Midori by Michele Serchuk (www.photodiva.com). Reprinted with permission

Where: Purple Passion
Address: 211 West 20th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues
Phone:  212.807.0486
Cost: $25 (and enjoy a 15% discount on shopping before or after the class)(Class size is limited so prepaying is advised. Our last class was sold out. Don’t be turned away. Reserve your spot at the store.)

Elegance, power and confidence… Do you want to know how to be a dominant without being a bad cliché? How do you find a sexy style of erotic dominance that’s authentic to you? Using a special technique she developed, Midori will help you to find your inner power femme archetype, allowing you to pursue erotic fulfillment of sensual power play. Not your typical how-to class, you’ll discover the difference between constructive and destructive desires and point you towards ways of bringing satisfaction in bedroom play for both you and your partner.

Midori will share with you her secrets of the feminine art of dominance. She will discuss the psychology, practical exercises, techniques, fashion, how to discover what makes your partner weak-kneed, and more. This class is not limited to a gender, but for all who harbor the powerful woman within! Something for everyone from the novice to the experienced player. This is a prerequisite to Art of Feminine Dominance Level II and an excellent foundation for the Forte Femme women’s weekend.

About Midori

Most people know her as the quirky and glam globe-trotting sexuality educator and writer. Her classes are humanistic, funny and warm, revving up sex lives, encourage self discovery and personal growth. Some of you may know her long time leather community activism and ground breaking education work that challenge people to authenticity and passion. In 2001 she founded Rope Bondage Dojo (R) and later Forte Femme: Women’s Dominance Intensive. Sainted by the notorious Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, she delves deeply into HIV fund raising, her controversial installation art and performances, and dotes on her spouse and cats. She’s originally from Japan, now based in San Francisco, where she strives to collect tons of frequent flier miles. She’s the author of bestselling books The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage and Wild Side Sex. Learn more about her projects at www.PlanetMidori.com.

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Midori is seeking submissions for a special writing project:

I turn to you, dear readers, for some juicy material needed for a very special project. I am collecting women’s accounts of the physical experience their orgasms. I’m really hoping that some of you can help me out with this. Feel free to pass it on to any women or lists with women who might be interested.

Details –

I am seeking first person descriptions from women about their orgasms.

• Who: You are a woman, 18 years or older, who have experienced one or more variety of orgasms. (Transwomen! I want your unique perspectives too!)

• What: Essay of clear and detailed description of your orgasm, from start to finish, focusing on the physical experience, expressed in your own words. When does it start? What’s the hint of it? Where does it start? How does it move through your body? What sort of sensations? Imagine trying to illustrate your orgasm to a person who’s never had it.

• If you have more than one type of orgasm, each variety would be written in a separate essay piece. (The get-to-sleep quickie, the deep one, the surprise one, the long building one, solo-sex one, when getting oral sex, etc…)

• How Long? As long as it takes for you to describe it. It may be a couple of paragraphs or couple of pages.

• Credit line: How would you like your essay to be credited? You’ll have one or two lines.

• Editing: At most I will edit for grammar, spelling and simple readability. I want to keep it as true to your original narrative and tone as possible.

• When: No later than end of August

• Send to midori AT fhp-inc DOT com

• Please make sure that there’s an e mail I can reliable reach you at. I may have some questions around editing or some other detail.

I’m happy to answer any questions on this.

Thank you!

Midori

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Where:  Pearl Studios, 500 8th Avenue (35th/36th), 12th Floor, NYC
Cost: $5/LSM members, $10/Non members

Come to this hands-on class to learn how to make the best fitting dildo harness ever! Great for all body types, secure and easy. No more fussing with straps, getting scratched with Velcro, poked by buckles or hassle of post-sex leather care. Also learn fast easy play tips with items in your closet. Midori will supply dildos, scarves and material to make your harness, but we strongly encourage you to bring your favorite dildo and long scarves.

About Midori

One of our favorite presenters at Lesbian Sex Mafia, frequent sightings of her from around the globe make us wonder if she ever sleeps or if she¹s cloned her self. A sex-positive activist, artist and educator, she¹s made an improbable career out of being the traveling sexpert. Don¹t miss the groundbreaking book “Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage” which first cracked open the mysteries to Westerners, the hot essays in “Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink” and twisted dark science fiction in “Master Han¹s Daughter.” Learn the basics in “Midori¹s Expert Guide to Sensual Bondage” DVD. Don’t miss her other classes while she’s in NYC. You’ll find her adventures, twitters, calendar and more at PlanetMidori.com.

About Lesbian Sex Mafia

Lesbian Sex Mafia is a support and information group for all women 18 years of age or older, including transexual and intersexed women who live their daily lives as women and all female-born transgender people who feel they have a connection with and respect for the women’s community. And, who are interested in fantasy and role playing, bondage, discipline, S/M, fetishes, costumes, alternate gender identities and uninhibited sexual expression in a safe, sane, consensual and confidential way.

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Wild Side Weekend with Midori. March 14th and 15th

• Predicament Bondage
• Hands-on Rope Body Harness
• Pink Japan: Contemporary Sex Culture (Discount on-line tickets available)
• Aural Sex: Seduction by Voice (Discount on-line tickets available)

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Details:

SATURDAY, MARCH 14TH

URL: http://www.nawayoi.info/
(Inquire with Nawayoi on possible advance ticket purchase)
Location: Museum of Erotic Heritage. 3275 Industrial Road
Cost $25 at the door.

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11:30am – 2pm Predicament Bondage
Here’s a class for fun-loving, wicked tops and for bottoms who enjoy a challenge. A predicament bondage creates a situation where the bottom is ‘between a rock and a hard place.’ Which ever direction the bottom moves has consequences, either physical or psychological. It can challenge your endurance, your pain threshold, or your pride.

The class will include several demos, and you may have an opportunity to volunteer for one. If you’re a service bottom or an escape artist, you may get a new challenge!

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3pm – 5pm Hands-on Rope Body Harness
Rope bondage can be simple, elegant, effective and sensual, but if you don’t know how to do it right, it can be dangerous.

Midori will teach you how to use this versatile bondage tool to maximize fun and minimize risks. Learn basic techniques including two-column restraint, body harnesses and creative positions. Midori is the author of The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage, and is an expert in safe and effective Japanese inspired rope bondage.

Wear comfortable clothing and bring a minimum of 2 lengths of 15 feet and 2 of 25 feet of rope.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 15TH

Info and Advanced Ticket Purchase

Location: Museum of Erotic Heritage. 3275 Industrial Road
Cost $20 advance on-line or $25 at the door.
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3pm – 5pm Pink Japan: Contemporary Sex Culture

From cuisine, music, fashion, technology to anime, Japan’s cultural influences on the West is immense. In many ways the Japanese erotic cultures are also influencing today’s Western tastes. Yet the daily realities of Japan’s gender relations, sexual habits, sexual consumer culture and gay/lesbian/transgendered world remain hidden to us, creating an aura of mystique. In this funny and insightful talk, join Midori for a double-expatriate’s photo tour of Japan’s hidden sexual culture today.

Midori is a Kyoto born, Japanese-American author and sex educator based in San Francisco. Raised by trail blazing feminist professors in Japan, she’s well versed with the contradiction that is 21st Century Japan. Graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in psychology and trained as a sex educator, she possesses a keen insight into culture and sexuality. www.PlanetMidori.com

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7pm – 9pm Aural Sex: Seduction by Voice

The brain is the biggest sex organ and the voice can be the most powerful tool to create the hottest sensual encounters. Midori will show you how to use the hypnotic magic of the voice to seduce your lover long before you enter the bedroom or the dungeon.

Learn how to suggest, command, tease and take control with the art of voice. Enjoy practical exercises, tips and secrets of aural seduction. Most of the class will address fundamentals and skills applicable to all sensual encounters. Then bring the magic of Scheherazade to your bedroom. Incorporating seductive voice techniques learned in this class to heat up the bedroom and add spice to your erotic life. Mesmerize your lover and transport both of you to an erotic landscape. Learn how to build and enrich a powerful fantasy, practice effective voice techniques and spellbinding.

In this hands-on workshop style class you’ll learn techniques of finding out yours and your lovers fantasy, practice story telling skills and improve them with Midori’s gentle guidance.

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The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage by Midori
Photography by Craig Morey
Publisher Greenery Press (2001)
175 pages, Softcover.

A few years ago (2005) I was lucky enough to take a bondage workshop with Midori: “Intro to Japanese and other Creative Rope Bondage Essentials” in Halifax at Venus Envy, one of the local sex shops.  It was one of two workshops I took with her and was an amazing experience.  Midori-only a small woman in stature-has a powerful and dynamic charisma; cool and collected with an authoritative presence that demands people sit back and take notice.

A friend of mine Kate volunteered to be Midori’s guinea-pig.  Kate is quite a bit taller than Midori, very butch and buff.  Although quite submissive, Kate plays mostly as a dominant as she doesn’t find too many Dom/mes who can handle her.  I was interested in seeing what Midori would do with her.

First Midori stood before Kate and the audience dressed in a gorgeous sea foam and silver Asian-style dress, slowly unraveling a long piece of hemp rope and running it through her fingers as she stared Kate down.  The room was completely silent, except for a few uncomfortable giggles that were soon silenced by Midori’s schoolmarm stare, as Kate stood blushing profusely.  In “The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage“,  Midori explains this technique in detail in her “Analysis of a Scene”: “While effectively setting the tone and head space for the dominant, the visual effect of the top methodically stroking the ropes may be quite profound on the bottom…  Many different moods and attitudes might be presented… powerful and slightly intimidating… playful, humiliating…”  Of course, running the ropes through the hands at the beginning of the scene has many other practical uses as well such as untangling the rope, finding debris, and ridding the rope of its “bad habits.”

Next, Midori began to rub the rope over Kate’s body and head.  She held the rope up to Kate’s nose to allow her to smell it like an aromatic aphrodisiac.  Midori explains in her book the strong connection that many bottoms will make with the scent of the rope, associating it “with the sensual, sexual and magical experience of wonderful rope bondage scenes.”  This technique was obviously effective on Kate as she nearly swooned and leaned against Midori who took her weight.

Midori then made a rope blindfold to remove Kate’s sight and place her more into the scene, effectively blocking the audience from her view.  While Kate knew she was still on display, she quickly fell into the grove of Midori’s quick, clever hands working magic on her body.  Midori spun Kate around as she skillfully tied knots, moving the larger woman to her will, sometimes holding her a little off-balance, and then capturing her again within her strong embrace.  In her book, Midori says that the top should make the bottom move to their whim using “firm decisive moves, sometimes punctuated by a quick change in pace… to emphasize the emotional dominance and control the top has over the scene…”  She also calls this to tie with “gusto” where her rhythmic handiwork would suddenly change to a quick yank as she synched the knots which would rouse a sharp intake of breath and sigh from Kate.

Reading “The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage” was almost like being at Midori’s workshop once again, where rather than teaching the technical aspects of knot-work (Midori only showed us three knots), she demonstrates the dynamics of the scene itself.  In the book Midori talks about her personal history with rope bondage, the visual aesthetics of shibari including symmetry, tension, and balance, as well as introduces the reader to a brief history of Japanese bondage.  She covers safety elements and aftercare as well as explains the various types of rope and what they are best suited for.

The final section of the book shows seven classic positions with photographs by Craig Morey and simple diagrams, focusing on the techniques and knot-work.  Most of the techniques are fairly easy to follow, although some of them can get confusing, especially when a few illustrative steps are missed.  I would have preferred the images to be more step-by-step and photographed rather than line drawings.  As mentioned before, Midori doesn’t focus on difficult knots, but only shows a few basic ties, as she did in her workshop.  Her focus is not on technical skills but rather showing how bondage can be accomplished by a novice.  Any boy scout can learn to tie intricate knots and there are many books on that, but very few people can show effectively the dynamics of a scene like Midori can, that left my friend Kate a pile of wet, hot, quivering mush afterward.

If you haven’t had a chance to see one of Midori’s excellent bondage workshops I highly recommend this book.  It is a great introduction for beginners and I know many so-called “experts” in my BDSM community who would benefit from learning the dynamics of a scene as well.  For someone like me who has had the advantage of seeing Midori live, this book is a great reminder of all the techniques that are taught in her workshop (many that I had forgotten) and may inspire you to take up your rope again and begin practicing.

With the book that I received from Tabu Toys, I also got a length of Japanese Silk Love Rope (5 meters) to play with and practice my knots.  This rope comes in brilliant colors, is soft, yet strong and fairly easy to work with.  Together, “The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage” and the Japanese Silk Love Rope makes a great beginner’s rope kit to start playing with, and is also an excellent gift for your lover if you want to give them a subtle, yet effective hint.  You can purchase both items from Tabu Toys.

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SEATTLE, WA
Sun 2/1               “Hands-on Rope Body Harnesses” and play party, hosted by Max. at the Center for Sex Positive Culture

LONDON, UK – Pre-Valentine’s Day Specials
~Tue 2/3              Private salon for a members club.
~Wed 2/4             Private salon for a members club.
~ Thr 2/5             “How to Thrill a Man” at Coco De Mer
~ Fri 2/6               “Valentine Vixen Love Skills” at Coco De Mer

SAN RAFAEL, CA
~ Sun 2/8               “Love Letter Writing Workshop” ” at Pleasures of the Heart

LOS ANGELES, CA
~ Mon 2/9 & Tue 2/10    Special workshops at The Pleasure Chest, LA. Topic TBD.

SANTA CRUZ, CA
~ Thr 2/12              “Things That Go Buzz in the Night: Tips, Tricks and Bloopers” at Pure Pleasure Boutique.

PROVIDENCE, RI
~ 2/13 through 2/15     Attending and presenting at the Fetish Fair Fleamarket by the New England Leather Alliance.

BOSTON, MA
~ Mon 2/16       “Rosy Cheeks: Beginner’s Guide to Love Swats, Spankings, Paddles and More” at Good Vibrations.
~ Tue 2/17        “Art of Feminine Dominance. Level 1” at Good Vibrations.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
~  Thr 2/19                     Special class at Stormy Leather. Topic TBA.

DALLA, TX
~ 1/26 through 1/28             Classes at SouthPlains Leather Fest

About Midori: http://www.planetmidori.com/

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OCTOBER UPCOMING CLASSES / EVENTS (London, Kansas City MO, Santa Cruz, San Francisco Toronto)

Find Midori: Planet Midori | Livejournal | MySpace | Tribe | KinkWire | Yahoo Groups

LONDON
London Fetish Weekend
~ 10/2 through 10/5: Hanging out and having a blast! Also performing with Kumi on Saturday at Torture Garden!

Classes at Coco De Mer
~ Sun 10/5 “Hands-on Japanese Rope Bondage”
~ Tue 10/7 “JoyStick Secrets: How to Thrill a Man”
~ Wed 10/8 “How to Eat a Peach: Pleasuring Her”
~ Thrs 10/9 “Rosy Cheeks: Beginner’s Guide to Love Swats, Spankings, Paddle and more”
~ Mon 10/13 “Bedroom Burlesque and Seduction for Beginners: Wiggle, Jiggle, Take It Off with Confidence!

KANSAS CITY, MO
~ Fri 10/17 “Mapping Your D/s Archetype” hosted by the Center for Alternative Lifestyles

~ Sat 10/18 to Sun 10/19: Rope Bondage Dojo®
The registration has closed, but if you want to attend contact me directly to see if any seats are available. Sometimes there are last minute cancellations.

SANTA CRUZ, CA
~ Tue 10/21 “Wrapped for Pleasure: Bondage for Sex” at Pure Pleasure Boutique. 204 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Phone: 831.466.9870

SAN FRANCISCO
~ Wed 10/22 Stormy Leather. Special class. Topic to be announced soon.

TORONTO
~ Fri 10/24 through Sun 10/26: Demos and classes at Everything To Do With Sex Show.
~ Sat 10/25 “Wrapped for Pleasure: Easy Bondage with Scarves” at Red Tent Sisters.
~ Sun 10/26 “Aural Sex: Seduction by Voice” at Come As You Are Boutique.
~ Mon 10/27 “How to Eat a Peach: Pleasuring Her” at Come As You Are Boutique.
~ Tue 10/28 “Hands-on Rope Bondage” at Come As You Are Boutique.
~ Wed 10/29 “JoyStick Secrets: How to Thrill a Man” at Come As You Are Boutique.
~ Sat 11/1 “Hands-on Rope Body Harness” at Club Subspace. 9:30pm – 11pm. Club entry included in admission

Special Fashion Prize! Win a customized, one-off rope outfit by Midori for you or your sweetie! How to Enter: Send an email to: randomparty AT hotmail Dot com: with “Tie my costume Midori!”

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ROPE DOJO
~ Friday 7/11   Special pre-Dojo II event. For registered students only.
~ 7/12  - 7/13  Rope Bondage Dojo Stage II.  Registration now closed. Rope Dojos info.

LONDON, UK
~ Tuesday 7/22 Special class by invitation only at Coco De Mer, Covent Garden store.

DENVER
~ 7/25 – 7/27   Presenting at Thunder in the Mountains.
2 classes: “Sex Bondage – Wrapped for Pleasure” and “HOW TO TOP: For Bottoms, Nervous Switches & Uncertain Beginners”

SAN FRANCISCO
~ Tues 7/29     “Become The Fantasy: Erotic Role Play Games for Couples” at Good Vibrations, 620 Polk Street (at Sacramento Street) San Francisco, CA 94109

For more info about Midori, visit Planet Midori.

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Details always available at http://www.PlanetMidori.com.

ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST
~ 5/31 – 6/7 AIDS LifeCycle ride

LOS ANGELES
The Pleasure Chest
Sun 6/8
1:35 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. “Back Door Betty: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Anal Sex”
3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m “Live the Fantasy: Erotic Role Play for Couples”
More info at:

Coco De Mer
~ JoyStick Secrets
~ Japanese Bondage
~ Sex Toys for Couples (and Singles too!)

SAN JOSE
Edges
~ Sat 6/17 “Predicament Bondage”

TORONTO
DEVIANToronto
~ Sat 6/21 2 classes for DEVIANToronto

Come As You Are
~ Sun 6/22 “Pussy Purring Pleasures”
~ Mon 6/23 “Hands-on Rope Bondage”
~ Tue 6/24 “JoyStick Secrets: How to Pleasure a Man”
~ Wed 6/25 “Hands-on Sensual Flogging”

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Details always available at http://www.PlanetMidori.com BERKELEY
~ Mon 4/14 “Hands-on Flogging: Total Finness and Skill” at Good Vibrations.

PHILADELPHIA
~ Fri 4/18 “JoyStick Secrets” at Passional Boutique.
~ 4/19 – 4/20 Rope Bondage Dojo® 16-hours of concentrated instruction from Midori and 3 excellent trainers in a small group. Pre-registration required.

SAN FRANCISCO
~ Thur 4/24 “Fun with His Bits!” at Stormy Leather 1158 Howard Street.
San Francisco, CA. Best to call the store and reserve tickets. 415.626.1672
~ Fri 4/25 Bang 4 The Buck women’s party

SAN RAFAEL
~ Wed 4/30 “Back Door Betty: Health, Fun, Basics to Strap-ons and More” at Pleasures of the Heart.

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SEATTLE
Bondagelessons.com

Sat 3/1 “Mapping Your D/s Archetype” 1pm – 3pm
Sat 3/1 “Pink Japan: Contemporary Sex Culture” 4pm – 6pm
Sun 3/2 “Predicament Bondage” 2:30pm – 5:30pm

Seattle Erotic Art Festival Gala
Sat 3/1

Babeland
Sun 3/2 “Aural Sex: Seduction by Voice” 7:30pm

ON LINE
Registration for April’s Philadelphia Rope Bondage Dojo opens in mid March.

SAN FRANCISCO
Fri 3/7 Performing “Elements of Suffering” with Kumi at Club Enslaved pre-party for SF Fetish Ball

TULSA
Sat 3/8 – Sun 3/9 Two classes in Tulsa OK. Stay tuned for info

LOS ANGELES
The Pleasure Chest
Mon 3/10 “Hands-on Rope Body Harness”
Tue 3/11 “Back Door Betty: Everything about Anal Sex”
Wed 3/12 “Make ‘em Blush, Make ‘em Squirm: Erotic Humiliation Play”

Coco De Mer
Mon 3/17 “Joy Stick Secrets”
Tue 3/18 “Become the Fantasy: Erotic Role Play for Couples”
Wed 3/19 “How to Eat a Peach”

SAN RAFAEL
Pleasures of the Heart
Wed 3/26 “How to Eat a Peach”

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LOS ANGELES
Sun., 2/10 Babeland “Love Letter Workshop” (FREE)

TORONTO
Sat., 2/16 Lord Morpheous

• “Wrapped for Pleasure: Easy Bondage for Steamy Sex” 11am – 1pm (Great for couples or friends who don’t mind practicing as a pair.)
• “Beyond Twisted: Kink Outside the Box” 1:30pm – 4pm (The web site has an error. This class is just fine for solos. It’s not a couples only class)
Send e-mail to register: LM AT lordmorpheous dot.com

DALLAS
Fri., 2/22 through Sat., 2/23. South Plains Leatherfest
• “Asian Rituals for Western Lovers”
• “Rope Dance: Dynamic Passion Movements”

SAN FRANCISCO
Sun., 2/24 Asian Art Museum
Sexuality and Japanese Art: A Panel Discussion in Conjunction with the Exhibition Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World, 1690–1850

SAN RAFAEL
Wed., 2/26 Pleasures of the Heart “Aural Sex: Seduction by Voice”

SEATTLE
Thr 2/28 “An Intimate Evening with Midori”
Fri 2/29 Bang 4 The Buck women’s wild and wicked party! A good cause never felt so sexy!

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Syren and Stockroom.com present
Carnal Knowledge Series with Midori

Sat, Dec 29. 3pm
Hands-on Body Harness Workshop
Body harnesses are fantastic for creating beautiful, effective and sexy bondage for all types of bodies and many different sorts of scenes.
You can use a harness for very secure rigging. Or you can make a pretty rope outfit. Create intense harnesses for pain sluts. How about sensual breast bondage? Midori will show you several varieties of body harnesses. You can choose the ones you want to practice with attentive supervision from Midori.
Dress & Supplies: Wear comfortable clothing that allows freedom of movement. Bring a large towel or yoga mat if you’d like to use the floor. Rope will be provided for your use if you don’t have your own and a variety of rope will be available for sale.

Sun, Dec 30. 1pm
Eroticizing Pain
Are you safewording too soon- and regretting it later? Do you hunger to experience the enticing territory that lies just beyond your limit? Midori will show how to enter the erotic dimension of pain play. You may find that you can go places and achieve sensation you never thought possible. Whether you’re a fledgling bottom trying to understand the appeal of pain, an experienced masochist wanting more, or a sadist who wants to take your partners further, this class is for you.

Class Info: Cost $35 per class
Attendees get 10% off in-store purchases.
Registration and Tickets available online or in store.
Location: Stockroom, 2809 1/2 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026

Also!
See Midori and Kumi perform at the West Coast Fetish Ball
Friday, December 28th
Henry Fonda – Music Box Theater. 6126 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, Ca 90028

Photo: Steve Diet Goedde

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Lucky you, those who live in Berlin. Midori will be teaching 6 workshops in 4 days, Nov. 22-25 (rope bondage, erotic role play, creating successful SM scenes, Backdoor Betty, seducing with the whip).

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Thursday night, I went to hear Midori talk about sex culture in Japan. The perverati were out in force: Kate Bornstein & Barbara Carrellas, Michelle Serchuk, Betty Dodson, Laura Antonious, Morpheus (you need to be on his NYC Alt Events list), MayMay, Eileen and Lolita Wolf. Midori talked first about being a dual outsider , about Orientalism (that romantic notion of “the Orient”), and a view of Japanese kink that gaijin never get access to.She is petite, but spoke with tremendous verve and authority about love hotels, sex clubs, cosplay coffee shops, sex shops the size of U.S. supermarkets.It was a fascinating talk, but MoSex is a really uncomfortable venue. We were in the first floor gallery and the building had turned off the AC. Then there was the continuous rattling of some motor in the background, which was really distracting. Why would you turn off the AC? What does it say about the conservation practices of the museum? I guess there aren’t any.

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