Liz Goldwyn
Liz Goldwyn is an author, filmmaker and the founder of The Sex Ed. Beginning with her first job as an intern for Planned Parenthood in Los Angeles at thirteen, Goldwyn has dedicated much of her life to exploring the depths of human sexuality through her books and films, based on original historical research. These works include Goldwyn’s documentary Pretty Things (HBO, 2005) and her non-fiction book Pretty Things: the Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens, (HarperCollins, 2006) about American burlesque and the advent of striptease 1840-1960. Goldwyn is also the author of the novel Sporting Guide (Regan Arts/Phaidon, 2015) set in the world of vice and prostitution in Los Angeles in the 1890s. A passionate advocate of sex education, Goldwyn is committed to providing resources for others to explore sexual wellness and consciousness.
