{"id":9382,"date":"2013-06-11T09:46:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T07:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=9382"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:52:30","slug":"eco-activists-annie-sprinkle-and-beth-stephens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/eco-activists-annie-sprinkle-and-beth-stephens\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco-activists Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press release by Femina Potens<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Earthy.
\nEarthy. Performance by Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens<\/em><\/p>\n

EARTHY – AN ECOSEX BOOT CAMP
\nCo-presented by Queer Cultural Center Center for Sex and Culture
\nJune 13th – 16th and 20th – 23rd at
\nCenter for Sex and Culture
\n1349 Mission St.
\nSan Francisco, CA
\n94103<\/p>\n

\"Earthy.
\nEARTHY is a part of the National Queer Arts Festival 2013. Sponsored by Femina Potens Art Gallery and the Center for Sex and Culture.<\/em><\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle aim to get an \u2018E\u2019 added to the \u2018GLBTQI\u2019 moniker. E is for ecosexual. They also want to make eco-activism more enticing, as well as expand people\u2019s notions of what sexuality can be. \u201cIn Earthy\u2014An Ecosex Boot Camp, we will shift the metaphor from \u2018Earth as mother\u2019 to \u2018Earth as lover,\u2019 which will hopefully be a paradigm changing experience for our audience\u201d the women explain.\u201cBy the time people leave the show, they will likely realize they are ecosexual too.\u201d <\/p>\n

When Stephens and Sprinkle learned more about the environmental crisis, they saw red and went green. Today they are serious environmental activists, and two of the most visible movers and shakers in the budding international ecosex movement. They even wrote the Ecosex Manifesto<\/a>! Describing San Francisco as \u201cthe clitoris of the USA, and the hotbed of the ecosex arts movement,\u201d their show is largely funded with support from a San Francisco Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grant, a Theater Bay Area CASH award, as well as grants from UCSC, where Beth Stephens teaches art. Patty Gallagher, who is also at UCSC, directs the show.<\/p>\n

Describing their new performance piece, they say they will utilize humor, queer strategies, lots of dirt, and an intensely physical performance involving compost toilets, a bon fire, and a dramatic soundscape performance by Tony’s Circus of the Fresh Juice Party. Lighting design is by Shelia Malone, and graphic design concepts are by Kern Toy. Stephens and Sprinkle will also utilize their naked bodies as tools of resistance on stage. They point out that, \u201cPeople are part of, not separate from, nature. Therefore all sex is actually ecosex.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Center for Sex & Culture will be transformed into an \u201cEcosex Bootcamp,\u201d with a host of sexy camp counselors. Audiences are invited to bring their cameras and can pose on the stage with the props after the show. The performance will climax with a bondage inspired protest, group wedding vows to the Earth, and a call and response to the question, \u201cWhat in nature turns you on?\u201d <\/p>\n

About Femina Potens<\/h2>\n

Femina Potens is a nationally recognized non-profit arts organization, established in 2000, and dedicated to the advancement of LGBTQ & Allied Artists and Communities. Femina Potens is a leading queer organization in San Francisco and in 2012 launched new programming in NYC and Los Angeles. <\/p>\n

Related Links<\/h2>\n

Beth\u2019s Ecosex Herstory
\nAnnie’s Ecosex Herstory <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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