Seska for Lovers - Accomplishments & Endeavours

Work related accomplishments & endeavours

the basics

Name ~ Seska Lee

Location ~ Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Education ~ B.A. in Child Studies, B.A. in Psychology

Professional Interests ~ mutual pleasure, enhancing sex through communication, safer sex, gender roles, body image, sexual expression, sex worker resources

introduction

Seska Lee currently works in the online sex industry. Prior to this undertaking, she was an educational consultant. Seska's interest in sex work began through her personal experiences in the local Montreal fetish and swinger communities. By launching her independent adult website, the personal became public and subsequently a commercial enterprise.

activities

Seska's Personal XXX Site
webmaster, model, performer, writer

An independent adult website that Seska created and actively runs with her husband James Lee. The website went live in January of 1999. It features personal Amateur pictures and video of Seska enjoying her sexual lifestyle with friends and lovers. It also includes weekly webcam shows, journal entries dating back to September 1998 (with photos, essays and intimate observations), a "question of the month" forum, audio files, and the complete archive of Seska 4 Lovers (her e-zine geared towards men, women and couples). The content is exclusive and to date there are over 27, 000 pictures archived and over 1200 video clips have been made available to subscribers of this paysite.

Seska 4 Lovers
webmaster, editor, writer, marketing, model, photographer

An adult website for men, women and couples. Its aim is to provide a passionate and affirming voice in a world of pornography that tends to subsist on shame, guilt, and betrayal. The website features her personal public blog, video entries, sensual and saucy photo galleries, and short stories. An emphasis is made on presenting exclusive content from Canadian writers and photographers. All of the material is archived in the members' area of Seska's Amateur XXX Site.

Team Burlesque
webmaster, writer, performer

Team Burlesque is a select group of Montreal-based burlesque performers who share the common desire to make Montreal's burlesque scene a vibrant and diverse one. Many of them work as independent performers while others belong to specific troupes. They enjoy collaborating on various projects and the website showcases these endevaours.

The Coral Lees
webmaster, writer, performer
(on hiatus - though Seska still does solo performances)

This is the online home of the neo-burlesque troupe Seska founded with her friend Elsa Lee (formerly Elsa Bangz). Inspired by the bump and grind classics and recycled by geeks, The Coral Lees are dedicated to bringing some sexual pastiche to the Montreal stage. The Coral Lees did their first full revue on October of 2003 and followed it up with performances at numerous benefit cabarets, as well as a second revue featuring all new acts on March of 2004. Elsa no longer lives in the Montreal area so the Coral Lees as a troupe are inactive, but Seska continues to perform solo numbers for other cabarets when ever she has the opportunity.

Seskuality: Real Sex by Seska
webmaster, writer

Seskuality: Real Sex by Seska is a sex blog that features sex news, articles, essays, quotes and advice. With her experience in Amateur porn and her background in psychology and education, Seska examines the issues that matter to the average and not-so-average porn viewer.

The Scandelles
out-of-town performer

Seska has worked with the Scandelles a number of times since 2005, performing in their acclaimed productions of Neon Nightz in Montreal and Les Demimondes in Toronto. She combines her sex worker savvy with energizing goofiness in hopes of enlightening and entertaining the masses.

The Coalition for the Rights of Sex Workers
webmaster & member

The Coalition for the Rights of Sex Workers was founded in 1996 by sex workers, former sex workers, and allies. The Coalition is part of the international struggle for the rights of people in the sex industry and for the decriminalization of their lives and their work. The members of the Coalition have held a number of demonstrations, workshops, and events to bring awareness to the issues sex workers face in Montreal, across Canada and abroad.

Femmerotic Portal @ Scarlet Letters
webmaster & network member
(on hiatus)

Femmerotic is sponsored by Scarlet Letters, the original online magazine of erotica created by women, which premiered in February of 1998. It is a network that seeks to empower the feminine principle by offering material and resources which are expansive and may be beneficial to all genders, races and creeds, and define that feminine principle as an aspect of sexual and personal identity which is vast, individual and transcends simple genitalia, genetic structure and the standard definition of bio-gender or normative gender roles.

Homegrown Video
writer
(2003-2007)

Seska wrote a weekly column featuring sex advice, information, and commentary which was posted in the members area of Homegrown Video. These articles and essay are currently being archived as well in the members area of Seska's Personal XXX Site.

workshops & presentations

Seska Lee has created the following seminar and workshops based on her experience in the sex industry and as a successful entrepreneur. They are meant to inform and inspire. For more information on having Seska present a seminar or workshop for your organization or group, please e-mail her at the address listed below.

An Introduction to Online Sex Work (seminar)

This seminar offers an overview of the kinds of work one can do in adult entertainment on the world wide web. The pro's and con's of various options are examined and evaluated.

Business Plans for Sex Workers - Part One (workshop)

This hands-on workshop examines the benefits and challenges of sex workers creating and implementing a business plan. Through reflection exercises on personal and professional values, participants are assisted in developing a personalized professional mission statement.

Business Plans for Sex Workers - Part Two (workshop)

This hand-on workshop guides sex workers in the development and application of an individual business plan. With information and resources gathered from Part One, participants are assisted in the preparation of a document they can use to determine the state of their professional endeavours and the attainment of their goals.

Blue By You - DIY Porn

A multi media presentation on the different ways in which you can make your own homemade porn and the options available to you to share it with a lover, friends or with the world - be it for commercial purposes, personal ones or a combiation there of.

published articles & essays

How to Push Your Political Agenda Using Burlesque
Broken Pencil (the magazine of zine culture and the independent arts)
November 2005

On Taking the Amateur Porn Approach to the Web
Naked Ambition: Women Pornographers and How They Are Changing the Sex Industry (Edited by Carly Milne)
October 2005

speaking engagements

Blue By You - Sexy Salon Series
DIY Porn Presentation
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (Toronto)
May 2007

Exxotica Miami
DIY Porn Presentation
March 2007

Sexual Attitudes Reassessment Seminar (Concordia University)
Panel - Sex Work
September 2006, September 2005, September 2004
Leaders: Stephanie Mitelman, CCFE, CSE & Shirley Walker, M.Ed

Sexual Attitudes Reassessment Class (McGill University)
Panel - Sex Work
June 2005, November 2003
Professor: Stephanie Mitelman, CCFE, CSE

Cybernet Expo
June 2004

Cybernet Expo
June 2002

Internext - Panel: The Amateur Revolution
January 2002

television & radio appearances

Radio Interview
2006
Audio Smut (Hersay) - CKUT

Radio Interview
June 7th, 2005
Sounds Like Canada - CBC Radio One

Radio Interview
January 1st, 2005
The Shady Lady - CIUT

Televsion Interview
November 19th, 2004
HBO's A Real Sex Xtra: Pornocopia: Going Down in the Valley - Women on Top

online mentions, interviews & reviews

Videocast Interview
March 11th, 2006
KITKAST

Podcast Interview
November 4th, 2005
Podnography