Karen Crecelius

The illegitimate love child of Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker, Karen Crecelius was first runner up to Ms World Leather 2004. She has traveled extensively with her boy Michael ; talking incessantly to anyone and everyone about the HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials. They estimate they talked to almost half the attendees of Fols om 2004 (one on one; not fr om a stage). They’ve traveled coast to coast; and attended many events and runs; presenting at s om e, speaking at others, and recruiting for the vaccine trials at ALL of them.

She is a founding member of NLA-I Philadelphia, an Associate Member of The Men of Onyx as well as a member of Mama’s Family. She is honored to be a part of the illustrious contestant wrangler crew at IML. She received the Pantheon of Leather President’s Choice Award in February of 06. Last year she was Judge’s Coordinator for IML. This year she’s slated to MC.

She has judged at Great Plains Olympus, Mr. Cleveland Leather, OLA, Rio Grande Leather and SouthEast Leatherfest , ICBB 06, Southwest Bootblack 07 and Mr. Missouri Leather 07 and is Head Judge Emeritus for Mr. Ohio Leather. Having had the privilege of MCing MLT for two years she was thrilled to be asked to judge.

The loves of her life are her partner boy and spouse Michael ; The Best Boy in the Whole Wide World, and her daughter.
She heads a Leather Family founded on the traditions of Honor and Service; Responsibility and Duty.

Bio Current as of February 23, 2010

2010 Presentations:
AARP BDSM
Have you begun to notice the dungeon is getting grey? The median age is rising? Most safety classes assume we're in our late twenties. THIS one doesn't.
Practical advice for us baby boomers.......... and things to think about as we continue to do what is is we do. Good hurts versus BAD hurts. We'll discuss accommodations we can make for ourselves and for each other. Like the top ten ways you know you MIGHT be too old:
1.Sensory deprivation is when your Dom hides your hearing aid batteries.
2.Your nipple clamps have training wheels.
3.Edge play is standing by the microwave with a pacemaker.
4.When you tell your sub to get the cane, you have to specify "walking" or "beating".
5.You can't tell the difference between your tattoos and your age spots.
6.You shout "One, two, three, CLEAR!" for electrical play.
7.Your idea of breath play is when your wheelchair runs over your oxygen hose.
8.Your idea of suspension is an UltraLift™ bra.
9.You hold the paddle and say, "You're younger than me....back into the paddle....HARD!"
And the Number One way to tell you might be too old for BDSM: 1. Age play really is 24/7.

Raising Kids in a D/s Universe:
What do you Do with them, since they're a hard limit? KIDDING!
Come hear our tales of adventure and fortune, disaster and misfortune as we talk about how we strive to raise a kid with a fully in tact set of leather values.
Great class for parents or people who play with parents. Not a " How to " manual per se, but what we've done and how it worked, or didn't.

 

2008 Presentations:

Care and Feeding of the Submissive - With Michael Crecelius
Care and Feeding is a Holistic "Whole Person" approach to What It Is We Do; that stems from a perspective of responsibility rather than one of entitlement. Topics we touch on are pragmatism in conjunction with a 24/7 D/s life (as opposed to a life STYLE); integration of Leather into the "real world"; the importance of negotiation and communication, and the occasional bursts of heresy. This class started out as a 100 level class, and has evolved into a "graduate seminar" on relationship dynamics and communication. Come with questions. We'll find the answers together. If you've attended this class previously, IT'S NOT THE SAME CLASS. It keeps evolving, growing as we do in our relationships.

Fantasy to Reality - with Michael Crecelius
How do I go safely and sanely from typing about what it is we do to really ACTUALLY doing it. Everybody takes the first "left" into the community; and it's almost never the right turn. Find out how to tell if it really IS too good to be true. Everyone has encountered an idealized version of what it is we do......... here s a good way to begin to tell the difference. We'll swap war stories; how to do your homework to ensure you know what you are looking for, so you do not get bogged down in what you do not.

2005 Presentations:

Care and Feeding Responsibilities of a Dominant -
Not necessarily a " how to " class. more a sharing of the perspective that works well for us, which we find rather uncommon in BDSM/ DS/ Ms relationships we have observed. It covers Power Exchange vs. Power Theft; and if a Holistic "whole person " approach to what it is we do.

Reality -vs- Fantasy -
This is not the Internet. Typing THWACK won't hurt your arm, and it's a great deal easier to kneel for hours *virtually* than it is to do out in the world. Doing What it is We Do is MUCH more difficult when you're talking as opposed to typing; and the real world will give you MUCH different repetitive motion injuries The genesis of this seminar started over cigars at an event only dimly remembered. Lori and Karen have a rather unique perspective on Fantasy Vs Reality; come find out what it is.