No H8 Campaign

shannon  Jul 1

Shannon Wentworth in the No H8 Campaign
 

Hate sux. That’s the whole point of Adam Bouska and Jeff Parshley’s fab No H8 campaign. The photographic campaign grew out of the passage of Proposition 8 in California. The duct tape represents the silencing of lesbian, gay and allies voices. Read the rest of this entry »

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Go Mag’s 100 women we love

Sweet  Jun 14

Go Magazine's 100 Women We Love

Go Magazine’s 100 Women We Love’s Class of 2009 is chock full of Sweet women, like Sweet’s founding partners Jen Rainin and Shannon Wentworth, Sweet musician Jen Foster, Sweet Sweat Bootcamp fitness guru Shawnee Harkins and Sweet special guest and fab out actress Cathy DeBuono.

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Sweet Sweat Bootcamp Details

Sweet  May 28

Sweet Sweat Bootcamp with Shawnee Harkins

Want to stay in shape during your trip?
Want to feel better with a full body workout in just one hour?
Want a fun way to get energized each morning?

Whether you’re a beginner or an athlete, this high-intensity, professionally trained, energizing bootcamp is sure to get your mornings started off right. We’ll train with celeb fitness guru Shawnee Harkins and her fab fit crew.

Bootcamp starts at 9am on our days at sea and 8am on our days in port.

We’ll rock out to heart pumping music in the morning sun. Enjoy a different exhilarating workout every morning, including:
• Shadow boxing/ kickboxing
• Bootcamp-style weight training
• Plyometrics
• Core conditioning (a great way to work off the midnight dessert buffet).

Get all 3 components of Harkins’ Hollywood-style Body Sculpting:
• Cardio endurance
• Muscular endurance
• Strength training

Bootcamp benefits:
• Increase your energy
• Get amazing results from a one-hour workout
• Feel the burn and the post-workout rush.
• Meet new people
• Sweat, sweat, sweat

SWEET SWEAT BOOTCAMP
• Six days of bootcamp directed by Shawnee
• Two cooking light demonstrations with a recipe book
• An autographed copy of Shawnee’s first book, “Sweat and Sweets”
• A Sweet fitness gift
• Sweet brunch and bootcamp awards ceremony

Invitation from Shawnee

PRICING
$149 per person
$279 per couple
$25 per person per day

To reserve your space, call 877.793.3830 or email us at sweeties [at] discoversweet.com.

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Shawnee invites you to sweat

Sweet  May 26

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Celebrity fitness trainer Shawnee Harkins, “Dr. Phil’s Ultimate Weight Loss Race,” invites you to her Sweet Sweat Bootcamp on board our Sweet Caribbean Cruise, November 8-15, 2009.

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Lesbo Bingo!

Sweet  Apr 29

lesbo bingo may web3 Lesbo Bingo!
Join Sweet ceo Shannon Wentworth, Sweet celebrity trainer Shawnee Harkins and the fab ladies of Women on a Roll for Lesbo Bingo, May 10, at Hamburger Mary’s in West Hollywood. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sweet Sweat Bootcamp

Sweet  Apr 21

Celebrity fitness guru Shawnee HarkinsDear Sweeties,
I want to invite you to sail the seas with me, to open yourself to a full body, mind and soul transformation. It’s my calling to sculpt your physique from head to toe. I’ll make you sweat with my heart pumping boot camp, full of fun fitness activities, motivational speaking, cooking light demonstrations and lots more!

It’s my mission to motivate and inspire our community to embrace a healthy body image while living a healthy and active lifestyle! My passion for fitness was born of my own personal struggle to overcome paralysis after a near fatal hit-and-run collision to regain my healthy and abundant life. I want to show you that fitness doesn’t have to be a bore or a chore. Empower yourself and let me show you how fitness can make a healthier, sexier you.

I hope you’ll join me in the Caribbean for our Sweet Sweat Bootcamp.

Yours,
Shawnee Harkins
C.P.T & Sports Nutritionist

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Shawnee on The Lesbian Lounge

Sweet  Apr 4

Celebrity fitness guru Shawnee Harkins

Sweet celebrity fitness guru Shawnee Harkins works out Denise and Donna of The Lesbian Lounge on MyLesbianRadio.com.

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Shannon on MyLesbianRadio

Sweet  Mar 2

Denise and Donna of MyLesbianRadio.com talk to Sweet CEO Shannon Wentworth about Sweet’s fitness consultant Shawnee Harkins from Dr. Phil’s “The Ultimate Weight Loss Race,” Sweet’s Southwest Airline partnership and Sweet lesbian comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer.

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Sweet Caribbean Cruise

Sweet  Jan 25

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Join us for seven fun-filled days in the Western Caribbean, November 8-15, 2009, as Sweet takes over the entire Norwegian Spirit.

Our journey starts in New Orleans, where we’ll light up Bourbon Street with a huge party to launch our first cruise the night before we leave. Additionally, we’ll offer a three-day pre-package that offers guests the opportunity to pitch in with the Katrina relief effort by day and enjoy New Orleans’ legendary clubs by night.

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Sweet Caribbean Cruise: fun

Sweet  Mar 27

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Suzanne Westenhoefer
Suzanne WestenhoeferFearless. Bold. Sparkly. Hilarious. That’s Suzanne Westenhoefer in a nutshell. She’s made a career out of telling the truth. And, the truth is, life is funny (and no one is off limits). From her sister’s obsession with "Passion of the Christ" to her girlfriend’s Herculean thighs, Suzanne tells stories that leave audiences in <more…>

Jen Foster
Jen FosterJen Foster wants you to hear her music. Whether she’s singing about the time her lover moved out and took everything she owned in “Taking Bob Dylan” — or about our jaded American culture in “Closer to Nowhere” — she has something she needs to share with you. <more…>

Edie Carey
Edie CareyOn her fourth studio album, Another Kind of Fire, Boston-based folk-pop singer-songwriter Edie Carey explores the myriad kinds of "fire" – romantic and otherwise – that keep us burning below the surface: old resentments, creativity, anger, lost friendships, lust, and, of course, love. <more…>

Adrianne
adriannephoto 125x84 Sweet Caribbean Cruise: funAdrianne has a voice and songs that will fill your heart and break your heart at the same time. From the moment she steps onto the stage until the last note, the room is silent, as she has a way of creating a world within a world. She has supported such acts as Jeff Buckley, Jonatha Brooke, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Tegan and Sara, and Colin Hay. <more…>

Natalia Zukerman
natalia zukerman 125x84 Sweet Caribbean Cruise: funNatalia Zukerman didn’t have to look far as a child to find musical influence. She attributes her rigorous work ethic, discipline and instrumental predisposition to her parents. The daughter of violinist/conductor Pinchas Zukerman and flutist/writer Eugenia Zukerman, Natalia grew up in Manhattan immersed in classical music. <more…>

Erin Foley
Erin FoleyErin Foley has the grace and style of a seasoned actress with the wit and comedic timing that leaves audiences laughing uncontrollably for more. Foley is a recent transplant to Los Angeles, having spent many long hours in New York City’s comedy clubs for the last nine years and on stages mastering the art of stand-up comedy while auditioning and successfully pursuing her acting career. <more…>

Gloria Bigelow
Gloria BigelowRecently named in the Funniest Lesbians in America issue of Curve magazine, you can catch Gloria Bigelow on LOGO in the fourth installment of Andrea Meyerson’s award winning “Laughing Matters” series, “Laughing Matters … Next Gen.” <more…>

Sandra Valls
Sandra VallsSandra Valls is a brash, high energy, outrageously funny, in-your-face Latina comic and then some! Her comedy career began just after an ex-lover broke up with her, then signed her up for comedy classes as a consolation prize. That’s no joke! An expert at making lemonade, Sandra quickly learned to use the stage to motivate, provoke, entertain and, oh yes, above all, make audiences LAUGH! <more…>

Kate McKinnon
kate mckinnon 125x84 Sweet Caribbean Cruise: funKate McKinnon was hired as a cast member on LOGO’s “Big Gay Sketch Show” during her senior year of college, and just completed filming the show’s third season. She now performs on a house sketch team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York, after a successful run of her one-woman show, “Disenchanted.” <more…>

Special Guests

Cathy DeBuono
Cathy DeBuonoCathy DeBuono is a rare actress in Hollywood. While many actresses remain in the closet, or at least “guarded” about their personal lives, she is not only out and proud, but is actively seeking out lesbian roles. The daughter of a New York cop, Cathy was a gifted natural athlete and a heavily recruited volleyball player. <more…>

Jill Bennett
Jill BennettJill Bennett knew she was a lesbian at age 13, when her friend Heather squeezed her leg in the basement while watching a horror movie. Making her way as an out actress in today’s world didn’t prove to be quite so easy, costing her some opportunities and perhaps more mainstream success, but she’s got no regrets. These days, she’s got her integrity to keep her warm plus plenty of acting gigs. <more…>

Shawnee Harkins
shawnee 125x84 Sweet Caribbean Cruise: funShawnee’s passion for physical fitness surfaced from both her time in the medical field as a Firefighter/EMT and her own physical recovery after the car accident. Combined with her entrepreneurial heart, Shawnee fell in love with fitness training and decided to make it her career. After gaining significant experience during her employment at Gold’s Gym, Shawnee took her skills and business sense to the streets opening her own private studio, Toned Fitness. <more…>

Nat & Meg
Nat & MegNatalie Garcia and Meghan Hall are hosts of The Sweet Adventures of Nat and Meg, a video travel/interview/reality show on the popular AfterEllen.com web site. They offer viewers a hilarious peek into GLBT communities across the United States — in tiny rural towns, bustling big cities, and everywhere in between. <more…>

Amy Tee
amy tee 125x84 Sweet Caribbean Cruise: funIdentified as a rising star by the Boston Globe, Amy Tee is one of the busiest comedians on the New England comedy scene. Using her real life experiences being a lesbian comedian and sharing with her audience the trials and drama of living with “the women” will have you laughing hysterically as you escape into her world and real life experiences. <more…>

Cherrybomb
CherrybombSex, love, and navigating the world of women who love women. How do you introduce toys? Is it okay to date a friend’s ex? If you’re dating, but you’re still not in her top friends what does that mean? What ever the topic, the sexy opinionated ladies of Cherry Bomb tackle it with candor and humor. With questions from the street and “celesbian” interviews, the ladies of Cherry bomb invite you to debate and discuss with them over a glass of wine… or three. <more…>

Chantal Carrere
chantal carrereAfter starting her entertainment career as a San Francisco radio DJ, Chantal Carrere took the stage and was an immediate sensation. She began performing at the hottest local comedy clubs, but it didn’t stop there. She then went on to earn an unbreakable “perfect score” in the Funniest Female competition in Los Angeles and the title of “Wildcard Finalist” in Laugh Across America in Las Vegas. <more…>

Lipstick & Dipstick
Lipstick&DipstickVoted the #1 column by readers, Lipstick & Dipstick give punchy advice to the lesbian community—a measured blend of guidance, wit and sincerity from the femme and the butch perspective—in Curve Magazine. Lipstick & Dipstick also star in their own web series, which can be viewed at curvemag.com. <more…>

Dani Campbell
Dani CampbellIn just ten short weeks Dani Campbell became America’s next lesbian superhero. As a contestant and eventual final women standing on MTV’s mega hit reality show “A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila” she was an inspiration to young people everywhere as an out and proud lesbian fire fighter who embraced her family and her life. <more…>

Corday
Corday2 125x84 Sweet Caribbean Cruise: funJennifer Corday has just released a new CD, Superhero: Wonder Woman Edition, hitting streets in November of 2009.  The new collection includes the ten beautifully crafted previously released hit songs from her album Superhero, as well as three brand new bonus tracks: The Superhero Solar City Remixes produced by Scott Anderson will dare you to dance and are being distributed to DJs across the nation. <more…>

Heather Gold
Heather GoldHeather Gold is the turkey baster child of Sarah Silverman and Rachel Maddow. She’s a lesbian comic who tours North American and is best known for her quick wit, warmth and ability to involve the audience in her hilarious shows. <more…>

Jennie McNulty
Jennie McNultyJennie McNulty is a stand up comedian currently living in Los Angeles. She can be seen on MTV Network’s LOGO channel in the comedy special “One Night Stand Up,” and as the host of her signature bi-weekly walking talk show, “Jennie McNulty Presents: Walking Funny With…” on AfterEllen.com. <more…>

Andrea Meyerson
Andrea MeyersonAndrea Meyerson has been on a roll for the past fourteen years. From founding Women On A Roll (WOAR), the premier lesbian social club in Southern California in 1995, to receiving HRC’s Local Hero Award in March of last year, Andrea has sat squarely in the center of Southern California’s LGBT community. <more…>

Sweet DJs

DJ dirtyKURTY
dj dirty 125x84 Sweet Caribbean Cruise: funSan Diego’s DJ dirtyKURTY rocks the turntables at our Sweet tea dances and nightly disco. Former professional women’s soccer player turned spin goddess, DJ dirtyKURTY hails from New Jersey where she discovered her love of music in the New York / East Coast club scene at clubs like Sound Factory, Roxy, Limelight, and the Palladium. <more…>

DJ Kathy V
dj-kathy-vFresh from Club Skirts legendary Dinah Shore Weekend, DJ Kathy V drops fierce beats all week long. Hailing from Los Angeles, DJ Kathy V plays in clubs across the nation, including Las Vegas and New York. <more…>

DJ Trina J
DJ Trina JGenre-unlimited DJ Trina J was born with music in her soul and a love for animals in her heart. She started playing drums and singing in a band at 17. A natural at interpreting beats, Trina was drawn to DJing. <more…>

DJ Tatiana
DJ TatianaBorn in Madrid, Spain, DJ Tatiana has been making people dance around the globe since 1999. Fueled by her passion for music, this talented Denver-based DJ has been rocking dance floors across the United States and abroad with her beautiful smile and her energetic vibe. <more…>

DJ Ms. Jackson
ms jackson 125x84 Sweet Caribbean Cruise: funMs. Jackson has been a music professional and a DJ for over 14 years. She’s made her way from coast-to-coast because of her passion and love for music. Ms. Jackson began her career in Seattle working in radio then made her way to New York City to work for VH1 and to start DJ ing in the city where it all started. <more…>

DJ Saratonin
dj saratonin 125x84 Sweet Caribbean Cruise: funThe DJ known as “Saratonin” began spinning in San Francisco, CA at the age of 19 and has since laid a foundation of musical inspiration for female DJs across the country. Her first gig at Harvey’s Bar on the Castro in San Francisco led to the awakening of a community, keeping crowds enthralled and unable to leave the dance floor. <more…>

Sweet Sparks

Doria Biddle
Doria BiddleCalled “The Kevin Bacon of Lesbian Los Angeles,” Doria Biddle has written for MTV, Nickelodeon’s Rugrats, Disney’s Recess and was an editor at Teen Magazine where she learned all about boys and makeup. The only out lesbian Quaker on radio, Doria can be heard daily on Sirius/XM Radio’s The Frank DeCaro Show. <more…>

Tania Katan
tania katan 88x88 Sweet Caribbean Cruise: funTania Katan is an author, playwright and performer. Her memoir My One-Night Stand With Cancer is the winner of the 2006 Judy Grahn Award in Nonfiction, an honoree of the 2006 American Library Association’s Stonewall Book Award in Non-Fiction, and a finalist for the 2006 Lambda Literary Award. <more…>

Tammara Billik
Tammara BillikTammara Billik is an award winning casting director, producer and entertainment consultant with a show business career that spans over 25 years. She’s cast over 600 episodes of prime time television including “Married… with Children,” “Grounded For Life,” “Samantha Who” and your favorite “Ellen.” <more…>

Aefa Mulholland
Aefa MulhollandBorn and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Aefa Mulholland has worked with the B.B.C., Irish national broadcaster R.T.E. and a plethora of print and online publications, including The Irish Times, The Miami Herald, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Advocate. She has been published or broadcast on four continents… <more…>

Victoria Proctor
Victoria ProctorVictoria is the owner of Victoria’s Touch a Life, a Holistic Health, Fitness, and Mind-Body Wellness Practice in Catonsville, Maryland. Victoria is a sports and fitness fanatic and truly enjoys providing inspirational/motivational talks to women on living passionate and productive lives in order to achieve personal success and greatness. <more…>

Barb Elgin
Barb ElginBarb Elgin, MSW, LCSW (aka Coach Sappho), is a licensed clinical social worker, Certified Singles Coach, dating and relationship coach, with over 20 years of professional experience. <more…>

Michelle Jack
Dr. Michelle JackDr. Michelle Jack grew up surrounded by pets, from cats and birds to lizards and mice — and always knew she wanted to be a veterinarian. With an undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College and a degree in veterinary medicine from the Ohio State University, Dr. Jack moved on to complete an internship in avian and exotic animal medicine and surgery the following year. <more…>

Erin Cottom
Erin CottomAs a founding partner of The Cottom/Shakkottai Investment Group, Erin Cottom has advised families with high-level assets exclusively since 1996. Erin has a reputation within the legal and tax advisory community for delivering first-class investment advice and risk mitigation strategies. <more…>

D Magrini
D MagriniFor 18 years, D Magrini has focused her skills and energy toward the goal of reducing health disparities and improving access to culturally sensitive care for underserved and vulnerable women. Magrini’s deep commitment to this community of women grew out of her early years of community-focused activism while she raised her children. <more…>

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About Shawnee Harkins

Sweet  Mar 10

Celebrity fitness guru Shawnee Harkins
Shawnee Harkins came from the humblest of beginnings in Dallas, Texas, before moving to California at 17. Wanting to find a place where Shawnee’s true self could surface, California was the natural choice. Adjustment to California did not come without some major obstacles and sacrifice, including an almost fatal car wreck that molded Shawnee into the person she is today. After that tragedy Shawnee gave back to her community for some time as both as a Firefighter and EMT before finding her true calling.

Shawnee’s passion for physical fitness surfaced from both her time in the medical field as a Firefighter/EMT and her own physical recovery after the car accident. Combined with her entrepreneurial heart, Shawnee fell in love with fitness training and decided to make it her career. After gaining significant experience during her employment at Gold’s Gym, Shawnee took her skills and business sense to the streets opening her own private studio, Toned Fitness.

Shawnee has always felt a desire and responsibility to be an active voice in The LGBT Community as much as possible, which quickly brought her to the attention of several major publications including Playboy Magazine. After an article surfaced on Playboy’s website about Shawnee, a new and riveting entrepreneurial-based international reality show titled “The Hydra Executives” called, asking Shawnee to come on board as one of only 8 Americans and 8 British contestants to be involved with the show. Shawnee took this opportunity to be an international voice for the LGBT community, taking the responsibility very seriously. In addition to raising LGBT community awareness, Shawnee’s passion to raise the level of physical fitness is always her highest priority, as her role on the show is demonstrated on Showtime International, and other international television networks.

Shawnee’s outspoken role of raising both physical fitness and LGBT community awareness has recently expanded to The Dr. Phil Show, where Shawnee travels the country as one of Dr. Phil’s celebrity trainers helping get America fit. Weekly, starting in Nov 2008, Shawnee can be seen traveling the country, helping two ordinary individuals to exceed at the extraordinary by accomplishing a new level of physical fitness and weight loss. This program is another milestone in an already impressive year as Shawnee continues to be an outspoken role model for the modern lesbian woman, gay rights, and physical fitness.

Her most recent accomplishments include signing on with fitness company, Custom Built Personal Training, as their National Spokes model. Shawnee has partnered with CBPT to develop their first national campaign including developing their Online Personal Training Program, commercial(s) and supplement line. Harkins’ continues to educate all of America about the benefits of one on one attention from fitness professionals. She has expanded her voice as a top fitness professional to supplement line, Supplement RX, as their Spokes Model, both partnered with Custom Built Personal Training.

Harkins also lends her expertise to Tribune Co.’s, KTLA Morning News as their fitness guru, educating Los Angeles and the rest of the nation on Celebrity Fitness tips!

Shawnee has taken on the torch in leading our lesbian community to health and fitness while on vacation in signing with Sweet as their exclusive fitness consultant. Sweet is a lesbian women’s travel company.

She has also joined GLAAD on a media level along with Women On a Roll, as a Board Advisor, where she continues to raise health awareness and education to the LGBT Community.

You can also watch her weekly web series, “Fat to Fab” and “Fab Tips” on Shewired.com. Watch her transform, Senior Editor Tracy Gilchrist, mind, body and soul.

Her most recent project, is a national/international web series, “Empower Me in 6”, featured on Bodybuilding.com, where she takes one very special person, shares their personal story with the viewer and gives them their starter kit to fitness in just 6 weeks!

She’s is also writing her first book, a memoir of her personal story, of how obstacles can be overcome and even empower you.

She is now in talks with several television networks for future projects that will be announced midsummer.

Recent features and interviews of Shawnee have appeared in Curve Magazine, Blade Magazine, Playboy Magazine’s website, The Advocate Magazine, Clout Magazine, She Magazine, Bodybuilding.com, Frontiers Magazine and several overseas publications, not to mention radio interviews!

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