Anarchy & BDSM

"Workshops Announcement for the 8th Annual BASTARD Conference

by BASTARD conference ( conference [at] sfbay-anarchists.org )
Friday Mar 14th, 2008 10:38 AM

Does Kropotkin's legacy of scientific anarchism have anything to offer in an epoch of secular, not to mention religious, dogmatism under conditions of spectacle.
Iain Boal is an Irish social historian of science and technics.

Anarchy & BDSM
What is BDSM? Is it just what Marquis De Sade and Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch described it as? As a sexual practice & lifestyle BDSM is very controversial. Within BDSM practice individuals consent to tying up, beating, discipline, sadism, and masochism. BDSM play has roles that include someone in charge and someone who submits. Anarchists desire a world without masters and without a coercive state. This panel and interactive workshop is going to explore all differ- ent types of power dynamics and the notion that one’s sexuality should look like one’s politics, i.e. egalitarian, non-hierarchical, etc.
Presenter: Sabrina & more
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