I was, once again, at a complete loss as to what to read next. I read too fast and sometimes it’s a problem. A friend of mine said that I should check out this Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. I grabbed the books and started to read them. Three days later, I was finished and thinking about the ideas, the plot, and the overall feel of the books. As someone who has had many dealings with BDSM and the community in which it lives, breathes, and thrives, I found that I was sort of annoyed with some of the ideas presented in these books. Some of us have jokes about “internet dominants” and the character of Christian Grey initially struck me as one. Continue reading
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Random Capitalization, Titling, and Made up Words
This is probably going to annoy a bunch of people, especially those who’s “experience” with BDSM is constrained to online dealings and just about nothing else, but I would like to know if anyone has any idea who started the “I/i”, “H/him”, “S/she” nonsense. I think my study of language has me constantly getting annoyed every single time I see this. Continue reading
Sucker Punch – a Movie Review (Has a Spoiler or Three)
My husband and I saw the trailer for this movie when we were waiting for Due Date to start. I said, “Must. See.” He said, “I don’t think so.” This was one of those times I managed to get my way and it probably helped that I was moping over something going on a couple of thousand km away that I couldn’t make it to. Anything on my side! Continue reading
An Actual Favourable Outlook on BDSM
I came across this article this morning while perusing the news and I was impressed with its mostly correct facts about what BDSM is, how most practitioners are very careful about what each party involved is consenting to, and so on. Continue reading