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!
This Week with Wicked Grounds (10/8 - 10/18)
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Howdy kinksters - A reminder that elections are coming up in the US, and we are in critical times to make decisions about the directions of this country. Think that has nothing to do with the sexy things we do? Think again! Politics has a direct impact on the ability to freely express sexuality and especially outside-the-lines forms of sexual expression. We know it's overwhelming, particularly for our West coast people who tend to face a wall of referenda and initiatives. But please, check your registrations, get those ballots, and get active. Heck, even running a kinky business, we keep running into frustrating little downstream effects of the SESTA/ FOSTA legislation ten years back, which make it increasingly difficult for even a kink education business to interact with the traditional banking industry. (So frustrating!) Because of this, Wicked Grounds is facing some organizational pushback this week that might cause frustrating setbacks to our winter growth plans. If you love the fact that we're growing and evolving, and particularly if you want to see us regrow some of our live events in the SF Bay Area, I want to strongly encourage you to join our Patreon, contribute to our scholarship fund, or reach out for other ways you can support us. Now, let's look at all the cool things going on this week, both online and in San Francisco! This Week!Thursday, October 8Online: Sub drop. Top drop. Event drop! What is this dreadful feeling that we sometime have after play, and what can we do about it? Miriam Green has been researching the neuropsychology of drop for most of this decade, and has the context to help you understand why drop happens, a variety of ways it might manifest, and strategies to use both before and after play to make it a little better. Join us live online or through the recording within seven days with your advance tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Friday, October 9No live programming today, but it might be the perfect day to explore all of the great memberships that come with our Patreon VIP program! Saturday, October 10Online: Join Faun DeSylva online today for Monster Fucking in a Mundane World. Humans have always had a fascination with the monstrous. Whether you’re playing by yourself or with a partner, this class will help you create the monsterfucking scene of your dreams. Attend live or within seven days through the recording with your advance tickets from Plura or Forbidden Tickets. San Francisco, CA: Join us live in San Francisco for one of the very best D/s classes we offer! Alexandria from Click Your Heels is going to help you get out of your head and into your body with techniques for great embodied communication for D/s play in Leading and Following: D/s Body Language. We'll meet live in San Francisco from 1-4pm to explore it all. Space is extremely limited, so advance tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura are highly recommended. We have a hard limit of 26 attendees, and there are only eight spaces left as I write this. Sunday, October 11Online: Join Oak online today to explore Long Distance D/s 101: Presence without Proximity. The absence of shared physical space can change how authority is communicated, service is rendered, and the maintenance of intimacy, and how repair looks. We will talk about what authority exchange looks like at a distance. We recommend attending live for the best experience, but we'll record for viewing within seven days if you can't make it. Get your advance tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Monday, October 12Online: Self-awareness, consent, and great negotiation skills are critical to great BDSM scenes -- but you're not alone if you didn't grow up with these as part of your basic sex education. Let's learn all about consent, communication, and awesome scenes tonight in BDSM Negotiation: From Awkward to Awesome with Miriam Green. Advance tickets allow you to attend either live or within seven days through the recording. Get yours from Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Tuesday, October 13No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads and other resources at WickedGroundsAnnex.Teacahble.com. Wednesday, October 14San Francisco, CA: Want to meet a lot of new kinksters, fast? Whether you're seeking friends, potential play partners, mentors, or long-term love, we can help you meet a lot of kinksters in a safe environment in our monthly Kinky Speed Friending in San Francisco. Ticketing for this event is exclusively through Plura. Thursday, October 15Online: Join us online tonight for Ethical Self Harm with The Lady V. This class aims to instead redirect real physical self harm into using our tools of BDSM for temporary playful pain. Join former "cutter" turned self sadomasochist, Lady V, in redirecting that negative energy into something cathartic, fun, & potentially healing. Join us live or through the recording with your advance tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Friday, October 16No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads and other resources at WickedGroundsAnnex.Teacahble.com. Saturday, October 17Online: Whether you're new to kink or fairly experienced, you're going to see some things as you navigate the kink world that are off-putting, not your style, or perhaps even disturbing. How do you make the distinction between what's not your thing and what to actually worry about? Join Sir Panda online with us today to explore it all in Your Kink Is Not My Kink - But Is Your Kink OK?. Attend live online or through the recording within seven days with your advance tickets from Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Online: If you're a kinkster and also interested in astrology, we have a couple of very interesting classes on kink archetypes for you today and tomorrow. This afternoon, join Lila Hades of The Unconventional Plutonian online for Astrokink 101: Discovering Your Erotic Archetypes. This isn't a one-size-fits-all archetype class, but one that fits you in several aspects of your life. Attend live or by recording with your advance tickets from Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Sunday, October 18Online: Join us online today for a second class with Lila Hades of The Unconventional Plutonian as we explore Astrokink 201: Mapping Your Erotic Ecosystem. This class invites you to explore your birth chart as an interconnected erotic ecosystem. We will examine how your planetary placements, houses, and aspects interact to create layers of desire, conflict, curiosity, power, and possibility. Attend live or through the recording with your advance tickets from Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Online: The irony of orgasm: the more you delay and deny it, the harder it can get. Join us online today to explore all the arts of tease and denial with Jamie Joy in Pleasure on the Edge: Tease, Denial, & Orgasm Control. Attend the class live online or through the recording within seven days with your advance tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Intensives!We offer several intensives throughout the year, both in person and online.
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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!
Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires with Miriam Green a six-week online intensive via Teachable and Zoom November 1 - December 14, 2026 Advance ticketing required. Get yours here! Please note: these workshops sell out in advance, and space is limited. To ensure your seat, please sign up as soon as you feel committed to this work. We typically close the four-session premium seating before general seating, so if you feel called to the advanced premium seating, you will want...
Howdy kinksters - We are settling into the fall now, and it's conference season! Our Killmeat Nick is at DomCon in New Orleans this weekend -- if you see them around, please say hello! And then October 23 - 25, Miriam Green will be presenting at Dark Odyssey: Surrender, debuting a brand new class as well as co-presenting impact play shenanigans with impossiblepain. Ticketing is still open to join us at the conference, and you can get yours here! This week, we're reflecting on how blessed we...
It was great to meet many new folks at yesterday's Folsom Street Fair. If you're new here, welcome aboard! It's the end of the month, which means it's the best possible time to get event passes with us! Want to lock in lots of classes at one flat price? Click the best pass for you below! Our Patreon VIP+ members also get significant discounts on classes. October pass Quarterly pass (Oct - Dec) Annual pass (Oct - Sept) Can't attend a class you're interested in live? The vast majority of our...