LOS ANGELES—For AVN Stars findom Queen Adora, kink is not just her profession, she sees it as an educational mission. She comes from a family of health care professionals, and studied psychology in college. That background, she says, has led her to take what she calls a “balanced” approach to her role as a dom, and to use BDSM as a “therapeutic” technique in her work.
“I’ve always been educated in kink, I’ve always been into it,” she says. “In movies, in art, in fashion. That’s how I was exposed to BDSM. I was in acting school, so making fetish clip content kind of just came naturally. That was just my thing — acting, writing, speaking. So making erotica, all that stuff was instilled in me through childhood. And my psychology interest just made me more interested in BDSM, because I learned the therapeutic aspects of kink.”
Her transition from college, where she majored in business and minored in psychology, into kink happened “naturally,” as she feels that her interest in creating content flowed directly into her role as both a dominatrix, and as she describes herself, an educator in the field of kink, and even a therapist of sorts.
“All of these things can be blended so naturally, and how they are without people realizing," she told AVN. “It may just be sex, but sex can be therapeutic. And a lot of times, it’s not just sex. Some people get arousal from dynamics — dominating a sub. That therapy, that outlet, that comfort, that safe space.”
Adora was mentored at the age of 18 by a local dominatrix near her home in upstate New York. Now she passes on the education she received to younger women as well — though she is only 22 years old. She says she wants her age publicized, because she wants to serve as an inspiration for younger women in the field.
Her own education is far from finished. She plans to return to school to study writing and filmmaking, “two things that I’m really passionate about,” as well as “African-American and Latino History. Those two things are very, very, very important to me, to get in tune with my culture in general.” Her work as a findom is supporting those interests, she says.
“All of this findom money is pretty much going toward my second degree,” she says. “It’s a blessing. It really is. Before I started I never even fathomed that it would be paying for college, paying for everything.”
Her role in findom is a natural extension of her personality, making it even more of a “blessing” that she is now able to use that career as a way to finance her continuing education, and her passions. “To be honest, I realized I was into findom before I was actually into findom, if that makes any sense,” she laughs. “Dating people in college, I was always dominant. The frat dudes, I was always the dominant homegirl that was hanging out with them. They would never hook up with me, but they knew I was cool enough to help them get hookups. You know, stuff like that. And I knew internally, I was always into money. I was always a money go-getter. I had two jobs when I was in college. One of them was on campus, one was off-campus. Then I had my own business, which was femdom and findom.”
Now that she is out of college, at least until she returns to get her next degree, she has brought her findom work to the AVN Stars platform, an outlet which she says has numerous advantages over other social media.
“I personally love AVN. I will vouch for it every day,” she says. “I say every day that I’ll be in AVN because AVN is my Twitter. I’ll post that on Twitter. I’ll be on AVN, so if you want to see me or talk to me, just subscribe, or send me money. That’s where I go. It’s better than Twitter because I’m making way more money on AVN. I really love AVN from the hashtags you're able to do, without having to be shadowbanned, or having to be less exposed, from the clips categories, from the payouts, the restrictions that you’re able to have.”
Queen Adora says that using the resources offered by AVN Stars, she is able to continue he goal to educate her clients about BDSM, and that her career is just getting started.
“This is just the beginning. That’s truly all I can say. This is just the beginning,” she says. “I’m very, very, very proud of the growth that findom is having, in general. A lot of women have recently told me that they’ve spoken about me when they’ve had interviews, and said that I’ve inspired them and motivated them. I am so blessed and happy that I’m motivating and inspiring people to do what it was always possible for them to do.”
Photography by Rohan Palma (@lightsessionsphoto)
