
Just three or four more GCs and TEC will be right there—right now it’s working on the whole trans thing.
Kicking things off today was Lex Alptraum, editor of a prominent adult-themed website, who gave a lecture about the threat that Internet piracy poses to the porn industry.
Later, we heard from Katherine Gates, a Yale alumna who is a curator at the Museum of Sex in Manhattan. Ms. Gates is also the author of a book called “Deviant Desires.” During her talk, she gave students a photo- and video-aided peek into the world of sexual subcultures, which she divided into the categories of “fetishes” and “kink.” Topics included zoophilia, balloon fetishes, men dressing up like women, men dressing up like animals, men dressing up like babies (complete with diapers), gay fur erotica, sneeze fetishes, and cannibal play. “There’s nothing in the world that someone isn’t getting pleasure out of,” noted Ms. Gates.