ASSUMING THE ECOSEXUAL POSITION

The story of the artistic collaboration between the originators of the ecosex movement their diverse communities and the Earth What s sexy about saving the planet Funny you should ask Because that is precisely or perhaps broadly what Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens have spent many years bringing to light in their live art exhibitions and films In 2008 Sprinkle and Stephens married the Earth which set them on the path to explore the realms of ecosexuality as they became lovers with the Earth and made their mutual pleasure an embodied expression of passion for the environment Ever since they have been not just pushing but obliterating the boundaries circumscribing biology and ecology creating ecosexual art in their performance of an environmentalism that is feminist queer sensual sexual posthuman materialist exuberant and steeped in humor Assuming the Ecosexual Position tells of childhood moments that pointed to a future of ecosexuality for Annie in her family swimming pool in Los Angeles for Beth savoring forbidden tomatoes from the vine on her grandparents Appalachian farm The book describes how the two came together as lovers and collaborators how they took a stand against homophobia and xenophobia and how this union led to the miraculous