PRESENTER BIOS
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Ann is a fun loving, equal opportunity sadist with a weird sense of humor who has been wandering the East Coast and attending kink events for longer than she likes to admit. Seamus, though relatively new to Dark Odyssey, has jumped in with both feet and found a welcoming place with Tribe and many opportunities for lots of kinky tomfoolery. Together they find each other endlessly entertaining - and maybe you will too - or not! |
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Arabella Champaq is a Sexological Bodyworker, a Sacred Intimate, and a Tantrika. Breath, sound, touch, and energy are her tools. Her exploration of kink began in second grade when the big boys would tie her up and leave her under the bushes during recess. Now, Arabella unites Kali energy with Shakti to facilitate the unfolding of consciousness. Arabella has studied for 35 years with various teachers. She was a student of Sufi Master of the Chishti Order, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, and has also studied extensively with Alan Lowen. She is in tantra teacher training with Rudy Ballentine. She has led classes, circles, meditations, and retreats since 1982. |
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Arli is a polyamorous, femme leatherdyke who has been kinky since getting her first spanking from the neighbour girl at age 5. In her home town of Vancouver, British Columbia Arli has been organizing and hosting kinky events for more than 20 years. The last 6 years her attention has been on producing Leather Dyke and Leather Queer events with her colleagues at Canadian Mayhem. She is usually seen traveling up and down the west coast with at least one other member of the Vancouver Away Team, a rogue group of queers intent upon creating Joyful Mayhem wherever they go. Dark Odyssey, Summer Camp is the first time Arli has presented on the East coast and she is very excited. Kink in the great outdoors, what could be sweeter. |
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Asrik is a presenter, kinkster, body mod enthusiast, and explorer of the otherworldly who has been part of the pagan and BDSM scenes for the past decade. He is actively engaged in teaching classes on kink, facilitating amazing scenes, profound rituals, and chronicling his experiences in the BDSM community. Asrik has worked and facilitated rituals with leading figures in the pagan and spirit work communities including Raven Kaldera, Wintersong Tashlin, Galina Krasskova, and Anya Kless. He is a member of Clan Tashlin and has played an active role in shaping the Clan’s direction since soon after it’s founding. Over the past year Asrik has been a frequent sight at Seattle’s Center for Sex Positive Culture and on Rain City TNG excursions. His newest passion is creating a space (cartographersoftransgression.wordpress.com) to chronicle the transformative experiences found by those who use tools from the kink and body mod communities to achieve exaltation. |
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Bear is delighted as ever to make some use of his expensive private education for the purposes of helping people get up to dirty shenanigans with greater flair and confidence. A writer, lecturer, and wordsmith, he spends the majority of his non-teaching time trying to make more room in the language for all of us. |
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For nearly two decades, Capt.Gordon has been deeply involved with the Body Modification and Tattooing industry. After much reflection it was his spirituality that brought that brought him to that place to learn about tribal cultures of all kinds. Over the years,with his experience, he has been able to bring a wide range of skills and techniques to many different communities. As Vice President and now Ambassador of SMS he has sought to improve the communities he works within through safety awareness, art, and sacred sexuality. Some of his interests include ritual and ceremonial facilitation, ritual tattooing, piercing, flesh hook suspension facilitation (both safety and technique), cutting and branding, body transformation weekends, healing arts, ritual art and theater, body play, BDSM, D/s and M/s relationships, fire performance, and ordeal facilitation. He also gives various educational workshops on safe blood play, piercing art, extreme vs.edge play ,kinky wrestling, and more. |
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Dylan Ryan is a queer porn icon, porn performer, performances artist, writer, yogi and all around-lover of things kinky, sex-educational and sex-positive. A recent graduate with her Masters in Social Work, Dylan works as a community organizer, an activist and a social aggrigator working with LGBTQ community as well as focusing on the needs of sex and body workers as a community. Having been into yoga for years, but somewhat new to the world of yoga instructing, Dylan is ecstatic to bring her skills with breath work, inner focus and body-centering techniques to her classes at Dark Odyssey Summer Camp as well as her experience in Queer Porn and with making Queer sex safer and fun for those she works and plays with. |
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Elkor is a Sensual Top with a Dominant streak that comes out at random times. Possessed of a quirky sense of humor, he likes showing people they can enjoy the things he wants to do to them. Kinky his whole life, Elkor has been in the scene since 1999. As well as participating in a number of groups, he began presenting to BDSM groups in 2005 and has been hooked since. With his partner & wife, Margo Eve, he enjoys presenting on a variety of subjects, from the physical to mental to interpersonal, and how to blend them. |
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Ignacio Rivera aka Papí Coxxx who prefers the gender-neutral pronoun “they” is a Black-Boricua, gender-fluid, Trans-Former, kinky, sex positive sex educator, sex worker, performance artist and filmmaker. They are the creator of Poly Patao Productions. Poly Patao Productions is dedicated to producing sex-positive workshops, performance pieces, play parties, panel discussions, teach-ins, social/political groups and educational opportunities that are specially geared toward queer women, transgender, multi-gender, genderqueer, gender non-conforming and gender variant folx of color. Find out more at polypataoproductions.com or on Twitter as Ignacio_Rivera. |
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As the current International Mr Bootblack, Jim Deuder brings with him over a decade of experience in the bootblack, Kink and and Leather communities. Well known for his sexually expressive style of bootblacking, and rhythmic impact play, Jim has traveled across the globe sharing his knowledge and experience on a wide range of topics from relationships to SM to erotic leather care. A fluid soul, Jim appreciates the exchange of energy between people more than any one simple physical act. He lives an open and poly lifestyle, and enjoys connecting with all variations of gender and orientation. Jim is the contest coordinator for the International Ms Bootblack competition in San Francisco, and is the producer and founding member of the NYC Bootblack Roundtable. |
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Lee Harrington is an eclectic artist, spiritual and erotic educator, gender explorer and published author and editor on human sexuality and spiritual experience- including “Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond,” “Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé” and the “Toybag Guide to Age Play”. He has also worked as an anthology editor on such projects as “Rope, Bondage, and Power” and "Spirit of Desire." Well known for his fun and informative approach to education, he approaches sexuality as yet another art to master, or simply an art to enjoy to its fullest! He has been an active part of the international kink and sex positive communities for over 14 years, and his stories make people laugh while showing you that eroticism can be as serious, sexy, or silly as you make it. Lee’s writings and photography have appeared in numerous anthologies including “Dark Moon Rising: Pagan BDSM and the Ordeal Path” (also under his previous pen name, Bridgett Harrington), and his image has been seen everywhere from PlayBoy TV to the pages of Skin Two Magazine. To learn more about Lee visit www.PassionAndSoul.com. |
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Lolita Wolf (http://leatheryenta.com/) discovered the BDSM scene back in the late 80's when “online” meant being on the phone sex lines. She is an activist who defends sexual freedom for all consenting adults, spreads the word about BDSM, sex and poly, and helps the community grow and flourish. Yet, her goal remains "to have fun." Lolita has many specialties including bondage, impact play of all sorts, hot wax, fire play, poly relationships, social skills, communication and negotiation, CBT, violet wands, etc. Lolita has presented workshops for organizations and events across the country. She is well-known for a fun and entertaining style that packs a lot of information into a short class. Lolita is an Emeritus Board Member of both TES and Leather Leadership Conference. She is a former Chair of Lesbian Sex Mafia, an honorary member of GMSMA and an Associate Member of New York boys of Leather. She is active with National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and Leather Pride Night. She has authored two books: Spanking and CBT in a Nutshell. |
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Luna is very active in the Leather/BDSM communities, on staff at The Playhouse in Baltimore and The Crucible in DC. She has been volunteering at events and organizations since starting in her hometown of Chicago in 2002. Her work within the community has allowed her to learn and grow as a person, help people, teach, and travel. After relocating to the East Coast in 2007, Luna and her pony partner, were honored to be the only ones to win the leather title of International Pony & Trainer 2008. This led to Luna becoming a nationally known presenter and advocate for pony play. In addition to animal play of all types, Luna enjoys presenting on a variety of topics, mentoring, meeting new people, and being able to help others whenever possible. |
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Margo Eve (That's First Name: Margo. Last Name: Eve.) has been in the scene longer than she's willing to admit. She has been studying up up on sexuality even longer than that. (Someone told her there would be a quiz once.) She holds a few degrees in Communication but prefers to put them down to do other things. She's been been studying the role of communication in gender and sexuality for almost as long as she's been with her husband/partner, Elkor. When her head isn't in her shiny Macbook, she is either dancing (with or without fire), experimenting FOR SCIENCE!, contemplating the mysteries of desire, or thinking up something devious to do to others. She's also been known to give out hugs on a regular basis and believes, when in doubt, go for the funny. You can see some of her writing in Lee Harrington’s “Spirit of Desire” anthology. |
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The Marine came out in the back room of a San Jose leather bar in 1990 and participated in the original Journeyman Academy. She’s been intimately involved in the Leather Community ever since. The Marine believes in ‘walking the walk’ and has been leading through example ever since. You want to experience some ‘real’ pain show up at one of her classes because she is sure to be heard saying, “let me ask you this?” A member of Club X in San Diego and Exiles in San Francisco; she has taught numerous classes including all day seminars and 3-day weekend intensives. The Marine is a Registered Nurse, Certified Hypnotist, Psych K Practitioner, Communication Expert, a life-long student of NLP, with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. |
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MojoDaddy has been a National Level Educator for the BDSM / Kink community since 2006. Most recently, Mojo was awarded the “2011 Educator of the Year” for the Southeast Virginia community. His background includes active duty as an Army paratrooper during the 1980’s, a lifelong martial artist since 1976 and an active member of the Kink community since the mid 1980s. He has been an active advocate of self-defense for women since 1987. He is the Originator of Elegant Pain Compliance and Control (EPC) used by a select few Pro-Dommes nationwide to include Canada and he is the founder of the Dynamic Dominance Academy (2006). MojoDaddy is a graduate of Master Taino's Training Academy (MTTA), Master’s Training Class X (2007). He is a charismatic and passionate instructor. Participants leave his workshops infused with a sense of self-empowerment. Currently MojoDaddy is broadening the scope of classes and workshops offered through the Dynamic Dominance Academy. More information can be found at www.dynamicdom.com. |
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Mollena (Mo) Williams, “Delicate, Trembling Flower of Submission” © is a NYC born and raised writer, Leatherwoman, actress, BDSM Educator, fat fetish model and Executive Pervert. In the Kink and Leather communities, she identifies as a power slave who submits to only one. She is extremely honored to have served as International Ms Leather 2010 and Ms. San Francisco Leather 2009. She has been a board associate for the Folsom Street Fair, and was featured on the Folsom poster for 2010. Mollena is also a Coalition Partner and supporter of the NCSF (National Coalition for Sexual Freedom). Active in the Leather and BDSM communities since 1996, she keeps it real all over the US, Europe and Canada on myriad BDSM, Leather and kinkcentric topics. She is deeply honored to have been nominated for the 21st Annual Pantheon of Leather’s Woman of the Year AND Northern California Regional Awards! A founding member of Crowded Fire Theater Company, she blogs on The Perverted Negress: http://mollena.com. Mo is also author of many articles, and has been featured in many interviews. She is also responsible for the "The Toybag Gude: Taboo Play" and of the essay "BDSM and Playing with Race" which appears in Best Sex Writing 2010, has two essays appearing in Tristan Taormino's Ultimate Guide to Kinky Sex and is co-author, along with Lee Harrington of the upcoming book Playing Well With Others. |
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Always prepared with a smile, a joke, and a length of rope, Murphy Blue has been sharing his kink knowledge and signature style since the turn of the century. Because the interplay of people and energy through intent and gestures is something that should be passed along, Murphy tries to focus not just on the *how’s* of kink, but the frequently forgotten *why’s*. While most well-known for his unique ropework, creative performances, bouncy demeanor, and intense love for Transformers, “The Blue” is also proficient in multiple kinky skills, a talented photographer, a budding writer, a practicing energy worker of multiple traditions, and a pretty darn good dancer. Murphy travels the country, teaching, learning, and saving the world, one knot at a time. There is a tale of him being trapped and his only chance to survive was to suspend multiple women to please a dark council. When asked about this, Murphy only smiles. |
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Don (not that Don) is an SM educator, a switch, a Dominant masochist, a mentor and a proper Canadian pervert. Ex-military, he served more than 20 years in the Army, learning how to tear people down and build them back up. Far more educational, however, has been the time spent playing with his leather family (PQLF). He now employs the skills he learned to hunt, catch and torture his willing prey. He has been honoured to teach both small groups and at events such as Dark Odyssey: Summer Camp, Dark Odyssey: Winter Fire, Queer Invasion, Instigate NYC and xplore Berlin. |
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Princess Kali is a dynamic kink educator that focuses on power exchange, sexual confidence & other pervy fun stuff! Now, with over a decade of experience in exploring sexually alternative lifestyles & professions, her time is focused on running three revolutionary websites she’s founded over the last two years; Kink Academy, Passionate U, and Fearless Press.com |
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Sinclair Sexsmith writes the award-winning personal online project Sugarbutch Chronicles: The Sex, Gender, and Relationship Adventures of a Kinky Queer Butch Top at sugarbutch.net. She has contributed to more than a dozen anthologies, including four Best Lesbian Erotica collections, Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica, Persistence: Still Butch and Femme, and Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica. She is the guest editor of Best Lesbian Erotica 2012, and her first full-length erotica anthology, Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica, will be published by Cleis Press in April 2012. She teaches workshops on gender and sexuality throughout the US, including at various colleges, The Center for Sex Positive Culture in Seattle, the KinkForAll Unconferences, the Lesbian Sex Mafia, The Center for Sexual Pleasure & Health in Rhode Island, Good Vibrations, and many queer and feminist sex toy stores. More information about her events, workshops, and projects at mrsexsmith.com. |
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Sir C is a sadistic, bisexual, and poly Master and BDSM educator. She shares a home and Her life with Her Alpha Mate, Bobby, and is pleased to be part of PQLF leather family. She is well known for Her rope rigging, interesting training perspectives, unique M/s philosophy, and “evil” genius. She has pursued Her passion for strenuous bondage and suspension professionally on sites like Hogtied, Waterbondage, InSex, Men in Pain and InSexM. Her personal passion is evident in Her local and national affiliations, participation, and teaching. She was the founding Associate Director of MAsT: Metro New York, is a Trainer with The Estate, and has taught at a number of group meetings and munches, as well as national events including Dark Odyssey, BR, Kinkfest, South Plains Leatherfest, Ohio Leatherfest, TES Fest, Leather Retreat Master/slave Camp and Shibaricon. |
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Strap-on Jo is a queer bi switch poly dyke slut whose love affair with other people's anuses went from private kink to professional calling four years ago when she transitioned from being a statistician to being a non-domme professional ass fucker who occasionally teaches classes and makes porn. http://straponjo.com http://facebook.com/StrapOnJoWhole |
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T is a performing artist and a happy, genderqueer, sex-positive, itinerant switch with a penchant for hitting things. Reflecting upon a life-long immersion in aspects of both mastery and service within the context of centuries-old cultural traditions has led to a deeply intentional, spiritual exploration of how that world and the worlds of Leather/BDSM/Kink interconnect and collide. T has had the great privilege and honor to present and perform at a number of events, most recently at KinkFest, Leather Life New Mexico, IMsL, & Desire. |
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Wintersong Tashlin (www.barkingshaman.com) is a shaman, magician and presenter who has been teaching and running rituals for over a decade. Seeing pain and pleasure as valuable tools, he employs both in his spiritual work as well as his erotic play. In addition to magical and spiritual classes, Wintersong also teaches workshops on various erotic and kink techniques, specializing in needle play, cbt, polyamory, roleplaying and playing with unusual fetishes. He also runs open and private rituals, particularly ones built around personal transformation. Wintersong offers private tutoring in magic/energy work as well as in a variety of erotic techniques and edge play. He has presented for Kink Academy, Dark Odyssey, The Floating World, QueerPlayCon, Black Rose, and many others. Wintersong is a council member of Clan Tashlin, an earth based teaching and magical order built around a unique relationship between people and the energies of the world around us, and has been featured in documentaries on topics such as polyamory, spirituality and genital integrity in both the United States and Great Britain. He can be found on Fetlife simply as “Wintersong.” |
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