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Georg Barkas
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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...
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Consent – An Overdue Critique
Virtual Event
The concept of consent is omnipresent in the rope world and beyond. And for good reasons. Obviously, we want to ensure that we don’t harm each other or get harmed in any way, and consent seems to be the best possible modality to reduce the risk of harm. Over the last decade and even before...
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Effective rope handling can make the difference between a good and a fantastic rope scene. There are two ways of looking at efficiency when tying, one with relation to time and one with relation to control. In this two part class series, we will be working on ways to handle ropes and bodies in ways...
37,50€ – 67,50€
Virtual Event
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...
5,00€
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Kink is Political – Consent?!
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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...
5,00€
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Kink is Political – Welcomeness
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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...
5,00€
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Kink is Political – Ambiguity
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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...
5,00€
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Kink is Political: Suffering
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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...
5,00€
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It has been 10 years since the passing of Yukimura Haruki, who is still regarded as the main instance when it comes to tying on the floor. His style of tying, often called aibunawa or caressing rope, followed a very distinct approach to rope and the goal of a scene and his followers mostly adhere...
67,50€ – 96,00€
Ranboo, literally translated means stormy, overwhelming, wild. About 10 years ago, Barkas developed Ranboo as a way of rejecting a static and often seemingly boring practice of rope bondage. A wild dance while tying with each other is the result. Ranboo is characterized by a large amplitude of variation of distance, speed, and intensity, paired...
67,50€ – 96,00€
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First Aid for Kink & Rope
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This class covers first aid fundamentals for the most common situations kinksters might encounter, as well as worst-case scenarios. We will also discuss specific information and considerations for professionals doing paid session work with clients. What we will cover legalities basic anatomy (circulation, oxygen, sugar, nerves, etc) and conditions that can affect these (bleeding/clotting disorders,...
22,50€ – 32,50€
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Kink is Political: Work
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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...
5,00€