Fantasy and Asshattery
Many of you know I participate — with diminishing pleasure — on the MaxFisch discussion board. In fact, I hadn’t been posting here so much last week because I was busy tending to a very interesting discussion of the role of fantasy in a professional session. There were some rather thoughtful responses to my initial ...
When Sadists Scrabble
MVX and I played Scrabble today. It wasn’t intentional … but look how many kink-related words are on the board. I need to get out more. (My score by the way? 461)
So about that thing with Spitzer….
For those of you who are interested in the perspective of a high-end escort, there’s a pretty interesting Q&A in the NYTimes with one of the Freakonomics guys and a woman named “Allie.” I also recommend the links and perspective given on the Sex Workers’ blog “Bound Not Gagged.” There’s also a fairly comprehensive and ...
Totally Off-Topic: Passing Strange
My music geek friend charmed me into going to a Broadway show last Wednesday night. It was a musical. I hate Broadway musicals. Vehemently. But I like my friend, so I said okay. Calling “Passing Strange” a Broadway musical is kinda like calling me a “dominatrix.” It is. I am. But neither label really does ...
Inspirations
The delightfully demented Mistress Saskia led me to Occasional Hell’s Infernal Device, an incredible site cataloging a variety of historical torture devices. I’m particularly enraptured by the Iron Gag (aka Mute’s Bridle), Heretic’s Fork, and Chain Whip, to name a few. I may need to talk with MetalBound. Sigh.