Conversio Virium

CV Meeting: Humorous Roleplay in Serious D/s

Join CV and Jeff Mach this Monday in 302 Hamilton, 9 PM.

Alternatively titled: “Nobody Told Me My Dangerous And Taboo Life As A Slave Would Come With So Many Harry Potter References”, this presentation will be about how humor can work in scenes, deliberately or accidentally, and how it can be used to enhance the overall scene experience.

CV Meeting: Strategies for Upping Your Mean Factor – Working with Physical Limitations

CV cracks back into the semester with some deliciously vicious presentation goodness, courtesy Corey Alexander.

Despite the image of the all-powerful-never-tiring Top, most of us work with physical limitations: height, strength, size, disability, stamina. This interactive workshop will offer you concrete tools and strategies for upping the level of pain and psychological distress that you cause, within your own set of physical limitations. This workshop unabashedly celebrates sadism, and is for all who are interested in upping the mean factor in their play.

Location: 302 Hamilton on Columbia’s campus.

Pleasure Salon: Second Year Anniversary at Happy Ending

Can you believe Pleasure Salon has been going strong for two years now? Join Patricia, Mark, and Selina celebrate its second year anniversary at the Happy Ending lounge on 302 Broome Street this April 1^st. No tricks, just fine drinks and fine company!

The Pleasure Salon has been created to build community, allowing sex-positive activists to cross-pollinate. Our gatherings bring together members of the BDSM, swinger, alternative gender, LGBT, sex-activist, sex educator, nudist, sex-magic, polyamory, Pagan, radical faerie, tantra, dark odyssey, sex-blogger, porn, pervert and sex-worker communities, and others whose passion is sex. (Let us know if we missed any one of you!) Through building networks in the sex-positive community, The Pleasure Salon hopes to help create a sex-positive world. It is a place for the open exchange of ideas and sensual expression.

We have been thrilled by the turnout at previous events. Join us in building New York’s pleasure positive community, and bring your like-minded friends to this social gathering. The Pleasure Salon embraces respect, acceptance, and non-judgmental support in this public space.

As always, Pleasure Salon is a free event, but you must be 21 years of age or older to drink. (Sorry!)

KinkyJews: 4th Annual Kinky Passover Seder

Join your friends at KinkyJews for their biggest event of the year, a Passover Seder like you’ve never experienced before!

While maintaining key elements of tradition, celebrate Passover with KinkyJews, as we have a humor and hedonism infused chocolate themed Seder with four cups of chocolate milk, chocolate covered matzah, Hillel S’mores, and more. Have a wild time with the search for chametz kit (candle, feather and wooden spoon), Passover erotica, maggid show and tell, re-enactments slavery and redemption, floggings a-plenty, new friends and fun!

The Seder will be held at Club Casbar, which is located at 117 25^th Street in Brooklyn. Early bird ticket prices expire in a couple of days, so get your tickets soon. This is the biggest KinkyJews event of the year!

Note that the Kinky Seder is three days before the holiday, on the night of April 5^th.

Spring Break!

Because next week is Spring Break at Columbia, there will be no CV meeting on Monday. Enjoy yourselves!

CV Meeting: Behavioral Status as a Scene Tool

Conversio Virium’s own Maja will be presenting this week about Behavioral Status as a Scene Tool. Using ideas yoinked from theater games, we’ll explore how to method-act your way into an empowered role.

CV Meeting: Play Piercing with Rob

This week, we will be talking about the joy of temporary play piercing!

Are you tired of your current topological configuration? Is being isomorphic to a genus four surface boring you to tears? Then join us Monday as Rob discusses the basics of temporary topological modification (play piercing).

For those of us who are less mathematically-inclined, Rob will be discussing the fine art of sticking needles in people safely and effectively! No experience necessary. Join us!

KinkForAll New York City: No-limits sexuality unconference

On the second Sunday in March, a sexuality event like no other New York City has ever seen is being born. It is a full day of free interactive presentations and discussions about all things sexuality-related. It’s called KinkForAll, and anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join. When you come, be prepared to share with others. When you leave, be prepared to share it with the world.

More detail about the event is provided on the KinkForAll wiki:

KinkForAll is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people of the kink, queer, sex-positive and related communities to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, presentations, and interaction from all participants. It is inspired by and based upon the BarCamp community.

Attendees must give a talk or a presentation, help with one, or otherwise volunteer/contribute in some way to support the event. All presentations are scheduled the day they happen. Prepare in advance (if you want to), but come early to get a slot on the wall. The people present at the event will select the demos or presentations they want to see.

You can learn more about what to expect or to participate sign up for free on the KinkForAll New York City pre-registration page. There are already some fantastic presentation topics being discussed, including Audacia Ray discussing new media and sexuality rights activism, Sinclair Sexsmith on gender theory and identity development, as well as a number of our very own Conversio Virium members and alumni!

Come and experience this intense full-day event at the LGBT Center at 208 West 13^th Street (in Greenwich Village), in Room 310.