The Business of Sisterhood is an exploration of the development of familial ties in relation to Kink & Leather communities. We will discuss the historical sisterhoods in African-American communities. Also touch on the leather organizations that have bred sisterhood opportunities. We will specificall...

Living with chronic pain or illness can make it difficult to provide service, whether as a love language or as a kink — but not impossible. In this class, we will explore different strategies and tips for providing service while managing physical and emotional spoons. We will discuss how to prioriti...

Is It Hypervigilance or Is It Anticipatory Service? This interactive discussion looks at the line between anticipatory service and trauma-driven hypervigilance. Have you ever packed for time with your D-type and tried to fit everything and the kitchen sink into one bag “just in case”? We will look a...

Leather, kink, and fetish formal events are powerful spaces to honor community, tradition, and connection through ceremony, protocol, and style. This class will walk you through the essentials of planning and hosting formal events tailored to these unique cultures—from conceptualizing the vision to...

Service can be both a kink that focuses on material needs and grows outwards and a kink focused on the aesthetics of financial privilege. This class will talk about the complexities of engaging with service dynamics with very different upbringings as well as different circumstances in adulthood. We'...

Service-oriented people rarely plan for changes in service, the absence of someone or something to serve. The changes or silence hit differently than you expected. If your sense of self is organized around providing, losing that role can be bigger than grief alone; it can be destabilizing. This int...

A lot of people love using marijuana. A lot of us use it during kink. Learn how to formally incorporate 420 into your kink. This includes how to roll a joint, selecting the appropriate strains and delivery modes (e.g. flower, edibles, dabs, etc.), cleaning glasswear and more!

Anticipatory service means predicting and fulfilling needs or solving problems before even being asked--without stepping on any toes. This term is commonly used in the hospitality industry and butlers' books. Explore the nuanced power exchange created when anticipatory service is offered, and how...

"I want to serve," names the pull, but not the mechanism underneath it. Two people who both say that phrase might be chasing completely different things: one wants the structure of clear tasks, another wants the charge of anticipating an unspoken need, another just wants to be useful enough to be ke...