BDSM 101: Intro to Kink and Play

Note: This is the recording of the full presentation from July 11th, 2020.

Curious about BDSM and want to know more? Maybe you've always wanted to come to a dungeon but have been too shy? Want to learn more about your sexual power as a domme, switch or sub? Come join us at class!

Join the HBIC, Mistress Justine Cross for an introduction to BDSM that focuses on safe, sane, consensual play and sexual exploration, for all skill levels. The skills shat she will be sharing can be applied to all relationships, "kinky" or "vanilla," and will help us all find ways to explore and discuss desire, fetish, and sexual interests in an open manner. There will also be plenty of Q and A time when you can ask all the kinky questions you can think of. All classes are 18+.

We will cover:

What BDSM is and is not

Consent

How to Negotiate a Scene

What happens before, during and after a scene

Explore the dungeon - what is this equipment and what are all these toys?

Resources and local events

Mistress Justine Cross is a professional BDSM consultant and lifestyle Dominatrix based in Los Angeles. She is the owner of both Dungeon East and Dungeon West, Los Angeles’s premiere dungeon studios, which have been used for high-profile photo and video shoots.

With over 10 years’ experience as a lifestyle Dominatrix and BDSM consultant, Mistress Justine’s expertise and creativity has been called on for dozens of print, radio, and video productions, including Janelle Monae’s 2018 “Make Me Feel” video, the 2014 film Bound, various podcasts including “Savage Love,” and for a number of campaigns and projects for major brands. Internationally recognized and followed, she keeps a dynamic travel schedule and has consulted with clients, appeared in photo shoots, and overseen projects all over the world.

With the mainstream growing more aware of BDSM, Mistress Justine’s opportunities to educate and correct the kink curious have expanded, and she’s been invited to be a guest speaker or teach classes on BDSM, safer sex practices, consent, and more at spaces and events like UCLA and the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Women’s Health 360 Conference. She has donated her time and talents in the service of organizations like the LA Sex Workers Outreach Program, and participates yearly in events benefiting LA Pride and The Keep a Breast Foundation, for which she has raised over $5,000 to date.

Extensively interviewed and profiled, Mistress Justine has appeared in Los Angeles Magazine and Playboy, and been featured in Nylon, LA Weekly, Time Out Los Angeles and on Buzzfeed.com and Salon.com. As busy as she is, she’s open to considering new projects, appearances, and clients, always entertaining another opportunity to bring collaborators and audiences to their feet, and her fans to their knees.

Learn more about Mistress Justine Cross and her dungeons at: http://www.losangelesdominatrix.com