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This episode is a little bit different. Instead of interviewing a guest I’m reading from my memoir. I’ve had lots of requests for an audiobook but haven’t had the time, so I thought I’d give you a little taste. In a way, this is my Kinky Salon confession.
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In this episode I have the amazingly talented and totally pervy Rachel Lark on the show. She talks about her theory that everyone is trying to start and orgy and tells us her tragic first time swinger party story. Tune in to hear her fabulous Kinky Salon song and learn about her current kickstarter which is for a video for her song about period sex called “Warm, Bloody, and Tender”
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Sex Culture Revolutionaries on Facecrack
 There’s a new Sex Culture Revolutionaries facebook group for activists, educators and artists working in the realm of sexuality.
So far it’s been an incredible process just to see the people signing up. We’ve got film makers, performance artists, comedians, sex educators, pro Dommes, therapists, psychologists, podcasters and event producers from all over the world!
You should join.
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 Here’s the link to podcast #7. While I was on my world tour it was so great to chat with the people making Kinky Salon happen out there in the world.
Jules is one of the co-producers of Kinky Salon in Berlin. She was gracious enough to host us on the world tour. Here’s your chance to meet her and find out about Berlin culture and her part in it.
Available on iTunes, Stitcher, Player.fm, and Tune In! Please don’t forget to rate the show to help it get better visibility!
If you have some great stories to share about your experiences at Kinky Salon and the surrounding culture please let me know! I’m looking for heartfelt realness rather than titillating tales 🙂
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Until next time,
P♥lly
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Jules is one of the co-producers of Kinky Salon in Berlin. She was gracious enough to host us on the world tour. Here’s your chance to meet her and find out about Berlin culture and her part in it.
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I loved talking to Mads about Kinky Salon. He’s a very clever man and I love his perspecitve. I’m so exhausted from all this traveling that I can’t actually piece together a decent intro, so you’ll just have to trust me. I’ll update this later when my brain is back online.
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Hello from New York! Listen in on a conversation between me and the lovely “manmeat” Enormvs. He was one of our favorite performers at Kinky Salon in San Francisco and since he moved to New York he’s joined the team here to help create the community here. We talk about his pet chicken, what it’s like to feel like a nerd at the cool party, and why performing at Kinky Salon is different from other events.
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Hello from Copenhagen!
I’ve been on such amazing adventures and it’s pretty clear to me at this point that the biggest challenge new Kinky Salon’s face is finding a venue. I’ve been to four cities in the last two weeks and seen first hand that the success of the event is defined by their ability to find a home. Here’s the lowdown of the places I’ve seen so far:
LOS ANGELES: The team in LA has a great venue called the Syrup Loft. It’s already established as a groovy event space with tons of awesome arty things happening. The Syrup Lounge (pictured left) is a gorgeous room with a bohemian vibe perfect for lounging and flirting. The inaugural Kinky Salon in LA went off with a bang in part because the venue was so perfect. It’s the kind of place that we can improve over time, adding décor and perfecting the vibe.
NEW YORK: Our NYC contingent has been struggling with some serious venue problems. Their last party was canceled the day of the event because of unresolvable complications with the venue. They’ve been scouring the neighborhood for a new home since December. While I was there I got to see the new venue they just signed a deal with. It’s a classic Brooklyn loft with a big open main space, brick walls and hardwood floors. It also has two small rooms that will be perfect for play spaces, and we’ll curtain an area off to make the fungeon. It’ll take some work, but it’s a gorgeous loft.
LONDON: The team in London celebrated their five-year anniversary while I was in town. The party was huge, with over 300 people in attendance. Their venue is in the trendy neighborhood of Homerton, and it’s a big empty space that they can configure to their needs. It’s a lot of work to start with a blank canvas, but the London team has great volunteer support, using 60 volunteers for each event! They produced tons of custom décor to make the party feel special, and even built a custom ball pit. They have eight storage containers to store all the beds and décor materials for the event that they truck in for every party. It’s a feat of organizing and a lot of work, but they’re looking for a permanent home.
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Written in response to this article in the Sunday Times about Kinky Salon
There’s a story that San Francisco sex culture is teeming with uber rich, hedonistic Silicon Valley playboys. The outside world seems to be infatuated with the idea that vast wealth and hedonistic sexuality go hand in hand. It’s a compelling image to portray—with money and power they no longer need morals. They can do whatever they want. They don’t care. It’s like the fall of the Roman Empire. It’s the perfect image of debauchery and decadence. The truth is, as with most things in life, a lot less salacious, and a little more complicated than this satisfyingly titillating template.
San Francisco has always been an incubator for progressive sex culture. It was the first town in America to allow topless dancing and pornography. By the time the sexual revolution blew its wad into the heart of San Francisco, it was already established as a haven for liberal sexuality. The streets in Downtown San Francisco are named Minna and Grace, after the sex workers of the Barbary Coast. San Francisco is a city with history and culture; it’s not just the playground of “young, rich and driven” Silicon Valley white-collar elite. Young people travel to San Francisco from all over the world because they’ve heard that this is a place where you can be yourself. In San Francisco moral structures are questioned, not ignored.
Kinky Salon is a San Francisco event, not a Silicon Valley event. Sure, there are some tech workers in our community, but we also have librarians, social workers, nurses, waiters, firemen, teachers, artists, store clerks and civil engineers, and they’ve found a place where they can be themselves—where being sexual is just being human. It doesn’t have to be shocking and sleazy. We are leaving the sexual dark ages behind, and places like Kinky Salon are leading the way. At Kinky Salon diversity is celebrated, sexuality is playful, consent is paramount, all bodies are beautiful, and creativity is valued above social status. Volunteers run our community, which prides itself on being inclusive and authentic, and our VIPs are the people who take out the trash.
It’s easy to fall back on stereotypes, but the tired image of young, wealthy, narcissistic socialites with a voracious appetite for self-indulgence has been around since the ‘70s. That isn’t what’s happening at Kinky Salon.
