Ritual - an established or prescribed procedure of religious or other rite(s). The rituals or rites of passage are as present now, as they were in the human collective history. Perhaps they are less obvious to you or have become actions of habit. It can often feel that everyday life is boring and nothing delightful...
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Today, to people not familiar with its history, "safe sex" can sound anything but revolutionary. It can come across as tired and moralizing, especially to those who grew up as conservative and "respectable" versions of safe-sex advocacy became relatively commonplace in some public institutions. At the heart of safe sex, however, is the story...
Genealogy of Body Piercing Jolene Jean Zubrow's workshop will consist of a genealogy (in the spirit of Foucault) of contemporary body piercing practices in the United States of American and Western Europe from the 1960s through the present day. This project is undertaken as a case study, in what is ultimately a remediation of...
The conference ends with a conversation about what occurred during the conference. Everyone is invited to speak. What did you, the participants, take home? How can we create space for queer embodiment in the future? This is the place to share and reflect. This session is part of the Queer Practices / Queer...
Dealing with change and loss - we all do it. All of the time. In pandemic times we are confronted with a huge amount of change and loss on both personal levels and globally. Mourning as a cultural skill or a community practice is often neglected or denied. Mourning is absolutely essential for our well...
Join us to walk your very first steps in learning rope bondage (shibari/kinbaku), based on Japanese-inspired rope bondage. This class is designed for absolute beginners with no prior knowledge whatsoever. We recommend visiting it 2-3 times until you have accumulated muscle memory and then join our beginner class to go further. Event Details Date...
Join us to find your path in learning rope bondage (shibari/kinbaku), based on Japanese-inspired rope bondage. These topical classes are designed for beginners with some prior rope knowledge and will change each week and be given by a different facilitator. We will offer tools and new techniques to encourage, as well as inspire your ongoing...
What is articulation? Something you might be more familiar with than you think. In tying, articulation involves where and how events and arcs begin and end. Articulation is involved in the difference taking an appropriate amount of time for every single action while tying, but also making sure that tying doesn’t become boring, homogenous, and...
A rope hangout is an event where we learn from each other, peer-to-peer, get to know each other, and do rope in a relaxed atmosphere, regardless of experience level. You can hang out, have coffee, tea, or soft drinks and chat with people if you don't feel like tying. Being there is enough! ...
Everyone knows shame, even little children. Shame is, much like anger, an emotional state that most of us try to avoid at all costs. Some of us love it in play - and use shame and embarrassment consciously for erotic stimulation and role play. It can be both very uncomfortable and very lusty - but...
Join us to walk your very first steps in learning rope bondage (shibari/kinbaku), based on Japanese-inspired rope bondage. This class is designed for absolute beginners with no prior knowledge whatsoever. We recommend visiting it 2-3 times until you have accumulated muscle memory and then join our beginner class to go further. Teachers: Caritia, Gestalta,...
Join us to walk your very first steps in learning rope bondage (shibari/kinbaku), based on Japanese-inspired rope bondage. This class is designed for absolute beginners with no prior knowledge whatsoever. We recommend visiting it 2-3 times until you have accumulated muscle memory and then join our beginner class to go further. Event Details Date...