Resources

Resources to check out before camp!

Required Pre-Camp Viewing:

• 5 Tips For Being An Ally - YouTube (3:32 minutes) 

• The Wheel of Consent (4:44 minutes, but you might want to take more time because it's dense.  Don't worry about fully understanding this complex consent tool; we are posting the video here so that you will come to camp with a general sense of the concepts.)

• The Gender Unicorn (7:08 minutes)

• 7 Myths about Cultural Appropriation DEBUNKED! | Decoded | MTV News - YouTube (6:12 minutes)

Total = 21:36 minutes

Not required, but highly recommended:

Online

• 7 Ways You May Be Crossing Boundaries

• Gender Reveal Podcast: Episode 101 "Gender 101" 

Note: This is a Spotify link.  If you don't have Spotify, you can find other ways to listen to this episode here.

• Trans 101: The Basics - YouTube

• A Conversation With Native Americans on Race | Op-Docs - YouTube

• Being Antiracist | National Museum of African American History and Culture (si.edu) (article)

• Throughline : NPR (history podcast that focuses on race from a progressive/ leftist perspective)

• Asians For Sex Positivity (@asiansforsexpositivity) • Instagram photos and videos

• The Wild & Sublime Podcast (wildandsublime.com) (entertaining sex and sexuality podcast)

• The Oldest Profession Podcast | Kaytlin Bailey (fascinating podcast about sex work through time)

• The Honest Courtesan | Frank commentary from a semi-retired call girl (maggiemcneill.com) (excellent educational blog about sex work)

• Don't Yuck My Yum!

• Getting Called Out: How to Apologize - YouTube

Rachel's Notes:

• She uses the phrase “call out” when most people these days would say “call in.”

• She uses “guys” as a general term for people when this is actually a gendered term that does not encompass many people.

• She pronounces “transphobic” in an unusual way.

• She says that “hopefully” offended parties will explain why they were offended, and I think that it’s fair and understandable if people do not want to spend time and energy explaining themselves to the person who harmed them. 

• The Weird History of Asian Sex Stereotypes | Decoded | MTV News - YouTube

Note: She makes some broad generalizations about prostitutes when she’s really referring to a specific type of sexual slavery in Japan. 

Books

• Sex Ecologies ed. Stefanie Hessler

• Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown

• Assuming the Ecosexual Position: The Earth As Lover by Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens

• The Body is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

• The Beginner’s Guide to Being A Trans Ally by Christy Wittlesey

• Pagan Consent Culture: Building Communities of Empathy and Autonomy by Christine Hoff Kraemer and Yvonne Aburrow

• Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex, and Politics by Starhawk

• Elements of Magic: Reclaiming Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Spirit by Jane Meredith and Gede Parma

• Crimson Craft: Sexual magic for the solo witch by Halo Quin

Other

See FAQs for:

• Principles of Unity 

• How can I be less racist at witchcamp