I’ve known about and have explored Kink Academy for sometime now, but have never written about it. What the heck am I talking about? Well in a nutshell, KinkAcademy.com is a great place for educating yourself on all things kink! Especially all things BDSM.
The site includes such things as featured product reviews, recommended reading, video clips on almost anything you can think of from sex ed to how to properly flog someone, an “ask the headmistress” section and so much more.
What I am beginning to realize though, is that Kink Academy is so much more than a BDSM site. They have areas on sexual education that talk about the basics of understanding condoms to psychological subjects on sexual addiction. There’s even a section where women (and men) can learn about what to expect at a pelvic exam. There’s an area to learn more about polyamory lifestyle and their featured reading right now is a book on Open Relationships. Of course, this has my interest.
What makes Kink Academy unique, is that’s it’s not a bunch of blog entries and reviews. A large portion of the site is in fact video instruction. That’s right, videos! You can’t simply write about how to properly use bondage rope and techniques and show a picture, it’s so much easier to watch it happen in front of your eyes, taking you step by step. Some of the videos are instructional how-tos and others are simply instructional on a particular subject.
Right now, Kink Academy is about to start their 1st “semester” of instruction and they are looking for a few good bloggers. They are looking for a few bloggers interested in participating in video watching and reviewing for their site. This has caught my interest since I am unemployed and it is a paying position.
My interests in being a “student” for Kink Academy are many. As I explore the site, I realize it’s not just a BDSM site. There is a LOT to learn there from sexual education to open relationships. As many of our readers may know, Sylvanus and I aren’t the D/s couple that we used to be. Our adventures with Mistress Kyra were pretty much the end of a very active D/s lifestyle. His interests in Dominance have faded and mine of submission come and go, though remain strong. Perhaps this site can help awaken a few new things for us? Or, perhaps some of the things I learn here will come into play with some future playmates of mine. Finding a playmate is still a work in progress for me, but I have met people interested in trying more kinkier things like strap on play and foot fetishes, both of which I am a beginner. Kink Academy also has lots of information in regards to open relationships which is where my husband and I are focusing our attentions on and always looking to learn more. Writing for Kink Academy will also get me writing again. Sometimes posts flow right out of me and sometimes this blog sits stagnant. What better way to come up with fun and interesting things to write about, than my real life experiences of trying out what I learn from the Kink Academy site!?! (Ok ok, maybe I’m also hoping that as a student I’ll get some great school supplies too from their store)
I’m not sure where my standing is. I am not an “advanced” person in the BDSM realm by any means. In fact, it’s hard to put me in a box. I am more knowledgeable, than I am experienced. There are many things I feel I am very knowledgeable at, but many things I am yet to experience. I feel I am somewhere teetering between the basics and the intermediate section, though my knowledge of a lot of things can be advanced. I’ll let the experts at Kink Academy “label” me. *wink*
If you haven’t checked out Kink Academy yet, please do. I think you’ll walk away glad you did at least check it out. Or perhaps you are a blogger interested in becoming a “student” this semester? Check out the details here.
I would like to ask a question that rolls in my head. Why do you blog? Do you blog to simply get your ideas out there or do you expect comments?
Just curious not combative.
thanks
I blog for many reasons. When I write erotica, it’s a way of expressing my deepest fantasies or a way to live out a fantasy that may never happen. When my husband and I would blog about something we experienced together, it was a way for us to connect. It’s always fun to express oneself through writing. This blog started and remains to be a journal of our relationship. I blog to help others as well. It’s always rewarding to hear our experiences or opinions have helped others in their own lives or relationships. So regardless if we ever get a comment, I will always continue to write until writing does nothing for me anymore. We get anywhere from 300-1500 hits a day. Out of all that, maybe 1 or 2 comments. If I blogged for the sole purpose of comments, I wouldn’t be a very happy blogger at all.
Comments are an added bonus, but not the reason I blog. Just like people work for money, I blog for my own rewards. But just like work, isn’t it nice to get recognition every once in awhile for what you’ve done? When I spend a lot of time on a post or put everything I got into an erotica piece, it does suck just a little to not have any comments, but it is what it is and I am going to keep on writing regardless. I enjoy writing and there is always someone out there that will stumble on something I’ve written and it helps them. *grins* Or turns them on *bigger grins*
xo mina
Wow! Thanks for the info on this site Mina. As a couple quite new to BDSM this site looks to be a great resource for my hubby and I. I am excited to explore it more fully! Good luck getting excepted! And thanks again!
Hmm, my dearest Mina…this site sounds very interesting to hubby and I indeed. We will mosey on over there and pay them a visit!
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