(Note: This post is a republication of my original post from September 8, 2011. To the best of my knowledge, the problematic issues with the Mission Control venue in San Francisco described below have not been addressed, much less resolved.) Although I was ultimately unable to attend the Threshold party at Mission Control this past [...]
Archive for the ‘Politics of sex’ Category
When “sex-positive” is a euphemism for “male gaze”
19 Mar 2013 at 10:27
maymay
Myths and misconceptions, Personal experience, Personal history, Politics of sex
(Note: This post is a republication of my original post from June 11, 2011. To the best of my knowledge, the problematic issues with the Mission Control venue in San Francisco described below have not been addressed, much less resolved.) I had been wanting to attend an event at Mission Control for a while now. [...]
Got consent? Susan Wright says you’re “confused” about what that means.
In part 2 of a new series on rape culture and abuse in BDSM communities, M. Lunas highlights some of new FetLife Community Manager Susan Wright’s two-faced misdirections: In January 2013, the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF), a legal advocacy organization for kinky and/or ethically non-monogamous people, released a survey about consent in BDSM [...]
“There is a problem with BDSM as a culture” by Peroxide
In a new subreddit devoted to male submissives and female dominants, Peroxide throws out some great prompts: Here’s something I want to throw at you folks, hopefully you’ll find this interesting and maybe helpful. Try and be open minded about this, because it might sting, but I’d like to hear what you think. There is [...]
The National Coalition of Sexual Freedom is a BDSM Scene PR front
Cross-posted from a conversation on Facebook: Credit ought go to Insane Hussein Reviews for [finding this article offering insight into pro-domme work]. Sadly, Domina Vontana apparently received a massive negative blow-back from her local BDSM Scene in Washington [DC] for this piece, including from Susan Wright, founder the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) that [...]
Individualism versus Systems Behavior: You are not a special and unique snowflake
(Note: This post is a republication of my original post from February, 2012.) Last night, I attended Matriarchy at The RACK Room in Denver, Colorado, at the gracious invitation of the venue’s owners, Jeff and Headmistress Saskia. The event bills itself as: [O]pen to ALL women (sub, slave, top, mistress, cis, trans, female-identified, etc.) and [...]
