26. Dungeons (aka: The Ultimate BDSM Playspace)

Is a BDSM dungeon on your sexual bucket list? You might be surprised about how actual dungeons operate. In this episode, the Wives explore public BDSM dungeons, including an interview with Dungeon East owner Mistress Justine Cross.  First, get ready for Halloween with this episode's cocktail: the Black Widow, while Ams shares her first experience as a unicorn to another couple.  Next, the Wives discuss what a dungeon is and why you might want to visit one.  A BDSM dungeon is a room or space designated specifically for BDSM (i.e. - Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, Sadism and Masochism) play or scenes. Public dungeons can be found in fetish studios, sex work spaces, sex clubs, warehouses and nightclubs (sometimes during specific fetish parties and themed nights) and are usually open to the public. A dungeon is a great place to explore kinkier, edgier play, surrounded by people who LOVE to demonstrate their skills.  You can learn, you can watch and you can experience kink including spanking, flogging, bondage and suspension.  You can also experience toys and equipment that you might not be willing to invest in at home, such as St. Andrew's cross's (Ams' favorite!), hooks and bars or suspension play, spanking benches and impact toys.  To get an expert's opinion, the Wives interview Mistress Justine Cross, owner of Dungeon East in Los Angeles, California.  Finally, the Wives set themselves sexy homework: visiting an actual dungeon for newbie night...and more… About Mistress Justine Cross she/her Mistress Justine is a professional BDSM consultant and lifestyle Dominatrix based in Los Angeles. She is the owner of Dungeon East, Los Angeles's premiere dungeon studio. With over 10 years' experience as a lifestyle Dominatrix and BDSM consultant, Mistress Justine's expertise and creativity has been called on for dozens of print, radio, and video productions.  She has appeared as herself on Funny or Die, A&E, Lifetime and VH1. She has appeared on numerous podcasts including Savage Love, Dear Prudie and American Sex and for a number of campaigns and projects for major brands such an educational intro to BDSM series for Yandy. Extensively interviewed and profiled, Mistress Justine has been featured in Los Angeles Magazine, Playboy, Nylon, LA Weekly, Time Out Los Angeles, Buzzfeed, Salon, Vice, Huffington Post and The Guardian. Internationally recognized and followed, she typically travels all over the world. Justine runs BDSFemme - a play party party for cis and trans women and co-hosts Deviant, an all gender queer play party. With the mainstream growing more aware of BDSM, Mistress Justine's opportunities to educate and correct the kink curious have expanded, and she's been invited to be a guest speaker or teach classes on BDSM, safer sex practices, consent, and more at places like UCLA,Los Angeles LGBT Center and Folx. Justine loves oyster happy hours, craft cocktails and cats. She is fully vaccinated and still taking COVID precautions very seriously. Subscribe to her newsletter her. Follow her on twitter: justineplays and instagram/clubhouse/tiktok: thejustinecross Contact: [email protected] or 323-739-4562 Website: https://www.losangelesdominatrix.com/