Darklady

Theresa "Darklady" Reed is a sex writer and erotic party impresario who resides in Portland, Oregon.

In addition to work as a reviewer of adult videos, toys, publications, and websites, she writes lifestyle columns and feature articles for publications and websites including AVN magazine, Playtime magazine, and Voracitybeat.com. She has been a radio personality, art and photo model, adult screenplay writer, public speaker, and political candidate. In her personal life, she is bisexual and polyamorous. Her erotica appears in a number of anthologies, including Best S/M Erotica and Best Bisexual Erotica 2. She became editor of YNOT.com in 2005, has been a regular contributor to AVN magazine for nearly a decade, and became director of market stimulation for Radio Dentata in 2008.

A founding member of the Portland Leather Alliance, she has been a Blackout Leather Productions board member since setting aside her Ms. Oregon State Leather title in 2005. She also serves as the Woodhull Freedom Foundation's liaison to the adult entertainment industry, is a board member for the Free Speech Coalition (FSC), past director of communication and outreach for the Portland Pink Pistols, past board member for the Portland Area Business Association (PABA), and past vice-chair for the Libertarian Party of Multnomah County. She organizes large, innovative, pansexual fundraising events four times a year and believes that grass roots coalition building is vital to the survival of individuals and organizations alike. Each year she hosts Portland’s official Masturbate-a-thon charity fundraiser.

In 2002, she ran for Oregon House of Representatives and earned 10% of the vote. In 2004, she ran for a seat on the Oregon Senate. Darklady was voted "Ms. Oregon Leather 2004" and competed for Ms. World Leather in 2005, earning the Basket Auction Winner trophy. She hosted a weekly adult topic online radio program, called Darklady's Sexpose during 2006. In 2008, she joined Desmond Ravenstone, a writer and educator in Boston, Massachusetts, in a write-in campaign for President and Vice-President on a sexual freedom platform.

Screenwriting credits

• Unforgettable, Darklady (Screenplay), Bud Lee (Director) – by Sin City Studios, October 2003

• Voluptuous Biker Babes, Darklady (Screenplay), Carlos Batts (Director) – by Adam & Eve/Independent Adult Cinema, November 2008

References

• Bill Brent (editor), Carol Queen (editor), Best Bisexual Erotica - Volume 2, Published by Black Books, November 2001 ISBN 1-892723-10-7
• M. Christian (editor), Guilty Pleasures, Published by Black Books, November 2001 ISBN 1-892723-02-6
• M. Christian (editor), Best S/M Erotica: Extreme Stories of Extreme Sex, Published by Black Books, July 2002 ISBN 1-892723-13-1
• Carol Queen (editor), Five Minute Erotica: 35 Passionate Tales of Sex and Seduction, Published by Running Press, August 2003 ISBN 0-7624-1560-6
• Rachel Kramer Bussel (editor), Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z, Published by Pretty Things Press, October 2004 ISBN 1-57612-219-0
• Stevie Burns (editor), The Right Words, Published by Voracitybeat, October 2005 ISBN 0-9747276-3-6
• Jessica Spector (editor), Prostitution & Pornography: Philosophical Debate about the Sex Industry, Published by Stanford Press, September 2006 ISBN 978-0-8047-4938-1
• Rachel Kramer Bussel (editor), Dirty Girls: Erotica for Women, Published by Seal Press, March 2008 ISBN 1-58005-251-7

External links

• Darklady, the Crusading, Erudite Goddess of Online Porn
• Darklady's Parlor
• Darklady's Secret Stairway (LiveJournal)

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