We are a queer-centered educational and community building space for sex-positive adult education, including relationships, dating, BDSM, kinky, polyamory and more. Posts mostly written by Mir (that dude in the chair) on behalf of the Wicked Grounds team. Welcome aboard!
A member just asked us for an update on the state of the scholarship fund
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Someone asked me in a comment on a recent post our Facebook group how the Wicked Grounds Scholarship Fund is going. The answer is honestly not great. We last shook the trees four months ago, just as this year's chaos of layoffs and tariffs and uncertainty was hitting people's pocketbooks and psyches. Our drive bombed so badly after one week that I just quietly put it to bed. We ARE still offering scholarships, but we've stopped doing it no-questions-asked for the time being. We've started limiting recipients to one class per month and started limiting the ratio of scholarship to paid seats for each class. We're doing what we can to keep the program going within the limits of our ongoing Patreon scholarship supporters and what we can offer out of pocket. The fact that the question was asked made me think that it might be time to try again. Here is the link to our Scholarship Fundraiser GoFundMe, just as I left it in March. If you're in a position now that you'd like to support Wicked Grounds' ongoing programming and accessibility, your support would make a huge difference. If not, please take care of yourself. You have to put on your own oxygen mask before helping others! The goal amount as it's set now is what we would need to get the scholarship fund back from being underwater -- we gave more than we had for a few months before making the changes I mentioned above. If we are able to exceed that, we'll begin rebuilding for the future. Very warm regards, Mir on behalf of the Wicked Grounds team |
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We are a queer-centered educational and community building space for sex-positive adult education, including relationships, dating, BDSM, kinky, polyamory and more. Posts mostly written by Mir (that dude in the chair) on behalf of the Wicked Grounds team. Welcome aboard!
Yesterday was a day for big thoughts, semi-procrastination, and little epiphanies. I started the day at the computer getting bogged down in minutiae and Mercury Retrograde projects like trying to relaunch a scholarship fundraiser that went sideways four months ago. At one point, I looked up and thought "where has the day gone?" Then I realized it was only 10am. I got in the car. I thought I knew where I was going. I did not. I deliberately took a "wrong" turn, heading inland instead of...
Hello kinksters - It might be the end of summer, but Leather season is just starting to kick off in the Bay Area, as many of us turn our minds toward the Folsom Street Fair coming up the last Sunday in September. We’re marking our calendars for LeatherWalk 2025, the annual kick-off of leather week. This year’s LeatherWalk is calling for a wide range of kinksters to show up and take pride in their leather, kinky & queer histories and futures in San Francisco, and you’ll be hearing a lot more...
Howdy kinksters! We add new classes frequently, both for online classes and events in the SF Bay Area. Links below are to our primary ticketing via Forbidden Tickets. If you’re a Plura member, check the Plura app for ticketing there as well. We usually have Plura ticketing available 2-4 weeks before each event. Would you like to indulge in personal coaching & guidance for those sticky issues around sex, kink, and relationships? Reach out for one-time or ongoing coaching sessions at...