Sexuality journalist, author, and sexual assault survivor Katie Simon will dive into all things intimacy after trauma, from triggers to kinks and fetishes, countering false belief systems, and aftercare with DAME’s Edie Elliott Granger. In a Q&A about Katie’s new book, Tell Me What You Like: An Honest Discussion of Sex and Intimacy After Sexual Assault, Edie and Katie will discuss how and why SA survivors are paving the way to better sex for everyone.

Stick around after the event to grab your copy of Tell Me What You Like — available for purchase on-site! Katie will be signing books, and attendees can also enjoy 15% off their entire purchase.

About the author

Katie Simon (she/they) has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vogue, Buzzfeed, Tin House, Health, BUST, Women’s Health, and elsewhere, including the anthology Anatomy of Silence. Katie studied creative writing at New York University and the University of East Anglia, narrative medicine at Columbia University, and human sexuality at the Kinsey Institute. and completed the Memoir Incubator at Grub Street in Boston, MA. She lives in Texas with her dog, Babka.

About the moderator

Edie Elliott Granger (she/her) is Chief of Staff at Dame, a company creating products and providing resources that change the way sexual health, wellness, and pleasure are understood and experienced in the world. Founded in 2014 by a sexologist and an MIT engineer, Dame is dedicated to closing The Pleasure Gap through in-house product innovation, clinical and community-driven research, and storytelling that centers joy, intimacy, and care. Dame HQ is located in Brooklyn, New York.

Time: 7:00 pm EDT

Free!

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