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A class about Pain and Catharsis

Lark — Sat, 24 May 2008 07:01:04 GMT

"Pain and Catharsis"
SF Citadel
1277 Mission Street
Tuesday June 3rd
Class from 8-10PM, Doors opening at 7:30

Would you like to take your masochism to the next
level? Do you wish to have less fear and more
catharsis in your scenes? This class focuses on
exploring and developing ways of channeling
energy/pain, as well as learning to experience
catharsis with authenticity. Each participant will
have the opportunity to try multiple methods for
processing "pain," as well as gain an understanding
of the advantages, disadvantages and potential uses of
these ways of processing sensation in their play. The
class is geared towards
masochists, but sadists and other orientations are
welcome to attend.

Mistress Lark graduated from Humboldt State University with
A Bachelors Degree in Sexual Arts, focusing on the
intersections of Tantra and BDSM. She is a Graduate
of the Journeyman III Academy of California with
advanced training in Leather history, traditions,
spirituality and practice. She has taught in both the
kink and non kink community for years and is happy
to be teaching at the SF Citadel.

Keri has been in the scene for over eight years and is
a cadet at the Journeyman III Academy, class of 2008.
Her column, "Kink in the City" can be read in the
monthly on-line magazine, kink-e-zine.com. Through
BDSM, she has discovered her own power and
strength. She identifies as a slave who is not a
beginner's model.

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Book- Partners in Power

Knotsonice — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:57:26 GMT

I'm looking for the book, Partners in Power (Greenery Press). Can anyone tell me where hey've seen it being in the Bay Area? Has anyone here read it? Review?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Knotsonice

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What Is Not About Sex?: a reading

Janet — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:04:33 GMT

What Is Not About Sex?

Reading by S/M Authors Sora Counts, Wendy Dalton, Dossie Easton, Bill Henkin, Liz Henry, and Carol Queen

Many authors in the leather community have become well known for their writings on SM and sex, but some have gifts that go beyond our mutually enjoyable kinks. As a community we frequently support wonderful readings of erotica by wonderful writers -- but don't you sometimes wonder what else they write?

In this evening's event, a half-dozen poets who have long-standing credentials in the radical sex community share their own poetry on nature, love, war, philosophy, spirituality, and other subjects. So what isn't about sex? Come find out.

Monday, June 18, 7:00 PM
Good Vibrations Bookstore
1620 Polk Street, between Clay and Sacramento
San Francisco
tel: 415-345-0400
Doors Open - 6:30: PM

Donation requested for Center for Sex and Culture

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if you thought you were on the newsletter mailing list...

Janet — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:00:51 GMT

... but you haven't gotten your copy of Green Thumb, it's probably because your spam filters rejected it. We had a *huge* number of bounces on this mailing, mostly because of spam filter rejections. if you want to go on receiving Green Thumb, please re-set your spam filters to accept mail from www.greenerypress.com .

Thanks,
Janet

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new Greenery newsletter

Janet — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:32:14 GMT

is up at http://www.greenerypress.com/greenthumb.htm .

If you're a Greenery author, and would like to contribute an essay to a future issue, please drop me a line at jhardy@greenerypress.com .

Janet

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the new play piercing book ROCKS!

rae-dusoleil — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:03:47 GMT

Leave it to Greenery Press to come out with a book on play piercing right as I'm trying to build a lens over at Squidoo on just that topic! Good timing, Janet... hahahahaha Also, thanks to Deborah Addington for sending me a copy.

http://www.squidoo.com/playpiercing/

I invite folks to check out the lens. If you do, please, please rate it. And if you have any suggestions for other resources that you think would be a good fit, please suggest them.

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new newsletter

Janet — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:15:47 GMT

The new edition of Green Thumb, our occasional newsletter, is up at http://www.greenerypress.com/greenthumb.htm . Enjoy!

Janet

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Janet Hardy class on July 20th - Save the Date!

annw — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:51:56 GMT

Society of Janus presents...
How To Take More PAIN... And Get More PLEASURE From It
with Janet Hardy
Thursday, July 20th
SFCitadel, 1277 Mission St. (between 8th & 9th), San Francisco
Doors open: 7:30pm (NOTE NEW TIME)
Program: 8-10pm
Cost: $5 for members & reciprocal organizations; $15 for their guests

Are you safewording too soon -- and regretting it later? Do you hunger to experience that scary territory that lies just beyond your limits? Janet will discuss and demonstrate techniques for entering the ecstatic dimension of pain play. Whether you're a fledgling bottom trying to understand the appeal of pain, an experienced masochist trying to get more, or a sadist who wants to take your partners further, this is a don't-miss class for you.

JANET HARDY (aka Catherine A. Liszt and Lady Green) is the president
of Greenery Press and the author or co-author of ten books, including "The Ethical Slut," "The New Bottoming Book," "Radical Ecstasy" and "The Compleat Spanker." Janet is a bisexual, polyamorous, gender-flexible switch of more than 20 years' experience.

Admission is limited to members of the Society of Janus and reciprocal organizations. See www.soj.org/groups.html for a list. RSVPS are not required. For further information, please contact programs AT soj DOT org.

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Vendors...?

Como — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:49:15 GMT

Where can we get a list of travelling vendors who carry Greenery Press pubs on the bdsm event circuit? Or does GP do their own road sales? We just left an event in the midwest that had everything *but* useful literature in their assortment of vendors - the absence was widely noted. And we have a small event of our own to help put on later this year; we really want to see these books offered.

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Vice & Consent

mladypain — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:03:17 GMT

Finally had the chance to view my copy - very well done! wonderful, candid, real insight - gasp! whoda thunk such perverts could be so well spoken & honest? LOL
Laura

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new Greenery newsletter

Janet — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:23:15 GMT

now up at http://www.greenerypress.com/greenthumb.htm .

Janet

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Radical Ecstasy - A Weekend Intensive with Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy

Janet — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:39:02 GMT

For millennia, seekers have used physical and emotional extremes to achieve transcendence and exaltation. Today, many BDSM and leather practitioners are discovering the potential of SM practice to reach personal, interpersonal and spiritual goals.

Perhaps you’ve touched the edges of transcendence during your play – you’ve had one or two experiences in which you’ve merged with your partner or with the whole universe, or lost your place in space and time, or left your body. Or perhaps you’re already a seasoned explorer in the realms of spirit, ritual, trance and ecstasy.

Either way, you’ll discover new pathways to bliss during this weekend of theory and practice with the authors of “Radical Ecstasy: SM Journeys to Transcendence,” the groundbreaking book exploring the interactions of leather, tantra and spirit.

From the basics of raising erotic energy through breath and movement, through more advanced exercises with clips and floggers, all the way to an end-of-weekend extravaganza of ecstasy, this will be a weekend you’ll never forget!

A few guidelines:
• Please be prepared to show up promptly; the weekend proceeds in sequence, and if you miss steps at the beginning you’ll get less from the whole experience.
• Attendees will be asked to participate fully. While there will be plenty of freedom to choose levels of intimacy and sensation that feel OK for you, everyone will be asked to at least try all the exercises. Some exercises will be solo, some with a chosen partner, some with a random partner and some as a group.
• Please bring a mat, blanket or towel, a small firm pillow or folded blanket, and a blindfold. If you have a favorite mild-to-moderate flogger, please bring it as well.
• If you have physical disabilities that will require accommodation, please let us know ahead of time so that we can ensure your comfort and participation.

Dossie Easton is a San Francisco therapist who has been an active sex radical since 1961. She is co-author with Janet Hardy of “The Bottoming Book,” “The Topping Book,” “When Someone You Love is Kinky,” “The Ethical Slut” and their most recent book, “Radical Ecstasy,” which explores and explicates the philosophy and energy that drives S/M. Long-time pagan, poet, feminist, mother, survivor of the politically correct era, leatherdyke, whipmaker femme slut, she has been following and teaching the path of Kundalini for decades. She focuses her spiritual practice and her SM practice on raising Eros and playing with fire in the bottomless pit.

Janet Hardy (aka Catherine A. Liszt and Lady Green) is the president of Greenery Press Inc. Under her various pen names, she is the author or co-author of ten books on sexuality, polyamory and BDSM, including "The Ethical Slut," "The New Bottoming Book," "Radical Ecstasy" and "The Compleat Spanker." Janet is a bisexual, polyamorous, gender-flexible SM switch who has shared her lifestyle knowledge at workshops and conferences internationally for more than 20 years. She was dragged kicking and screaming onto the path of spirituality but is now enjoying it tremendously.

Dates: Saturday, March 11, 10a-5p, and Sunday, March 12, 11a-6p. Lunch will be served on-premises both days.
Location: The Citadel, 1277 Mission Street, San Francisco.
Cost: $350 if payment is received before February 1, $375 thereafter.
Payments can be accepted by VISA, Mastercard, American Express, Discover or Paypal.
RSVP to Janet Hardy, jhardy@greenerypress.com, 510/530-1281.
If you’re traveling from out of town, the Rodeway Inn on Mission Street is next door to the Citadel and offers affordable, comfortable lodging.

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visit us at Folsom Street Fair

Janet — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:00:27 GMT

Greenery Press will be in Booth 0727, near Rausch Street. Please stop by to check out the new books, escape the crowds for a while, and say hi!

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three Greenrey authors in Austin this weekend

Janet — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:40:40 GMT

Dossie Easton giving the keynote speech... Janet Hardy and Charles Moser giving entertaining, informative workshops... you don't want to miss this one!

http://www.gwnnbash.org/gwnnbashindex.htm

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webpage improvements

Janet — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:06:47 GMT

Check 'em out: http://www.greenerypress.com .

Your comments and ideas are more than welcome!

Janet

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Here at last

Janet — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:37:10 GMT

Three cases of "21st Century Kinkycrafts" are sitting on my living room floor. If you've been waiting to order yours, now's the time!

(And if you're a contributor to this edition or the earlier editions of Kinkycrafts, please get in touch with me with an address so I can mail you a free copy.)

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welcome!

Janet — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 02:09:31 GMT

Thanks for joining us here. I'm hoping to get a good number of the Greenery Press authors to join so that you can ask them questions and chat with them here. This will also be the place to let me know if there are books you'd like to see the press publish, or to bitch if the latest book isn't what you'd hoped it would be, or to review workshops that have featured our books or authors, or to cruise for people who have enjoyed the same books you have ;)

This should be fun!

Janet Hardy
president
Greenery Press, Inc.

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New Greenery newsletter

Janet — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:09:36 GMT

The new edition of Green Thumb, our electronic newsletter, is now available at http://www.greenerypress.com/greenthumb.htm . Hope you like it!

Also, our new reseller catalog is back from the printer nad looking good. If you own a bookstore, erotic boutique, mail-order business or other retail enterprise, and would like to receive a copy, drop me a line at jhardy@greenerypress.com.

Janet

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tonight at The Exiles

Janet — Fri, 20 May 2005 17:06:49 GMT

Dossie & I will be doing a presentation on "BDSM Spirituality" tonight (Friday, May 20), at The Exiles ( http://www.theexiles.org/ ). Hope to see all you female types there!

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Whackin' butts at SOJ

Janet — Thu, 12 May 2005 09:08:13 GMT

I'll be staffing the Spanking station at tonight's Society of Janus sampler night. So if reading "The Compleat Spanker" gave you persistent fantasies about the tough hand and unyielding paddle of its author, here's your chance to satisfy your curiosity!

Survey Series Sampler Night
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Location: SFCitadel, 245 Eighth St (between Howard and Folsom), San Francisco
Doors: 7:00 pm
Program: 7:30-10:30
Cost: $8 members of Janus and reciprocal organizations, $20 for all others

Janet ("Lady Green")

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21st Century Kinkycrafts

Janet — Tue, 10 May 2005 03:09:13 GMT

The single most frequent email message I receive is, "When are you going to reprint Kinkycrafts"?

I announced an updated editon, 21st Century Kinkycrafts, a year ago, and am finally getting close to finishing it. But there's still time to submit any ideas you might have. If you've made some sort of cool sex or SM toy that you'd like to share with the world, drop me a line -- all I need is a reasonably detailed description of how it's put together, plus a photo (professional quality not required -- I just need to be able to see it well enough to draw an illustration of it).

If I use your idea, you get a 50-word blurb to promote yourself, your business, your club, whatever, plus a free copy of the book when it comes out.

Drop me an email here or at jhardy@greenerypress.com.

Thanks,
Janet

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Charles Gatewood workshop and artist show in NYC

rae-dusoleil — Tue, 03 May 2005 17:15:56 GMT

CHARLES GATEWOOD IN NEW YORK

Thursday, May 12 - Photography for Perverts Workshop
7-10 pm $50

Join renowned photographer Charles Gatewood, "family photographer of America's sexual underground," for this fun 3-hour workshop, based on his new Greenery Press book, PHOTOGRAPHY FOR PERVERTS. Learn the dos and don'ts of adult photography, plus how to meet and work with exotic models, getting published and exhibited, model releases and 2257 record keeping, tech tips, and lots more. Students are encouraged to bring their cameras and examples of their work for critique. NetMichelle, a lovely nude model, will be present to pose for all who attend.
Museum of Sex, 233 Fifth Ave (27th St) NYC
More info: www.museumofsex.com

Friday, May 13 - Free Artists Reception and Art Show

Art@Large is proud to present an exhibition of vintage and recent photographs and collages by legendary photographer Charles Gatewood. "Gatewood's world is freakish, earthy, blunt, erotic--most of all, terribly and beautifully alive." --A.D. Coleman, NY Times.

When Charles Gatewood began photographing America's sexual underground in the mid-1960s, he was considered by many to be an obsessed eccentric whose concerns were extremely marginal. Today however, as public nudity, blatant exhibitionism, full body tattooing and piercing, extreme fetish practices and various forms of sadomasochistic excess have entered mainstream culture, Gatewood's photographs appear not only artistically and historically significant, but also uncannily prophetic.

We are especially pleased to also present vintage gelatin silver prints from Gatewood's rarely seen 1972-76 "WALL STREET" essay, which was awarded two fellowships from NY State Arts Council plus the Leica Medal of Excellence. Vintage prints from Gatewood's first book SIDETRIPPING (1975, with William S. Burroughs) will also be available, as will a large selection of Gatewood's fine art photography books.

An opening reception for Mr. Gatewood will be held on Friday,
May 13, 2005, 6 - 9:00pm, at: Art @ Large, 630 Ninth Ave,
(btwn. 44/45th Sts.) #707, New York City. 212.957.8371.
The show continues for four weeks.

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