Mara Vance
Kink educator
Mara has spent most of a decade running beginner workshops and writing the kind of plain-English material she wanted when she started. She is unromantic about safety, allergic to mystique, and believes most bad scenes trace back to a conversation nobody had. She writes the consent, negotiation, limits and risk guides here.
Experience: Around ten years in the scene; runs beginner workshops and negotiation clinics.
Writes on: consent, negotiation, BDSM safety, limits, aftercare
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Articles by this author (27)
- BDSM Contracts: What They Are & How to Write One
- Rope Bondage Books: Useful, But Never a Substitute for a Teacher
- Fifty Shades of Grey vs Real BDSM: What It Got Right & Wrong
- Beyond SSC & RACK: Other BDSM Consent Models (PRICK, FRIES, 4Cs)
- Common Mistakes New Dominants Make (and What to Do Instead)
- BDSM Books for Beginners: Start With Two, Not Twenty
- Essential BDSM Books: The Reading List That Still Holds Up
- Caring for BDSM Gear: Cleaning, Storage & Hygiene
- Pet Play Gear and Safety: Hoods, Mitts, Tails and Pony Tack
- Negotiating Humiliation Play: Getting the Hard Part Right
- How to Plan a BDSM Scene: From Idea to Aftercare
- BDSM Mentorship: Finding a Mentor & Learning the Scene
- What Is a BDSM Scene? Negotiation, Play & Aftercare
- Impact Play for Beginners: Floggers, Whips, Paddles & How to Start
- Types of BDSM Play: A Complete Overview
- Sensation Play: Temperature, Texture and the Whole Skin
- Safewords: How They Work, Choosing One & the Traffic-Light System
- How to Talk About Kinks With a Partner
- BDSM Safety: How to Play Without Getting Hurt
- Hard & Soft Limits in BDSM Explained
- Red Flags in BDSM: Spotting Abuse Disguised as a Dynamic
- What Does BDSM Stand For? The Letters Explained
- How to Get Into BDSM: A Beginner's Guide
- BDSM Consent: SSC vs RACK vs PRICK Explained
- Spanking: The Beginner's Guide to Doing It Safely
- Consensual Non-Consent (CNC): What It Is and Why It Demands So Much
- BDSM Aftercare: What It Is and How to Do It
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