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Category: poetry
A Visit From St. Nicholas (Tanek)
Dirk Hooper – 10.2025
“No one is writing the types of stuff I have dealt with.”
Dirk Hooper —writing as Asher Lake— joins YKF to dive into the romance, power, and responsibility of Femdom in Dominatrix Boss and Dominatrix Squad. An award-winning fetish artist, writer, and audio talent, Dirk also hosts Safeword Podcast, FETISHWEEK, and Taskforce Geek, and runs Sexy Networking for adult branding. We talk about YKF Author Circle, storytelling, and building authentic community in kink & fetish culture.
Kendra Holliday- 9.2025
“Penises are plentiful and cheap. Pussies are treasure troves.”
Kendra Holliday is a sex-positive activist and co-Founder of Sex Positive St. Louis. She is known for her surrogate partner therapy, sex activism, writing, fetish events, embracing the naked body, shaving her head, hairy armpits, sissy tea parties, and hiring a sex worker for her dad.
“I refuse to give up my radiance.”
Karen Joyner-Washington (Wintah Storm) – 9.2025
“I want to be free-free”
Karen Joyner-Washington, (also known as Wintah Storm), is a poet, spoken word artist, and author from Allendale, SC. In this episode, we delve into her work with P.E.A.C.E., a nonprofit organization that utilizes the arts to inspire and uplift communities. We explore her poetry, books, and music, while she graces us with three powerful—and deliciously kinky—poems. Plus, Nicholas Tanek debuts of his poem, “Kink Helps Kink.”
“Someone’s gonna remember me.”
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YKF WEEKENDS: “Your Partner Is Vanilla?!?” (f/Goddess Giselle, Miztress Claudia, & Anna Valentina)
“A nibble on a chin was too kinky for him.”
Goddess Giselle, Miztress Claudia, & Anna Valentina join YKF to answer what happens when sex workers and kinky clients have vanilla partners.
“Don’t assume what you don’t know. Don’t judge.”
“KINK MONEY” f/ Miztress Claudia, LadyRed, Anna Valentina, & Mistress Sophie
“Money secures time, discretion, & space.”
Miztress Claudia, LadyRed, Anna Valentina, & Mistress Sophie talk about “KINK MONEY”. What is kink money? We discuss how $ changes everything, the financial landscape of the kink community, findom, The YKF Marketplace, discreet payment processing, BDSM on a budget, and what the most lucrative fetish is.
“That’s money down the toilet!”
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Miss Kim Rub – 8.2025
“I like fiendish, scientific, and intricate things.”
Miss Kim Rub, the legendary kink icon, returns to YKF to talk about Rubber Cult, rubber-only fetish clubbing, days of underground kink, horseshoe nails, and beautiful kinky films. (“Preaching To The Perverted,” “Maitresse,” “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, & Her Lover,” and “Personal Services”)
“BDSM will never be boring.”
The Return of NICCO NOIRE
“Mean it… Go all in.”
Nicco Noire returns to YKF from her neon boudoir to tell us about making manginas, her poetry of naming subs, the magic of masks, Germany, Amsterdam, Depeche Mode, adorable Midwestern accents, and electrocuting someone through their butthole.
Sarah E. Azizi – 7.2025
“You never know where a poem will go.”
Sarah E. Azizi (aka Sera Miles) – (Poet, Art dealer, Event planner and speaker/educator) talks about “Make A Wish”, her new book of poetry which focuses on the hope within dark topics like sexual violence, cancer, and divorce. We talk of publishing her book, paintings of her feet, her gallery space, and people being suspended with hooks. She performs her poem, “On The Job”
“I’m going to write no matter what.”