Sportsheets' Julie Stewart Discussing Material Matters at CatalystCon

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Sportsheets International President Julie Stewart will be a panelist at CatalystCon West, which takes place Sept. 11-14 in Los Angeles. Stewart will join Alicia Relles of Je Joue, Coyote Amrich of Good Vibrations and Dr. Robert Morgan Lawrence on Sunday, Sept. 14, on the panel Material Matters. “In the past few years, the sex toy industry has seen more innovation and mainstream acceptance than all previous years combined,” the panel description reads. “While a stronger grasp of design and functionality has been reached, an understanding of the materials they are made from seems to have become cloudy and full of misinformation. Materials have often been talked about, debated, and discussed, but many of these conversations have focused around the notion of ‘toxicity,’ rather than actual information about these materials, and why they are used.” “I am so proud to be part of CatalystCon West,” Stewart said. “It’s such a wonderful event that brings enthusiastic speakers, attitudes, and attendees together. The diversity of thoughts, ideas, and intellect are second to none. Our panel’s goal is help people become more educated consumers, buyers, writers, and sex educators. The materials we put into our bodies do matter, and this panel will open the door for further knowledge and encouraging forethought before purchasing a product or writing about it.” Held at The Westin Los Angeles Airport, the Material Matters panel discussion will take place in the National Room from 11 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. A semi-annual conference, CatalystCon unites sex educators, sexologists, sex workers, writers, activists, pleasure products manufacturers, those in the adult industry, and anyone with a passion for creating change, for a weekend-long convergence of sex-positive discourse. For more information on CatalystCon West, visit http://catalystcon.com.