NR ’24 Educators
Lubegirl & Roux
– Tying Pair from the NYC Area –
Lubegirl (she/her), a Queer White appearing POC
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Roux aka SladkiySova (they/them), a Non-Binary Black Femme
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Bio:
Platonic rope partners and switches from the NYC area, Roux and Lubegirl’s core principles of accessibility, decentralized education, and community building has allowed them to find self-determination through rope while helping others redefine what is means to learn for both rigger and bottom. With almost a decade of tying together, their vibrant friendship and unconventional teaching style has brought joy to many Kink Centered Spaces across the US including Tethered Together, Unabashed con, Kinkfest, Dark Odyssey and Tempest Hill Gatherings.
Class by Lubegirl & Roux:
Beating Suspension Stereotypes: Suspension for Larger Individuals
Type: Class & Workshop, Beginner to Intermediate Suspension
Day/Time/Room: TBD
Do you constantly find yourself tying folks taller than you? Is gravity getting you down when you’re trying to lift someone into the air? Are you a bottom whose been told that because you’re (insert excuse here) you can’t be suspended? Come learn some ways to adapt your suspension that makes it easier on you and your bottom while perpetuating the idea that suspension can be for everyone.
Riggers should know both a suspension worthy chest(box tie/hands free) and lower body (waist/hip) harness, Bottoms should have an understanding of good vs bad pain. Natural and Synthetic ropes are welcome in this class.
Class by Lubegirl & Roux:
Brat Lab: Tying Brats and Approaching Play
Type: Class & Workshop, Beginner to Intermediate Floorwork
Day/Time/Room: TBD
Are you a bottom who likes to push your top’s buttons (consensually) but trying to understand the potential risks in rope? Are you a top who wants to provide ‘funishment’ during your rope scenes in a way that adds to your rope style? Are you a switch that can’t turn your ‘top brain’ off in rope? Come discuss with peers and work hands on to find ways to incorporate techniques to work with your style of rope.
Material will be provided as a launchpad but feel free to bring your questions/concerns and solved together in class. Natural and Synthetic ropes welcome in this class.
Class by Lubegirl & Roux:
Am into Self Sadism?: An intermediate Self Suspension Class
Type: Class & Workshop, Intermediate Suspension
Day/Time/Room: TBD
Now that you’re off the ground, let’s add some building blocks to make your self suspension more challenging…and not with 3 single columns! This class will include ways to create torsions, using your uplines to build into your tie for support, and some basic transitions that will leave you wondering why you did this to yourself. Natural and Synthetic ropes are also welcome in this class.
Self Tiers should know both a stable chest hands free harness and lower body (waist/hip/booty basket) harness. This is not a first-time Suspension Class; you will be asked to watch rather than participate if the instructor does not feel you’re ready to take on the material.
Class by Lubegirl & Roux:
Hatching Your Raptor: Playing with Simple Tengus
Type: Class & Workshop, Beginner Floorwork
Day/Time/Room: TBD
Looking for a way to restrict your bottom while avoiding the sensitive nerves in their arms? Come learn beginner technique to build your bottom into a raptor with single columns and walk away with some ideas to build on your own raptor shapes for play! Natural and Synthetic ropes are welcome in this class.
Tops should have a basic knowledge of a single column with a non-collapsible knot of choice (boola boola, bowline, etc.). Bottoms should know the difference between good pain and bad pain.
