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 (4/16 - 4/26)
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Howdy kinksters - We have some great classes for you this week all over the place – in the SF Bay Area, in downtown Los Angeles, and online. We’re midway through April, and that means we’re also midway through our annual scholarship fundraiser and membership drive. If you haven’t yet made your contribution, please take a look! Every single contributor and member makes a big difference our our ability to develop new kink education and keep it accessible to the widest possible audience. Now, let’s take a look at this week! This Week!Thursday, April 16Online: Calling all brats, aspiring brats, brat tamers and brat lovers! Join Princess Rara online tonight for Bratting Beyond Make Me: Navigating Misconceptions and Embracing the Brat! Let’s explore this exciting archetype and dynamic together. Attend live if you can. If you can’t, we’ll record it for you! Just be sure to get your advanced tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Friday, April 17No live classes today, but you can check our all our digital downloads on Teachable. Saturday, April 18There is a LOT going on today! Online: Join Aiden Sunassee online early today for Kink, Trauma Play, and Healing: A Research-Informed Deep Dive. We always recommend attending live if you can to make the most of Q&A, but we’ll record it for you to watch within one week if that is better for you. Get your advanced tickets through Plura or Forbidden Tickets. San Francisco, CA: Ready to build your basic skills and confidence for rope bondage? Join us in San Francisco from noon - 4pm today for a workshop to learn all the basics: safety, single and double-column ties, and basic floorwork patterns. You’ll walk away with everything you need to do basic floorwork and bedroom ties, as well as the muscle memory to quickly pick up more complex patterns. Bring your own rope and safety shears if you have them, and we’ll have some loaner rope available. Advanced ticketing is strongly recommended! Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Online or Los Angeles, CA: Interested in or curious about primal play? Want to take yours to the next level? Join us either live in downtown Los Angeles or online from anywhere for Primal Perversions: Primal Play with Lady V and Killmeat Nick. Can’t attend live? We’ll record it for you with your advance tickets from Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Or, get tickets to attend live in DTLA from Luma then stick around for our primal playshop after! Los Angeles, CA: Join Lady V tonight in downtown Los Angeles for a very special edition of our monthly play lab as we host Bite Club: a Pet & Primal Play Immersive Experience. Calling all pets, primals, fur-esque, & creepy cryptids….get four on the floor for the world’s highest-energy pet play & wrestling-inspired primal fetish night! We’ll go from 8pm to midnight. Get advanced ticketing through Luma (preferred), Forbidden Tickets, or Plura. Sunday, April 19Online: Join us online today for Service With Purpose, a live and recorded online class with 2024 International Master Master Retro Bella. In this class, you’ll learn how to guide your submissive toward a deeper understanding of their role, fostering a sense of purpose in their service that aligns with your authority. Attend live or through the recording with your advance tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Monday, April 20Online: Want to get into Emotional S/M? You’re going to need a partner you can really trust, no matter your side of the slash. We can help you figure this out! Join SuspendDisbelief online today for Monster Matchmaking: Assessing Compatibility for Emotional Sadomasochism. Please note that this class will not be recorded, so mark your calendars and get your advanced tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura to attend live online. Tuesday, April 21No live classes today, but you can check our all our digital downloads on Teachable or maybe take a moment to contribute to our April scholarship fundraiser! Wednesday, April 22Online: We talk a lot about the metaphor of a scene in BDSM play, but we don’t always talk about the ways we can use theater production to enhance our scenes. Everything from our set and setting, our music, our positioning, and even our costuming can make a huge difference in enhancing our play. Tonight, explore all of the ways getting dressed up – and getting undressed – can enhance our play with H G Wyndell in Dressed & Undressed: Playing With Wardrobe. Whether you’re a fashionista or just like more immersive scenes and play, you’ll walk away inspired and ready to take your play to the next level! Attend live or through the recording with advanced ticketing through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. (PS: If you’re interested in the positioning piece, read on for Sunday!) Thursday, April 23Online: If you enjoy cannabis and love kinky play, you’ll want to keep consent and communication at the forefront to be safe and have more connection and fun. Tonight, we hope you’ll join Lilithfoxx online for Blunt Talk: Boundaries and Consent While Using Cannabis. Attend live or through the recording with you advanced tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Friday, April 24No live classes today, but you can check our all our digital downloads on Teachable. Saturday, April 25Online: Join Mel & Memi online today for a special three-hour workshop on Erotic Humiliation! You’ll need advanced tickets to attend this class either live or through the recording. Don’t be too embarrassed to get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Mendocino, CA: Are you in northern coastal California? Looking to find your people? Our own Miriam Green hosts a monthly Mendocino Munch, usually in Mendocino or Fort Bragg, CA. This month we’ll meet from 1-3pm on the back deck of The Waiting Room in Mendocino (with a slight possibility of relocation if the weather forecast changes to rain – so far so good!). Find out more and RSVP here! Online: Good boundaries are key to excellent negotiation and consent, but we’re not always brought up knowing ours. Join Buzz Stingyear online this afternoon to explore yours in Badass Boundaries: The Discipline of Power: The Zero-Defect Protocol for Interpersonal Leadership. This class is particularly geared toward the guys in the room, but all are welcome to attend. Learn more about the class and sign up to attend live or through the recording with your advanced tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Sunday, April 26Online: Whether you are autistic, love someone who is autistic, or just want to create better kink communities, we invite you to join us today for Autism & Kink, a popular online class with UK educator John Pendal. Please note that this popular class is never recorded, so you’ll need to mark your calendars and plan to attend live. Get your advanced tickets for the class through Forbidden Tickets or Plura and we’ll see you there! Online: Curious about position training as another way to enhance D/s play and relationships? Join Hannah The Scribe online this afternoon for Creating Practical Slave Positions. Whether you already use position training or you’re simply curious about what these can do to enhance your play, we’d love to see you there. You can join live or through the recording with your advanced ticketing 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!
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