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Name ONLINE: The Sexual Politics of Kink
Producer Wicked Grounds
Time Tuesday 25th of July 2023, 6:00 pm–8:00 pm (PDT)
Platform Zoom
Category Education
This event is 18+ only.

ONLINE: The Sexual Politics of Kink

w/ Sinclair Sexsmith

In this workshop we’ll explore where academic theory meets kink, through issues such as consent, agency, body autonomy, and the difference between kink and abuse.

Description

Kink is the pursuit of giving and receiving pleasure through bold sensation, a wide variety of sensory experiences, ordeals, playing with power, and much more. But is it dangerous? Is it possibly triggering? How do people keep themselves “safe” in these pursuits? What does “the politics of kink” really mean?

In this workshop we’ll explore where academic theory meets kink, through issues such as consent, agency, body autonomy, and the difference between kink and abuse. We will discuss trauma-informed kink and offer some tools for survivors and people playing with survivors, and a variety of kink practices, from beginner explorations to advanced, and think about why people are drawn to do this risky yet incredibly rewarding pursuit of all things kink.

PRESENTER:

SINCLAIR SEXSMITH (they/them) is a queer trans butch, a leather dominant, and a writer, focusing on individual, interpersonal, and institutional systems of power. They study dominance and submission, social & restorative justice, the energetic body, trauma, and transformation. They have been in the kink communities since 1999, and orchestrate transformative kink scenes through written erotica and ritual practice. They actively explore the philosophies of power exchange and the practicalities of sustainable, long term D/s. As a leather community member, titleholder, and organizer, Sinclair has presented and performed 200+ times at 75+ venues, including International Ms. Leather, Dark Odyssey, SXSW, Harvard, and Oz Kink Fest. Their short story collection, Sweet & Rough: Queer Kink Erotica, was a 2016 finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and they have edited 7 queer erotica anthologies; their latest book is Daddy4Daddy: Queer Kink Erotica. Find Sinclair online at http://sugarbutch.net/find-sinclair

TICKETING:

$15 - $35 in advance. Please pay at the level you can comfortably afford.

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The regular ticket is $25. This is what most people should pay.

The $15 ticket is offered for those for whom the $25 ticket would be a barrier to participation. If $25 is too much, we take your word for it! Just pay $15.

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If cost is a barrier at any level, please use the "Volunteer List" to request a free scholarship ticket. We will award as many scholarship tickets as we an on a space-available basis.

ACCESS:

This will be a live, online class offered through Zoom. To participate, you will need to download the free, basic version of the Zoom app before the class! This class will not be recorded and is not available for later viewing.

Zoom now provides closed captioning which will be available for this event.

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This event is hosted/produced by:
Wicked Grounds
San Francisco, CA
Kink Community, Everywhere! An educational resource for in-person and online classes! (18+)
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