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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Sassafras Lowry has elected to avoid inflicting finals-ridden Columbia students with her ongoing case of H1N1 by staying home tomorrow night, rather than regale us with her presentation on Leather Storytelling. She will be making her debut next semester.

Instead, CV will be throwing a small party; food and drink will be provided, CV’s next semester will be discussed, and fun will be had. We promise.

Lolita Wolf joins CV this week to present on trust.

Location: 316 Hamilton Hall, Columbia campus

How do you achieve intimacy and create an awesome, even sacred bond with a partner? How is it that one person allows another to take control over them? Before such a potent understanding is forged between adults, trust needs to exist. Trust can be built up in a number of ways. Come, learn and put to use the communication skills and honorable actions that go hand in hand on the road to complete and total trust.

Sir Guy will being giving a presentation on BDSM ER, or what to do in case of an emergency.

316 Hamilton Hall

BDSM ER: It’s Not a Scene
Your fire play session was hotter than expected. Now someone got burned. What do you do? Your knife play was cutting edge and your bottom got the point. Now you’re in for some unexpected blood play. What do you do? Your breath play scene took your bottom’s breath away…literally. What can you do to breathe life into the scene? Sir Guy, a NYS certified EMT, will review medical emergencies, show you what questions to ask before you play, what to do when things go wrong, and how to deal with first responders. In addition he will give tips on creating a first aid kit.