oak
Close-up selfie of a trans guy buzz cut, and with a short, well-groomed beard wearing a white, plush bunny hood with long, floppy ears that have pink inner lining. The setting is indoors with soft natural light coming from a window in the background.
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oak

Oak is a community educator, artist, and collared & Owned sub with decades of work & event production in the Leather community. As the creator behind Oaken designs, his artwork explores themes of devotion, reverence, and depravity through multiple mediums including resin work. In his natural habitat, Oak can be found facilitating conversations about ethical submission, embodied consent, and trauma-informed authority + power.

Presenting:

Is It Hypervigilance or Is It Anticipatory Service?

Is It Hypervigilance or Is It Anticipatory Service? This interactive discussion looks at the line between anticipatory service and trauma-driven hypervigilance. Have you ever packed for time with your D-type and tried to fit everything and the kitchen sink into one bag “just in case”? We will look a...

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The Service Resume: Building From Desire Instead of Capability

The Service Resume: Building From Desire Instead of Capability Most service offerings can start in the same place: skills. What can you do? What are you good at? What have you been trained to offer? This interactive discussion doesn’t start there. We will start with a harder & quieter question, and...

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When Service Becomes Identity: What Happens When Things Change or Stop

Service-oriented people rarely plan for changes in service, the absence of someone or something to serve. The changes or silence hit differently than you expected. If your sense of self is organized around providing, losing that role can be bigger than grief alone; it can be destabilizing. This int...

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