I’m giving my history of BDSM talk on Zoom for Wicked Grounds on Tuesday, September 5th, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Pacific. This presentation will cover everything from ancient flagellation cults to Nazisploitation films.
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I’ll be doing my History of BDSM presentation online for Wicked Grounds.
Time: Tuesday 5th of September 2023, 6:00 pm–8:00 pm (PDT)
Platform: Zoom
Tickets are sliding scale. Paying the high end amount allows Wicked Grounds to sell discounted tickets.
I’m giving a webinar on kink in mainstream media on 18 June 2023 at 10:00 AM Pacific. This is based on my ongoing research for The Celluloid Dungeon. I’ll be digging deep into the history of kink in film, going back to the dawn of the moving image and showing some of the moments and images and individuals. Admission is free for CARAS subscribers and $25 for everyone else.
My first online presentation will be at 6:30 PM (Pacific), on Tuesday, July 21st, 2020. This is under the auspices of the organization I helped found, Metro Vancouver Kink.
The history of consensual sadomasochism is full of fascinating characters, strange transformations, and unlikely connections. Come to learn about the fertility rites of ancient Rome, the Catholic Church’s ban on flagellation, the Victorian gentleman who kept his maid as a willing slave, and the retired Marine who was outed as a kinkster on the eve of the Iraq war.
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82670701414
Meeting ID: 826 7070 1414
I’ll be presenting and selling books at Westcoast Bound, an annual three-day BDSM conference in Vancouver, January 10-12, 2020, presented by Metro Vancouver Kink.
I’ll give my History of BDSM presentation on May 11th, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Admission by donation. No dress code.
Location: Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph Street, Vancouver, BC
Graciously organized by Metro Vancouver Kink. Followed by their monthly play party with fully equipped dungeon space.
As part of my second trip to San Francisco for the Folsom Street Fair, I will be presenting at the Center for Sex and Culture on Saturday, September 29th, at 3pm. This includes a full presentation on the history of consensual sadomasochism, author Q&A, and personalized books for sale.
I haven’t done one of these in a while, but there have been important developments.
The first is that I have signed with an agent to represent this project, with the working title of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. (Title borrowed from William Blake.) This is actually my second agent, but I broke it off with the first agent a while back. The new agent sounds pretty enthusiastic and optimistic about the book, as both a commercial trade book and an academic reference.
I’ve been researching historical images at GettyImages, though I don’t know if this will be an illustrated book. I think it could have a strong visual appeal, but illustrations would require a lot of extra work and money to source the images and get their rights.
I’m also thinking about another book project,. One possible topic would be looking at heterosexual male submissives, which I see as an under-examined quadrant.
Second, I will be presenting on the history of female-dominant/male-submissive BDSM at the Enclave femdom conference in July. My first trip to the US since last year.
I will be one of the guest speakers at a colloquium on the new Fifty Shades Darker film, set to debut on Valentine’s day, 2017. This should be a great discussion on how BDSM and the mainstream interact.
Time: Thursday, 23 February, 2017. 7:30 – 9:00 PM
Location: SFU-Vancouver, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, Room 7000.
I will give my “Cultural History of BDSM” presentation on Sunday, January 29th, 2017, in Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver, BC. This will be a part of West Coast Bound, the three-day conference presented by Metro Vancouver Kink, an organization I helped found. It’s an excellent conference, with top-level presenters like Fetish Diva Midori, Laura Antoniou, Lew Rubens, Allena Gabosch, Morpheus, and Topologist, as well as the usual vendors and parties.
