ALT An image of a printed page, reading in black ink on a white background: PARTICIPATION & CONSENT This is a roaming event featuring intimate, participatory, and installation-based works. Some experiences may invite direct interaction with performers, and some artists may invite consensual touch or physical contact. - Do not touch an artist, their body, or their belongings unless explicitly invited to do so. - An invitation to participate in one action does not imply consent to another. Follow artists’ instructions & cues. - You are always welcome to decline an interaction, say no, or leave an experience at any time. - If a sign says “Closed” or “Do Not Enter,” stay out. - Artists may decline or end an interaction at any time for any reason. - Respect the boundaries and consent of artists and fellow attendees. Harassment, threatening behavior, or non-consensual interaction will not be tolerated. Anyone engaging in such behavior will be asked to leave.
ALT Screenshot of a virtual meeting. The main video box shows two people in a classroom. One is seated, wearing white shoes, tan trousers, a plaid shirt over a while shirt, and a black lanyard. The seated person appears to be Asian and has black ear length hair, hands raised in a gesture, and is smiling. Another person who appears to be Caucasian is standing behind a desk near a computer, wearing a black top over a blue top, and has black hair and a headband. Three participant tiles appear across the top, one showing an image of myself, a Caucasian non-binary person wearing a black top with an eyebrow-length brown and blonde fringe. The meeting chat is open on the right, displaying messages about care, response, research, and performance.
ALT Over the heads of an audience, a person with blonde hair and a blue knee-length top holds a mic, standing on large stage with a red and gold curtain visible at the top. A white slide projection with black letters reads "SPECIAL MENTIONS" in capital letters within a rectangular box. Beneath the box are the names and titles "Heath Pennington 'Consent Work in Intimacy Coordination and Adult Content Creation'" and "Chengyu Tan 'Charting Progress: Chinese Drag Performances 2010-2020'"
ALT White text reading "TaPRA 2026 Conference Queen Mary University of London, 2–4 September 2026" overlays the blue sky above the white Queen's Building, an 1887 Grade II listed building in the Victorian Style on QMUL's campus, with a green lawn in the foreground.
ALT A black t-shirt with white text reading "Not that kind of doctor" hangs on a grey hanger against a white wall.
ALT Homepage banner for ESM Prep's services. The page features a navigation bar with links for K - 8, 9 - 12, Undergraduate, Graduate, and UK programs, alongside Mentors, Contact, Resources, and Equity Scholars. A large center image shows a student smiling in a library, overlaid with the text "College Prepare for life after school" and buttons labeled "Tutoring" and "College Success."
ALT A picture of four people on a Zoom call. In the upper left box is Dr. Leo Cabranes-Grant, smiling and wearing a pale blue collared shirt while sitting in a sunny kitchen with wooden cabinets, yellow walls, a bright window, and plants. In the upper right box is me, Dr. Heath Pennington, smiling and making a peace sign, wearing a black turtleneck against a blurred grey and tan background. In the lower left is Dr. Jennifer Tyburczy, smiling with her chin on her fist, wearing a white and blue plaid shirt and sitting in a room with wood paneling and white walls, a lamp, framed art, and a low book case full of books. Lower right is Dr. Joy Brooke Fairfield, smiling and making two peace signs, wearing a yellow, blue, and black geometric patterned collared short sleeved shirt sitting against a light brown wall with a painting of a pale face with black hair and a black strip across its eyes, on a background of white daisies with black centers.
ALT On a royal blue background, white sans-serif text reads "TaPRA 2026 Conference" in large letters. Below in smaller white letters are the words "Queen Mary University of London, 2-4 September 2026."
ALT An open Macbook displays a Microsoft Word document with black Times New Roman on a white background, reading "UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara | Consent Trouble: Kink, Intimacies, and Performance | A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies by Heath Pennington"
ALT The Routledge logo, reading "Routledge" in dark blue capital letters on a side-orientation down the left hand side, with two simplified profiles of faces stacked on the right hand side, the nearer in white against the farther in a matching dark blue.
ALT The poster for the play "Four Letter Words," with its name written in thick, white capital letters centered at the top over a slightly blurred picture of two white front teeth peeking through parted pink lips on a light skinned face. Below, text reads, "Written by Hannah Greenstreet | 16th, 17th & 18th April 2026" with Arts Council England, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, and Playhouse Studio logos along the bottom on white on a black margin.
ALT From the Porn Studies website, this screencap contains the title and information for "Consent work in intimacy coordination and adult content creation" by Heath Pennington. Published in Porn Studies (2026), Vol. 13, No. 1, 61-76. 4.
ALT A warm tan background underpins a cream, blue, and gold frame with a geometric pattern around text reads: "Your guidance really made a difference throughout the process." Below this in a smaller font is the attribution: "— Admitted Student (NYU, UCLA, UCI, BU MPH) with Merit Scholarships." In the bottom, there's a stylized diploma and olive branch icon in gold.
ALT Two photos of my workspace in Sevilla, with my chrome-colored Macbook Air sitting on a small round table next to a drink and two books. A yellow chair faces the computer (in which I sit, in the photo on the left, my leg just visible at the bottom of the frame, and empty in the photo on the right) and another yellow chair sits to its right. In the background is a potted banana plant, a softly glowing lamp, and a skylight.
ALT A collage of three photos: lower left is myself (caucasian non-binary person with short black and red hair, wearing a grey turtleneck and black trousers) talking and gesturing at myself in front of a screen with the pink, purple, and blue Birkbeck owl logo; lower right is a white wall with green, orange, blue, and yellow sticky notes with intentions on them; top is the symposium graphic, reading "Gender and Sexuality Research in Times of Crisis | 13th February 2026 | Birkbeck, University of London" on a background fading from yellow to magenta (left to right).
ALT A combined image of two pictures, on the left an outdoor view of part of York St. John University with a glossy black wayfinding sign pointing to parts of campus in front of a green lawn and a hall in Gothic Revival style. On the right, an interior view of the ceiling and lighting rig of a chapel converted into a performance practice studio, with black curtains along the sides and stacks of blue chairs along the back wall.
ALT On a background fading left to right from yellow to pink, bold black text reads, "Gender and Sexuality Research in Times of Crisis." Below that in a smaller font are the words, "13th February 2026 Birkbeck, University of London A one-day symposium for early-career researchers, organised and funded by the CHASE Gender and Sexuality Research Network (GSRN)."
ALT In front of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, a cream-colored building with grey concrete steps, black meal banisters, and three sets of wooden double doors with pink banners reading "Royal Central," people blur in motion as they walk.