brazenprofessor has been actively engaged in the Boston kink and Shibari community for the past two years, and has been 'power bottoming' for a year and a half. She trained in Muay Thai for six years, and fought on the amateur circuit until cartilage injuries put an end to high impact sport. Though all rope is fun, challenging athletic suspensions which involve hurty things are her favorite. She firmly believes that communication is very much a technical skill that must be learned and practiced. In vanillaland brazenprofessor is, in fact, a college professor. She has published a number of articles on fighting and BDSM, and has presented on a range of communication & cultural studies topics at 20+ national and international academic conferences.