Addie(she/her)

Addie

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Addie is a Vancouver-based rope educators who teach and perform world-wide. Addie is a switch and self-suspension enthusiast. She organizes regular workshops on dynamic self-suspension and versatile education both, for beginners and technically advanced. When co-teaching, she focuses on bottoming information and discourse.

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    • Virtual

    Kink is Political: Suffering

    7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CEST · Facilitator: Addie, Georg Barkas, Andrea Rimon
    Virtual Event

    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...

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    Virtual

    Takate Kote (TK) Deep Dive

    7:00 pm – 10:00 pm CEST · Facilitator: Addie
    Virtual Event

    This is a 3-hour deep dive into the principles, configurations and adaptations of the most beloved and simultaneously most hated upper body tie in Japanese inspired rope bondage. Join Addie in this wild ride through all of the intricacies of TKs, tied both front and back, with examples tied for different body types, shoulder configurations,...

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    First Aid for Kink & Rope

    7:00 pm – 10:00 pm CEST · Facilitator: Addie, Georg Barkas
    Virtual Event

    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,...

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    • Virtual

    Kink is Political: Work

    7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CEST · Facilitator: Andrea Rimon, Georg Barkas, Addie
    Virtual Event

    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...

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    Kink is Political: Accountability

    7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CEST · Facilitator: Andrea Rimon, Georg Barkas, Addie
    Virtual Event

    In our last session before a short summer break, we’ll turn towards the concept of “accountability.”  In conversation with Pinko’s published volume After Accountability: A Critical Genealogy of a Concept, we’ll trace the history and limitations of a value commonly professed by kink educators and organizations. We’ll work to understand the terms widespread popularization and...

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