Sexhibition is a consent-based, sex-positive health fair, which includes food, games, and giveaways. We invite campus groups to table in support of and celebration of education healthy sexuality to demonstrate the connections between sex-positivity and anti-sexual violence activism. In the past, Sexhibition took place on Barnard's campus outside Lehman Library. For the past few years, we have moved the fair to Lerner Hall in order to create a culture of consent on Columbia's campus. During the evening after the fair, we invite a speaker to give a talk or a workshop. Past speakers have included feminist porn star Tristan Taormino, sex educator Amy Jo Goddard, director Liz Canner, and NYC's own feminist sex toy shop, Babeland.
We are pleased to invite Therese Schecter for a screening of her documentary "How to Lose Your Virginity" with a discussion and Q&A session following. "How To Lose Your Virginity" exposes the myths and misogyny surrounding a rite of passage that many obsess about but few truly understand. Eye-opening, entertaining and thought-provoking, the film tackles critical issues around female sexuality in American culture. The documentary "travels through religion, history, pop culture and $30 internet hymens, to reveal the myths and misogyny behind virginity in America. A film by Therese Shechter, director of "I Was A Teenage Feminist." Join TBTN for a screening of this documentary followed by a Q&A and discussion with the director, Therese Shechter.
Therese is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, visual journalist, and multi-media storyteller based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work fuses humor, personal narrative, and grassroots activism, most recently as the writer and director od "How to Lose Your Virginity" (2013). Her other documentaries include the award-winning "I Was a Teenage Feminist" (2005) and "How I Learned to Speak Turkish" (2006), and the dhort films #SlutWalkNYC (2013), "Vinnie: I Break for Cycles (2015), and the animated short "Womanly Perfection" (2003).Therese has presented her films at festivals from Florence to Rio de Janeiro to Ankara, and she was honored to take part in Serbia's first-ever Women's Film Festival. She has spoken at universities and galleries including NYU, Duke, Yale, MIT, Penn State, Galapagos Art Space, and the Brooklyn Museum. Therese was a featured panelist at Harvard's 'Rethinking Virginity' COnference and has partnered with Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice NY, and Spark Movement to create programs on healthy sexuality and relationships for young women and men. Her studio Trixie Films is based in Brooklyn, NY where she's currently experimenting with paper engineering and soft circuits.
This semester I had the chance to be a coordinator for Sexhibition, our annual fall sex-positivity fair, and it was a really fantastic experience. Growing up, I got a lot of negative messages about sexuality that I internalized, and even though it's something I'm aware of now and work to fight against, it's a constant process. I'm really glad that we have this opportunity to share messages of sex positivity at Sexhibition; it's a super important event!
This was my first year being member of Take Back the Night and I was so happy to be a Sexhibition Co-coordinator. It was wonderful to be part of such an important event and great to see everyone come out for tabling and our screening of How to Lose Your Virginity. I look forward to our march next semester and next fall's sexhibtion!
I am so excited that I can be a part of Take Back the Night this year. I really enjoyed the coversations I had with Therese and her message was really central to our theme of sex positivity. It was amazing to see this event come together after months of planning and preparation.
