ONLINE: The Science of Kink, v2.0

Note: This will be a live, online class offered through Zoom. No on-site tickets will be available.

To all the geeks out there who think a ridiculous PowerPoint deck, multiple choice poll questions, and an extensive bibliography sounds like a good time, this one's for you – part 2! By popular demand, this session will cover different subject areas from the December 13th session, as well as other new content. Extreme science nerd Shay will provide a broad overview of some favorite kink-related (or kink-applicable, or even just too damned interesting to leave out) studies and geeky tidbits, and relate these to a broad array of BDSM topics. Specific subject areas will include the science of meeting people, sexy times (disgust, hedonic adaptation, recency effect, and more), vagus nerve, breath control (not a how-to, physiological background only), fire play, breaking skin, and vector forces. We'll examine questions as basic as "why are we into this kinky stuff, anyway," and as specific as "what is the best skin cleaning agent," “physiologically, what is the difference between smothering and strangulation (and why does it matter),” and "what effects does desire have on disgust, and vice versa?" For science!

Note: If you attended the Dec 13th class, this will be 95% new content. This class also stands alone, and attendance at the prior class is not required in any way.

Content warning: Among other content areas, this class includes a discussion of breath control, from a risk awareness (not how-to or instructional) perspective.

PRESENTER:

Shay Tiziano is a vivacious femme switch and geeky science nerd. Their background as a healthcare professional informs their risk-awareness focused approach to education. Shay is the author of Tying & Flying, the first-ever book about self-suspension, and Creating Captivating Classes, a guide to kink education. Based in San Francisco, Shay has over a decade of experience presenting classes that mix edutainment and research. In her home community (during non-pandemic times), she produces over a dozen events a year, including BENT, the Bay Area’s biggest dungeon party, Self-Suspension Open Space, and acclaimed bondage and fetish performance event Twisted Windows.

TICKETING:

Tickets: $15 - $35 in advance. Please pay at the level you can comfortably afford.
We offer a sliding scale, so that cost is not a barrier to attendance.

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.

Have a great salary? Feeling generous? Paying at the $35 level allows us to make the discounted ticketing available to others who need it.

So - that's it! Choose the level you can comfortably afford.

If cost is a barrier at any point on the sliding scale, please use the Volunteer List at the bottom of the listing to request a scholarship seat.

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, contact the instructor for further information.

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