Intro to Dominance/submission (D/s)

with Mel & Memi

a live and recorded three-hour workshop from Wicked Grounds

6/17 6pm Pacific

This workshop will cover types of power dynamics and how to play with them. We will discuss how to create scenes that fulfill your dominance and/or submission fantasies and needs, as well as what style of D/s works for you.

• Intro to kink basics (what is a kink, what is BDSM, and everything you need to know to be up to speed)
• Power and intersectionality from a queer perspective
• How to play with power in an ethical way
• Different roles, kink dynamics and archetypes from a Dom and Sub perspective
• 24/7 D/s and D/s relationships
• How to plan, negotiate and execute a D/s scene
• Tips and ideas to take care of each other and reduce risks and harm
• Common D/s mistakes and how to avoid them
• D/s scene ideas
• D/s demo
• Aftercare in D/s

PRESENTERS:

Mel (he/him) is an Argentinian trans masc aligned gender fluid sex and BDSM educator. He is the co-founder of Kinky Vibe Argentina, a collective based in Buenos Aires that hosts events, support groups and workshops for the kinky, queer and neurodivergent community both online and offline. Lifestyle kinkster, he has been doing kink for the last ten years, identifies as sub-leaning switch, and is a sex worker (ProDomme).

One of his greatest passions is thinking about power, risk, and self-consent in the context of kink, and spending most of his time accompanying people on their kinky journey. He has been teaching about kink, pleasure, risk, and depathologization for the last nine years.

Memi (he/him) is an Argentinian trans masc person, who is a lifestyle kinkster, a history teacher, and an early-career researcher in the history of sexualities. He has been doing kink for almost a decade in a wide variety of kinks, relationships, dynamics, and sides of the slash. He is very curious about power, oppression, and the complex history behind kink, the space where didactics and kink meet, and loves to be a kink enabler to everyone around.

ACCESS:

This will be a live, online class offered through Zoom. To participate, you may need to download the free, basic version of the Zoom app before the class!

This class will be recorded and distributed after, available for 7 days after sent out.

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