A workshop presented by the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture Keeping a Stiff Upper Lip

Refined over centuries, there is really no culture in the world quite like the British when it comes to discipline and punishment, for strictness, ritual, rules, uniform, and of course severe pain! With practical demonstrations, Val and j (perhaps with a little help from their friends) will show how discipline and punishment has been used in nearly every aspect of British society to elicit awe, fear, shame, humiliation, and even honor and pride, often accompanied by searing pain and a striped backside. Drawing on extensive personal experience of being on the receiving end, they will show you how to reproduce these practices and rituals to harness the deliciously stiff, uncompromising and strict qualities of British discipline and punishment for your own ends and needs. Whether for a raucous school caning role-play, the training of a traditional maid servant, or the quite genuine punishment of an errant submissive… All this and more is given the royal British treatment in this fun, informative and practice-based workshop.

When: 7PM to 9PM
Cost at the door: $25.

About the Educators:

j is a queer, femme-identified submissive with over a decade of experience as a performer, activist, author and workshop leader. She has worked with lobbying and safer sex education organizations including ILGA World and RFSU, and BDSM, Fetish and Kink organizations including IMSL, Exiles, SM Dykes Manchester, and Wish International. Originally from the UK, where she was trained as a submissive and a maid, j is now based in Stockholm, where she is a faculty member of and regular presenter for The Academy, a non-profit educational organization that delivers workshops on BDSM. She is one half of MWxj, a collaboration with Rebecca Wilcox, producing BDSM workshops, performances and happenings. She is also the co-organizer of the Wish PowerExchange Summer Camp, the Wish International Conference, and the performance and community space Wotever Stockholm.

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Val Langmuir is the current Ms San Francisco Leather.

Val was kinky from an early age, but only became aware of the BDSM community by accident, through the London activist group Feminists Against Censorship. Soon Val joined the London SM Dykes and the activist group Countdown on Spanner, helped organize events, including UK SM Pride celebrations, and made contact with the Leather community in North America.

After moving to San Francisco in the late 90s, Val joined The Exiles. First a regular member, Val became an officer in 2004, has held the positions of membership officer and co-coordinator, and currently serves as the club’s orientation officer. Val has worked on projects in the wider Leather community and beyond, including coordinating demos at Leather Alley at SF Pride, presenting at CUAV SafetyFest and BUTCH Voices, and promoting our community at the Frameline and QWOCMAP film festivals.

Val has co-presented the Exiles Orientation class every two months for the last several years, including taking the class "on the road" to CUAV SafetyFest and to BUTCH Voices. Val has also either presented or co-presented classes in caning, role-play, SM Sex/SM relationships, fisting, piercing, and (of course?) SM 101. Organizations presented for include London SM Dykes and Black Rose. Over the years, Val has also enthusiastically demo-bottomed for any number of classes.

Legally married in California to Marilyn, Val is a polyamorous genderqueer switch with a great love of boots and a particular fondness for canes.

This workshop is presented by the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture. Please go to TheFSPC.org for more information.

This event is sponsored by the Center for Sex Positive Culture.