EA052 – Sacred Kink with Lee Harrington, part 2

This weeks show, the second part of our chat with Lee Harrington as We continue to discuss his new book, Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond.

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On this weeks show, we chat with eclectic artist, spiritual and erotic educator, gender adventurer and published author on human sexuality and spiritual experience, Lee Harrington. We talk about his new book, Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond.

We also mention a great event for first timers and get all excited about our upcoming trip to Dark Odyssey – A Journey of Sexual Adventure

So, what is sacred kink to you?

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DARK ODYSSEY: WINTER FIRE 2010 — WORKSHOP LIST NOW ONLINE!

http://www.darkodyssey.com

February 26-28, 2010
Washington DC

The confirmed list of presenters and workshops for Dark Odyssey: Winter Fire
2010 just went live on the website and we are so excited to share it with
all of you!

From world renowned Tantra experts, to infamously skilled deviant dominants,
to nationally acclaimed authors and award-winning educators, we have
presenters from around the world, including:

Amy Jo Goddard * Angel & Sebastien * Anita Wagner * Barbara Carrellas *
Bobby * Ms Cynthia (CM Hurt) * Dan & Dawn * Danielle dv8 * Julian Wolf *
Lady Hilary & Marine * Lqqkout! * Marc B * Mark Michaels & Patricia Johnson
* Mistress Max Rulz * Mollena * Q * Sarah Sloane * SwitchMe * Whittney *
Wintersong Tashlin

The most unique, exciting workshops anywhere, with an emphasis on hands-on
demonstrations. Plus, there are classes are ones you will ONLY see at Dark
Odyssey, some of which have been created especially for the DO community,
including:

Cock Sucking & Deep Throating Even The BIG Ones! * Ageplay & Erotic
Regression * Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t – Predicament Scenes *
Erotic Breathwork Workshop * The Fine Art of Dirty Talk * Locks of Lust
Hair Fetish & Beyond * Minority Within A Minority * Polyamory Boot Camp *
The Ritual of Sex * Rough Rope * Sex, Kink, and Disability * Sounds,
Catheters, and Other Fun Things in Your Little Hole

PLUS, LOTS MORE ON…

Sex: Flirt Like You Mean It, Male Member, Aghora Tantra

Kink: Chest & Breast Bondage, Bootblacking 101

Relationships: Fine Art of Compersion, Chosen Family

Spirituality: S&M Spirit & Meaning, Trance 101

In addition to workshops, Dark Odyssey features creative social activities,
nightly special events, erotic rituals, an optional banquet with sexy &
spectacular entertainment, the Sex-O-Rama playspace, and a huge, fully
equipped dungeon so you can play to your hearts desire. Our legendary
special events include:

Dirty Talk Olympics * Genderqueer Mixer * Prostate Play ‘Hands In’ Event *
Banquet and Show featuring “The Wet Spots”

All this happens in a nationally known, upscale hotel located in the heart
of Washington DC, with easy access to metro, Amtrak, and DCA airport. Our
host hotel offers us private ballroom-level event space so we can play the
way we want, and has wonderful amenities including onsite lounge &
restaurant, gift & snack shop, and saunas & exercise rooms. Even better
we¹ve locked in special rates of $129 per night (for two or more nights) for
king & double rooms, so you can relax and enjoy the event without having to
travel all weekend!

Current registration rates are good through January 10!

Visit our website, http://www.darkodyssey.com for more details. We hope
you will join us for this exciting event!

Best Regards,

The Producers of Dark Odyssey:

Tristan, Greg, Karri, and Colten

A quick show this week. As we are midway through moving to a new studio, we whipped out a quickie and are bringing you a replay of an interview with Jay Wiseman from February 2009.

But we do take time to congratulate the winner of our Corset for Christmas contest as well as comment on dawn’s level of undress.

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Join us in Columbus, OH for an open facilitated discussion on Master slave protocol. After knocking out some basic terminology, we’ll talk about topics ranging from protocol within a Ms relationship; perspectives of Ms to Ms people and Ms House to Ms House; protocols regarding various Ms statuses (like “trained by” or “protective collar”), as well as protocol toward alt lifestyle (but not) Ms people (and vice versa).

We’ll also look at what to do with our mistakes, the “yoga principle”, and a variety of other Master slave protocol based topics. There will be plenty of room for participation and interactive activities.

Notes:

* A second session focusing on Leather Protocol will be held in upcoming weeks, time and location to be determined
* There is no cost for this event
* Part of a local group, event or munch? Bring flyers and information and drop it on the provided Information table
* Finally, special thanks to the Columbus Ohio Rope Group for allowing us the space to hold this activity. CO_RG is holding a rope group meeting that day from 2 PM to 4 PM – visit the CO_RP Yahoo group for more information!

date: Sunday, October 18, 2009
time: 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM
where: Stonewall Columbus (upstairs)
address: 1160 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201 map
cost: no cost

What a great time we had presenting at Woods Stocks! Met a bunch of great folks as well as picked up some great interviews.

We just returned from doing three presentations for an alternative event in Washington, DC. We’ll have more to share about that later, and some interviews from it for the Erotic Awakening Podcast

Saturday we hit China town for lunch.

The waitress warned me that what I ordered was actually some sort of intestines and stomach, and recommended a nice piece of chicken instead.

We are getting ready to leave for DO:Winter Fire in Washington, DC, where we will be presenting Sacred Sex: Sex o Rama; Sensual Spanking; and Intro to BDSM

From: Susan Wright <susanw@ncsfreedom.org>
To: ncsf-announce@serve101.org
Sent: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 3:49 pm
Subject: NCSF Action Alert – Support Winter Wickedness

Action Alert
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom

Support the Holiday Inn Worthington, the Host Hotel for Winter Wickedness

Please make a phone call now to support the Holiday Inn Worthington, the host
hotel for Adventures In
Sexuality's (AIS) Winter Wickedness Event taking place February 6-8th
(www.adventuresinsexuality.org/wicked09.html). The religious extremist group,
Americans for Truth About
Homosexuality, along with a local religious radio station in the Columbus, Ohio,
area are running a
smear campaign against this pansexual BDSM event. 

Peter LaBarbara of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality calls the event "a
freakish sadomasochistic
perversion-fest" and urges people to call the hotel's corporate headquarters to
pressure them into
canceling "for the sake of decency and public health." (www.aftah.org)

Bob Burney, a religious extremist Talk Radio DJ, devoted an entire segment of
his show slamming Winter
Wickedness and attempting to link the event with non-consensual and criminal
activities. He urged his
listeners to call and mount a campaign against the hotel. (Tuesday, Part 3
starting at 10 min 42sec:
http://www.home.wrfd.com/WRFDInsiderPage.htm)

It will only take a minute for you to help! It doesn't matter where you live or
if you're not going to
attend this event. Please call the Intercontinental Hotels Group Corporate
Customer service line at 800-
621-0555, then press option 1, then option 5, and thank them for not
discriminating against groups, and
for being willing to face minor adversity for the sake of our freedom. 

You can also call the Holiday Inn Columbus-Worthington today at 614-436-0700 b
they'll be very glad to
hear a friendly voice to counter the hatred of the religious extremists. 

Suggested points to make:

1. Thank you for upholding the Fair Accommodations Act and choosing not to
discriminate against legal
events.

2. Please don't let a small number of religious extremists manipulate you by
drumming up fear with their
misinformation campaigns.

3. There are over 200 weekend-long BDSM events that take place every year in
America b  we bring in a lot
of revenue in these hard times. We like to stay at hotel chains where we have
been welcomed when we're
traveling on personal or business travel.

4. Organizers of BDSM events such as Winter Wickedness at The Holiday Inn comply
with state and local
laws prohibiting public sexual intercourse and other forms of sexual intimacy.
Demonstrations, lectures
and discussion groups as well as dinners and evening parties compose the variety
of offerings to guests,
nothing different from any of the other hundreds of conventions hosted by your
franchisees on a weekly
basis. 

5. Thank you for standing strong against hate and ignorance.

Please pass this on to your friends to call now!

February 4, 2009

###

The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a national organization committed
to creating a political,
legal, and social environment in the United States that advances equal rights of
consenting adults who
practice forms of alternative sexual expression. NCSF is primarily focused on
the rights of consenting
adults in the SM-leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often
face discrimination because
of their sexual expression.

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
822 Guilford Avenue, Box 127
Baltimore, MD 21202-3707
917-848-6544
media@ncsfreedom.org
www.ncsfreedom.org

We recently got contacted to present for a group in MI. They would like us to present for there weekend event (Friday through Sunday) as the only presenters – wow! A total of 7 presentations over three days. That would be an interesting (and I have to admit, exciting) challenge.