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from www.aretistdirect.com – Adult film industry veteran Nina Hartley may be long retired, but the former sexpot still gets her hands dirty. She is launching SexWise.ME, an online social network community and SexWise.TV, a weekly, live-streaming talk show dealing with all things sex. With these ventures, Hartley hopes to bridge the gap between sexual education and enjoyment.
“As much as I’ve been an entertainer, my primary mission has always been to be a sexual educator and advocate,” Hartley says of her decision to create SexWise.
The goal of the brand is simple: To give members and audiences outlets for communicating, questioning and learning about their sexuality in an online community full of like-minded people. Judgment is not allowed. Neither is nudity nor pornography—just honest conversations about sex and sexuality, since we all know the Internet totally fosters that. Not! The community offers a wealth of features for those interested, including: E-books, E-courses, Skype Counseling, weekly articles and weekly streaming TV shows , forums, discussion groups, and member-only chats erotic art, photography and story sections (non-explicit images only.) The goal is to connect those who desire intelligent conversation around sex, sexuality and sexual expression and stimulate meaningful conversation. Stimulate conversation…riiiiiight! How about stimulation of organs?
SexWise.TV is a unique twist on the traditional talk show. The audience has the opportunity via the chat room to talk with Nina, in real time, and ask questions of her and her guests. Just don’t ask her to derobe! The show includes Nina’s thoughts on the topic of the week, a live Skype call, video questions about sex and photos and videos that offer viewers a behind the scenes look at her fascinating life. Archived shows can be viewed on demand at SexWise.tv.
In her determined quest to make SexWise the most comprehensive online sexuality resource, Hartley has enlisted a crew of experts to contribute regularly to the site. They include Reid Mihalko (reidaboutsex.com), Dr. Carol Queen (sexandculture.org, carolqueen.com), Tristan Taormino (puckerup.com), Barbara Carrellas (urbantantra.org), Jamye Waxman, Ernest Greene, Dr. Annie Sprinkle, and more. With 26 years in the adult film industry under her belt—and a nursing degree to boot—Hartley is the best choice to take on such an endeavor and while it’s easy to make sex jokes about this, I believe she is doing a good thing here. There is not enough intelligent sex on the web.