Despite the COVID-19 lockdown, international lifestyle domme Mistress Eva is having an exciting week, joining the UK Leather and Fetish Archive at the prestigious Bishopsgate Institute in London – now up at Bishopsgate..

“What an incredible honor to join the ranks of the Bishopsgate Institute’s archive collection,” said Eva of her place within the esteemed cultural and educational center. “It calls itself ‘the home for ideas and debate, learning and enquiry’, and that’s the perfect way to describe this incredible space that has served the public for over 125 years. I’m so proud to be a part of this legendary organization.”

The in-demand dominatrix has also just released a short commentary on Vice News’ podcast The Distance: Coronavirus Dispatches, ‘BDSM’, where she discusses her unexpected transition from world traveler to homebound kink practitioner – with a little help from online technology.

“One after another, all of my slaves started realizing that the borders were closing and our monthly international meetups were going to disappear for the time being, and desperation started creeping in for them,” says Eva on the podcast.

“In addition to upping the capacity on my BDSM training site I started to set up regular calls between my real-time slaves and I, to create some sense of routine and connection. We end up taking video calls and dressing up in matching latex.”

For fun, Eva is attending ‘virtual leather socials’: “leather folks come onscreen and polish their boots, amongst other things. I’ve also attended some Zoom orgies… screen-by-screen, you’d see somebody in a leather mask, sipping something I don’t know… three people in a play space, one tied to a pole… it was a lot of fun! It was really nice to be able to connect with the community in this way, and I hope some semblance of that continues once this time moves on.”

Find the Vice News podcast ‘BDSM’ at Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other top streaming platforms.