Midori (author)
{{Short description|Japanese-American artist, writer and sex educator}}
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| native_name = 美登里
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| birth_place = Kyoto, Japan
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| occupation = Author, Educator, Artist, Speaker, and Coach
| alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley
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| subject = Psychology of Sexuality, Japanese rope bondage, BDSM, Relationships
| website = {{URL|http://planetmidori.com/}}
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{{Nihongo|Midori|美登里}} is a sexologist, educator, author, artist, speaker, and coach.{{Cite web |title=Midori - Sexologist + Educator |url=https://fhp-inc.com/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Fire Horse Productions, Inc. - Midori |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Zinko|first=Carolyne|date=2015-02-13|title='Shades of Grey's' kink scenes whipping up a frenzy? Not in S.F.|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Shades-of-Grey-s-kink-scenes-whipping-up-a-6079554.php|access-date=2021-07-15|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}} Midori wrote the first English language book with instruction on Japanese rope bondage{{Cite web |title=Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage & Shibari |url=https://spectrumboutique.com/journal/article/seductive-art-of-japanese-bondage/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Spectrum Journal |language=en-US}} and continues to write on alternative sexual practices, including BDSM and sexual fetishism, bondage, erotic fiction, and more.{{cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/relationships/Coco+de+Mer+Launch+Salons-264149.html|title=Coco der Mer Launch Lessons In Love Salons|author=Cara Mason|date=1 November 2012|publisher=|accessdate=21 December 2014}} She teaches classes, presents at conferences, coaches individuals and professionals, and facilitates in-depth weekend intensives. She is based in San Francisco, California.{{Cite web|last=Garofoli|first=Joe|date=2002-08-04|title=Of Human Bondage / The SM scene's budding popularity among heterosexual couples is causing aging dominatrices to go where many retirees have gone before them: into the classroom|url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/Of-Human-Bondage-The-SM-scene-s-budding-2814113.php|access-date=2021-07-15|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Levine|first=Katie|date=October 2, 2013|title=Sex Nerd Sandra #112: Rope Bondage with Midori|url=https://archive.nerdist.com/sex-nerd-sandra-112-rope-bondage-with-midori/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Nerdist}}
Biography
Midori was born in Kyoto, Japan, of Japanese and German parents. She grew up in Tokyo and moved to the United States at age 14.{{Cite web|last=Zinko|first=Carolyne|date=2008-02-10|title=Midori explains how to have sex, with props|url=https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Midori-explains-how-to-have-sex-with-props-3228938.php|access-date=2021-07-15|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}} Midori studied psychology at University of California, Berkeley. She served as a United States Army Reserve Intelligence officer while earning a degree.{{Cite web |title=Artist Bio – Midori |url=https://www.ranshin.com/index.php/artist-bio/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907191133/https://www.ranshin.com/index.php/artist-bio/ |url-status=dead }}
Career
Early in her career she also worked as a condom manufacturer's sales representative. She spent a few years as a sex educator with San Francisco Sex Information.{{cite web |title=Midori - Workshop Facilitator Midori at Come As You Are |url=http://www.comeasyouare.com/toronto-store-information/sex-workshops/our-sex-educators/midori/ |url-status=dead |publisher=Comeasyouare.com |accessdate=2014-12-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221025756/http://www.comeasyouare.com/toronto-store-information/sex-workshops/our-sex-educators/midori/ |archivedate=2014-12-21}} After serving in the military, she began her art career performing in queer nightclubs, collaborating with other "weirdo" transgressive and experimental artists.
Midori teaches internationally on BDSM, alternative sexuality, feminine dominance, Shibari / Japanese bondage, and kink.{{Cite web|date=2017-06-04|title=The Many Sides of International Sex Educator Midori|url=https://rebelliousmagazine.com/many-sides-international-sex-educator-midori/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Rebellious Magazine|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Hands On Japanese Rope Bondage Workshop With Midori|url=https://www.timeout.com/toronto/things-to-do/hands-on-japanese-rope-bondage-workshop-with-midori-1|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Time Out Toronto|date=7 October 2015 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Rope: Control & Dominance Moves with Midori (2019-04-09)|date=20 March 2019 |url=https://eastbaycommunityspace.org/event/rope-control-dominance-moves-with-midori/|access-date=2021-07-15|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2018-04-09|title=Editors' Picks: 14 Things to See in New York This Week|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-april-9-1252664|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Artnet News|language=en-US}} She has spoken at conferences, universities, and organizations promoting sexual health, wellness, and education.{{Cite web |last=Zinko, Chronicle Staff Writer |first=Carolyne |date=February 10, 2008 |title=Midori explains how to have sex, with props THE TOOLS OF ROMANCE |url=https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/midori-explains-how-to-have-sex-with-props-3228938.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010010524/https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/midori-explains-how-to-have-sex-with-props-3228938.php |archive-date=October 10, 2023 |access-date=August 6, 2024 |website=The San Francisco Gate |language=English}}
In 2021, she worked with the [https://sexualhealthalliance.com/ Sexual Health Alliance] to create the year-long [https://sexualhealthalliance.com/kink-informed-certification-program Kink Informed Certification (KIC) Program] which offers training to therapists, educators, coaches, or consultants who works with individuals engaging in kink, BDSM, and alternative sexuality.{{Cite web |title=Kink Informed Certification Program |url=https://sexualhealthalliance.com/kink-informed-certification-program |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Sexual Health Alliance |language=en-US}}
She is known for her in-depth weekend intensives, [https://www.fortefemme.com/ ForteFemme: Women's Dominance Intensive] and [http://RopeDojo.com Rope Dojo: Rope Bondage Weekend Intensive] where she uses her "head-heart-hands" method to create a space where people are allowed individual self-exploration.{{Cite web |title=About Midori |url=https://fhp-inc.com/about/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Fire Horse Productions |language=en-US}} Her work focuses on helping people to create authentic and intimate relationships while emphasizing self-actualization, shame reduction, acceptance, and justice.
Art
Midori is a multidisciplinary, social practice artist.{{Cite web |title=Midori – Art, Performance & Installations |url=https://www.ranshin.com/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |language=en-US}} She creates installations, performances, group exhibitions & social practice projects that examine human narratives, cultural experiences of queerness and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage, and ephemeral nature of memory and place.{{Cite web |title=Past / Present / Future – Midori |url=https://www.ranshin.com/index.php/past-present-future/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503015619/https://www.ranshin.com/index.php/past-present-future/ |url-status=dead }} She has presented lectures at several universities and is a resident artist at the San Francisco Battery.{{Cite web |title=The Battery |url=https://www.thebatterysf.com/event/art-and-identity-the-aapi-experience |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=www.thebatterysf.com}}
Midori's work has been shown at San Francisco Asian Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Leslie Lohman Museum, SOMArts, Ithaca College, Das Arts Amsterdam, Gorilla Gallery Oaxaca, Root Division, among others.
She offers creative coaching and consulting through the [https://theintersection.org/ Intersection for the Arts], a Bay Area arts nonprofit that's dedicated to helping artists grow.{{Cite web |title=Coaches & Consultants |url=https://theintersection.org/coaches-consultants/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Intersection for the Arts |language=en-US}}
Awards
- Pantheon of Leather Awards Woman of the Year, 2003 {{Cite web |last=Rhodes |first=Dave |title=Pantheon of Leather Awards All Time Recipients |url=https://www.theleatherjournal.com/component/k2/item/61-pantheon-of-leather-awards-all-time-recipients |access-date=2021-07-15 |website=The Leather Journal |language=en-gb}}
- Sainted by [https://www.thesisters.org/ Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence], 2007 {{Cite web |date=2019-04-18 |title=Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Celebrate Their 40th Anniversary |url=http://sfbaytimes.com/sisters-perpetual-indulgence-celebrate-40th-anniversary/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=San Francisco Bay Times}}
- Best Sex Educator by SF Weekly Magazine, 2013 {{Cite web |last=Staff |first=SF Weekly |date=2013-05-29 |title=Best Sex Educators |url=https://www.sfweekly.com/best-of-san-francisco/best-sex-educators/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=SF Weekly |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503015619/https://www.sfweekly.com/best-of-san-francisco/best-sex-educators/ |url-status=dead }}
- Society of Janus Hall of Fame, 2019 {{Cite web |title=Erobay - Society of Janus |url=https://www.erobay.com/calendar/Calcium40.pl?Op=PopupWindow&Amount=Day&NavType=Neither&Type=List&DayViewHours=1&CalendarName=Janus&Date=2019/7/20&ID=806&Source= |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=www.erobay.com}}
- AASECT Humanitarian Award, 2022 {{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://aasectannualconference.com/awards/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=AASECT Annual Conference |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427144612/https://aasectannualconference.com/awards/ |url-status=dead }}
Bibliography
- The Seductive Art of Japanese Rope Bondage, Greenery Press, 2002 {{Cite web |last=Noble |first=Barnes & |title=Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage{{!}}Paperback |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-seductive-art-of-japanese-bondage-midori/1004747883 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Barnes & Noble |language=en}}
- Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink: Educational, Sensual, And Entertaining Essays, [https://www.dedalusbooks.com/ Daedalus Publishing], 2005 {{Cite book |last=Midori |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SO0BbX_oBiUC |title=Wild Side Sex: Educational, Sensual, and Entertaining Essays |date=2005-07-15 |publisher=Daedalus Publishing |isbn=978-1-881943-22-8 |language=en}}
- The Toybag Guide to Foot and Shoe Worship, Greenery Press, 2005 {{Cite web |last=OpenLibrary.org |title=The toybag guide to foot and shoe worship (2004 edition) {{!}} Open Library |url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15669520W/The_toybag_guide_to_foot_and_shoe_worship |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Open Library |language=en}}
- Master Han's Daughter: Tales from Depraved NeoTokyo Circlet Press, 2006 {{Cite web |title=Master Han's Daughter by Midori {{!}} Circlet Press |url=https://www.circlet.com/?page_id=340 |access-date=2022-05-03 |language=en-US}}
- Silk Threads (co-author), [https://riverdaleavebooks.com/books/5417/silk-threads-three-tales-of-passionate-japan Riverdale Avenue Books LLC], 2019 {{Cite web |title=Silk Threads - Three Tales of Passionate Japan {{!}} Riverdale Avenue Books - premier publisher of pop, mystery, dagger, lgbt, magnus, queer, desire, erotic, truth, sff, horror, afraid, science fiction, fantasy sports,, gaming, verve, lifestyle, and romance ebooks, short stories, novellas and novels |url=https://riverdaleavebooks.com/books/5417/silk-threads-three-tales-of-passionate-japan |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=riverdaleavebooks.com}}
- An Intersectional Approach to Sex Therapy: Centering the Lives of Indigenous, Racialized, and People of Color (contributing author), Routledge Press, 2022 {{Cite web |title=An Intersectional Approach to Sex Therapy: Centering the Lives of Indigenous, Racialized, and People of Color |url=https://www.routledge.com/An-Intersectional-Approach-to-Sex-Therapy-Centering-the-Lives-of-Indigenous/Malone-Stewart-Gary-Smith-Wadley/p/book/9780367471958 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.planetmidori.com/ General info and biography]
- [http://www.fhp-inc.com/ Classes and events]
- [https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/8/resources/9012 FetishDiva Midori papers, 1990-2014] MC 985. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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