About Pleasure Pie
Pleasure Pie is a small activist organization based in Boston, MA. Our efforts center around sex positivity, body positivity, and positivity about other good things. We make alternative sexuality education materials (including zines, illustrations, and publications) and experiences (events, conversations, and workshops).
What is sex positivity? |
I think sexual pleasure is a legitimate thing to want and ethically pursue.
Cliff Pervocracy This quote is at the core of our definition of sex positivity. For a more in-depth explanation of what sex positive means, we enthusiastically recommend this article: What I Mean When I Say I'm Sex-Positive. |
Our Vision |
We're passionate about helping to create a cultural shift that encourages people to:
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Who We Are
Nicole Mazzeo
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Nicole dreams up much of what Pleasure Pie makes happen. She plans events, makes zines, facilitates discussions, and does lots of behind the scenes work to keep Pleasure Pie in existence.
Nicole is enthusiastic and playful. She loves karaoke, carnivals, and animals (including people). She highly values honesty and openness, and does her best to be as genuine as possible in everyday interactions. Nicole has extensive training in and experience with implementing workshops on sexual health. She also has training in trauma informed counseling, family planning counseling, connecting youth to family planning resources, and internal condom education. |
Aren
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Aren works on several of Pleasure Pie's projects, including zine making and distributing, tabling at community events, and running their blog Menstrual Blog. They wrote and illustrated Sustainable Alternatives to Pads & Tampons and Do-It-Yourself Menstrual Zine. Aren also helps put together Boston's Sex Positive Newsletter, and works on countless other behind the scenes tasks that keep Pleasure Pie creative and productive.
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Sukriti Kala Dabral
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Sukriti is a heart-led culture worker and collective liberation seeker. They hold transformative spaces, educating and facilitating with specialties in human sexuality and yoga/meditation. They earned their MEd with a focus in human sexuality from Widener University's Center for Human Sexuality Studies, and have also been studying and teaching yoga/meditation for many years (...mainly as a form of mental health support. Living with ADHD is a challenge!)
Pretty much Sukriti's a sex ed, social justice, love & connection, real talk, self care nerd, who especially loves facilitating group discussions about how we relate to ourselves, to each other, and to our communities. They teach topics in sexuality at high schools and middle schools with Partners In Sex Education, volunteer for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center as a webchat hotline counselor, and also teach yoga/meditation classes at an assortment of locations in the Boston area. At any given moment you can probably find Sukriti nonverbally and verbally asking the nearest furry creature whether it would like some pets, and/or eating Oreos. |
Jean-Pierre Frost
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Jean-Pierre is a friendly and knowledgeable person whose bookshelves are overfilled with countless books on sexuality, gender dynamics, and pleasure. He is passionate about making intersectional values accessible and believes in the power of empathy to catalyze social change.
Jean-Pierre has training in sexual health education, gender and sexual identity, and communication. In addition to his work with Pleasure Pie, Jean-Pierre works as a sex educator for a sex-positive, feminist sex toy store. He also helps to plan conferences, facilitate discussions, and give workshops. |
Goddess Cecilia
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Cecilia is a Sexuality & Pleasure Educator who believes that pleasure can be a healthy and healing part of self-care. Whether it's through pampering and pleasure products, a personal or couples consultation, or a Vulva/Body Crafts activity, she helps you relearn and reclaim your pleasure.
When she's not facilitating Sex Positive Boston Discussions, you can find the Mermaid Goddess at an Athena's Home Novelties Spa Party, with Voula the Vulva at a variety of events, on YouTube during #MermaidMonday and providing private consultations to those curious about exploring their pleasure. Cecilia is also a board member at the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health, a Survivor Speaker at Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, and an educator at O School. Outside of her work in sexuality and pleasure, she enjoys good food, car-eoke and podcasts on her way to work, snuggling with her kitty, Yoni, and travel adventures with her partner. |
Mike Winters
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Mike is a Boston area consumer advocate, housing specialist, lawyer, and parent. He has been reading about sexuality in his spare time for a decade and was a frequent attendee of the Sex Positive Boston discussion group before joining the facilitation team. He strives to support open and honest discussion and negotiation around sex. He has learned a lot from being in the same room with other sex positive people and is excited to help keep the discussion going so that attendees can continue to support and learn from each other.
In his spare time, Mike enjoys deep dives into history, hiking, reading quietly, and finding seasonally appropriate activities and adventures. |
Medusa Cascade
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Medusa wrote and illustrated What Is Sex-Positivity? and illustrated Teaching Consent To My Kitten and That's OK. When they're not creating awesome sex-positive comics, Medusa can be found hosting really, really bad movie nights, and wearing pastels.
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What People Are Saying About Pleasure Pie
The Art of the Solicited Dick PicOn Savage Lovecast
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Talk About Sex, Swap Spit with Strangers at Cambridge 'Consent Is Sexy' Meet-upBy The Metro |
Zine Queen Nicole MazzeoBy Unbound |
Zones for ZinesBy Improper Bostonian |
From Pleasure Pie: It's My PleasureBy Robot Lovers Prey on the Lonely |
After Aziz Ansari, Here's How We Can Make Sex Fun AgainBy Alternet |
Harlot Interview: Nicole Mazzeo, Founder of Pleasure PieBy Harlot |
Zines of the MonthBy HEAPS Magazine (Japanese) |
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