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venn diagrams of likelihood, or, the question of gender in play space
November 6, 2009

Thanks for the questions! I wasn’t online when they came in, so that means I didn’t approve the comments immediately, which means you didn’t see them, which means that you posted additional ones, so now I’ve actually got three questions to answer and not one. Which really isn’t a bad thing! Three days’ worth of [...]

quickie of the night
November 6, 2009

(Seriously, folks, where else can you reliably go for one of those every single night?)
I’m kinda wiped out so this’ll be super-short. The fantastic Charlie Glickman, education program manager at Good Vibrations in San Francisco, interviewed me not too long ago about my life as a sex educator. He rocks. Check it out here if [...]

the happily half-assed fetishist* and other stories
March 11, 2009

Today I give you a loosely related collection of thoughts about kink – brief paragraphs that don’t seem to be developing into full posts of their own, but that make for a fun little grab bag of sadomasochistic musings.
But first, a bit of news…
I wrote an article about bisexuality and queer identity for the March [...]

intersectionality and the paradox of the perfect ally*
March 5, 2009

*I originally published on October 19, 2006. It feels particularly relevant to re-post now because Eli Clare, who inspired this post, is coming to Toronto on March 11 to give the same talk I was fortunate enough to attend in 2006. I strongly encourage you to go if you’re in town – he’s an excellent [...]

abuse among the kinky, part 2: 10 things to do to reduce abusive behaviour in the s/m world*
November 27, 2008

Mr. Leather Toronto starts tonight… so here’s the second instalment of “Abuse Among the Kinky, *originally posted in April 2007. Again, if you’re in town and interested in exploring the question further, come to the workshop that Ariel and I are giving on Saturday afternoon entitled “Lighting the Fire: BDSM and Abuse.” Details in the [...]