On a mission to turn the Hiawatha Golf Course into a cruising ground. Occupied Dakota territory. Our anthology of smut and theory is out now at the link below.
fuck tim walz we won't forget the time south minneapolis was under military occupation for weeks to crush the george floyd uprising. or how his whole campaign shtick was the environment and then refused to stop line 3.
Pleased to announce our shameless slutty book! Featuring 28 stories and essays guaranteed to inflame your brain and body. December. 264 pages. $15. All profits to MPLS food shares. Preorder by 11/18 to get a signed copy.
We’re taking orders again for stickers! Tell your friends. This is a preorder for our next print run; they'll ship early April. $10 for 20, then $1 for each addtl 4. To order, Venmo a donation to
@southside
-foodshare, then dm us with screenshot, quantity, and name/address.
We’d like to thank the Lehman Group. Their “drain the lake” scheme made us realize we weren’t dreaming big enough. So we present to you our updated proposal: the Public Sex Lagoon, featuring a massively expanded lake. Eagerly awaiting our invitation to present to the Park Board.
Kathy's essay seriously investigates the question "why can't/don't dykes cruise?", exploring a range of debates in dyke/queer culture and building on the work of SM lesbians of the '80s-'90s while also thoughtfully pointing out blindspots that continue to hinder us in the present
Important campaign update:
@jonwurster
of
@mountain_goats
is officially aware of our movement. Feeing giddy, trying desperately to send him a copy of our book.
Sex forest weather update: the entire course is fully snowed under. Only the 50 ft tall femdom and her pet can been seen emerging from the drifts. Teams are working around the clock to excavate those two old men on the bench.
This kicks ass. Communique from an orgy of forest defenders. Our only complaint is nobody told us, but obviously we respect the proper security culture. Endless love to everyone holding it down in Atlanta.
YET ANOTHER feature-length article about the "tricky questions" posed by youth gender transition that does not include any actual evidence that this is a major problem.
Big sex forest news! We now have stickers! To order DM with address and quantity wanted, we’ll send payment info. Price is $10 for 20 stickers, then $1 for every additional 5 after that. Shipping included to anywhere in the US.
What golf courses do you want to see made into sex forests? We're continuing to compile a list of aspirations to include in our upcoming collection. Let us know about your personal dream course/forest and it'll go in the book.
Lots of new people discovering our campaign! If you want to know more check out our manifesto at the link in bio. We originally formed to take over a specific course in MPLS, but quickly realized that across the world there are too many golf courses and too few sex forests.
Sticker seen along the Mississippi in New Orleans. The Hiawatha Golf Course is just a mile from the Mississippi in Minneapolis. Pretty cool to think about the stickers floating the ~1700 miles down the river to meet the setting sun here.
We have stickers again! Get them while you can! A min. order of $10 gets you 20, then after that it’s $1 for 4 (i.e $15 for 40, etc.) shipped anywhere in the US. To order donate to
@Southside
-foodshare on Venmo and msg with a screenshot of your receipt and your mailing address.
Samuel R. Delany turns 80 today! Chip has inspired countless perverts with the generosity and depth of intelligence he brings to his writings about sex, sociality, and more. The sex forest never would've have gone beyond a joke among friends without his endlessly inspiring work.
We’ve sent plenty of sex forest stickers to our various strongholds (Mpls, Portland, Seattle, Boston, California), but whats really exciting is sending our first orders out to Appalachia, northern Minnesota, Idaho, and Montana. Love to the rural and small town freaks!
Lots of people freshly excited about the sex forest! Be sure to check out the manifesto in bio! And keep us posted on your dreams for the movement! we started this to make a point about the repression/revitalization of cruising in mpls but obviously that’s a worldwide question
I really appreciate that 80,000 people who follow me on here get to read about very important things like turning Hiawatha Golf Course into a public
@Sex_Forest
Form there, competing signs advocating a Sex Forest seemed like the obvious thing to do. What we didn't realize was that of course there are thousands of golf courses around the world, and every one of them would be better off as a Sex Forest.
All five copies of our book that the Hennepin County Library bought are currently checked out and honestly that’s one of the most heart-warming things that’s happened since the book launched
WOW! Did not expect to see this at the T’Wolves game last night, but it just goes to show our movement has become an unstoppable juggernaut with the tenacity of a young Patrick Beverly
Going on tour! Can’t wait to see y’all out on the road. Lyn and jimmy will be in Chicago in two weeks joined by many of our contributors, then Lyn will be joined by other contributors at some of the west coast dates. details for individual dates soon, PDX most likely 3/15-16
The news you’ve all been waiting for! Yard signs are officially back in stock! Get yours at
@boneshakerbooks
in MPLS. $10, proceeds split between printing more and Southside Food Share. Get one while you can!
Just dropped off 25 zines and 100 stickers at Boneshaker Books in Minneapolis! They've been going fast so get them while you can. Should be dropping some by Moon Palace and May Day Books sometime this week as well. Will be doing a bigger print run of the zines soon as well.
MINNEAPOLIS! we finally get to party with you! please join us to celebrate the book which wouldn't exist without your gorgeous freaky energy. readings from the local authors, books for sale & signing, and a special appearance by jimmy's hardcore band.
Deadline now extended to January 15th! If you've ever thought "well maybe" now is the time. I know it can seem intimidating but when you start writing really wacky or raunchy stuff you'll often find that its incredibly freeing.
Worth pointing out that the owner of this apartment is John Wolf, who also owns Chicago Lake Liquors, most notable for speaking at a Trump rally at the airport in support of police terror post-Uprising
We’ve received word that our book works fairly well for as an impact implement. We were gonna make a joke about the warranty not covering that, but actually if you break the book over someone’s ass that’s awesome and we’ll totally send you a replacement.
That’s a lie! We were making yard signs and manifestos long before getting on Twitter, in keeping with our mission to take queer perversity off of the web and into the streets/forests. only got on here once other people started posting the sign and soaking up the credit.
Always forget how horny spring is, not in the “fertile nature” sense, but just in the sense of “made eye contact with a hot stranger and could see like an inch of their stomach between their shirt and pants and now I need some time alone”. But like every time you step outside.
Whoever did this is hereby PURGED from the movement! Putting stickers up like this will offend golfers and alienate moderates. We specifically said the stickers are for water bottles and laptops and not for putting up at golf courses/slapping on the faces of stinky politicians.
Wow. I'm listening in on the golfers' alternative proposal for Hiawatha Golf Course. Their proposal is to drain Lake Hiawatha altogether. It would almost completely disappear.
Sending love to Akron, shit there is really horrifying, as amid brutal suppression of protests a known white supremacist cop beat and arrested Jacob Blake’s father. This is why it’s clear that anything short of abolition just empowers the police to get more violent.
Agreed! Also, like, you can totally use lex to have good casual sex. Give people an easy opt-in. Make a horny post with a clear picture of what you’re looking for and distinct times you’re available. You’ll stand out amongst all the thumb-twiddlers and vague call outs.
Happy 83rd birthday to electronic music pioneer, ground-breaking eclipse photographer, and all-around trans genius Wendy Carlos. To honor her today the hidden speakers throughout the sex forest will be playing her ovular 1968 album Switched on Bach on repeat.
we are taking Chicago in less than one month! join us at Leather Archives and Museum on March 3rd for readings & discussion with a number of contributors from the area, and of course, books!
Time for a collective thread: what are the golf courses in your life that you personally want to make into public sex forests? We’ve been writing down courses every time someone mentions one in connection with the project, now let’s swell that list up!
Sticker code: worn on left pocket if looking to top at the golf course/sex forest, worn on right pocket if looking to bottom at the golf course/sex forest. Gonna start sending out the first wave of stickers this weekend, dm to order.
Mickey Moore asked us to endorse him but said he'd only support the sex forest if it was exclusively for straight-married homeowners. Fuck that shit! Fuck the city council anyway but especially bootlicking fakes.
The future home of the public sex forest, aka the Hiawatha Golf Course. Taken after midnight on a full moon, spring 2022. Black and white versions of photos from this series occupy the interstices between the stories in our book.
Drafting our own open letter to the NYT. Still fiddling with the exact wording but basic gist is something along the lines of “your mom is embarrassed to have birthed you.” Hit us up if you wanna sign.
It's very surreal to see the yard sign hit a chord with so many people across the world since it some ways its a very niche S. MPLS joke. For context, there's a city-owned golf course here that may be closed, so the rich people around there all got "Save The Golf Course" signs.
This is unacceptable slander! Make the Golf Course a Sex Forest was a yard sign and zine manifesto before it ever was posted on the internet, and we’ve never even met any reed students but we guess if they’re down with the forest then they’re alright.
someone in minneapolis made lawn signs out of that "turn the golf course into a public sex forest" internet meme some reed student made a month ago and i've seen at least two dozen of them in yards across town
In spite of everything awful, we’re looking forward to tabling at the mpls autonomous zine fest tomorrow in powderhorn park, 1-5. Our whole project debuted there last year, and was largely created to amuse ours friends there, so it feels wild to be back now a full year later.
@cervixpiercer
Agreed. Also I’ve said this before but you can also just use lex like it’s lesbian Grindr, you just have to commit. ie make a horny post and be very direct. Can feel weird to do that amongst all of the posts for knitting clubs, but also posts like that stand out in a good way.
Full of anger and grief over the police murder of beloved activist Tortuguita in Atlanta. We just make jokes about taking over a forest, but down there they’ve actually done it, in an attempt to build a better world. Please come out to the mpls vigil tomorrow.
MINNEAPOLIS
A vigil is planned for Friday night in memory of Tortuguita, a forest defender and friend killed by George State Police on January 18th.
Gather to mourn their loss and stand in solidarity with the movement they were so committed to.