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		<title>Iâ€™m Too Busy Being Gay</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2009/too-busy-being-gay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking around I said to myself the other day: Dear Laundry: You know I love your freshness when you are done, and the clean variety you offer. Without a question the site of you piled in a corner awaiting my attentions plagues my mind every time I search for something to wear. As the stock <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2009/too-busy-being-gay/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>LeatherDyke Pride in Vannie &amp; QueerErotica too</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2009/leatherdyke-pride-in-vannie-queererotica-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My plan is to be an out proud homo this Pride. It will be the first spent together for me and my boi and I want to soak up all the gay I can possibly stand. Below is a smattering of where you can expect to find me over the coming weeks, but it is <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2009/leatherdyke-pride-in-vannie-queererotica-too/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Outing within our Culture</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2009/outing-within-our-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2009/outing-within-our-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I love about parties with a dress code is that all persons present take a ~risk~ in being there. If I see my dentist&#8230; well, then both of us are in a position to out the other. There is some safety in that. When a member of the leather/kink/fetish &#8220;culture&#8221; engages <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2009/outing-within-our-culture/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>FetLife&#8217;s Racism Rant I</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2009/fetlifes-racism-rant/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2009/fetlifes-racism-rant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine, EM, emailed me this week to rhetorically scream about engaging in fruitless battles on FetLife. The question prompting her email? Is Poly Queer. In this case it was heterosexuals appropriating the land queers stand on. &#8220;How do I get sucked into these things?&#8221; she asked. I read and then giggled to <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2009/fetlifes-racism-rant/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sorry Manners: Civility and Incivility in the Scene &#8211; Part II</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2009/sorry-mannerscivility-and-incivility-in-the-scene-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2009/sorry-mannerscivility-and-incivility-in-the-scene-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: Leather Journey by Chris M (Black Rose) and Lady Medora (NOPE) In fairness, we don&#8217;t want to suggest that leatherfolk are inherently rude people. The scene, as wonderful as it can be, contains many subtle and seldom discussed &#8220;stress factors&#8221; that contribute to uncivil behavior. Like water over a stone, these stress factors wear <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2009/sorry-mannerscivility-and-incivility-in-the-scene-part-ii/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leather Ethics: Civility and Incivility in the Scene</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2009/leather-ethics-civility-and-incivility-in-the-scene/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2009/leather-ethics-civility-and-incivility-in-the-scene/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember when you first saw this piece? It came to me in email what seems like loooong ago. I&#8217;ve thought about this because of experiences I had at conferences I&#8217;ve been travelling to over the past year and a half. I&#8217;ve looked for a way to get permission to re-print this. I&#8217;m not <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2009/leather-ethics-civility-and-incivility-in-the-scene/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kink-e-Zine : Black History Month Edition</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2009/kink-e-zine-black-history-month-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2009/kink-e-zine-black-history-month-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Februaryâ€™s issue of Kink-e-Zine, honouring Black History Month, has just launched, &#38; it has shaped up to be one of the biggest issues yet! For some of us, itâ€™s a beautiful tribute, &#38; for other itâ€™s a valuable education&#8212;regardless, they are proud to present it to you. Features on the inside: Hereâ€™s just the tip <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2009/kink-e-zine-black-history-month-edition/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>FetLife Validation</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2009/fetlife-validation/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2009/fetlife-validation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems like a lot of people have migrated in that direction. I&#8217;ve found myself increasingly in conversations wherein a person makes reference to or quotes FetLife or a person who posts there. So strange. Part of what is interesting to me is how CLEAR online space can twist the identity and purposes of who is <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2009/fetlife-validation/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Online time wasting goes kinky</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2008/online-time-wasting-goes-kinky/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2008/online-time-wasting-goes-kinky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OMFG I&#8217;m not admittng where I got this crazy link to a game that features a dom and her sub travelling through a dungeon, whipping their opponents and collecting various toys fo extra life and for use as weapons&#8230; http://www.adultswim.com/games/game/index.html?game=dungeons Loving it and the sound effects too&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>PimpDom II</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2008/pimpdom-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2008/pimpdom-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible that my personal experience of prostituting my charge &#8211; which was very much based in D/s with all kinds of BDSM &#8211; wasn&#8217;t&#8230; real? authentic? wrong? what? What was I engaging in? The impetus for what we did was the erotic charge the person in service to me got. I took the <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2008/pimpdom-ii/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PimpDom</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2008/pimpdom/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2008/pimpdom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goodness&#8230; there certainly is a lot of the &#8220;Church of the One True Way&#8221; around&#8230; Can Pimps be Dominants? Can pimps/prostitutes be in the lifestyle?Â  YEESH. The people I talk to&#8230; Do any of you KNOW any Sex Trade Workers? &#8216;Cause I know a pile. For some it is supplemental, others it is recreational, others <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2008/pimpdom/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Whining about &#8220;Community&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2008/whining-about-community/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2008/whining-about-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fact is that when a group of &#8220;friends&#8221; get together, they don&#8217;t have to think of anyone but themselves. They are friends. The fact that all of you move through the same dungeon doesn&#8217;t automatically make you their friend or make them yours. And their movement (hate the us vs them thing) doesn&#8217;t necessarily <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2008/whining-about-community/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Operation: Do Something!</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2008/operation-do-something/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Message from Darque who is a person who posts over on the Yahoo Group for Black BDSMers: Dark Connections Ok I &#8216;m pitching this one out to everyone that considers themselves a part of the Community. I&#8217;ve been looking at various posts, blogs and opinions and most of it is at the core complaining. Now <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2008/operation-do-something/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>On my bedside table &#8211; OK, floor&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2008/on-my-bedside-table-ok-floor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently I&#8217;ve got &#8211; as always &#8211; several on the go. In no particular order: 1. Black Wine &#8211; Candace Jane Dorsey 2. The Value in the Valley &#8211; Iyanla Vanzant 3. Bitch Goddess &#8211; edited by Pat Califia &#38; Drew Campbell 4. Owned, Reflections of a Submissive &#8211; Toya 5. The Ethical Slut &#8211; <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2008/on-my-bedside-table-ok-floor/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Hanky Codes</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2008/christian-hanky-codes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Really? I mean&#8230; Really? http://www.jesus21.com/content/sex/index.php?s=hankies QUOTE: In 1208 Christian armed forces attacked the town of Beziers, France slaughtering 20,000 men, women and children accused of heresy. When the commanding legate, Arnaud, was asked how to tell the heretics from the believers he answered, &#8216;Kill them all, let God sort them out.&#8217; (1) Today, as Christians <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2008/christian-hanky-codes/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leather Families</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2008/leather-families/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m getting all warmed up to go to Leather Reign. And of course I can&#8217;t sleep &#8217;cause I have to take a bus at 5:30 a.m. I&#8217;ve been having conversations lately with someone that centre around &#8220;Leather&#8221;. Recently we were talking about &#8220;Leather Families&#8221;. Not having had the option/opportunity to experience &#8220;Old Guard&#8221; gay men&#8217;s <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2008/leather-families/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Community Meeting for Vancouver Dungeon II</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2007/community-meeting-for-vancouver-dungeon-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2007/community-meeting-for-vancouver-dungeon-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Went to the meeting last night. Everyone worked hard to ensure a smooth transition. It was good though under attended. A steering committee was self-selected and a broad framework for moving forward was sketched out. There is progress and, in the room last night, an ABUNDANCE of good will. I sent this to BIOEvents today: <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2007/community-meeting-for-vancouver-dungeon-ii/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Last Call &#8211; Community Meeting for Vancouver Dungeon</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2007/last-call-community-meeting-for-vancouver-dungeon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FINAL CALL OUT: Community Meeting for Vancouver Dungeon Date: Wednesday, July 4th Time: 7:00 Location: Given with Confirmation of RSVP Directions: Given with Confirmation of RSVP This meeting is being held to elect a board for Vancouver Dungeon and for us to give details of what is being donated to the community. If you would <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2007/last-call-community-meeting-for-vancouver-dungeon/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Community Meeting for Vancouver Dungeon</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2007/community-meeting-for-vancouver-dungeon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER S/M GROUP LAUNCHES COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BIO Event Production, Vancouver&#8217;s largest alternative lifestyle event production company, announced on Saturday night its intention to launch Vancouver Dungeon as a separate, non-profit community organization in September, 2007. BIO will continue to operate independently as a commercial venture. The first community-run play party will <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2007/community-meeting-for-vancouver-dungeon/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Corporate Dominatrix</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2007/the-corporate-dominatrix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a great survey at the end&#8230;. THE DOMINATRIX FACTOR A little S&#38;M on the job can take you a long way &#8211; No whips or chains are needed, but women with fantasies of getting ahead can put role-playing to smart use, a new book suggests The Globe And Mail Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Page: <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2007/the-corporate-dominatrix/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Dates in our Community</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2007/bad-dates-in-our-community/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2007/bad-dates-in-our-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I was having a conversation with a dear friend of mine last night about personal and community responsibility and how that ties into ones integrity. The question at hand had to do with bad dates of the moment; individuals who have patterns of behaviour which might lead to a bad date; and individuals who <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2007/bad-dates-in-our-community/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a Minority Within a Minority</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2006/im-a-minority-within-a-minority/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2006/im-a-minority-within-a-minority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2006 18:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am human. One that posesses the full range of human emotions. One of those is fear. And so with a very serious look in my eye I tell you that I am SCARED to attend the BlackBeat conference even though I have been wanting to go for years; and it is for reasons that <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2006/im-a-minority-within-a-minority/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mentoring Obligations</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2006/mentoring-obligations/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2006/mentoring-obligations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2006 04:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A young dyke, well, younger than me and relatively new to the scene was talking the other day about how community elders SHOULD be mentoring new/younger members for all kinds of reasons. You know, history transmission, knowledge transfer, skill sharing etc. I had an instant oil/water reaction. Which is to say I felt like applauding <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2006/mentoring-obligations/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christians and BDSM</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2006/christians-and-bdsm/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2006/christians-and-bdsm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huh. Who knew. The things we stumble across while surfing the net&#8230; http://www.christiansandbdsm.com/index2.html http://www.christiansandbdsm.com/christian-bdsm/index2.html So&#8230; I guess I&#8217;m left wondering. It is easy to mock these folks, but I&#8217;d like to look under the hood a little. I consider myself a spiritual person while rejecting any specific dogma (anyone remeber that joke&#8230; your Karma ran <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2006/christians-and-bdsm/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>M/mixing C/cases</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2006/mmixing-ccases/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2006/mmixing-ccases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tend to randomly capitalize and miss capitals in the same way that I mispell and run words together. But I figure I post eenough for folks to know that it ain&#8217;t personal, just inattentive. As to P/people doing the capitalization thing. I can work my way through it. For me it&#8217;s kinda like an <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2006/mmixing-ccases/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Leather Daddy and the Femme</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2005/the-leather-daddy-and-the-femme/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2005/the-leather-daddy-and-the-femme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have to say&#8230; I really love the gender-fuck hottness of &#8220;The Leather Daddy and the Femme.&#8221; by Carol Queen. Part of what is interesting is that the &#8220;femme&#8221; picks up the &#8220;Daddy&#8221; in a gay men&#8217;s leather bar while dressed as the male alter ego &#8220;Randy&#8221;. That&#8217;s how it starts and there are a number <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2005/the-leather-daddy-and-the-femme/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Retirement Living for Kinksters</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2005/retirement-living-for-kinksters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The arts community in Canada and elsewhere has been creating Performing Arts Lodges for the past ccouple of years. http://www.palvancouver.org/index.htm I&#8217;m wondering if there are any models of a retirement home, an age-in-place facility or something that accomodates elderly queers and kinksters SOMEWHERE in the world. The Welcome Home thing that Vi Johnson was proposing <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2005/retirement-living-for-kinksters/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Old Guard/New Guard an Elder&#8217;s View</title>
		<link>http://nubianimp.com/2005/old-guardnew-guard-an-elders-view/</link>
		<comments>http://nubianimp.com/2005/old-guardnew-guard-an-elders-view/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Kona</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was having a conversation with a friend about the Old Guard and New Guard recently. Then I found a piece of writing by Viola Johnson: http://www.iron-rose.com/vijohnson/docs/blic1197.htm EXCERPT: The sexually free leather adults of the 90&#8242;s are a very different breed than what my generation was. When I came out into leather I was content <a href='http://nubianimp.com/2005/old-guardnew-guard-an-elders-view/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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