Leadership Spotlight: Sakari

This is the twelfth of our spotlights on community members who help out the CSPC in leadership positions. In this issue, we’ve asked some questions to get a deep and personal look at our new Board Member and Communications Director, Sakari.

• Name:

  • Sakari

• Pronouns:

  • She/her

• How do you identify?

  • I am a collared, submissive transgender woman. My Mistress has a laundry list of different names for me including: Maid, pony, puppy, baby, princess, bunny, cook, chauffeur, moo cow and etc.

• How long have you been with the CSPC?

  • About 8 years now

• What brought you here and what are your main areas of interest?

  • I moved to Seattle in 2011 to transition in a welcoming environment. After searching around for like-minded people, I found the Center. My first parties were the Femdom teas and I fell in love. My main kinks are service, roleplay of the age and pet variety usually, impact, all forms of bondage and sensation play.

• CSPC e-mail address, title, areas you cover:

  • sakaricspc@gmail.com Communications Director. Please contact me if you’re interested in volunteering for the Communications Team. We are currently looking for someone well-versed in social media. I would also be more than willing to talk to any trans girls in the CSPC community who need a shoulder or just some advice. A kind stranger guided me when I first got to town and I am happy to do the same.

• What was your path to your current position?

  • I think the CSPC’s mission is of vital importance to the Seattle community and, frankly, the world at large. I also owe the CSPC a huge debt because I met my wonderful Mistress and partner at a CSPC party called Women on Top. I’ve been a volunteer for some years now and when I saw a chance to help in a larger capacity I jumped for it. I really want this place to thrive.

• Which CSPC event is your favorite and why? 

  • The Femme Soverign Teas are my absolute favorite. As a service submissive and aspiring maid I cannot emphasize how much a dream these events can be. All of the fantasy is there before you: a room of discerning dommes, a day of prostration and service and I get to put on my cutest, sluttiest maid outfit! Close runners up are the F*cking Precious ageplay party and the All In pan-party. SPOILER: I helped champion all three!

• Career or day job:

  • 24/7 kinky maid service for my Mistress =)

• What do you like to do in your free time?

  • Videooooo gaaammmmeeeeeeez

• Living situation:

  • I live with my Mistress and our two cats in the Greenwood neighborhood.

• Fun fact:

  • Everyone I meet compliments my curly hair but before I transitioned I never grew it out more than an inch so I never knew it was a thing!

• Turn-ons and squicks: 

  • I’m wildly turned on by softness. I love the feel of soft thigh-highs or fuzzy sweaters. I would assuredly be a furry if I could afford one of those suits, plus I think costumes are fun. I also love having control taken away via bondage. I especially like gags. As for squicks, it’s the usual: waste products, children, non-consent. Also not into impact that draws blood.

• Hopes and concerns for the CSPC:

  • I am very much looking forward to the CSPC weathering the COVID storm and getting back to hosting parties in our own space. My biggest concern is getting that space and making sure it fits our needs while still being affordable for the long-term. It’s my hope, once we do have space, that we skirt the line between cool, kink club and awesome kink community center.

• Advice for a new member or volunteer: 

  • To the new member I would say: If you are looking for a certain someone or experience, don’t give up if you don’t find it right away. I was getting discouraged going to Femdom teas and not getting play or meeting anyone. The day I said I was done going to the Center my roommate did my makeup and pushed me out the door to a Women on Top party. That was the day I met my Mistress. Also, don’t be afraid to let your colors show at these parties. Dress to impress. Don’t be afraid to respectfully approach someone. People won’t get the idea until you give it to them.

• Is there an event or organization, outside of the CSPC, that you feel our community should know about?

  • One of the kind owners at Wild at Heart on Leary St. pointed me toward the CSPC when I first moved here. It’s a great female-run adult store with a nice BDSM section.

• How can we build up each other? How can we be here for one another?

  • I always tell myself that karma is real. It’s scientific, really. For every action there is a reaction. I think just giving everyone the benefit of the doubt, extending your hand in friendship first can go a long way to making this world better.

• Anything else we should know?

  • The Center for Sex Positive Culture and all of the organizations like it embody freedom of the self. Freedom is our most important resource and it must be closely guarded and nurtured or we will lose it and be worse off for it.