TILOS radio – XXX – 25 July 2o14

Secrets of making “good” porn: among many things we were talking about ideas of beauty, intimacy, emotions and erotica on film. Jennifer Lyon Bell is an erotic film maker, director of Blue Artichoke Films. Blue Artichoke Films is dedicated to making artistic, unusual erotic films that portray sexuality in an emotionally realistic way. We really enjoy her films, especially recommend Matinée which was ‘fuck and mindfuck’. This is definitely our favorite…

Blue Artichoke Films is a small group of film enthusiasts dedicated to making artistic, unusual erotic films that portray sexuality in an emotionally realistic way. Whether documentary, fiction, or experimental, Blue Artichoke films borrow from traditional film languages and styles to represent sexuality in new ways.

Jennifer Lyon Bell is the creative force behind Blue Artichoke Films. She’s a Harvard graduate with a BA in Psychology, an MA in Film Studies from the University of Amsterdam and a lifelong passion for understanding sexuality.

Tilos Radio – XXX – 5 September 2o14

“It was the confusion of everybody else around me with my physical natal form that caused the issues.” (Cindy Macardle, transactivist)

This Friday from 8pm we talk with Vreer Sirenu about transgender people, transactivism and all the reasons for that. We talk about queer issues such as the body and regulating institutions, human rights, about our social categories in general, about identity, daily life experiences, empowerment, education, how we can help young people experiencing difficulties because of their gender. How we cannot or can (!) live “out of the box”. Vreer Sirenu is an Amsterdam based professional, transgender / queer activist, human rights and LGBTI educator. Listen!

TILOS Radio – XXX – 26 June 2014

“As a sexworker you have the same rights as any other human being in the world. Nobody has the right to touch you without your permission for free or for money, that really makes no difference. But for a lot of people, and sex workers in other countries it’s not like that. Especially countries, where they have difficulties with human rights and women’s rights, as a prostitute you don’t have any rights. And people still use your service. They still want to have sex with you but they do see you as a bad woman, or as an animal or as piece of trash, whatever. That really hurts me. When I see women coming from situations like that, I don’t know, a lot of things happen to me. I become angry, I become frustrated. But I never feel pity… I feel frustrated, angry, shocked, that all these shit happening. But these women are very strong, very powerful. They can stand up for themselves and they want to. But in a lot of countries you’re life in danger when you want to stand up for your rights as a woman, or as a sex worker.”

“You need to be brave to be a sexworker. So you don’t have to feel pity for sexworkers. Maybe some times for circumstances. In general, you should not feel pity for people. You have to be careful with victimizing people. When you feel vulnerable its impossible to stand up for yourself, to fight for your rights, for better working circumstances. I really believe that this is the worst thing to a person victimizing him or her.”

Mariska Majoor founded the Amsterdam-based Prostitution Information Center. http://www.pic-amsterdam.com/ She talked about sex workers in Amsterdam and around the world.

7 March 2014 20.00-21.00 from Amsterdam

Anyone, who is interested in our sex-positive activism: tonight on the XXX radio show we talk with a queer couple about identity, gender, being a woman, education, how to help younger generations in their sexual development, and many other related things…

about the importance of not being sent to the women’s section in a store if you don’t feel like one (even if you have a vagina). www.tilos.hu from 8pm CET.

This evening one of the Pussy Riot members, Masa Aljokina and Pjotr Verzilov husband of Nadezda Tolokonnyikova on air in Tilos, community radio Budapest. XXX from 8-9pm. (7 February 2014)