Monthly Program

Fire Cupping And Other Unusual "Medical" Pervertables

 

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Learn about the history, safety, and technical aspects of Fire Cupping, and some of the other implements of traditional medicines, and how to pervert them. This will include a demonstration and hands-on if time allows.

Presenter Bio: Jesse Duran, Southern California Leather Woman 2005, has been involved in Leather/BDSM/Kink for 17 years. She came out into Leather as a slave in Phoenix in 1991 and as an active member of APEX for 6 years. She resides in San Diego for the past 11 years, actively involved with Club X and several other community organizations for many years. She identifies as Leather Woman, Sir and Daddy, and received her leathers in an Old Guard Tradition with the help of many women (and a couple of men) in the national leather community from 2002-2005.

She presents workshops on diverse topics including bondage, mummification (dry and wet), fire play, massage, cupping and vacuum pumping, play piercing including use of beveled and acupuncture needles, staples and sutures, urethral play (catheters and sounds), and electricity. She is an avid fan of Medical play and has been actively involved in some aspect of medicine, Western since 1990, and Eastern since 1997. Jesse has been studying, presenting and creating classes and workshops on play topics for over 10 years.

Professionally, she holds a Master of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine, and is currently a Doctoral Fellow in Oriental Medicine, studying acquired and auto-immune diseases. She is a partner in a clinic where she practices acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Her business, New Life Health Partners, is a member of Kink Aware Professionals (KAP).

Program Meeting Info

♥   Programs are on the third Friday of the month at the Women's Building in San Francisco (3543 - 18th Street at Valencia) [map]
♥   All women (and those whose gender self-identity is other than male) who are over 18 are welcome.
♥   We have sign language interpreters at all of our meetings.
♥   Door fees are $4 for members and $10 for non-members. Please have your membership card or ID ready to speed entry.
♥   The program runs from 8:00 - 10:00pm and the doors open at 7:30pm.
♥   Latecomers are only admitted at the break, around 9pm.

Directions to The Women's Building

Public Transit
BART: The Women's Building is close to 16th street BART. Special note: one side-effect of gentrification in the Mission is that there are a lot of people on the streets between The Women's Building and the BART station - all nice safe people going to one of the many new local restaurants. You'll probably feel safe walking the few blocks from 16th Mission BART and The Women's Building.

Muni
The 22 Fillmore runs down 16th Street. Get off at 16th & Valencia and walk two blocks to The Women's Building.
The 14 Mission runs along Mission Street. Get off at 17th or 18th and walk 1-1/2 blocks to TWB.

Driving Directions
Driving from Marin County -
Take the Golden Gate Bridge (101 South) to Lombard Street.
Turn right on Gough (if you get to Van Ness, you went 2 blocks too far).
Take Gough all the way to Market Street. Stay in the center lane.
Turn right onto Market, then a quick left onto Valencia.
Go to 18th Street and look for parking, or continue to 21st for the parking garage. (For fewer hills but more stop lights: from Lombard Street, turn right onto Van Ness instead of Gough, and follow the directions above.)

Parking Garage
Street parking is difficult in this neighborhood. There is an inexpensive locked parking garage available on 21st St. between Valencia and Mission and 16th and on Hoff St between Mission and Valencia.