We are a queer-centered educational and community building space for sex-positive adult education, including relationships, dating, BDSM, kinky, polyamory and more. Posts mostly written by Mir (that dude in the chair) on behalf of the Wicked Grounds team. Welcome aboard!
Not a drill. To keep our current scholarship model, we need your help.
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Since launching our scholarship program in 2022, Wicked Grounds has awarded over 600 scholarship seats to our classes and workshops. We will find a way to keep doing this, but we're facing a potentially radical restructuring of the program. Up to this point, we've had earmarked seats available to award new requests for seats, no questions asked. We've never yet turned down a scholarship seat request. We're starting to give out scholarships that haven't been funded yet, in part because I haven't reached out to the community with a scholarship-focused fundraiser since last fall. Needless to say, this isn't sustainable. We will be able to give away some scholarship seats each month; some of our Patreon subscribers have earmarked their contributions to the fund. However, we won't be able to keep giving out all the scholarships that are requested without topping up the funds, and many requests will need to be turned down. I want to make a large, multi-seat contribution! Thank you! Be sure to note your contribution is for the scholarship fund:
Want your gift to have even more impact? Let's talk about doing "matching funds," NPR style. Just reply to this email. I want to buy a seat or two You can use the channels above, or just get some seats through our website: I want to keep this program going long-term. Please let us know that we can do that safely, with your support. Warmly Mir |
Wicked Musings
We are a queer-centered educational and community building space for sex-positive adult education, including relationships, dating, BDSM, kinky, polyamory and more. Posts mostly written by Mir (that dude in the chair) on behalf of the Wicked Grounds team. Welcome aboard!
Howdy kinksters - It's nearly the end of July. Where does the time go?! If you're interested in more substantive musings about kink education and culture, I'm in the process of finally launching a personal substack. It's going to be 100% about issues, ideas and culture, and 0% about Wicked Grounds. (Ok, maybe 0.5%.) If you're interested in seeing what I get up to over there, you can find out more and subscribe here. This Sunday is Up Your Alley in San Francisco, and many of San Francisco's...
Howdy kinksters - Leather season is upon us! The last Sunday of the month is Up Your Alley in San Francisco, and many of San Francisco's Leatherati will be out on the SOMA streets making it happen. We won't personally have a booth this year, but several of our favorite vendors will be there. If you're looking for two of them right in one place, you can find the Rough Cut Leather pop-up booth right with our friends at ByrdBeaks. If you're looking for Rough Cut Leather and other Wicked Grounds...
Howdy kinksters - In this line of work, I'm continually blessed to talk with people who take risks and engage in deep, meaningful self-exploration and play. Our first queer-centered intensive has just concluded. The thoughtfulness, vulnerability, and strength of our participants have left me in awe. I had a similar experience guest-hosting SpankLab last week. We had a large group of brand-new players; it was so cool seeing the transition from hesitant newcomer to satisfied player in two...