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Kink is Political is an online discussion with Addie Tahl, Georg Barkas, Andrea Rimon, and occasional special guests. Participants are invited to join a discussion during which we unite critique with an emphasis on the practical and day-to-day issues and challenges of kink, intimacy, and relationships. Focusing on concepts central to BDSM, leather, rope, and...
This is a space dedicated to everyone self-identifying as fat who's into shibari or other types of rope bondage. We will luxuriate, rant, do rope, and just generally engage in revolutionary action. Together, we’ll center fat joy, fat bodies, and fat experience in rope — without apology and without shrinking ourselves. This gathering prioritizes comfort,...
As Kink Space Facilitators, we experience a wide range of impressions in our work. We plan juicy offers, trauma and queer inclusive, and hold space for experiences, uncertainties, fuck ups, desires and much more. After planning and implementation comes reflection and evaluation. The ‘how was I’ as a professional and personally. Alexander Hahne, gay trans...
This Easter month, we’ll interrogate the Christian underpinnings of kink and BDSM aesthetics by turning towards the concept of “suffering.” We will read Emannuel Levinas’ essay “Useless Suffering” alongside discussions of seme in Japanese rope bondage. We’ll ask: what are the political implications of connecting beauty, meaning, and suffering? What would a tying, kink, or...
We will continue to discuss Arron Trammell's paper and now book 'Play, Trauma and the Black Experience', as it holds many nuances. This is a separatist space to discuss and lab about kink, intimacy, and virtual play space for black, brown and Indigenous folks. For quite some time, Caritia has been musing on encouraging and...
This is a separatist space to discuss and lab about kink, intimacy, and virtual play space for black, brown and Indigenous folks. For quite some time, Caritia has been musing on encouraging and inspiring more BIPOC into the realm of alternative lifestyles and ways of relating. There are many systemic barriers to this, including patriarchy,...
We are often taught that anger and fear are emotions to suppress. Too much. Too loud. Too inconvenient. We are encouraged to manage them, soften them, or hide them altogether. At the same time, anger and fear are frequently used as tools of control—shaping behaviour, enforcing obedience, and maintaining hierarchy. What if these emotions are...
In recognition of International Workers' Day, our May session will be about the concept of “work.” Pushing against cultural norms within BDSM and kink scenes that have historically been structured to distance BDSM and kink from sex work, we’ll inquire what it means to understand what we do within the context of work. Along the...
