very intrigued by what you are doing and much interested. I have made a note to go through your links at leisure hopefully before this week ends. I have had debates and discussions on sex with friends and family... would love to find out more (and different

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Deepa Mohan
Welcome Cindy! Going through your links, including the lungi dance one. I'd always assumed that all sex videos are (with the exception of sex education ones) porn, so this is something new to me. Even on the net, any searching for topics relating to sex results in viruses (virii?) or worse, so I

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Ingrid Srinath
> On 3 Apr 2017, at 11:10, Cindy Gallop wrote: > > Dear Silklisters - > > I'm honored and delighted that Udhay kindly invited me to join you. > > If I may introduce myself - I'm Cindy Gallop, founder and CEO of social sex > videosharing sextech startup

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Welcome! Now you mention it, that's the funny, or rather, pitiful thing. A frank discussion of sex often veers into the prurient, from horny and oversexed but inexperienced students, to snickering locker room talk from middle aged people who tend not to get much at all. Places where "the

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Shyam Sunder
My first thought upon reading this was... is this mail a couple of days late? Welcome, Cindy! Looking forward to your contributions to the list. Warm regards Shyam -Original Message- From: silklist [mailto:silklist-bounces+shyam.sunder=peakalpha@lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Kavita Jhunjhunwala
Hey Cindy, Welcome! We connected a while back at one of the sxsw events! Look forward to hearing more... Cheers, Kavita On 03-Apr-2017 8:41 PM, "Cindy Gallop" wrote: > Dear Silklisters - > > I'm honored and delighted that Udhay kindly invited me to join you. > >

[silk] Introducing myself

2017-04-03 Thread Cindy Gallop
Dear Silklisters - I'm honored and delighted that Udhay kindly invited me to join you. If I may introduce myself - I'm Cindy Gallop, founder and CEO of social sex videosharing sextech startup MakeLoveNotPorn, which began as a little public service site I launched at TED 2009 with this talk: