LOS ANGELES — Adult performer and humorist Jupiter’s Slut is heading to Los Angeles this week to speak at sex-positive conference CatalystCon Los Angeles.
“I’m thrilled and honored to be talking at CatalystCon,” Slut said. “All women are safer when no women are shamed for their sexuality. Women are not only shamed for liking sex, they are also shamed for not wanting it. ‘Slut' and ‘frigid’ are both used to criticize women. Not wanting to be sexualized is valid too. That’s what one of my panels is about: legitimizing for platonic touch needs.”
Slut will be speaking on two panels during Catalyst Con. For “Super Sluts: Personal Narratives of Reclamation,” she will be joined by Jack HammerXL and Lola. See a full description of this discussion here.
For “De-Centering Arousal & Sex: The Platonic Touch Takeover,” she will be speaking on a panel with Fei Wyatt and Janet Trevino. See a full description of this discussion here.
“I was still a virgin when I started thinking of myself as a slut,” she added. “Just knowing how much I loved making out was enough to get me thinking of myself as ‘The Virgin Slut.’ I liked to be touched sexually and I knew that was bad. It took until my mid-thirties to start clawing my way out from under all that shame and repression.
“I dubbed myself 'Jupiter's Slut’ because Jupiter is a planet associated with expansion and growth," she explained. “And that's what I've done, I've become entitled to my own sexuality. Reclaiming the pejorative 'slut' is an act of heroism. I think of myself as a Super Slut. I’m not the only slut out there doing amazing things to change the world. That’s why I organized a panel discussion at CatalystCon with a few other sluts to explore the wonders and vagaries of being a Super Slut.”
