There's tons of sites out there that offer erotic content, where you can see people engaging in all sorts of kinks, fetishes, and erotic activities. But there's not many out there that comprehensively teach you how to engage in those activities yourself- and let's face it, not every town has a kink community from which to develop these skills.

Thank goodness, then, for Kink Academy who is offering over 600 videos on everything you could imagine. The videos are all organized pretty well- they're tagged by type of play, skill level, toys used, and faculty members, which makes it easy to find videos covering information that would be useful for your personal play. The faculty includes some fabulous, dedicated community icons I grew up idolizing, such as Cleo DuBois, Cecilia Tan, Anita Wagner and Jay Wiseman, along with some newer blood like Reid Mihalko, James Darling, Mollena Williams and Graydancer. I appreciated that there was a healthy mix of people who were old skool and new generation, talking about kink and nonmonogamy, because I like to learn from everyone I can!

I wanted to give you a brief overview of the sorts of things I found here that really caught my attention. There's too much content to give you a full idea, which is why I like it so much- there's enough here to keep you busy for days and days! Each video is under 10 minutes long- some are more demos, others are more advice focused. Many are videotaped versions of full workshops by well-known presenters. They're all really excellent.

Basic: This is for people who are new and want introductions to various techniques and kinks. It's not just BDSM related, though- while there's excellent videos on things like aftercare, zen submission and foot fetishes, there's also videos on less kinky skills like flirting and body language or managing jealousy. It's not just for straight people, either- no, you'll find videos under the basic section like TransQueering your sex or what to do with transmale cock. And for you geeks- check out the PSIgasm and how it charts the orgasm cycle!

Intermediate: This section gives you some more demos than basic, a little further along the line of skill. Kinky videos cover techniques from five star service to mouth soaping, from puppy play commands to abandonment issues for littles. I was particularly fascinated with skills that were new to me, like erotic hypnosis or mental preparation for interrogation play. This is also a great section to brush up on skills that may've gotten a bit rusty. I think their rope bondage workshops will be hugely helpful for me!

Advanced: This area has the least number of videos on it- something that I'm sure is changing all the time, as the month of December will see a new clip posted every day, two more than their usual 5 per week. I found videos on punching play, positions for double blow jobs, and cathartic play in this section

There are also videos that are available for free, including one by Maggie Mayhem on Consent Culture (yay!), ones on various medical information, introductions to various kinks, and some great ones on what to do (and not do) when dealing with law enforcement. The free resources also include intros to various toymaking companies and leather/kink spaces, offering a pretty well-rounded introduction into basic BDSM.

That's what projects this from just a good idea into a valuable resource and one to be supported, in my opinion- by offering free content on issues that are invaluable to the community, Kink Academy is giving back. It also offers potential subscribers a chance to get a feel for the quality and tone of the videos on the site, making it both a great way to reach out and a way to self-advertise. Pretty clever!

I wish this site had been available for me when I was discovering my boy's adult baby kink (and worrying about how to be a good caregiver) or figuring out whether it was better to have threesomes with friends or strangers. There was one that just came up about long distance relationships and ageplay, which made me giggle as I'm in that with my boy... and the clip was presented by my girlfriend. Hee!

I also want to say how awesome it is to see different gender identities, body types, and ethnicities presenting workshops on this site. Diversity is sexy, and it's great to see that yes, there is diversity in this scene, online at least.

I think this would be a huge help for anyone exploring kink, either on their own or with a partner. You could watch some videos together to help introduce a lover to your kink, for example, or you could watch a few videos yourself to help with your own navel-gazing. This site would also be awesome for people who aren't able to get to a major city to go to a workshop, and is a steal for the amount of information you get when you consider just one workshop is $20. $100 gets you a year's membership. That's over 100 workshops for the price of 5, ya know? And right now you can get 6 months for $45, which is $7.50 a month. That's the cost of a coffee nowadays. ;)

So get on over to Kink Academy and pack your brain full of information!

Kink Academy has a sister site, Passionate U, with non-kinky erotic education, if your tastes are more in that direction. Kink Academy has some video crossover with Passionate U, though each has a fair number of videos specific to their site as well.