Mindbrowse and Sssh.com are pleased to announce they will be hosting the seminar “When Demand & Rejection Collide: Anti-Porn Activism in a Pro-Sex World” during next week’s XBIZ LA show.

Organized and moderated by sociologist Dr. Chauntelle Tibbals, the event will take place on Tuesday January 4 from 3 – 3:50 pm PT. Featured speakers include Siri Dahl, Ana Foxxx, Siren SaintSin, Domino Presley, attorney Corey D. Silverstein, and the FSC’s Mike Stabile. The event will also be live streamed on Twitter via @ssshforwomen.

“Historically, the wider social world has always had an uneven relationship with the adult industry community and sex media, one that vacillates between two broad perspectives: anti-pornography activism and pro-pornography fascination,” Dr. Tibbals explained.

“Our wider social world is currently in a period of anti-porn sentiment, one that’s being elevated by noteworthy mainstream media outlets alongside banking and payment processing entities. All this, while sex work is more visible — and more visibly leveraged — than ever,” Dr. Tibbals continued. “We’re going to be discussing various tensions that emerge when society continues to double-down on ‘hating’ something that it clearly loves during this event.”

During “Anti-Porn Activism in a Pro-Sex World,” speakers will discuss current tensions existing between the industry and the wider social world, including the blurred lines emerging when variable individual demands for sex work (from consumers as well as workers) brush up against wider social repudiation. Speakers will also discuss strategies to continue moving forward as productive community in this current social climate.

As always with Mindbrowse events, Dr. Tibbals will invite questions from in-person, as well as virtual, audience members.

This year’s event marks the ninth time Mindbrowse and Sssh.com have produced and hosted the large “big picture,” think piece-level seminar seeking to explore industry wide issues and cultural shifts during the XBIZ LA show.

“Our intention with our live-broadcast Mindbrowse events is to provide a platform for a diverse array of perspectives from our community to deep-dive relevant topics – and to make that discussion as accessible as possible via technology,” said Sssh.com’s owner and award-winning director Angie Rowntree.

“The idea of enhancing accessibility via technology has finally become normalized, and we will continue to press that message alongside nuanced discussion of issues that impact our entire community,” Rowntree continued.