R&K: The Dark Side of Shibari: Can We Decolonize Our Kink?

Accessibility needs (ASL, etc.) are available upon paid request.

**ASL will be at this event.**

Description: 

Sordid, true tales from the sex and kink underground in Japan!  What is sex and kink in Japan like?  How is it like and not like North Americans?  When is shibari play a celebration or misappropriation of Japanese culture? Told in a storyteller’s way, this is a survey of realities and historical factors shaping contemporary sexuality and kink life in Japan.  As we go along, the tale will weave in and out of discussions of the dark side of Japanese rope bondage and realities of global shibari  Born and raised in Japan, Midori often returns home to Japan. Whether visiting family and friends or leading customized tour, she always makes time for “cultural research” in BDSM bars, queer spaces, shibari gatherings, etc. As a returning local she’s privy to life hidden from foreign tourists and rope students.    Learn about the historical impact and cultural ‘big picture’ shaping sex lives in Japan. Midori combines local knowledge and Eddoko (Tokyo person) access with her work as a sexologist and cultural analyst explainer to bring you this special conversation.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 

- Analyze and critique contemporary narratives about Japanese rope bondage in context of history and colonial politics

- Identify and recognize common harms, (physical, emotional, and cultural)  in contemporary shibari practice that often go undiscussed.

This class is 2 AASECT CE credit hours. CKA include: A, C, F

 AASECT Continuing Education Credits 

Velvet Lips Sex Ed will provide AASECT Continuing Education Credits for the Sex Down South Conference.

The price is $20 per CE credit hour ($40 total).

You will be required to sign in and out, fill out the evaluation, and pay, and then you will receive your CE certificate after the event. This program meets the requirements of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and are approved for CE credits.

These CE credits may be applied toward AASECT certification and renewal of certification.

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Please make sure that you read the description before entering into the class.

Completion of this program does not ensure or guarantee AASECT certification. For further information please contact info@aasect.org.

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Grievance Procedures When it comes to grievances, Velvet Lips and the staff herein, take your matters seriously. If you have a grievance, we ask you to follow these steps to ensure that the matter can be resolved:

1. Please contact Marla Renee Stewart (marla@velvetlipssexed.com or 401-365-4448) or Bianca Laureano (AnteUpPd@gmail.com) to try to informally resolve the grievance. This issue can be in regards to the delivery of the training, the evaluation method, or a technological issue.
2. If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the informal route, please put your grievance in writing and send it to Marla Renee Stewart and Bianca Laureano.
3. Within 14 days of the grievance, Marla will hire an outside event consultant, Tia Mosley (tia@sexdownsouth.com), to find the fair methods of resolving the conflict. This mediation can be done with all parties involved and if legal representation is also needed, it is welcome.
4. If there is an impasse, and the solutions are not adequate, you will then be directed to put your grievance in writing and contact AASECT personnel at ce@aasect.org or the state in which the training took place.
5. The AASECT CE Providers Marla Renee Stewart and Bianca Laureano will abide by any of the decisions regarding the resolution of the grievance.