Bawdy Storytelling Dixie De La Tour

Have you ever had anyone pay you to pee in their fern? Grrrl, that’s number 5 on Heklina’s list, so brace yourself! Legendary Drag Legend Heklina died on April 3rd in London while performing Mommy Queerest with Peaches Christ, and San Francisco’s Castro district shut down hard last week for Heklina’s Memorial. It was a sold out cavalcade of drag royalty live onstage at the Castro theater, plus they shut off the street and broadcast the performances on a Jumbotron for thousands outside, and over 10,000 fans watched it live from all over the world. Why am I telling you this? Because after years of saying No to performing at Bawdy, Heklina said Yes to Dixie a few years ago, so we have her story! Enjoy this beloved rim queen’s bizarre medley of shocking true tales - we’ll miss her trademark cackle and irreverent joie de vivre forever. Plus Dixie gets a phone call that reminds her that her work really matters, so this week’s Ramble has way less tears (is that good or bad? You tell me)
 
Drag | Castro Theater l TShack l Jumbotron | Murder | Livestream | Rim Chair l Satanic Vagina | Grief l Celebration | Cackle | Volcano l Death l life-changing phone call l Punk l Art l The Golden Girls l
 
Song: ’You Only Live Once’ (Rachel Lark)
 
About our Storyteller:
 
Stefan Grygelko (June 17, 1967 – April 3, 2023), better known by the stage name Heklina, was an American actor, drag queen, and entrepreneur in San Francisco. Grygelko's mother was Icelandic, and having been born in the U.S., he lived in Iceland in the 1980s; he named his drag character after the Icelandic volcano Hekla. Heklina founded the drag club Trannyshack in 1996.
Much more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heklina

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Please consider a donation of any amount to Bawdy Storytelling. The Pandemic nearly did us in, so your donation of any size can help keep us going. Other live events and venues have dropped like flies around us, and your generosity can help us continue this important work.
 
Our donation links are:
 
BuyMeACoffee: buymeacoff.ee/bawdy
Venmo: Venmo.com/BawdyStorytelling
Paypal: paypal.me/bawdystorytelling
Zelle: BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com
CashApp: $DixieDeLaTour
Every single dollar helps right now - and THANK YOU!
 
What’s the Best way to support Bawdy? It’s Patreon. As a Bawdy Patreon member, your membership ensures that Bawdy can continue. Join Bawdy’s Patreon now and you’ll get exclusive Patreon-only content, and my eternal gratitude. Become a Member now at
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My forthcoming Substack ’The Dixie Ramble' is at
https://substack.com/profile/22550258-dixie-de-la-tour #Subscribe
 
What is Substack?
Substack is an email newsletter platform (made up of text, audio, video, etc) known for its hands off approach to censorship. While there are still some publishing guidelines (no porn, hate speech or harassment, for example), the platform’s lack of gatekeeping has attracted both ground-breaking journalists and some seriously controversial writers”. https://blog.hootsuite.com/what-is-substack/
(My Substack launch has been delayed by my life’s latest calamity, but it’ll start soon. I’m making plans!)
 
Want to enroll for my next storytelling workshop?
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Why work with me? I can help you tell a compelling, relatable story, help you communicate with clarity, land your dream job, discover your story and understand yourself, finally… Whether it’s getting onstage, writing a memoir, creating a podcast, or learning brand storytelling for your business, I’ve got this, and can help you. Email me at BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com and let’s make it happen.
 
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Ever broken the rules as a teenager and then spent your entire life having absolutely no regrets about it? Love warrior and community connector Julie Barr becomes a camp counselor at 16, excited to spend the entire Summer drinking and partying with her friends. But the powers-that-be forbid fraternization between campers and counselors, and Miller the ManChild proves too tempting. Plus Dixie posits: what’s a Mother’s Day birthday without a full-on meltdown?
 
Coming of Age Story | Nature l Summertime | Sleepaway Camp | Teenager | The South l Heterosexuality | Future Selves l Grief l Celebration of Life | Mother’s Day | Birthday | Imposter Syndrome l Death l Adventure l Sex Geek Summer Camp
 
Song: ’Kids in Love’ (Mayday Parade)
 
About our Storyteller:
 
Love warrior and community connector, Julie Barr has worked for over 30 years with children, families, adults and couples to create richer, more rewarding relationships in all areas of their lives. She is comfortable working with the LGBTQ and kink/poly communities, persons exploring any life stage, couples wanting to repair their intimacy, and individuals working towards a greater sense of meaning and purpose in life. Several years ago, she wrote a blog as “Jezebelle Jay” for Good Vibes Magazine as one of the “Sexy Mama” guest bloggers. Plus, over the last few years, Julie has led workshops, groups, meet ups, and community events focused on relationships, with a goal to increase connection and promote community.

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Sex Geek Summer Camp Info: https://courses.reidaboutsex.com/I-want-sex-geek-summer-camp-info
 
Or message me at bawdystorytelling@gmail.com for more info
 
Jen Angel’s Celebration of Life affected me deeply. Learn more about Oakland Baker & Restorative Justice Advocate Jen Angel and her death here:
 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/18/jen-angel-oakland-baker-angel-cakes
 
https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2023/02/23/jen-angel-legacy
 
 
And Please consider a donation of any amount to Bawdy Storytelling. The Pandemic been financially devastating to this show, so your donation of any size can help keep us going. Other live events and venues are dropping like flies around us, and your generosity can help us weather the storm and continue this important work.
 
Our donation links are:
 
BuyMeACoffee: buymeacoff.ee/bawdy
Venmo: Venmo.com/BawdyStorytelling
Paypal: paypal.me/bawdystorytelling
Zelle: BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com
CashApp: $DixieDeLaTour
Every single dollar helps right now - and THANK YOU!
 
What’s the Best way to support Bawdy? Patreon. As a Bawdy Patreon member, your membership ensures that Bawdy can continue. Join Bawdy’s Patreon now and you’ll get exclusive Patreon-only content, and my eternal gratitude. Become a Member now at
https://www.patreon.com/Bawdy
 
My forthcoming Substack ’The Dixie Ramble' is at
https://substack.com/profile/22550258-dixie-de-la-tour #Subscribe
 
What is Substack?
"What is Substack" is a question with a deceptively simple answer. Yes, it's an email newsletter platform (made up of text, audio, video, etc). But it's also much more than that. Substack is known for its hands-off approach to censorship. While there are still some publishing guidelines (no porn, hate speech or harassment, for example), the platform’s lack of gatekeeping has attracted both ground-breaking journalists and some seriously controversial writers”. https://blog.hootsuite.com/what-is-substack/
(My Substack launch has been delayed by my life’s latest calamity, but it’ll start soon)
 
Want to enroll for my next storytelli

What would it look like to Win the Pandemic? Comedian Alyssa Westerlund breaks up with her boyfriend at the beginning of Lockdown, and she’s been dealing with the loneliness and depression of a deep-in-COVID world with Ayahuasca, DMT and blueberry smoothies. Then one sizzling August night, she’s dancing naked in her living room when she feels her much younger neighbor’s eyes on her. He confesses that he’s in awe of her after listening to her having sex with strangers for years, and soon they’re chatting, playfully eating ice cubes off/out of each other and doing push-ups. He’s only 21 and she still doesn’t know his name, but they have a standing date for a twice a week bang - and that means things are looking up. #MeetYourNeighbor #HeatWave #BestSexOf2020 #BusinessmansTrip
 
Song: ’Naughty Girl Blues’ (Queen Herby)
 
About our Storyteller:
 
Alyssa Westerlund's sweet, innocent looks belie her wicked sense of humor and spot on delivery. She inspires women and melts men, like toy soldiers in the microwave. Alyssa's stories will rip your guts out, tear your heart to pieces, grab you by the genitalia and not let go until you're in stitches.
 
Oh, and join our Patreon (at any level) and you can watch the video of Alyssa’s story, TOO:
https://www.patreon.com/Bawdy

Episode links:
 
Please consider a donation of any amount to Bawdy Storytelling. The past 3 years have been financially devastating to this show, so your gift of any size can help keep us going. Other live events and venues are dropping like flies around us, and your generosity can help us weather the storm.
 
Our donation links are:
 
BuyMeACoffee: buymeacoff.ee/bawdy
Venmo: Venmo.com/BawdyStorytelling
Paypal: paypal.me/bawdystorytelling
Zelle: BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com
CashApp: $DixieDeLaTour
Every single dollar helps right now - and THANK YOU!
 
What’s the Best way to support Bawdy? By becoming a Patreon member. This  means that you’ll provide ongoing monthly support to your favorite show and podcast. Join Bawdy’s Patreon now and you’ll get exclusive Patreon-only content, and my eternal gratitude. As a Bawdy Patreon member, your monthly membership ensures that we can continue. Become a Member now at
https://www.patreon.com/Bawdy
 
My forthcoming Substack ’The Dixie Ramble' is at
https://substack.com/profile/22550258-dixie-de-la-tour #Subscribe
 
What is Substack?
"What is Substack" is a question with a deceptively simple answer. Yes, it's an email newsletter platform (made up of text, audio, video, etc). But it's also much more than that. Substack is known for its hands-off approach to censorship. While there are still some publishing guidelines (no porn, hate speech or harassment, for example), the platform’s lack of gatekeeping has attracted both ground-breaking journalists and some seriously controversial writers”. https://blog.hootsuite.com/what-is-substack/
 
(My Substack launch has been delayed by my life’s latest calamity, but it’ll start soon)
 
Wanna work one-on-one with Dixie? Want to learn to tell a compelling, relatable story? I can help you dig deep, gain understanding and communicate with clarity. Whether it’s getting onstage, writing a memoir, creating a podcast, or learning brand storytelling for your business, I’ve got experience and can help. Email me at BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com and let’s make it happen.
 
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Do you want more than to get married and have babies with a ‘Holler Adonis’? Professor & co-founder of the Ecosexual Movement Beth Stephens receives a mid-doggie teenage marriage proposal in a river in West Virginia, and instantly knows she needs to run. From a big city art school to discovering lesbian sex and drugs to a 3-day sex-a-thon (cum couples therapy session) with her wife Annie Sprinkle, Beth’s love affair with nature never waivers, it only grows - and the Earth has the final word. #OriginStory #Appalachia #Hillbilly #Feminist #Leather #PunkRockDyke #ClimateChange #Queer #LoveYourMother
 
Song: ’Treefucker’ (Jefferson Bergey)
 
About our Storyteller:
 
❤ A Founder of the Ecosex movement, Beth Stephens (in Artistic collaboration with her wife, Annie Sprinkle) believes that Saving the Planet is Sexy. Beth has spent many years creating art around her passion for the environment and In 2008, Beth and Annie began marrying the Earth in performance art weddings which set them on the path to explore the realm of ecosexuality, taking the Earth as their lover and making their mutual pleasure an embodied expression of passion for the Earth. Ever since, they have been not just pushing but obliterating the boundaries circumscribing biology and ecology, creating ecosexual art in their performances of an environmentalism that is feminist, queer, sensual, sexual, post-human, materialist, and steeped in humor.
Beth and Annie have a nearly 20-year collaboration in producing EcoSexual performances, exhibitions, events and theory, and they travel the planet performing, lecturing, holding walking tours, offering free sidewalk sex clinics, mounting visual art exhibitions, writing books, and premiering their films. Beth has been a Professor at UCSC since 1993, and later moved on to chairing the department. Learn more about Beth (and Annie’s) work and art at https://sprinklestephens.ucsc.edu/

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Jefferson Bergey’s Oakland House Concert:
On Sunday, April 16th, from 5-8 PM
Your ticket includes the 3 time ‘Best of the Bay’ award-winning Bergey Burger and a 2 show house concert - with cocktails, giveaways, surprises and special guests! Tickets at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bergey-burger-house-concert-tickets-595222997007
 
Dixie’s upcoming performances:
 
Happy Ending’s ‘Period Piece’
Showtime: Tuesday, 4/11/2022 at 7:30pm
Where: Make-Out Room (3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110)
No ticket fee (but please tip the performers)
 
The Golden Dildeaux Awards (The Woodys)
Co-Hosted by Dixie De La Tour and Dolan Wolf
Saturday April 22nd at 6 PM
Live at the SF Eagle (398 12th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103)
More info at https://sfleatherdistrict.org/gda/
 
Subscribe now: My forthcoming Substack ’The Dixie Ramble' is at
https://substack.com/profile/22550258-dixie-de-la-tour
What is Substack?
"What is Substack" is a question with a deceptively simple answer. Yes, it's an email newsletter platform (made up of text, audio, video, etc). But it's also much more than that. Substack is known for its hands-off approach to censorship. While there are still some publishing guidelines (no porn, hate speech or harassment, for example), the platform’s lack of gatekeeping has attracted both ground-breaking journalists and some seriously controversial writers”. h

Shockingly Powerful, my ass! Have you ever been incredibly excited for a gorgeous Timothy Chalamet lookalike to get the hell out of your house after a night of sex? Kirsten Mohan is a young widow who throws out all her sex toys when her husband dies…but a woman has needs. So to move on from grief, she goes on a #PrettyWomanShoppingSpree at Babeland and plans date #3 with Ben - except her handsome 22 year old wasn’t paying attention during the tutorial, and now she’s facing a trip to the ER. #SupremeActOfSelfCare #HopeAndOptimism #NakedEggsBenedict #Bzzzzzzzz
 
Song: ’Wiggle’ (Jason Derulo feat. Snoop Dogg)
 
About our Storyteller:
 
Kirsten Mohan is a native Seattleite, photographer, and solo parent of two amazing nerdy teens. She's also a sex positivity advocate and an erotic artist working under the pseudonym "Butterfly Engine." Check out her work at butterflyengine.art or @butterflyengine on instagram.

Episode links:
 
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Get up to 50% off a BLOOM subscription at www.bloomstories.com using the code “BAWDY” at checkout.
 
Subscribe now: My new Substack ’The Dixie Ramble' is at
https://substack.com/profile/22550258-dixie-de-la-tour
 
What is Substack?
"What is Substack" is a question with a deceptively simple answer. Yes, it's an email newsletter platform (made up of text, audio, video, etc). But it's also much more than that.Substack is known for its hands-off approach to censorship. While there are still some publishing guidelines (no porn, hate speech or harassment, for example), the platform’s lack of gatekeeping has attracted both ground-breaking journalists and some seriously controversial writers.
https://blog.hootsuite.com/what-is-substack/
 
Please consider a donation of any amount to Bawdy Storytelling. The past 3 years have been financially devastating to this show, so your gift of any size can help keep us going. Other live events and venues are dropping like flies around us, and your generosity can help us weather the storm. Our donation links are:
 
BuyMeACoffee: buymeacoff.ee/bawdy
Venmo: Venmo.com/BawdyStorytelling
Paypal: paypal.me/bawdystorytelling
Zelle: BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com
CashApp: $DixieDeLaTour
Every single dollar helps right now - and THANK YOU!
 
What’s the Best way to support Bawdy? By becoming a Patreon member. This  means that you’ll provide ongoing monthly support to your favorite show and podcast. Join Bawdy’s Patreon now and you’ll get exclusive Patreon-only content, and my eternal gratitude. As a Bawdy Patreon member, your monthly membership ensures that we can continue. Become a Member now at
https://www.patreon.com/Bawdy
 
Wanna work one-on-one with Dixie? Want to learn to tell a compelling, relatable story? I can help you dig deep, gain understanding and communicate with clarity. Whether it’s getting onstage, writing a memoir, creating a podcast, or learning brand storytelling for your business, I’ve got experience and can help. Email me at BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com and let’s make it happen.
 
Bawdy Got Me Laid perfume, Bawdy Butter & more: Dixie has created her own fragrance: You’ll love #BawdyGotMeLaid perfume, scented with golden honey, amber, ylang ylang, and warm vanilla. There’s also our (scented or unscented) creamy Bawdy Butter, Hair & Bawdy Oil, & more. Bawdy Got Me Laid Merchandise means you can deliver your own great smelling Motorboats while supporting Dixie and Bawdy. Get yours today at

Have you ever spent a wild weekend with 15,000 big hairy dudes in the Redwoods? Award-winning cartoonist Justin Hall doesn’t drink, but he knows he has to time his adventures carefully at Guerneville’s Lazy Bear Weekend  - these men party hard, and ya gotta catch em before they’re too drunk to f*ck. But when he sees the ass on Zardoz’ beer-guzzling boy toy Brian, Justin blindly follows those glorious globes back to their hotel room. Soon 5 furry men are in the hot tub and the action under the frothing water is starting to bubble to the surface - until they all learn a hard lesson about handling your liquor (well, everyone butt Brian) #pornstache #Splash #Spitroasted #Hangover #bacchanalia #BearCub
 
Song: ’S.O.B. (Jake Shears)
 
About our Storyteller:
 
Justin Hall is an award-winning cartoonist and educator. Hall created the comics True Travel Tales, Hard to Swallow, and Theater of Terror: Revenge of the Queers, and has work in publications such as the Houghton Mifflin Best American Comics, Best Erotic Comics, and the SF Weekly. He created the Lambda-Award-winning and Eisner-nominated collection No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics and was Producer on the feature-length documentary of the same name, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the Best Documentary Award at Outfest in 2021. Hall is the Chair of the MFA in Comics at California College of the Arts, the first Fulbright Scholar of comics, has written about comics for various academic publications, and has curated international exhibitions of comics art.

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LIVE SHOW: This Saturday, Bawdy Storytelling is turning SIXTEEN this Saturday, February 25th! Our theme for the night is ‘HeartThrobs and DemiGods’  and we’ll have stories from Ecosexual Beth Stephens (with an assist from her partner, Annie Sprinkle!), Hillbilly Drag Queen Jubilee, Gender Blender organizer and sex educator Trixie Lamonte, and the Queen of the Golden Age of Adult Cinema, Veronica Hart (Jane Hamilton). Live Show happens in San Francisco, but it’ll be Livestreamed to wherever you are, so that you can be there with us, too. Tickets available now at
https://tinyurl.com/BawdyTurns16
 
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Finally, Please consider a donation of any amount to Bawdy Storytelling. 2022 was financially devastating to this show, so your gift of any size can help us keep us going. Other live events and venues are dropping like flies around us, and your generosity can help us weather the storm. Our donation links are:
 
BuyMeACoffee: buymeacoff.ee/bawdy
Venmo: Venmo.com/BawdyStorytelling
Paypal: paypal.me/bawdystorytelling
Zelle: BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com
CashApp: $DixieDeLaTour
 
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