Topic: Mistress Velvet

2 chapters across the catalog

12: White Guilt
• 1:39:36 - 1:43:40

12: White Guilt

Mistress Velvet and BDSM as Racial Reparations

A BuzzFeed feature on "Mistress Velvet," a dominatrix who forces white male "slaves" to read black feminist theory, is discussed. The segment explores the bizarre intersection of white guilt and sexual fetishes, where men pay to be dominated as a way to "unpack" their privilege. The hosts view this as a "guilt gone bad" scenario that reinforces existing power structures rather than challenging them.

12: White Guilt
• 1:43:43 - 1:45:47

12: White Guilt

Reappropriating the Word Slave for Profit

Mistress Velvet explains how she uses her clients' payments to fund her life, pay rent, and settle student loans, viewing it as a personal form of reparations. She describes "reappropriating" the word slave to feel powerful. The hosts find the invocation of reparations in a BDSM context to be "disgusting" and a mockery of serious political discourse.