BDSM 101 - Introduction to the Lifestyle

Hop into BDSM 101 to learn more about BDSM basics and how to connect with fellow kinksters!

Interested in exploring kink/BDSM? Tried a few things and liked it? Want to find out more? This class is for you!

BDSM 101 is an overview of what BDSM is and is not. We cover roles, identities, fetishes, safe ways to explore your interests, and how to connect with the community. It also covers basic safety for dating, pick-up play, private play and more!

This class with break down the nuances of roles and dynamics and give you the key to unlock the confusing jargon kinky people sometimes use. We cover how to use Fetlife to find people you want to meet, how to maintain your privacy, and how to limit contact from people you do not want to meet.

There is extensive coverage in how to find events, how to get vetted for private events, how to find play spaces, and how to find other kinky people where ever you are. The class also covers attending local events and large conferences.

Students leave with a resource guide and workbook on exploring kink further.

About Auntie Vice:

Auntie Vice (all pronouns) is a kink writer and educator. She has a BA in psychology and a Ph.D. in Political Psychology. For the past six years she has been working as a freelance writer and educator focused on kink, adult sexuality, gender, and disability. Her work includes two nonfiction kink books (The Big Workbook for submissives, Love Letters to a Unicorn), her blog, a podcast (Fat Chicks on Top), dozens of erotic stories and novels, and storytelling performances.

She approaches kink from the submissive perspective and works to discuss all genders, races, sexual orientations and abilities in relationship to power exchange and kinky play. She is agender, queer, kinky, and disabled.