Authentically Kinky (formerly known as What Women and Other Wonderful Humans Want)
Pre-Election Special with Jane Boon and Tara Indiana
October 27, 2020
It's our pre election special when former Presidential Candidate and BDSM Hall of Fame Dominatrix, Tara Indiana is joined by Jane Boon, the author of the novel "Edge Play" join us to discuss what women of a certain age want. What are the different things that people in their 40's and 50's want and do people approach them differently because of growing up in different times? NOTE: Due to internet interference, Jane's audio can sound a little cut off at times. We did our best to fix it, and thank you for your understanding.
Jane Boon lives in New York City and Los Angeles with her husband, Norm Pearlstine. She studied technology and policy at MIT and later received a Ph.D. in industrial engineering. Jane has written for publications like The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Time.com, McSweeneys.net, and TravelandLeisure.com. Jane enjoys improv and playing dress-up, including the time she wore a corset, garters and thigh-high stockings as a dominatrix in the Fox TV series, Gotham. EDGE PLAY is her first novel.  


Mistress Tara has been a professional and lifestyle Dominatrix for over 29 years. In the course of that time She's dominated over 10,000 men, taught more then 1000 professional dominatrixes and starred in over 200 Fetish Films. She is the founder of the Dungeon, Den of Iniquity.

Tara Indiana started her career as Dominatrix in New York City, 1989. She gained notoriety when she was crowned, Head Mistress at "The Paradise Club” and appeared in a photo layout with John Wayne Bobbit. It was also there she started Her infamous Dominatrix Classes which were quickly picked up by Playgirl, The Learning Annex and in the book "How to Seduce a Man”.

She went on to found, "The Den of Iniquity" in 1994 with her colleagues London and Paige. The first space was at 241 West 19th Street in NYC.  The Daily News described her as "The Martha Stewart of Dungeons" in an expose about the S&M scene in New York City. In 1997 she began performing at the S&M themed restaurant, "La Nouvelle Justine" where she met and performed for Joan Rivers and went on to guest on her show.

In 1998 She embarked on a career in Fetish Porn. She started her career at Gotham Gold defying the conventions of the time. In the 1990's, BDSM films were traditionally simulated and cast with actors. She was the first professional & working Dominatrix to appear in mainstream Fetish Porn doing real S&M.

She quickly rose to stardom and was invited to sign for Gotham at CES in 1999 where she met Dian Hanson who then featured Her in “Leg Show" in 2000. Later that year she signed again for Gotham at CES where she met legendary Porn Director and AVN Hall of Famer Rick Savage. Rick cast her in many of his films for Legend, Pleasure, Galaxy and Outlaw and began shooting at the Den. From 1998 - 2006 almost every S&M film shot in New York was shot at The Den of Iniquity and or with Den of Iniquity Mistresses. Tara retired from acting to produce and direct in 2004 for her own line, "Den of Iniquity Films"

Tara revolutionized the dungeon business by bringing a legitimate corporate culture and branding to what had been a seedy, underground business mostly controlled by organized crime. It was The first professional Dungeon to obtain a federal trademark, and the first, and, to date, only dungeon to go national as a chain. At its height, DOI had flagships in New York City, Phoenix and Los Angeles. The Den of Iniquity is known for it's long list of celebrity Dominatrices, Porn Stars and Fetish Models

But her proudest accomplishment to date was appearing on "The Daily Show' with John Stewart, during the 2004 Republican Convention. She is the first and only Dominatrix to be interviewed on “The Daily Show". As a longtime fan she considered it quite an honor, saying "Jon Stewart is the only man that's ever publicly humiliated me."

The Den of Iniquity celebrated its 20th Anniversary in September of 2014 with parties on both coasts. In attendance were over 200 Alumni. They flew in from all over the  the world to pay respect, reconnect and be honored for their contributions while celebrating what has always made the Den so special - the women.

At the New York Party, Tara Indiana retired as Head Mistress to pursue Her dream of teaching and political activism. 

On February 14th 2015, Tara Indiana staged the first of several political protests of "50 Shades of Grey" at the LA Live Debut. The protest were picked up by Reuters and soon spread to every major TV news station in the US and several international outlets.

Then, in 2016 she staged a satirical run for President under the banner of the “Female Supremacy Party”. From this, D.A.D (Dominatixes Against Donald Trump) was born. 

When Tara isn’t trying to unseat a sitting President, she is teaching women how to dominate men, through her workshop series, “The Art of Female Domination”. AFD offers women from all walks of life the opportunity to learn the way a professional Dominatrix learns; hands on. Her science based, empirical approach has been featured on Buzzfeed, Salon and Vice, culminating in an invitation to present at TEDxSanFrancsco on October of 2017.