Alternative Sexuality In Advertising

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Earlier today I was listening to a Pandora mix I entitled “Flog Me, I’m Irish” and an advertisement said, “Why be monogamous with your sound selection?” Which I thought was pretty cool, until it went on to imply that the opposite of monogamy is promiscuity, a word which has some pretty negative connotations of indiscriminate […]

Project “Your Personal Kink,” all about BDSMers who aren’t in the subculture

Friday, January 7th, 2011

A friend of mine, Clarisse Thorn, is organizing this project, so I just thought I’d put the word out. “Your Personal Kink” Contact: Clarisse Thorn 773.761.9200 clarisse at leatherarchives dot org The Leather Archives & Museum, a cultural center in Chicago devoted to preserving the history of alternative sexuality, wants your help documenting the experiences […]

My First Tattoo — Not Exactly Needleplay

Friday, December 31st, 2010

A few days ago, I had my first tattoo done, and I’d like to talk about that process from an SM/pain perspective. Being familiar with pain, I knew I could handle it; but it was still a new experience, so I was a little apprehensive. In a nutshell, it wasn’t really that bad. There were […]

Bondage and Me

Monday, August 9th, 2010

I am really not all that into bondage. For some reason, that feels a bit hard for me to admit openly to the BDSM community. It seems like it’s almost expected that people be into it — I mean hell, it’s the first letter in BDSM! I’ve heard others say that they like bondage because […]

FetLife Giveaway

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Okay, I know I haven’t posted in a while, but… FetLife.com is doing a “Sit on Kinky Santa’s Lap” promotion and giving away nearly $25,000 worth of kinky toys and equipment. So if you haven’t already, get on there and fill out your kinky wishlist!

Down With the Sickness

Monday, January 19th, 2009

For the past 4 days I’ve been hit by the flu, or a bad cold, or something that’s making me feel cruddy. This has resulted in me missing one party thrown by some of my lifestyle friends, a play party at the local dungeon, and a fetish ball. A new friend of mine was the […]