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 […]
Archive for the ‘Writing and blogging’ Category
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
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 […]
The Salvation Army incites personal attacks against me; a blog reply
24 Mar 2010 at 18:30
maymay
Emotions, Personal experience, Politics of sex, Vanilla life, Writing and blogging
Update: The attacks against me originated from Donna M. Hughes and Margaret Brooks; the Salvation Army republished and more widely distributed Donna M. Hughes’ and Margaret Brooks’ vicious insinuations. See the bottom of this post for details. Acting on what you believe in is an easy thing to do. At first. But then mean, angry, […]
Published Strap-on Sex Essay; Financial Support not Financial Compensation
02 Feb 2010 at 12:28
maymay
Male sexuality, Masculinity, Personal experience, Sex, Sex toys, Strap-ons and dildos, Writing and blogging
Having cast aside the traditional mode of economic security—a 9-5 job—I now find myself with a slew of new opportunities. Now it’s up to me to start following up on them. I was asked to write an essay for Furry Girl‘s latest independent porn site, Cocksexual.com. Unlike most porn sites, whose mere descriptions turn me […]
Please read poignant commentary on Hope Witsell’s suicide
This morning, I woke up and followed a link to some incredibly poignant commentary about Hope Witsell’s suicide, a topic I tried and failed to talk about the way I wanted to on the most recent Kink On Tap episode. Thankfully, I now have Sylvia’s words to put to my feelings. In What happened to […]
Online reputation management for sex bloggers; when a tweet won’t do
On Twitter today, @nellodee and @wilhelminawang had a conversation in which @wilheminawang expressed desire to come “out” (of the closet) with regards to the sexual aspects of her life, but also expressed concern that the result of doing so would be socially damaging. She said she feared that coming out would mean Internet searches for […]
