Conversio Virium

DSF meeting: Playing with Chronic Conditions

Kink is sometimes called a full-contact sport, what with all the hitting and stuff. So what do you do when you’re kinky and have a medical condition that requires special care? DomSubFriends invites a number of lifestyle BDSM‘ers with chronic conditions to discuss the issues they face at a panel discussion this Friday:

When negotiation goes beyond the scene to life and death choices about health care and treatment for cancer, diabetes, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and other sucky stuff. Whether you are a Top or bottom, a diagnosis for any illness that affects the way you look at life and do everything is life changing.

Come meet a panel of BDSM friends who are dealing with and living a life that is both challenging and fulfilling—most of the time. Listen to how they deal with lifestyle/BDSM issues as well as day to day concerns. This is not about becoming depressed, this is about becoming empowered to live the best life you can live. Information will include specific considerations for a variety of conditions, as well as treatment and resource options.

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BC Lecture: In the Heat of the Moment

The Barnard College Psychology Department is pleased to host the following lecture:

In the heat of the moment: The effects of mood and sexual
excitation/inhibition on sexual interest, arousal, and risk taking.

Erick Janssen, Ph.D.
Director of Education and Research Training
The Kinsey Institute

Interested students, staff and faculty are cordially invited to attend
this lecture.

Location: Sulzberger Tower North (Sulzberger Hall, 17^th floor), Barnard
College (117^th St. and Broadway).

TES meeting: Piercings with Mistress Harlequin

For their general interest meeting this Tuesday, TES invites Mistress Harlequin to give a presentation on (presumably temporary) play piercings.

An exciting meeting on the art of piercing. Please join us as Harlequinn demonstrates and discusses this somewhat edgy form of play. Safety, technique, and a whole lot more will be discussed!

This kind of play is one for which prerequisite knowledge of anatomy, technique, and safety are obvious so if you like the idea of playing with needles, this meeting is one not to be missed.