<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_159b35521fd9ddf9" alt="Inline image 1" width="472" height="209"><div><br></div><div><ul class="gmail-uiList gmail-_4kg gmail-_4ks" style="list-style-type:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><li class="gmail-_3slj" style="border-width:0px;border-color:rgb(242,242,242);border-style:solid"><div class="gmail-_36hm" style="font-family:inherit"><b><font size="6">Educational Program: The Topography of Terror</font></b></div></li></ul></div><div><span style="color:rgb(75,79,86);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(75,79,86);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Friday, January 20, 7:30 pm to 10:15 pm</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(75,79,86);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Center for Sex and Culture</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(75,79,86);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">1349 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(75,79,86);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(75,79,86);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Playing with terror is an extremely intense form of edgeplay that reaches into the darkest recesses of the human mind. It taps into our most primal parts, so manipulating it can place a scene on exciting and dangerous ground. Terror play can illicit strong and, sometimes, illogical and unpredictable reactions from both the bottom and the top. Learning how to use fear as a method of edgeplay while mitigating the potential for possible mental and physical damage is like walking a razor’s edge.</span><br style="color:rgb(75,79,86);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(75,79,86);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(75,79,86);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">In this class, tops will learn how to get into a bottom’s head and (consensually) exploit their deepest fears. Bottoms will be learn tools to effectively discuss, negotiate, and engage in fear play as safely as possible. E</span><span class="gmail-text_exposed_show" style="display:inline;font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(75,79,86);font-size:14px">xpect the unexpected, as this class will teach you how to safely incorporate terror as an intensely connective form of mindfuck and give you the tools to use it as the basis of an edgeplay scene.<br><br>Due to the intensity of the topic, this class is not recommended for beginners in the world of BDSM. Class attendees should arrive already understanding the concepts of RACK, scene negotiations, BDSM safety, and aftercare (i.e.: know all the rules before learning to bend them). Also, fair warning, some may find the demo presentation and subject matter for this class disturbing. After all, that is the entire point.<br><br><b>About Our Presenter: </b>Miss Lola Sunshine is really just your average, garden variety queer, high femme, switch, slut, sexworker, pervert, and burlesque performer. She enjoys destroying dichotomies, dissecting absolute truths, and dismantling heteronormativity. She believes in sex, glitter, excellent manners, and cooking with real butter. She lives, works, and plays in the SF Bay Area with her dog Cupcake and over 90 pairs of shoes.<br><br>Lola is the president of QueerSphere, and co-host of the SF Citadel’s People of Color focused party, Vibe. She is an active member of San Francisco girls of Leather and the Exiles. She also teaches classes in human doll play, and behavior modification through D/s oriented historical discipline.<br><br>• $5 for members, $10 for non-members<br>• Open to women and those who self-identify as other than male, who are 18 and up, with a healthy interest in BDSM <br>• Please have membership card or ID ready to speed entry.<br>• Visit our website at <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theexiles.org%2F&h=ATPULDAdI2Sf7virAMdfh2KyR7oxQl0Nkz3e-RdK3UIjhsxqyoinlrN_EOgr8mR6XYhOPb7EDnxx3e9aAOmAiXCGfvpdbVbGYUD3N63jfdOcwcqkzElHSdCHQvAIYT836WdzsCJSiZh6gftAj1A&enc=AZOGYXa6hzUSVsts5IyouWOrB23iDbuNv7j_iA35E5daLa9HtTXB0rZqAvfZeqO_xXE&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(54,88,153);text-decoration:none;font-family:inherit">www.theexiles.org</a> for more information.</span><br><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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