Archive - Decoding Stigma

UPDATES: Sex Work at New Museum

SW-led projects present at NewINC's DEMO festival 2 years in a row

Aug 21, 2024 •

Gabriella Garcia

March 2023

Sex Worker-led design report: We believe in the freedom to fucking dream

Incredible conversations are possible when space is afforded to those who are categorically silenced

Mar 30, 2023

September 2022

Can we create a sex worker imaginarium?

Dreaming as research, process as prototype, and... the blockchain? 🧐

Sep 21, 2022 •

Gabriella Garcia

April 2022

5.5 - Ayanna Dozier Artist Talk

Join artist and writer Ayanna Dozier for a conversation about deconstructing and subverting media depictions of Black femme sex workers.

Apr 30, 2022 •

Gabriella Garcia

💋 4.20 - Sex Workers Built the Internet

An oral history roundtable tracing the early days of an internet built on desire, erotic labor, communal care, and animated gifs.

Apr 14, 2022

December 2021

The Cybernetic Sex Worker

Gabriella Garcia on the perennial love affair between sex work and telecommunications.

Dec 16, 2021 •

Gabriella Garcia

"When we pose sex work as a radical art practice, what new worlds are possible?"

A conversation with Veil Machine at Parsons Design & Tech Cloud Salon

Dec 9, 2021 •

Gabriella Garcia

October 2021

Decoding Stigma at Parsons Design & Technology Cloud Salon!

Watch the recording of our conversation with OnlyBans + next event feat. VEIL MACHINE next Tuesday, Nov 2nd

Oct 27, 2021 •

Gabriella Garcia

June 2021

The Heaux History Project at black beyond_origins

*FRIDAY JUNE 18th* join the Heauxstorians for a talk about Black sexual expression through music, erotic labor, and heaux culture overlap

Jun 16, 2021 •

Gabriella Garcia

March 2021

Designing for Sex Worker Liberatory Futures

Join us on April 8 for a panel discussion about what the Internet might look like if it was designed by sex workers

Mar 19, 2021 •

Gabriella Garcia

Intimacy and AI

*TUESDAY MARCH 16* join us at “Co-Opting AI: Public Conversations About Design, Inequality, and Technology” (rsvp required), a panel organized by Dr…

Mar 14, 2021 •

Gabriella Garcia

February 2021

Decoding Stigma 2021: What do we want NOW?

Looking back at our Fall "semester" and planning goals for Spring: events, artifacts, and opportunities

Feb 10, 2021 •

Gabriella Garcia

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