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Baby Ellais a 2 years old as a "little," and 23 in her adult life. She has been doing "little" things since she was 6 but didn't realize it until she was 19. That's when her "Daddy", a DL, introduced her to the world of diapers; she's been hooked ever since. In 2008, she was on a TV show called The Secret Lives of Women: Fetishes and Fantasies. She was also featured in a UK magazine called Pick Me Up later that year. In 2009, she was part of a question and answer panel on ageplay at the Winter Fetish Fair Fleamarket in Providence, RI. |
| Bendyogagirlhas been active in the scene, both in private and in public, for 27 years. She has been a student of yoga and meditation for over 20 years and has been teaching and training groups and individuals for longer than that. She infuses her classes with fun and humor. She was a member of the Society of Janus while living in San Francisco. Here in Boston, she co-founded MAsT Mass over 2 years ago and works closely with the programming team at NELA. Bendyogagirl now offers classes in mind/body connection as it relates to BDSM. http://www.bendyogagirl.com |
| Beth KimbellDo what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Beth, aka the Safety Penguin, is a known for her hospitality across worlds, due to her permissive and supportive nature, play parties or otherwise. She has repeatedly spoken on Hospitality for the O.T.O. As a Thelemic Priestess, she sees the bond between host and guest as Divine, and brings the same attitude to the BDSM scene. She is an advocate for sexual freedom, a switch, a masochist, and an esotericist. She is in love with her open poly family. She manages a Homeland Security & Defense R&D lab; performs magick; plays D&D; attends Shibari classes; plans conferences, sits with her cat reading, or writing her next essay or ritual, and compulsively rearranges her home. She is a member of the Society of Industrial Security Professionals, the American Chemical Society, and NELA, which she serves as part of the Programming Team. She is a supporter of NORML, ACLU, NCSF, and MAsT. She likes things 'Just-So'. She also idolizes Benjamin Franklin. Love is the law, love under will. |
Blue Roseis our games coordinator. |
Bradenis one of the members of the Boston TNG group. |
Calliopeis a former English teacher and casual student of science fiction who blames Robert Heinlein for first introducing her to open relationships. She enjoys balancing a June Cleaver-esque love of cooking from scratch and household management with a kinky/poly lifestyle all while holding down a job, taking classes, and being involved in the larger community in ways she adores. As a former freshman English teacher, she has a keen understanding of power dynamics! Together with Darkteddybear, she has recently taught at numerous conferences and meetings, including Floating World, Western Mass Power Exchange and Conversio Virium and Arisia. |
Cameryn Mooreis the sex-work alias for an award-winning producer, director, choreographer, and writer who has been creating and performing since 2000, first in San Francisco, then in Boston. In addition to her live performance work, Ms. Moore is a full-time phone sex operator, dirty-talk educator, and creator of a forthcoming line of custom and off-the-rack audio smut (heh heh, she said "rack".) Little Black Book Productions is the umbrella company for these endeavors. |
CasimirMaster Casimir is the organizer and producer of the UVM: Upper Valley Munch. |
| Countessis a fun loving sadist who lives just outside of Boston. She has been actively involved in the BDSM scene in New England for almost six years but has been a kinky Countess all Her life. Her style varies depending on her mood, but one thing is for sure: She always has fun. She is skilled in heavy impact play, electricity, needle play, and medical scenes, just to name a few. Countess studied under a Boston area Dom, Master Dragon and loves to pass on Her skills to other aspiring Dom/mes and Sadists. She also has a passion for mentoring those new to the scene and subs/slaves wishing to further their experience. She recently had the pleasure of collaring 2 lovely little ones for Her personal use and abuse. |
Courtney Janeis a 23 year old graduate student with a kinky side that she didn’t start really exploring until the beginning of 2009. She is now an active member of the Boston and NH kink community, attending munches, play parties, and events around the Northeast. She organized NH Seacoast Kink last March 2009 to bring together like-minded people around the same age and location, and hosts the UNH Kinky Con. She strives to learn more about the kink community and help educate others on the different perspectives of this lifestyle and guide them to a place where they can feel comfortable and at ease with their kinky side. |
Dark TeddyBearis an ordained minister and lifelong geek, who found his first theological insights from Star Wars and first learned the mental aspects of BDSM from David Bowie in Labyrinth. He has spent many years examining the interconnections of sexuality, religion, polyamory, and kink, particularly in regard to science fiction and fantasy, and has taught previously in both kink and vanilla settings, particularly on what it means to be a feminist male kinkster. If left alone with a guitar, he is liable to break out into renditions of songs from Jonathon Coulton or the Whedonverse. |
De Lanois dedicated to using his years of experience in the bondage scene to help others enjoy their time in rope more safely and fully. He has presented locally in NYC and for events around the country on rope bondage and on other SM scene related topics. DeLano is the Assistant Instructor for Midori's Rope Bondage Dojo(TM) weekend intensives, and he co-moderates the Japanese RopeArt and the Shibari Enthusiasts Yahoo groups. He's also co-presented with Michele Serchuk on photographic collaborations in bondage imagery. |
DominoFrom tying up his high school cheerleader girlfriend, to having his Dominant spirit awakened by a spankophile in the early 90's, Domino has pursued his interests in the BDSM lifestyle for almost 30 years. After working with Robert Dante, Sebastian, and Bob Deegan, Domino's interest in the single tail was heightened with a particular interest in longer whips for both scene and sport cracking. Currently his whip bag holds more than 50 examples of whip craftsmanship from all over the world and he enjoys cracking them on a regular basis in the backyard or at a local dungeon. He is a true "crack" addict. |
| Dovis a NYC based artist, photographer, sculptor, educator; Shibari and single tail whip fanatic; computer geek; and has too many hobbies. He has been in the NYC scene for about 8 years, and served 4 years on the TES board. He has been involved for years both politically and artistically, creating works at Burning Man and other venues. His work varies from installations to performance art, both vanilla and fetish. Most recently his work was featured at Diesel Denim Gallery in SoHo NYC, where he created a Shibari rope window to highlight a photo series of their jeans by erotic photographer Araki. As an educator he has given many presentations on everything from rope bondage and Japanese rope bondage to canes and whips at TES, Bondage SIG at TES GMSMA, Black Rose, Shibaricon, Leather Leadership Conference 7, Leather Retreat, The Tannery, Passional, TES2000, Purple Passion, Silk at Bard College, Conversio Virium at Columbia, and WHAP at NYU. http://www.washi-nawashi.com dov@washi-nawashi.com |
Dr. Robert J. Rubel(Dr. Bob), is an educational sociologist and researcher by training. He has ten books currently in print (four on Master/slave topics, two on advanced sex techniques, one on fire play, and three erotic art photo books). Recipient of the 2008 Pantheon of Leather's Community Choice Award, Robert (Bob) Rubel has been involved in the BDSM scene since the summer of 2001, throwing himself into the literature of the field as though it were an academic study. He frequently attends weekend Leather conferences. Dr. Bob is the Series Editor of Power Exchange Books' Resource Series (the successor to Power Exchange Magazine). This is a series of books that are collections of highly focused essays that cover a wide range of special topics within the larger field of BDSM. He presents, judges, and sells his books widely throughout the year. In 2007 and 2008, he participated in over 31 events. |
DrIrvis a physician practicing in New England within a primary health care setting. As such he advocates heavily for safety within play scenes (in a reasonable way) and advocates for a relationship with your physician should things go really really wrong and even if they don't. |
Griffinis the Director of the pansexual Boston/Mass chapter of MAsT (Masters and Slaves Together.) He is a Dominant with abiding interest and considerable experience in areas including Authority/Power exchange as expressed in D/s and M/s relationships, bondage, training, behavior modification, and erotic hypnosis. |
Honey Suckle Duvetis the nom de guerre for one of Boston's rising Burlesque stars. With her successful “Burlesque for Better Body Image” workshops and numerous stage appearances, this award-winning Burlesque dynamo is not just a pretty face but an inspiration. She sauntered onto the scene in 2005 as an exotic dance student. Within weeks she was asked to teach and for two years thereafter taught classes in striptease and exotic dance. |
Ianis a big to Michelle, Aimee and Micah all living as a polyamorous quad in Springfield, MA and an organizer in the 2010 Transcending Boundaries Conference this November in Worcester, MA (http://www.transcendingboundaries.org). Ian is also very active in the queer and kinky communities and can often be found at the Society in Hartford, CT. |
Jasonhas been involved in TNG in WMPE and The Society for years. |
Joshis Raven's Boy, and his devoted assistant, partner, and slave for life. He is a service-oriented submissive, a massage therapist, and a holistic bodyworker, and finds spiritual fulfillment through any kind of worthy service. |
Kikeais a computer social networking geek starting with IRC in 1993, Kikea is no stranger to the internet and its vast potential for making friends and spicier connections worldwide. FetLife has done wonders to plug this geek into her local BDSM scene, and she's thrilled to facilitate a meatspace meeting of so many interesting kinky folk. |
Kyriis a professional costume and fashion designer, a personal fashion/makeup consultant, a certified clinical hypnotherapist, an alternative healer, and an empath. She is the creator of: one-of-a-kind garments; screen, stage, and historical clothing reproductions; and fetish wear of many types, including corsets. She has 25+ years of experience in her field. |
La Dresseuse Maureenhas been training ponies and mentoring handlers since 2000. Ponies from her own stable, Aphrodite’s Meadow have won quite an array or ribbons at pony shows across the country. She is always delighted to work with and help as many ponies and handlers as possible, from the brand new curious novice to the veteran show champion. |
| Lady Cyanideis a mid-twenties self-described Buxom Brazen Bitch. An avid Costumer, she has become well known for her corsets, boots, and tattoos. Rarely seen at events in anything else, they are mostly ones of her own design and handcraft! For over 10 years and at many venues, she has touted the wonders of costuming, especially corsets and kilts, to any who would hear her. Her goals in life are to own a small zoo, a full size replica of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and to fit every person in the world in a Corset and/or a Kilt. She can be found in the New England area and often travels to New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC. |
Lady Ru'ethais a polyamorous hypnotic Dominant. In her out-of-scene life she is a certified hypnotherapist, specializing in working with expectant mothers and families. In the scene, she practices and teaches erotic and D/s hypnosis. She has more than two decades of experience as a hypnotist and is very extroverted and social. Don't hesitate to come by and say hello and ask questions! |
Lady Shimlais a long-standing member (and organizer) of the Violet Wand Guild: Shocking People into Pleasure for Decades. |
LaurenOne of the Famous "Other Fuckers" this young lady has taken the New York Scene by storm. A photographer, Dom, and all around skilled individual, she and her partner will be presenting at the Flea for the first time. |
Leather By Dannyjoined the NELA board as vendor liaison back in 1999. In addition to continuing to act as vendor liaison for NELA's Fetish Fair Fleamarkek(TM), he is currently NELA's Board Member at Large and he remains a member of the PDL Steering Committee. Danny entered the public scene in 1989. His passion for bondage inspired him to make his own bondage equipment. It was the popularity of his unique Grip-cuff(TM) design that inspired him to start his own business, "Leather By Danny." Leather by Danny now carries a wide range of bondage equipment and can be found in shops around the country. Danny enjoys traveling the country vending as well as teaching classes on bondage. |
| Lord Ramirezhas been active in the BDSM lifestyle for nearly 20 years. After establishing himself in the lifestyle he became a fetish performer in Goth and Fetish nightclubs throughout the East Coast. As a BDSM educator he has taught for groups including TIED, Tidewater Pride, CUFF, and Amatorius. National events he presented at include Black Phoenix's Winter Solstice, Albany Power Exchange's Summer Bash, and Floating World. In addition to teaching for BDSM groups he has also provided workshops and BDSM outreach for Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Anime groups at their national events. He is an active member of Fallout and The Crucible, a charter member Crimson Phoenix, and helped to found and run Amatorius. He is also very active with the vampyre community and the establishment of several vampyre organizations. He has an extensive martial arts background, and a strong interest in Japanese culture. Ramirez is also a retired open professional ballroom dance championship finalist and ballroom adjudicator. |
Marah Fellicceis our Speed Dating/Speed Flirting/Speed Negotiating coordinator. |
Margarethas been an animal role-player nearly all her life and as a pet play enthusiast she enjoys offering her take on entering the world of animal role-play and how to explore and nurture animal identities. She is best known for starting the company Wolf Princess Designs, specializing in custom animal costumes and animal-inspired fetish gear. Her philosophy: kink comes in a variety of colors, styles, and textures and play is an important part of a person's life, no matter what age. |
MephkiWell known for being the inspiration for a fetish for eating what she has baked, Mephki is one of the moving forces behind the throne of the NELA Hypnosis SIG. |
Michelehas been shooting her evocative, intensely personal erotic portraiture in New York City for over 10 years. She's lectured at Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, presented for BDSM groups and events across the US and Canada, exhibited in several major US cities, and been interviewed for cable TV, radio, webcasts, podcasts and magazines. She currently assists for all of Midori's Rope Dojo(R) weekend rope bondage intensives. |
Michelle D.is active with the Society in Hartford, CT, where she hosts a monthly discussion group on polyamory/open relationships and BDSM. She is proud to have been a co-chair for the 2009 Transcending Boundaries Conference (www.transcendingboundaries.org), and is glad to be serving as Content Coordinator and Secretary of their Board of Directors for 2010. She is a past presenter for the Western Massachusetts Power Exchange (WMPE), Arisia, and TBC, among others. As a Little, she fluctuates between being a Big, a twelve year old know-it-all, and a four year old dangerously in need of a juice box. |
Midoriis a dedicated regular of Fetish Fair Fleamarket and NELA fan. Frequent sightings of her from around the globe make us wonder if she ever sleeps or if she's cloned her self. A sex-positive activist, she's made an improbable career out of being the traveling sexpert. Don't miss the groundbreaking book Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage which first cracked open the mysteries to Westerners, the hot essays in Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink and twisted dark science fiction in Master Han's Daughter. |
Miss CindyA member of The Society, WMPE Femdom Circle and ULC. |
Moniqueis one of the organizers and staff members of The Floating World. Come see the event this coming Summer! |
Murphy Bluebecame fascinated with rope bondage in 2000 when he bartended a fetish party. Since then, he has amassed books, paid attention to demos, and asked questions to refine his skill. Mostly self-taught, "The Blue" is on a constant search for more information about the art of Shibari. He also tries to add his own flair to his ropework. More often than not, Murphy is traveling across the country. He tries to experience different fetish environments and learn new skills. In his spare time he's been known to practice his artwork, as well as save the world. It is rumored that he defeated a thousand men and amazed a thousand women with a sword and a hundred feet of rope one moonlit evening. He wisely neither confirms nor denies it. http://murphyblue.net/ |
Princess Kaliis a foot-fetishist and lifestyle dominatrix with experience in humiliation, corporal punishment, female supremacy and TPE play. Hailing from sunny California, and now based in Boston, this young and vivacious blond haired, blue-eyed Domina is known for the unique way she combines her sweet-natured appearance and natural charm with her insatiable appetite for cruelty and unbridled sadism. She has lectured on a variety of BDSM topics since 2003. Presenting at such institutions as Harvard, RISD, and Brown University as well as Lifestyle venues such Black Rose, Fetish Fair Fleamarket, Leather Retreat, and Kink in the Caribbean has garnered her respect in both the vanilla and kink worlds. Founding the Kink Academy in 2007 has allowed her to reach an even broader audience in a more personal way with her particular form of kink positive sex education, helping couples and singles reach a deeper understanding as well as a heightened creativity in their personal perversions. http://www.PrincessKali.com |
Questioneris a bondage enthusiast from the Boston area. He runs the Massachusetts Bondage Club which is a special interest group of the New England Dungeon Society. He has run the bondage lounge at the FFF for many years in the past. He loves straitjackets and role play. |
Rabbitis a boy, a bootblack, and a puppy who has has been active in the midwestern and Boston area communities for over 10 years. He has blacked or presented at events such as FFF, Dark Odyssey, Leather Retreat, Smartfest, Ohio Leather Fest, Winter Wickedness, and for groups such as NELA, Adventures in Sexuality, and the Purple Rose Society. In addition to getting his hands dirty with boots and leathers, he may occasionally be found running around as his alter-ego, spike the puppy. |
RavenKaldera is a Northern Tradition shaman, intersex/transgender FTM activist, erotica educator, Ordeal Master, Speaker for the Transgendered Dead, homesteader, diviner, psychic vampire, herbalist, polyamorous parent, and author of many, many books, articles, and short stories. Raven is a builder of bridges between worlds, a crosser of boundaries between communities, a Reweaver of the Web. He is the Dreamer Whose Dreams Come True. http://www.ravenkaldera.org |
| Reneeis a male-to-female transgendered woman who has been full time for about three years. She has served on the board of a nonprofit supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. An editor at a daily newspaper, she lives in New Hampshire with her wife of 12 years. They are a poly couple. |
RiggerJayis a Canadian born, Boston based rope enthusiast who is also often seen in NYC and sometimes Montreal with his rope bag and camera in hand. When he was first learning to tie, he found great support from the rope community and now gives that same support back to others wanting to learn. He organizes the monthly Boston Rope Group meetings (www.bostonrope.com), and runs http://www.beknotty.com, a portal for rope bondage information. Visit his blog at http://www.riggerjay.com |
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| Scott's knot tying education started at the age of 4 by many ol' salts who had been boating for more than 40 years. When he came out at 21, he started applying the knots to bondage, and it has been fun ever since. He considers his leather journey a life long pursuit. Scott has been active with NELA over the past few years, and decided to join the NELA board in 2007, and served as Co-Chair from 2007 to 2008. Scott held the title of Mr. Boston Leather in 2004. In 2003, he co-founded the Bay State Marauders, and served as the inaugural President from 2004 to 2005, and Vice President from 2006 to 2007. In 2007, he won the Pantheon of Leather New England Regional Award. In 2009, he was elected to the National Board of Leather Leadership Conference. |
Scott Bonelliis the owner and operator of the New England-based kinky custom design shop Big Head Studio. He and his partner, Elle E., travel across the country teaching classes and running workshops on Alternative Adult Sex Ed. And BDSM. Scott has taught at events such as Black Rose and Dark Odyssey in D.C., T.E.S. and Floating world in N.Y., the Boston F.F.F., and many others. He has given workshops at various universities, including Brown, Columbia and R.I.S.D. His writing has appeared in Secret Magazine and other international publications. |
ShivaKittyis an arts/nude, fetish-bondage and erotica model. |
| Silverdreamshas over twenty years of experience in BDSM, which gives her insights into what makes bottoms and submissives tick. She enjoys helping people new to the scene find their way, giving them the benefit of her years in real-life D/s relationships, as well as learning from others. She believes that knowledge shared during frank discussion, combined with a sense of humor, provides valuable tools and techniques so that bottoms can learn how to safely enjoy the entire experience, with emphasis placed on the responsibility of the bottom and coping with physical and mental issues bottoms experience. She is an opinionated, self-avowed bratty bottom who enjoys predicament play and rope bondage. Owned and collared by Septimus, she is an incurable shoe slut and has a blog exploring her love of footwear, various D/s dynamics and her own D/lg relationship at nakedconfusion.com. When not on Fetlife, she can usually be found tweeting up a storm under the name silverdaydreams. |
Star Scomes to us from the Sunny South, and has become associated with the New England FFF, through the Charlotte branch of the same. |
Trialsinnerhas been a practitioner of the rope arts for nearly his entire life. If you knew how old he is, it's really not that impressive. He took his first plunge into the lifestyle as a young child, binding and suspending a catwoman action figure, and pretty much anything else he could wrap with string -- including himself. He made his mark on the scene a year ago, under the wing of his mentor, Lord Percival. Since joining, he has become very active in Boston and New York, founding Kink Photo Boston and the Boston Rope Artists Guild. Along with rope, Trialsinner is an active fetish photographer, known for creatively capturing his explorations into kink. The Fetish Flea was the first event he ever attended, and he is honored to be presenting. http://www.trialsinner.com |
Wagsassembled and activated in Massachusetts, has over the years been a computer tech, pastry chef, and just about any job in between. He's been on the fringes of the leather community for years and in the past two years has started to become more active. Not only has he started a local group for Pups and Trainers, NEPups.org, he also started a local chapter of an international Star Trek fan association, USSDarwin.org. |