Acclaimed writer, performance artist and lecturer on a wide range of sexual topics, Midori holds a degree in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and has vast indispensable experience as a pioneering sex educator.
Born in Japan and raised in a feminist intellectual Tokyo household, she served in the US Army while earning her degree. Numerous years as a sex educator with San Francisco Sex Information combined with her curiosity and explorations into the sex-positivity movement, complete the dynamic blend of experiences that give her breadth and depth of knowledge in human erotic expression. Every summer, Midori volunteers as a roadie for AIDS LifeCycle, a 7-day, 545-mile bicycle ride between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Midori is known for her humanistic, humorous and warm classes that encourage self discovery and personal growth.
Many of her campus presentations contain strong messages of safer sex and personal empowerment for the undergraduate and graduate population. Some of the courses Midori specifically designed for academic institutions include:
- Aural Sex 1: Seduction by Voice & Erotic Story Telling
- Sex on the Wilder Side: No Holds Barred (General sexuality Q&A)
- Insights into the Emerging Communities of Alternative Sexuality
- Pink Japan: Contemporary Sex Culture
- Aphrodisiacs!
- Love Letter Workshop
Her presentations are suitable for:
- Undergraduate Orientation Week and Safer Sex presentations
- Human Sexuality, Psychology and Social Work programs
- East Asian and Asian Studies programs
- Women's Studies and Gender Studies programs
- Gay, Lesbian and Queer Studies programs
Her Shibari art installations are ideal for modern art and performance art classes.
A regular advice columnist for Men's Health and Carnal Nation, Midori has appeared on HBO and BBC, and has been featured in Vogue, Playboy, Der Spiegel, Cosmo and more. She's the author of bestselling books Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink and The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage and has presented at a wide variety of venues including: Das Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Tanzquartier, Vienna, Austria; San Francisco Asian Art Museum; University of Maryland; University of Winnipeg; Mensa, Annuel Conference San Francisco; Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality; San Francisco Public Health Department, AIDS Prevention; Public Netbase, Vienna.
For more about Midori, go to http://www.fhp-inc.com/
