TinyNibbles friend Polly Superstar (author of Polly: Sex Culture Revolutionary, hostess and Fearless Leader of Kinky Salon, founder of the Sex Culture Book Fair) put up a video for her Kinky Salon crowdfunding venture on Patreon — and it’s really great! It’s funny, charming and smart: Polly did an amazing job putting it together (I’m inspired). Here’s a snip from the fundraising page:
(…) This Patreon is raising funds for the overarching organization that supports the international Kinky Salon movement. With your support this will become the hub for a Kinky Salon podcast, blog, the latest news, and photos from events all over the world.
In the past few years Kinky Salon has grown to be more than a little party in San Francisco. These days there’s a network of communities around the world, and each chapter is a unique expression of the vision, and a labor of love. There are currently teams of volunteers in New York, New Orleans, Portland, Austin, NorCal, London, Berlin, Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and, of course, San Francisco.
We have created spaces for sensual exploration, art, love, and collaboration. We have brought sexuality into the forefront of our communities, and out from the shameful shadows behind the bedroom door. We’ve had our hearts cracked open, and we got our rocks off too. We dressed up in ridiculous costumes and we had some surprising revelations. We fell in love. We had our hearts broken. We learned the true meaning of the word “community.”
As the global events grow and expand, the need to figure out how to sustain the overarching organization is becoming more important. Instead of looking to traditional business models, I have decided to turn to crowd funding. This consensual model of contributing is in alignment with the ethos of Kinky Salon, and gives everyone the opportunity to support Kinky Salon in blossoming into a thriving global community. (…)
There’s more info on the Kinky Salon Patreon subscription/pledge page, and here’s hoping that Kinky Salon continues to spread its sex-positivity and happy feels across the universe!
