VARIETY | $30 | 18+ | Join us for a celebration of Tina’s new book Why Are People Into That? A Cultural Investigation of Kink where some of the best performance artists in the biz titillate you with acts inspired by the book’s fetish themes! Raunchy readings, dark burlesque, in your face drag, and much more!
Tina Horn Tina Horn is a writer, educatrix, and media-maker. Her book of fetish cultural criticism based on her long-running indie podcast Why Are People Into That?! Is out in June 2024 from Hachette. Tina is the creator/writer of the sci-fi sex-rebel comic book series Safe Sex (Image), and the cult detective thriller Deprog; she was also the host/cowriter of the phone sex podcast Operator (Wondery). Her reporting on sexual subcultures has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, Hazlitt, Glamour, Jezebel and elsewhere; she is the author of two nonfiction books and has contributed to numerous anthologies including We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, which she also coedited. Tina has lectured on adult entertainment politics and queer BDSM identities at universities and community centers all over North America, and works as an on-set consultant for theater, film, and television including the dominatrix scenes of Pose. She is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow, an AVN nominee, the recipient of two Feminist Porn Awards, and holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence. You can follower her on Twitter and Instagram @TinaHornsAss and visit http://TinaHorn.net
Spike “Prince of Cats” Spike is a queer, latinx, multi-medium artist and performer. An native of Southern California, Spike is involved with live-event hosting, drag performance, and with the leather and fetish community in and around the Los Angeles area. In both life and art, Spike explores and blends traditional dichotomies of light and dark, masculine and feminine, rage and joy. His raw, unconventional, yet inviting work reflects his view that expression is existence. No Fears. No Regrets. Just Life.
Instagram @spikeprinceofcats
Twitter @spikesauce7
Galin King A creature of facial expressions and lets audience feel things alongside; Charles Galin King brings the weird, creepiness and warmth to the stagesss. Born and raised in East Los Angeles, California has brought him honor and joy in their existence and culture. They were a shy, reserved and at times isolated themselves as a child then cinema and theatre approached.
Acquiring an Associates Degree from The East Los Angeles Community College Theater department has given me assistance in being a drag king; it brings more knowledge in this life and I continue to learn about the queer community. Tlazcamati [muchas gracias]!
Bytch Nastee Meet the one and only Bytch Nastee (he/him), a drag king sensation who’s turning heads and breaking hearts throughout the West Coast! With a strut that could stop traffic and a voice like your gay uncle, Bytch Nastee is the stripper of your wildest dreams.
Via L'Once Via L'Once is a burlesque dancer, glampire, and metal fairy inspired by her love for the darker things in life and death. She's the producer of Bat Cave Burlesque, an elevated goth burlesque and variety revue, and a resident performer of Booty Burlesque. She is violence herself, she is Via L'Once.
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