DC407 Online, Thursday April 10, 2025 at 8PM Eastern time on zoom.
Talk: Securing Sexuality: Rewiring our Intimate Connections
By: Stefani and Wolf Goerlich
Throughout time, folks looking for love (or lust) have found & formed relationships with one another by leveraging community networks – relatives, clergy, nosy neighbors, even matchmakers. For the first time in history, relationships are no longer mediated by other people, but rather by technology. From dating websites and social media to AI partners and connected sex toys, technology represents an evolutionary factor we have not seen since the agricultural revolution… and for the most part, tech companies are entirely unprepared. Attendees will learn how to critically examine both their use of technologies AND their relationship to these tools. They will be able to articulate a framework for digital health and apply its principles to relationships both online and off. We will critically examine surveillance culture as well as changing legal and social norms and explore the way these impact client safety across the lifespan. This presentation is relevant to anyone who uses technology to manage their personal information, cultivate and maintain their personal relationships, or to facilitate their professional work.
Bios:
Stefani Goerlich is an award-winning author, Clinical Social Worker, and Certified Sex Therapist who specializes in working with and writing about the BDSM/kink community. The founder of Bound Together Counseling and the Bound Together Foundation, Stefani is a Board-Certified Clinical Sexologist, spends way too much time on Reddit, and recently dropped out of one of the best cyber criminology programs in the country. Describing herself as “tech adjacent,” she’s learned everything she knows about information security by hanging out at the bar with hackers.
Wolf Goerlich is a cybersecurity expert who has spent the last decade charming audiences around the world with stories of what the Dracula and the Wolfman can teach us about foreign espionage, how to protect your privacy when cell phones are weaponized against their users, and what to do when your friend accidentally robs the wrong bank. If he’d known Stefani was a social worker, he never would have swiped right… but he did, and he’s been exploring the ways that technology can support mental and relational health ever since.
RSVP: https://discord.gg/bh693ZZ2?event=1359183176916009214 (via Discord)
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