Broaden Your Mind

Other Community Events to Enjoy!

The CSPC throws amazing parties and hosts many important discussions on various topics. But luckily, we live in a place where there are many more options to dive into sex- and body-positive culture. The list below is just a sampling of some great events coming up in the next month.

We include non-CSPC events in every issue. If you have an event suggestion, please email Marissa at newsletter@thecspc.org and it might make it into our next issue!

May 30–August 8

Consent Academy: Consent and Leadership Summer Series ($300+ | online)

Consent and Leadership is a unique opportunity for leaders to deepen their understanding of consent, power, trauma, and accountability. It consists of 8 workshops and one optional lab, each exploring the knowledge, skills, and practices anyone who finds themselves in a position of influence or authority needs in order to foster a consensual space.

July 4–7

Woodwinked at the Whump & Hump campout ($20–$50+ | in person)

You are most cordially invited to Temptr’s private party out at Kinky Acres! Everyone must be pre-approved. RSVP instructions on FetLife.

July 7–12

The Goodenough Community: 2024 Summer Gathering - Consent: The Heart of Relationships and Communities ($690+ | in person)

The Goodenough Summer Gatherings are a rich mix of learning, practice, and skill-building that happen within a container of friendship and good will. For over 55 years, we have developed and refined our method of offering these life-changing experiences to ourselves and the wider world. Expert teaching sessions are enlivened by an atmosphere of play and exploration. These lessons are further explored in small group sessions where participants can feel safe and respectfully held as they learn to manage their inner landscape of feelings in ways that promote greater understanding and well-being.

July 10

Papaya Project: Sex Trivia ($10–$20 | in person)

This monthly event is the best way to learn about and celebrate pleasure, queerness, and the science of sex! Trivia questions cover a wide variety of sex and sexuality-related topics, so get ready to challenge yourself, learn something new, and have a good time. A portion of each ticket will be donated to Camp Ten Trees, a nonprofit residential camp in Washington State for youth of LGBTQ and nontraditional families, LGBTQ youth, and their allies.

July 15 (every Monday through August)

Emerald City Trapeze Arts - Beginner Shibari ($25 | in person)

In this foundational session, students will learn fundamental ties and techniques to begin their rope journey. Though fundamental, these techniques can be combined in uncountable ways to produce elaborate shapes and scenarios. Besides learning technical skills, we will focus on rope bondage as a movement and acrobatic art, with emphasis on flow, aesthetics, and partner connection.

Editor’s note for all events*

As a reminder, these are non-CSPC events. We include them as a way to open your mind to possible other experiences, but we have no control over them, their content, or their missions.

Virtual Pre-Frolic 411

Cost: Free, online

Who: anyone who is attending camp or just thinking about it

When: Wed July 17, 7-9 pm

What is the Virtual Pre-Frolic 411? 

It's your opportunity to pick the brains of the Camp Directors, Turtle & Mina, on anything to do with The Frolic!

What to expect, scheduling, what actually happens, ... are there showers? Do people, meaning me, have to be naked? Can I bring my CPAP machine? What if I just want to lay in the sun? No need to pre-register! Click here for the event page that contains the Zoom link.

Ask your questions! Email frolic@thecspc.org for more information or check out our Frolic event page.

P.S. We will not be recording this event. Per the “Online Meeting Rules”, it is against CSPC policy for attendees to record events. Come prepared to take your own notes! Please be aware that this is an online event and our ability to enforce some rules may be limited.

Frolic Discord

The More You Know!

Are you wondering where all the active members are posting, if not on Fetlife? Where are we sharing titillating thoughts, planning scenes for events, and just gabbing about our interests?

Did you know that we have a Frolic-specific channel on the CSPC Discord server?

If you are a CSPC member with an active membership, you can join the server by clicking on the Discord link on the bottom of our CSPC website. Renew your membership today on the Membership Portal to join! 

How to Become a Member?

1. Virtual New Member Orientation + Virtual Munch

This is hosted every 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00pm. 

2. New Member Orientation + In-Person Event

We host several in-person events every month in Pioneer Square and before each one is the orientation that allows new members to participate in the event happening that evening. 

Check out our Events page for more information! 

Broaden Your Mind

Other Community Events to Enjoy!

The CSPC throws amazing parties and hosts many important discussions on various topics. But luckily, we live in a place where there are many more options to dive into sex- and body-positive culture. The list below is just a sampling of some great events coming up in the next month.

We include non-CSPC events in every issue. If you have an event suggestion, please email Marissa at newsletter@thecspc.org and it might make it into our next issue!

May 30–August 8

Consent Academy: Consent and Leadership Summer Series ($300+ | online)

Consent and Leadership is a unique opportunity for leaders to deepen their understanding of consent, power, trauma, and accountability. It consists of 8 workshops and one optional lab, each exploring the knowledge, skills, and practices anyone who finds themselves in a position of influence or authority needs in order to foster a consensual space.

June 20 (tonight, get yourself there!)

Papaya Project: Spicy Speed Dating ($15 | in person)

Looking to make new connections while exploring different perspectives on identity, relationships, sexuality, and pleasure? Take a break from the apps and join us for a night that's all about real, in-person interactions. Let’s come together for a night of meeting new people, making friends, and maybe even finding a spicy spark or two (or three).

June 21–22

Theatre Off Jackson: Fussy Cloud Puppet Slam ($15–$30 | in person)

In a vibrant celebration of creativity, diversity, and all things queer, Fussy Cloud is proud to present Volume 25: Queer Edition, an eclectic and extraordinary lineup that showcases LGBTQ+ puppeteers from the Pacific Northwest and beyond!

June 22

Solstice Parade + Fremont Fair (free | in person)

Come be dazzled as more than 60 community- based ensembles parade down the streets of Fremont with giant puppets, stilt walkers, floats, dancers, cyclists, and musicians in this kaleidoscope of joyous human expression.

June 28–30

Acrobatic Conundrum: Circus of Second Chances ($25–$100 | in person)

On a relentless quest for wonder, three veteran acrobats let their imaginations run wild to fulfill secret longings. Fluent in the language of circus, Acrobatic Conundrum’s principal performers melt the fourth wall to reveal their fatal flaws and journeys to redemption. In our homes we are out at sea, on our living room couch we find ourselves on an epic odyssey; so much rests upon the fate of a dozen lemons.

June 30

Seattle Pride Parade (free | in person)

Seattle’s 50th annual Pride Month celebration will close out with the annual Seattle Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30 in Westlake Park along 4th Avenue. Come see Washington's largest parade and celebrate the 250+ local and national community groups, nonprofits, and companies.

July 4

Woodwinked at the Whump & Hump campout ($20–$50+ | in person)

You are most cordially invited to Temptr’s private party! Everyone must be pre-approved. RSVP instructions on FetLife.

July 7–12

The Goodenough Community: 2024 Summer Gathering - Consent: The Heart of Relationships and Communities ($690+ | in person)

The Goodenough Summer Gatherings are a rich mix of learning, practice, and skill-building that happen within a container of friendship and good will. For over 55 years, we have developed and refined our method of offering these life-changing experiences to ourselves and the wider world. Expert teaching sessions are enlivened by an atmosphere of play and exploration. These lessons are further explored in small group sessions where participants can feel safe and respectfully held as they learn to manage their inner landscape of feelings in ways that promote greater understanding and well-being.


Editor’s note for all events*

As a reminder, these are non-CSPC events. We include them as a way to open your mind to possible other experiences, but we have no control over them, their content, or their missions.

Consent Corner 24.09

by Emma Atkinson 

Hello, loveliest of people! Go ahead, let your light shine bright, especially in Pride month. Mary Oliver wrote a breathtakingly beautiful poem called, “The Buddha’s Last Instruction.” Spoiler alert: “make of yourself a light.”

We’ve been considering the situation when someone says that you’re being too emotional. Last time we talked about checking in with yourself to see how you’re doing. Let’s say that you’ve found nothing too amiss. 

Don Miguel Ruiz, the author of The Four Agreements, wrote a book with his son in which they outlined the “Fifth Agreement”: Be skeptical, but learn to listen. In our imaginary scenario, this is the perfect time to put your listening cap on. Let’s assume that you’re already wearing your skepticism hat. Throw on your Sherlock Holmes investigating mode cap while you’re at it. Please feel free to add your own amazing caps as you see fit. 

Life can be complicated. And juggling all those hats while still making a fashion statement is a super complicated challenge unto itself! I think that honing your listening skills will bring you benefits beyond your imagination. Try it and let me know! 

Homework: Please show off your fabulous self this Pride month. And, it’s a perfect time to thank those in our community who are always working hard to build the community that treasures you and is proud of you, exactly as you are. 

“Be excellent to each other.” —Bill and Ted

“Be sexcellent to each other.” —Emma

PPMT Update!

Come join PPMT on July 13 for a little pre-Frolic fun! Model your Frolic outfits! Put up a tent for people to voyeur you in! Try out items that could be used as pervertables and get ideas from everyone! Play hard, play lighter, no matter what, and get consent to take it higher!

Check out our party on the CSPC Event schedule

Note: August PPMT is canceled. Why? Because we will be kinkin’ it up in the woods at The Frolic 2024! 

GRIND REBOOT IS COMING IN JULY!

by Teeebone

This year, the CSPC is celebrating its 25th Anniversary and part of that celebration will include bringing back some classic parties from the past! On Thursday July 25th, the CSPC will present Grind Reboot as a throwback party! An homage to Grind, which was a weekly club favorite during the Interbay days, this is the CSPC’s first weekday event held as a one-off to see how things go!

What will this party be like? What it says on the can: A Reboot of Grind, which turns our dungeon into a nightclub with music by professional DJs and lots of space to play. If you miss the classic Grind party, like it dark and loud, or want to dance and play in the same space, this event has it all! BDSM and sex are encouraged. Come celebrate our 25th Anniversary with this blast from the past! 

There is no dress code enforced, but we encourage you to please dress for a night out. Fetishwear is welcome. If you would like to know more about how Grind was, check out my article on the subject HERE!

Presenter Spotlight

IMPACT Presenters

If you don’t see a bio or class description, go to:

Class Descriptions

Presenters

The Basics of Canes, Your Flexible Impact Toy! - Sir Panda

Level 1, BDSM, Canes, Impact

If your bottom loves a little sting — or a lot — caning is a great way to bring some zing to the scene. If you’re a bottom who loves stingy, you owe it to yourself to try a little caning!

We’ll present the basics of caning and scenes that integrate canes into your play as a creative option. You’ll learn about cane types, sizes, and materials; the flexibility of different selections; and how these options and the force applied affect the feel and pain level. We’ll cover different caning swings, beats, and rhythms — from a gentle tap, tap, tapping to an intense, agonizing strike. 

Canes have their own mystique and are great for bondage and punishment scenes. Even a small, hidden cane can be brought out for a big flashy effect! Canes offer a sensual and stingy sauce all their own and unlike heavier thuds can be applied almost anywhere below the neck – depending on the size and flexibility of the cane, and the force used (let's be careful out there!). We’ll discuss cane care and safety, and how canes can be a sweet and tasty addition to your toy menu.

What to bring: (OPTIONAL) Bring your canes and bottoms if you have them. 

Flogging Variations: Mild to Wild - Eirikah Delaunay 

Level 1, BDSM, Flogging, Hands-On

In this experiential workshop, we will explore some of the many sensations and techniques for using this iconic toy. We'll cover basic anatomy for safety, then dive into the different kinds of sensation you can create by pairing a specific toy with a specific style of swing. A range of floggers will be available for exploration; please bring your flogger(s) if you have them. If you are willing to bottom for inexperienced Tops in a learning environment, please bring clothes for your own added protection.**Note: All partnered practice will require negotiation and mutual consent.

Impact Play (giving and receiving) - Mac McGregor 

Featured Presenter, Level 2, BDSM, Hands-on, Impact

As a world champion fighter, we learn to give and take shots and how to maximize power when giving. This is the full circle of both sides of the coin in one class. You will learn tricks of the trade that fighters use to learn to take hits and keep going as well as how to conserve and maximize power when you are giving the impact. Each person will participate in learning both sides of the skills of the game of impact play. Come ready to sweat, learn and be empowered by knowledge and skill.

What to bring: Wear comfortable clothes that you can move freely in and tennis shoes.

Sweet, Seductive, and Serviceable: Dessert Topping 101 for Everybody! - Teeebone 

Level 1, BDSM, Sensual, Topping

Have you ever heard of a Dessert Top? BDSM has been perceived as being rough, brutal, and painful, thanks to our dear friends in the media. So, let’s step away from that and approach this subject from a different angle, one that focuses on fun and sensual domination! In this workshop, we will explore the sensual side of BDSM and find out more about what being a Sweet Service Top is all about!

Often, we think of boundaries as rigid limits that keep us safe but might also prevent us from stretching into new experiences. Some of us — especially those of us who thrive on pleasing our partners — also feel super awkward about communicating our boundaries to others for fear that we will be perceived as rude or mean. In this workshop, we’ll practice feeling in our bodies the fluidity of our boundaries in a specific moment so that we will recognize that feeling as it arises in negotiations, in scenes, and other parts of our lives. We’ll also practice communicating boundaries lovingly so we can better invite people into truly connected, consensual relationships with us.

What to bring: Bring your toys and pervertables for a live demo and guided practice!

Dessert Topping 201 - Teeebone

Level 2, BDSM, Sensual, Topping

Come join Teeebone as he continues to wax poetic on the subject of sensual domination and the fine art of sweet service topping; Sometimes silly, sometimes serious, and even a little scary!

What to bring: Bring your toys and pervertables for a live demo and guided practice!

Whip it into Shape: Create your own dragon’s tongue pocket whip! - trinity

Level 1,  BDSM, Craft

Going beyond household pervertables and commercially available impact toys, making your own offers endless options. In this session, you’ll learn some basic paracord weaving skills to create a stingy dragon’s tongue pocket whip with a woven paracord handle and rubber whip end. This session will also cover safety considerations, materials and sourcing, additional learning resources, and examples of other DIY impact toys. 

What to bring: All tools and supplies will be provided, but if you would like any particular color, please bring 25-50 feet of Type 550 paracord in the color of your choice.

BIOGRAPHIES

Sir Panda - bio

Sir Panda (He/Him) is a Dominant, Owner, and kink community volunteer living in Seattle, Washington. A CSPC member since 2010, Sir Panda founded and championed the Passport Program, a “welcome wagon” for new members that included socials and consent education. He has served the CSPC in a variety of volunteer roles including event host, Communications Committee member under Allena Gabosh, and impact tasting top with a specialty in canes. Other volunteering has included two years at Leather Reign and serving as Program Lead for KinkFest 2023.

Sir Panda founded the Dominant’s discussion group View From the Top in 2015, and in partnership with the submissive’s discussion group Right Side of the Slash, formed the umbrella organization D/s Pacific Northwest in 2017. Since 2023 he has co-hosted “Sexy Game Night," a quarterly play party at Arborea Falls in Woodinville, WA.

Sir Panda has practiced polyamory since his colorful days in college and entered the wider BDSM community in 2009. He collared his current submissive/life partner in 2015 and has maintained an ethically non-monogamous marriage for over 35 years. 

Sir Panda’s guiding values are honesty, integrity, and empathy. He believes that inclusive sex positivity and loving human connections are vital elements in living an authentic life.

Classes:

  • When D/s Met Poly: Blending Power Exchange and Polyamorous Relationships

  • The Basics of Canes, Your Flexible Impact Toy!

  • A View From the Top Discussion Group - Sir Panda & Drew

Teeebone - bio

Teeebone (he/him) is a long-time member and volunteer of the CSPC, a graphic designer, DJ, and a writer who identifies as a cis-gendered, heterosexual, polyamorous, and neurodivergent male Dominant. His journey with the CSPC began in the summer of 2003 and he began to work as a volunteer in the spring of 2005. In 2008 he became an Event Coordinator and helped run the Hump, a weekly Wednesday party. Teeebone was also involved in many other parties and events at the CSPC, such as OMG SX! and Power Play Mixed-Tape.

Classes:

  • Dessert Topping 201

  • Sweet, Seductive, and Serviceable: Dessert Topping 101 for Everybody!

Eirikah Delauney - bio

Eirikah Delaunay (she/her) is a writer, mama, Witch, and sexual rebel who identifies as a polyamorous, queer, white cisgender woman, Dominant-leaning Switch, and sadomasochist. Both/and is her magic word. The founder of Desire Alchemy (https://DesireAlchemy.com), Eirikah is a somatic sex+relationship coach and initiated priestess who offers individual and partnered coaching for people curious and excited about using effective communication, magic, sexuality, kink, and/or power exchange relationships as vehicles for personal growth and bliss. She has 30+ years of lifestyle BDSM practice and more than a decade of connection, education, and service in the Seattle sex-positive community, where she currently serves on the Board of the Center for Sex-Positive Culture.

Classes:

  • Flogging Variations: Mild to Wild 

  • Self-Care for Switches: Tools for Sustainably

  • Establishing Rules of Engagement: Preparing for Things to Go Wrong