Maine kink events, places, vendors, and education

Flogging Farmers

Online · tables at local events

We’re Flogging Farmers, makers of handcrafted birch floggers and impact toys built to feel as good in your hand as they do in play. Every piece is made with an eye for balance, durability, and a beautiful finish, because we believe a well-made toy!

EF Leather

Online · tables at local events

EF Leather specializes in high-quality impact toys including floggers, kangaroo-handled whips, nylon whips, galley whips, cat o’ nine tails, and leather goods. They describe a focus on precision, craftsmanship, and authenticity, with offerings that include vending, demonstrations, and educational classes..

Kinky Elf Toys

Online · tables at local events

Kinky Elf Toys describes themselves as a designer, builder, and manufacturer of BDSM toys, implements, and furniture - ranging from sensual to more intense styles. They note expanding from paddles into a wider range of implements and dungeon furniture..

Kink Books and Studies Worth Citing

Resources · 8 min read

Which kink books are manuals, which are ethnographies, and what the 2013 Wismeijer and van Assen mental-health study does and does not show.

Sub Drop, Top Drop, and Event Drop

Aftercare · 12 min read

What the comedown after a scene actually is, how it differs from subspace, and what to plan for the same night, the next morning, and a long weekend.

How to Find a Kink-Aware Therapist

Mental health · 8 min read

How to use the Kink Aware Professionals directory, what to ask in a consult, and when a therapist should still name abuse.

Mental BDSM: Psychological Play and Its Limits

Community · 10 min read

What negotiated psychological play includes, which tactics are abuse rather than technique, and how to tell that the scene is still a game.