Some months back, while I was still using my sanitized outside voice, Alice Archer contacted me for an article she was doing about “The Changing Face of Female Domination,” slated to be published in Filament Magazine. Now that the article is out (a preview is available if you turn to page 34, and have Flash), [...]
Archive for the ‘Writing and blogging’ Category
The BDSM community ghetto, and other cultural problems
02 Dec 2010 at 03:35
maymay
BDSM in the media, Community, Femdom, Male sexuality, Masculinity, Politics of sex, Writing and blogging
Playing on the Edge
This is what the cover of this book looks like. Seem familiar? It might. Congratulations to the author (who used the photo with permission) on the publication of her ethnographic research. I’m looking forward to reading a copy myself. Tip This
My Beautiful Kind Profile: “Sex, like a bright candle, has no innate morality”
Over the summer of 2010, Kendra (aka The Beautiful Kind), asked me for a brief email interview to make a profile for her column “You Are The Beautiful Kind.” Recently, however, it had vanished from her website and over email she told me she decided to take down the entry with the answers she solicited [...]
How Sex-negative Lies Perpetuate a Fear-based Culture
“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.” —Marianne Williamson The sex-negative strategy is composed of two major stages, each with its own primary tactic. First, scare; second, confuse. Both tactics are wielded against institutions (a political party, universities, medical associations, etc.) and individuals (activists, celebrities, researchers, journalists, etc.). In [...]
KinkForAll versus Stop Porn Culture: guess who’s filthier!
24 Jun 2010 at 13:04
maymay
BDSM in the media, Kink events, Myths and misconceptions, Politics of sex, Vanilla life, Writing and blogging
Over at the Washington City Paper, Amanda Hess wrote about her experiences at KinkForAll Washington DC 2 and Dr. Gail Dines’ Stop Porn Culture anti-porn activist briefing on The Hill last Tuesday. Her column is well worth a read, and exposes the should-be-obvious blatant hypocrisy with which fear-mongering anti-porn crusaders conduct themselves on a regular [...]
Femquake Fallout: Feminism, the Internet and Boobquake (and Brainquake)
27 Apr 2010 at 15:39
maymay
Communication, Community, Personal experience, Politics of sex, Sexism, Vanilla life, Writing and blogging
Boobquake was hilarious. Above all else, the joke turned media frenzy turned factional feminist debate taught me that the Internet is like a giant game of telephone. No matter what someone says, someone else will misconstrue it as something totally different. And y’know what? That’s not so terrible. Here’s why. The Internet is like a [...]
