How Kink Changed my Life
Full transparency: I wrote the following about 5 years ago, when I was leaning in a submissive direction in my BDSM play, which is not the case now. However, some weeks when I sit down to write, there just hasn't been any obvious thing that wants to move through me, and this is one of those times. And, what you're about to read is educational and interesting. If you like that sort of thing.Trigger warning: if you tend to get upset by hearing about the use if kink (power and control play) that involves physical pain, do not read.&nb...
Lately I Am Fascinated By….
Of course, this is all part of my larger interest in being part of the dismantling of the patriarchy. That, I am committed to, both personally and professionally. No, I am not a man-hater, not by any means. Nor am I one to point fingers and blame. However, we've been living in a patriarchal system on this planet for thousands of years, and there are many signs that it is time for that to shift.
It doesn't serve either men OR women for us to live in such an unbalanced world. Yet over the past couple of years it has been ...
Do You Know How To Pronounce This Word?
Back to my taking the Human Sexuality course in college....my friend and I kept chuckling to ourselves about how the professor didn't know how to pronounce the word "clitoris". (He was pronouncing it like this: "kli tr uhs", with the emphasis on the first syllable.) Then, one day I thought to myself- well, maybe he really does know what he's talking about, I mean, he IS a professor of Human Sexuality! So I looked it up and- guess what? He was right!
I was reminded of this story because this week I was listening to a ...