Welcome to Janus

SOJ is a not-for-profit, all volunteer, San Francisco-based education and support organization devoted to the art of safe, consensual and non-exploitative BDSM.

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Newbie Only Coffee Social - March 8, 2010

Posted Mon, 02/22/2010 - 00:04 by mentoring

**New Day and a New Location**

Are you new? We are too!

So you're new to kink and have questions. Everyone does.

* Maybe you've always been curious about the kink/BDSM scene but you'd like some support while you explore.
* Maybe you want to talk to people who have an idea of what you're going through.
* Maybe you just want to meet a few friendly faces before your first kink class or event.

Come to the Newbie Only Coffee Social!

Join us with other new folks on the second Monday evenings of the month.

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Romance is officially over. Back to our regularly scheduled programming...

Posted Mon, 02/15/2010 - 09:08 by growingpains

It’s February 15th, Valentine’s Day is over, the “Romance” issue of Growing Pains is out, and I’m happy to return to my cynical, non-gushy self for the rest of the year.


February 2010 Growing Pains

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Impact Play with Daddy Darin (in Janus Xplore Series) - February 28, 2010

Posted Thu, 02/11/2010 - 18:42 by programs

PLEASE NOTE VENUE CHANGE!

The Society of Janus Presents: Impact Play with Daddy Darin (in Janus Xplore Series)

Sunday, February 28, 2010
2:00pm – 5:00pm (doors open at 1:30pm)
Center for Sex and Culture 1519 Mission Street, SF (btwn 11th and South Van Ness)
Cost: $5 Janus members and reciprocal organizations, $15 all others

Please note: you do not need to be a member to attend. Janus programs are open to all attendees 18 years of age and older who have a personal, positive interest in BDSM.

About our program:

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Tease me, Bait me, Make me Wait with Master Mark, M.A. - February 21, 2010

Posted Thu, 02/11/2010 - 18:38 by programs

Society of Janus Presents: Tease me, Bait me, Make me Wait with Master Mark M.A.

Sunday, February 21, 2010
6:00pm – 8:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Center for Sex and Culture 1519 Mission St. (btwn 11th and So. VanNess)

Cost: $5 Janus members and reciprocal organizations, $15 all others

Note: This class is open to members and non-members. You do not need to be a member to attend. Janus programs are open to all attendees 18 years of age and older who have a personal, positive interest in BDSM.

About our program:

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Start the New Year Right

Posted Wed, 01/13/2010 - 14:34 by growingpains

Ahhh… January. The time of resolution-making. And shouldn’t one of those resolutions be about sharing your knowledge and experience? Doing something creative? Reconnecting with community? Write for Growing Pains!! You know you want to…

Write to GPeditor AT soj DOT org with ideas or submissions.

HAVEN WILDE

Kinksters Take Over the Great San Francisco Pillow Fight - February 14, 2010

Posted Mon, 01/11/2010 - 13:21 by social

We arrive, we pillow fight, we have fun, and then we laugh all the way to Wicked Grounds.

Join SOJ Social for the annual Valentine's Day pillow fight at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco.

The Pillow Fight Club has been having the fights since 2006.

You do not need to be a Society of Janus member to attend. RSVP's appreciated but not required. Visit the event on FetLife at (http://fetlife.com/events/11336).

Mea Culpa's and Thanks You's

Posted Fri, 01/08/2010 - 21:32 by growingpains

First off… my most humble apologies for misprinting the location of Silent Porn Film Sunday, a SOJ Social, — which will be held at the Red Vic at 1pm on Jan 10. The Red Vic! Not the Citadel (as printed in Rapid Release). I hope no innocent porn aficionados will be led astray. If so, you can fill my fetish for angry letters of complaint and verbal abuse by writing to GPeditor AT soj DOT org.

I would also like to send out a big THANK YOU to the two photographers who donated images for our December issue.

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Ask Janus: Suspension Bondage

Posted Mon, 12/28/2009 - 17:31 by askjanus

I'm looking for the best book or resource on doing suspension safely. If you have recommendations,
I'd really appreciate it.

There are a lot of rope bondage books out there that mention suspension, but (as far as we know) none that deal with suspension singularly. We'll list a few books we like for general bondage below.

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Ask Janus: Finding a kink aware therapist

Posted Mon, 12/28/2009 - 11:56 by askjanus

I'm new to kink (curious and uninitiated, actually). I'd like to explore BDSM, but have a psychiatric disorder that could complicate things. I'd like to find a psychologist (or more than one) who's BDSM-familiar so I can find out what some possible implications of exploring this might be. Any help would really be appreciated.

First, congratulations on your forethought. Assessing psychological risk is often overlooked by some who are looking to become more explorative in their sexual expressions.

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