Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
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 ...
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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
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... well, then both of us are in a position to out the other. There is some safety in that.
When a member of ...
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
Graciousness!
Have you LOOKED at all the madness going on?
I don't know about you, but I'm starting to schedule all my costume changes NOW. There's just so much to do! The full schedule of events is online now with more content being added all the time.
Some of the highlights include:
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
So, like a fool I log on before I've had coffee or taken my morning shit. STOOOPID.
Some dude comes online: Some black kids in a cafeteria were using it and a white teach said she was offended and the kids looked at her.... and, what if the word in play ...
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Why the FUCK can't I just let things slide and not get involved?
http://fetlife.com/groups/541/group_posts/115084
My most recent response to this thread on why can't certain words (nigger) be used in conversations around racism. Why? 'Cause focusing on the word is NOT focusing on the CONCEPT under discussion! Excuse me while I ...
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Life support needed while working to earn the Lucre of the Realm, volunteering in community, travelling incessantly and building my empire.
Have you got what it takes?
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
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. "How do I get sucked into these things?" she asked.
I read ...
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
From: Leather Journey
by Chris M (Black Rose) and Lady Medora (NOPE)
In fairness, we don't want to suggest that leatherfolk are inherently rude people. The scene, as wonderful as it can be, contains many subtle and seldom discussed "stress factors" that contribute to uncivil behavior. Like water over a stone, these ...
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
Do you remember when you first saw this piece? It came to me in email what seems like loooong ago. I've thought about this because of experiences I had at conferences I've been travelling to over the past year and a half. I've looked for a way to get permission ...
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
What a week. All about prepping and going to to South Plains LeatherFest and International Master/slave weekend.
And lots of working on Mayhem. And planning MORE things like the next D/s Dinner/salon and my fourth annual Sexy Sauna B-Day Bathouse party. I seem to just keep adding things to the schedule.
The ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
So I go to this thing which is a monthly conversation among Dominants. Frankly, it's among males Dominants and me. Very interesting. MEN. **sigh**
It's good because the perspective is different and as a whole this group of people has thought about things differently than I have. I think I have more reference ...
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
LLC XIII - 2009 Scholarships now available!
The board of the Leather Leadership Conference, Inc. is pleased to announce that it is offering 15 full scholarships to cover the cost of registration to the up-coming LLC-XIII in Atlanta, the weekend of April 3-5, 2009. Applications are accepted until February 24. Those ...
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Barely into the New Year and I've got many a plan up my sleeve already. Which surprises even me given the events of the fall.
In September I had major surgery (I was sick when I was at the conference) and have just returned to work now. But I'm still being ...
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
I found this on a forum I belong to: Dark Connections, which is an online Yahoo group for Black and PoC practitioners of BDSM and their allies. A lot of folks here attend the Annual Black Beat Conference every year.
Anyways... this is particularly timely given some of the conversations I've ...
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
A Weekend Event for LeatherWomen
all past, present and future women of any orientation or experience level welcome
http://canadianmayhem.com/
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Sunday, January 4th, 2009
Seems like a lot of people have migrated in that direction. I'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 ...
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
A plan is officially afoot to do the next D/s Dinner/salon. You can expect the gathering to occur the week of December 8 in the evening - most likely a private residence.
A library of D/s and M/s books will be on hand for casual perusal, along with a high level ...
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
This makes how many posts in one day?! YEESH! And I still haven't written about the weekend. LOL! To come, to come, to come...
Napping in the afternoon means a sleepless night... I came across this from the Ms Development Centre while doing some research and fell in love with the ...
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
I'm starting to feel excited! My first trip to San Fran!
I'll be arriving on Thursday, November 20, for Leather Traditions, a weekend intensive for Dominants which goes from the Friday to the Sunday. It's got an application/reference process to get in and is limited to 25 people. I think it ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
SO EXCITED!
Here's my planned schedule for BlackBeat so far:
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