Conversio Virium

CV Meeting: Edgeplay from the Top

Corey Alexander joins CV once again.

Pushing Your Own Limits: Edgeplay from the Top
Bottoms are not the only ones that push their limits. This interactive workshop/discussion focuses on edgeplay that pushes tops out of our comfort zones. Whether you are a seasoned or newly exploring edgeplayer from the top, or want to support a top in pushing edges, this class is for you.

Location: 316 Hamilton Hall, Columbia campus

CV Mini-Munch

Hello, lovely people! As there is no regular CV meeting due to Spring Break, please come join us for a fabulous time at 7pm, at the Good Stuff Diner, 109 West 14th Street, between 6^th and 7^th Avenue. Food and company await.

There’s a FetLife event too.

CV Meeting: Whips

That right: whips. All of them, ever, tomorrow night. Who said CV isn’t ambitious?

Okay, maybe not all the whips. Maybe just some of them. A few of them. As many as Dov can get to during our two hour meeting.

This is a class geared to get anyone who has just bought a signal whip up and running with a good basic set of throwing skills to grow and develop with. We will be covering basic throws and how to string them together in to a complete throwing style, covering different types of strikes and techniques and working on your throwing form as time allows.

Location: 316 Hamilton Hall

CV Meeting: Tightlacing

Halo Jones on tightlacing and corsettry.

Tightlacing for Beginners: types of corsets, fitting, corset cleaning and care, how to lace and tighten corsets, the experience of wearing a corset daily, and, of course, how to lace in a friend.

CV Meeting: Menace

We’re joined by Rob for a look at menace.

Menace: Fear and Intimidation
How to scare the hell out of your bottom without actually hurting them. It will have a review of some techniques, a discussion, and demos. At no point would anyone actually be hurt, but expect a lot of safewords.

Location: 316 Hamilton

CV Meeting: Japanese Rope Bondage

The first in a two part series, we’re joined by Sebastian for some good rope fun. Some rope will be provided by CV, but feel encouraged to bring your own if you have it.

Japanese Rope Bondage
Shibari or Kinbaku is a form of rope bondage that involves intricate weaves and few knots. The goal is not just to immobilize or restrain the bottom, but to cause pleasure or pain using only rope (well – mostly rope). We’ll go over the simple knots and wraps that form the basis for most Shibari/Kinbaku ties, discuss the principles of the style, and practice several of the most common forms. Bring rope! This is the first class of a two part series on rope bondage. You need not attend this class in order to attend the other, or vice versa.

Location: 316 Hamilton Hall

CV Meeting: Erotic Writing as a Tool

We’re joined by Jack Stratton (http://writingdirty.com/) this week for a workshop in erotic writing.

Erotic Writing as a Tool: Erotica and Sex Blogs as Tools for Negotiation, Seduction and the Articulation of Desire
1. How to use writing as a tool to articulate and process your desires and experiences.
2. How to use sex writing and correspondences as a negotiation tools.
3. How to use erotic writing as a tool of seduction and a way of making partners and prospective partners aware of your desires.

The presentation will include handouts and a short writing exercise in which participants will try and express their desires in artistic ways to communicate to partners and prospective partners.

I’ve presented at Sex 2.0 DC, KinkForAll NY and DC. I’m a published erotic and non-erotic writer with a thriving erotica and sex blog at writingdirty.com

CV Meeting: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Hurt Me

Conversio Virium returns January 25^th with Mistress Coraline

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Hurt Me: Playing with a Vanilla Partner

Your lover is sweet, your lover is hot, your lover is… vanilla?!? Not everyone is kinky but a lot of vanilla people are kinkier than they know. We’ll talk about broaching the subject, negotiation for beginners, where to learn the basics, what NOT to do and how to deal if your interests simply cannot match. Kink is a wonderful way to deepen intimacy, explore yourself and your partner, and have a hell of a lot of fun. Isn’t it time your lover found that out?

This class is presented by Coraline, former pro-domme and long time pervert. She entered the scene in 2002 and has learned from and played with some of NYC’s greatest players. She has has taught classes for TES, DSF, WHAP and Galleria Domain 2.

Location: 316 Hamilton Hall, Columbia main campus

Call for Volunteers and Presenters for Spring 2010

As Columbia’s spring semester approaches, CV’s administration is looking to fill up our presentation roster. If you have a new demo, an old demo newly perfected, an idea you’ve wanted to try in front of a live audience, or the narcissistic need to hear yourself talk, CV would love to have you present at one of our meetings. All the information for presenters is available on our website.

Right now, our available dates for the spring 2010 semester: February 1, 8, 15, 22; March 1, 8, 29; April 5, 12, 19, 26; May 3. If you’re worried a date has already been claimed, check our continuously updated planning calendar.

If you are interested in presenting for CV, please e-mail us at conversio@columbia.edu with two or three Monday nights you would be available and the subject on which you would like to present.

Thank you-
Elizabeth B.
President, Conversio Virium