Conversio Virium

Trick or Treat? CV in the Spec

Right around Halloween 2006, the Spec wrote a fairly level headed article on us and BDSM in general. Hooray for someone who understands why we exist! Click the title for the complete article.

Trick or Treat?

Sexplorations
Miriam Datskovsky
Posted: 10/30/06

“Think bondage, think domination, think sadomasochism. Think discipline, think submission, leather, whips, and paddles. Be scared, but not too scared. Breathe, feel, want. Sigh. Have you ever been spanked?

Apparently Columbia has a club. Conversio Virium, which apparently means “exchange of power,” is an official BDSM discussion group. BDSM, by the way, officially stands for a combination of the acronyms B&D (erotic bondage & discipline), D&S (domination and submission), and S/M (sadomasochism). Over coffee, Jamie, the petite junior who has served as CV president for the last year and makes me feel like I know next to nothing about sex, fills me in on the details: at 11 years old, the club has a great relationship with the administration, about 35 regulars, and meetings smacking of erotic discussion-from rope bondage to boot-blacking to flogging. Safety is at the front of every discussion. One of the best things about CV, Jamie tells me, is its presence in the city: the club has very close ties with The Eulenspiegel Society, or TES. Members of TES, the oldest BDSM education and support organization in New York City, present to CV almost every other week.”

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