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SUMMARY:Performance: Earth Day Ecosex Clinic w Annie Sprinkle, Beth Stephens & Friends
DESCRIPTION:<p>Discuss your hopes and concerns, learn about ecosexuality and imagine abundant futures in the face of global climate crisis. Share what&rsquo;s ailing you and receive a (collectible) prescription for ecosensual activities that will help you to feel better.</p>

<p>Clinicians will be giving away ecosexy bookmarks, stickers and posters. Sprinkle and Stephens will have their new book for sale, <a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/assuming-the-ecosexual-position"><em><u>Assuming the Ecosexual Position&ndash;The Earth as Lover</u></em></a><em> </em>(University of Minnesota Press), and will sign and decorate your copy into art.<img align="right" alt=" Assuming the Ecosexual Position–The Earth as Lover  book cover" height="343" src="https://sfpl.org/admin/events/lib/external/responsive_filemanager/source/cpp/Assuming.jpg" width="267" /></p>

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<p>Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle have been creating multimedia projects together for 20 years, about love, environmental issues and the sensual pleasures of the natural world. Stephens has been a professor at University of California Santa Cruz for 27 years. Sprinkle was a sex worker turned performance artist. The duo make films, produce symposiums, create theater and performance art. Their <a href="https://theecosexuals.ucsc.edu/ecosexualmanifesto/"><u>Ecosex Manifesto</u></a> launched the Ecosex Movement. They are currently making a film about fire for which they were awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2021. Their book,<em> Assuming the Ecosexual Position&mdash;the Earth as Lover</em> (University of Minnesota Press) chronicles their epic love story and art/life adventures.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>CLINICIANS INCLUDE</strong></p>

<p>Beth Stephens</p>

<p>Annie Sprinkle</p>

<p>Phillip Huang</p>

<p>Ms. Minax</p>

<p>Joseph Kramer</p>

<p>Kaytea Petro</p>

<p>Julian Barber</p>

<p>Jax Blaska</p>

<p>Aranza Cort&eacute;z&nbsp;</p>

<p>Elliot Seqouia Endre</p>

<p>G. Thompson&nbsp;</p>

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<p><strong>Connect:</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://sprinklestephens.ucsc.edu/"><u>Sprinkle & Stephens Collaboration - Website</u></a> | <a href="https://earthlabsf.org/"><u>Earth Lab SF - Website</u></a>&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/ebethstephens"><u>Beth Stephens - Twitter</u></a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ebethstephens/?hl=en"><u>Beth Stephens - Instagram</u></a>&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/anniesprinkle?lang=en"><u>Annie Sprinkle - Twitter</u></a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/anniesprinkled/?hl=en"><u>Annie Sprinkle - Instagram</u></a></p>
LOCATION:Main Library - Larkin Street Steps
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