Rita Seagrave, another first-time presenter at Thunder, hails from the middle American city of Columbus, OH. In her professional life she has worked as a professional dominatrix, an adult toy salesgirl, a lusty lady stripper,a sex advice columnist, and a college instructor. Born in New Jersey in 1973, raised in San Francisco, and educated in Massachusetts, Rita found her true home in the Ohio kink community. She serves as a member of CORDs, MAsT-Columbus, Adventures in Sexuality, and NLA-Columbus. She has given presentations and taught workshops at Black Rose, Ohio Leather Fest, Sterling Shadow, Dark Odyssey, Leather Leadership Conference, TES, Floating World, COPE, MSDB, and now, Thunder in the Mountains. Her writing has appeared in Power Exchange Magazine, $pread Magazine, the legendary but now defunct Spectator Magazine, and numerous other literary journals.

Rita is a deaf poly switch who enjoys playing with couples, groups, and individuals of all sizes, genders, and sexual orientations. Her other interests include traveling, dog-walking, painting, and spirituality. When considering presenters for Thunder 2008, someone recommended Rita to us as a presenter. After checking out her credentials and communicating with her, we are very excited to welcome her to her first Thunder. We hope it will not be her last! Find Rita online at kinkmogul.com.

 

Playing with Strangers
 Bottom: TBD

Almost everyone has strong opinions about whether or not it's safe to play with strangers. Some of us love the thrill of experiencing intimacy with someone we just met, but we are never sure if it is safe or if we are possibly going to get in over our heads. In this class, Rita Seagrave will present detailed information about “pickup play”, playing with anonymous partners, and "stranger- danger" fantasies. Because playing with strangers must be considered as a form of edgeplay, this class will also cover the importance of safety, intuition, negotiation and red flags. If you come to this class and pay close attention, you might just pick up that stranger you’ve been eyeing and go home with someone brand new and exciting!
 
How to Design Assignments for Submissives
 Bottom: See Below

When two people enter into a D/s relationship, the excitement and fulfillment can be immediate and explosive. But as often happens in many relationships, time cools the ardor, and in between the actual scenes the excitement can wane & die. In this class, Rita Seagrave will offer various creative ideas for keeping the fire burning between scenes. One of the main tools she recommends is for the Dom. to assign tasks or work for the sub. The arousing homework assignments will invariably reinforce emotional connections, increase anticipation for the next scene, and feed the attention-starved body, mind, and soul of the submissive. She will also differentiate between regular service tasks and assignments. In the demo, assignments completed by attendees are used to prompt BDSM scenes.This class is useful for committed couples and casual play partners. If you want a great plan for spicing up your lagging relationship, then you won't want to miss this class!

BOTTOM: Would you like to be a demo top or demo bottom for this class? Here are some of the qualities I'm looking for:

1. Demo tops and bottoms can be of any gender identity and sexual orientation. However, you will play with me (not each other) so you have be somewhat interested in redheads.

2. Demo tops and bottoms must commit to attending the class and participating in a (somewhat pre-planned) mini-scene with me during the class. HOW TO DESIGN ASSIGNMENTS FOR SUBMISSIVES is scheduled for Saturday from 9:30am to 11am, so make sure you do not have any conflicts.

3. Demo bottoms must commit to completing a fun and easy erotic/ intellectual assignment two weeks before the class.

4. Demo tops and bottoms should enjoy BDSM and at least one of the following:

a) erotic role-play
b) mild to moderate erotic humiliation

If you're interested, please contact me soon at ritaseagrave@mac.com so that we can get the assignments rolling. When you contact me, tell me about your kinky interests and experience so that I can best match you with a suitable assignment (bottoms) or mini-scene (tops).