Join the Exiles with Leather and Lattes with Mama Vi and her book, To Love, To Obey, To Serve: Diary of an Old Guard Slave.
Within these pages are the diary entries painting the experiences of an extraordinary woman and her service heart. Mama Vi is among the leather community’s most loved and respected Black women. She entered the Leather scene in the 1970s as a slave in New York City. A slave’s duty was to Love, Honor, Please, and Obey, sometimes blindly, often at great personal cost. To own or live the life of a full-time slave is, and has been, the stuff of S/M fantasies and erotic stories. Mama Vi’s dairy reveals the realities quite different from the fantasies. Most of all, this is a woman’s journey following her dream.
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(all royalties go to The Carter Johnson Library)
To Love, To Obey, To Serve: Diary of an Old Guard Slave by V.M. Johnson
IMPORTANT:
The structure of this program mirrors that of a book club. READ THE BOOK and come prepared with questions and discussion topics. This program is NOT a presentation by Mama Vi; though she will be there, it is a group discussion where Mama Vi can relish the conversations unfolding before her. So come, having read the book!
TICKETS:
$3 I Read the Book
The First 20 People to purchase these tickets must include proof they own To Love, To Obey, To Serve: Diary of an Old Guard Slave by emailing a photo and two discussion questions to Kara, PR@theexiles.org. by May 15th. The people purchasing these tickets claim they have read the book and will be participating in the book club discussions.
$10 Non-Member – Voyeur Only
People who purchase these tickets have yet to read the book and will take-on the passive role of listening and observation.
$5 Member – Voyeur Only
People who purchase these tickets have yet to read the book and will take-on the passive role of listening and observation.
The Exiles is a 501(c)3 women- and queer- centered educational organization for all individuals who self-identify as other than cisgender men. Individuals must be over the age of 18 years old and have a positive interest in BDSM.
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About Our Presenter:
Vi Johnson is the senior griot and director of the Carter/Johnson Leather Library, a collective history of various communities who have chosen to live and love differently. She is an author, archivist, and activist.