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Kardinal Kink
May 27, 2015, 8:00:56 AM5/27/15
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Questions?
Join us this Friday 2-4 in the LGBT CRC to talk with Kardinal Kink members and leaders.
No questions?
Scroll to the bottom of this email for the positions, or click here.
Do I have to be kinky?
Do I have to be out?
Why on earth is there a kinky sex club on campus?
What is kink, really?
No, and you can be completely anonymous if you want! No prior involvement in Kardinal Kink required either. If you're interested in organising, discussing, criticising, or learning about sex, kink, non-monogamy, abuse, consent, fetishisation, etc, you'll fit right in.
This club is not a 'kinky sex club'--it's a 'kink club.' Media depictions of kink are typically limited to physical objects or behaviors such as spanking, whips, handcuffs, and rough sex, defining kink as edgy/weird sex. Kink is not a form of sex--otherwise why are there asexual kink-identified people?--but a set of alternate forms of intimacy that can sometimes be combined with sex. Plus, characters doing kinky stuff in media are typically white, young, skinny, heterosexual, cisgender, middle or upper class, etc. such that kink is often portrayed as a hobby of the privileged rather than a community focused on peer support and education to fight abuse and shame. [paper on the topic here]
(We prefer limiting comparisons between queer and kink but...) If queer is "who"--who you identify as, who you are attracted to, who you are intimate with--I argue that kink is "how" -- how do you structure your relationships, how do you experience your (a)sexuality, how do you love. How is love portrayed in movies and songs? What if that model doesn't fit you or isn't healthy? How do race, gender, and other societal constructs affect interpersonal relationships and personal desires?
Currently there are 110+ current Stanford students who are Kardinal Kink members, with about 75% undergrads and 25% grad students. Join by attending office hours.
Large quarterly events : In fall we ran an all-campus non-alcoholic rope-themed party in Synergy, in winter a lecture and panel series (flyer attached), and in spring produced The Vagina Monologues. (link)
Intersectional events including "Fetishisation Nation: Loving Transgender Peoples" and "Undocusexy: Kinky/poly adventures of an undocumented queer Chicana." An entire position is dedicated to running intersectional/co-hosted events for next year. (Sign up here!)
Dorm outreach workshops that focus on how to use affirmative consent in practice, sex toy 101 information, and kink 101. How can lessons learned in the kink community help college students out? (link) Also, Kardinal Kink meber-only workshops every other week, including Erotic Hypnosis, Confidence as a Skill, Rope Bondage 101, Headspace for Power Exchange, Flogger Basics, Electro-stim, Anal Play, Healthy D/s, and more.
We run 2 regular munches for Kardinal Kink members, partners, and friends. (munch?)
Next year we're looking to additionally run a Non-Monogamy Munch, Sexual Shame Discussion Group and Radical Sex Politics Circle.
All together it's a lot--this year an average of 3 events a week--but we're always open to more! For more information about the club, what being a member means, and articles written about or by Kardinal Kink, see our website.
"Is 'club' also spelled with a K?"
No, that would be very unfortunate.
Unrelated moustache man:
Positions!!
We have a one hour weekly core meeting over dinner right before Kardinal Kink's weekly meeting, where everyone but outreach counselors are expected to attend.
Co-President (6-8 hours a week)
- Organise weekly meetings, half of which are workshops from off-campus educators
- Interface with the university and students
- Run weekly office hours
- Organise at least one big public event a quarter
- At least one co-president needs to be out
Club Liaison (4-6 hours a week)
- Co-host events with other groups on campus
- 5 or 6 events per quarter
- Focus is typically on intersectionality, telling non-normative narratives, or opening the conversation on sex dynamics in a community (e.g. an intended event is a panel on racism and fetishisation in the gay men's community to facilitate that discussion)
- Actively reach out to and work with groups and student coalitions
PR and Social Networking (2-4 hours a week)
- Take care of our Facebook, FetLife, tumblr, mailing lists, twitter
- Organise flyering
- Educate, connect, and engage with the virtual community
- Work with outside organisations such as Society of Janus, NCSF, and more
- Communicate with the media and press
- Build and maintain a brand
Event organisers (1-4 hours a week)
- Oval Munch, Cross Over Munch (1-2 hours a month)
- Radical Sex Politics Circle (3-4 hours a week)
- Sexual Shame Discussion Group (2 hours a week, counseling experience preferred)
- Any event you want to run!
Dorm Outreach Manager (4 hours a week)
- Organise consent outreach
- Work with dorms to fulfil their particular needs
- Interface with SHPRC, SARA, SOSAS
- Train counselors
Outreach Counselors (1 hour a month)
- Get trained by the Outreach Manager
- Run outreaches in student dorms
- Answer questions about general sex ed, the kink community, and the club
Financial Officer (< 1 hour a week)
- Manage refunds and advanced payments
- Interface with SAL
Want to be involved? Think we're missing out on something? Make up your own position!
Kardinal Kink
Jun 5, 2015, 1:59:36 AM6/5/15
to kardin...@lists.stanford.edu, kardina...@googlegroups.com
Questions?
Join us this Friday 2-4 in the LGBT CRC to talk with Kardinal Kink members and leaders.
No questions?
Scroll to the bottom of this email for the positions, or click here.
Do I have to be kinky?
Do I have to be out?
Why on earth is there a kinky sex club on campus?
What is kink, really?
No, and you can be completely anonymous if you want! No prior involvement in Kardinal Kink required either. If you're interested in organising, discussing, criticising, or learning about sex, kink, non-monogamy, abuse, consent, fetishisation, etc, you'll fit right in.
This club is not a 'kinky sex club'--it's a 'kink club.' Media depictions of kink are typically limited to physical objects or behaviors such as spanking, whips, handcuffs, and rough sex, defining kink as edgy/weird sex. Kink is not a form of sex--otherwise why are there asexual kink-identified people?--but a set of alternate forms of intimacy that can sometimes be combined with sex. Plus, characters doing kinky stuff in media are typically white, young, skinny, heterosexual, cisgender, middle or upper class, etc. such that kink is often portrayed as a hobby of the privileged rather than a community focused on peer support and education to fight abuse and shame. [paper on the topic here]
(We prefer limiting comparisons between queer and kink but...) If queer is "who"--who you identify as, who you are attracted to, who you are intimate with--I argue that kink is "how" -- how do you structure your relationships, how do you experience your (a)sexuality, how do you love. How is love portrayed in movies and songs? What if that model doesn't fit you or isn't healthy? How do race, gender, and other societal constructs affect interpersonal relationships and personal desires?
Currently there are 110+ current Stanford students who are Kardinal Kink members, with about 75% undergrads and 25% grad students. Join by attending office hours.
Large quarterly events : In fall we ran an all-campus non-alcoholic rope-themed party in Synergy, in winter a lecture and panel series (flyer attached), and in spring produced The Vagina Monologues. (link)
Intersectional events including "Fetishisation Nation: Loving Transgender Peoples" and "Undocusexy: Kinky/poly adventures of an undocumented queer Chicana." An entire position is dedicated to running intersectional/co-hosted events for next year. (Sign up here!)
Dorm outreach workshops that focus on how to use affirmative consent in practice, sex toy 101 information, and kink 101. How can lessons learned in the kink community help college students out? (link) Also, Kardinal Kink member-only workshops every other week, including Erotic Hypnosis, Confidence as a Skill, Rope Bondage 101, Headspace for Power Exchange, Flogger Basics, Electro-stim, Anal Play, Healthy D/s, and more.
- Oval Munch, Cross Over Munch, Non-Monogamy Munch (1-2 hours a month)
- Radical Sex Politics Circle (3-4 hours a week)
- Sexual Shame Discussion Group (2 hours a week, counseling experience preferred)
- Any event you want to run!
Dorm Outreach Manager (4 hours a week)
- Organise consent outreach
- Work with dorms to fulfil their particular needs
- Interface with SHPRC, SARA, SOSAS
- Train counselors
Outreach Counselors (1 hour a month)
- Get trained by the Outreach Manager
- Run outreaches in student dorms
- Answer questions about general sex ed, the kink community, and the club
Financial Officer (< 1 hour a week)
- Manage refunds and advanced payments
- Interface with SAL
Want to be involved? Think we're missing out on something? Make up your own position!
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