Not long ago, I picked up a copy of the book Endless Knot: A Spiritual Odyssey Through Sado-Masochism, by Mathew Styranka. The blurb on the back reads: “Growing up in Saskatchewan, Mathew Styranka spent much of his youth trying to integrate his submissive sexual passions and his spiritual yearnings. After moving to Toronto to pursue … More still knotted… or, don’t do us any favours, buddy
It’s been a right crazy couple of weeks, and as usual when that happens, I’ve got about twelve new ideas of other things I’d like to be writing about. But in an endeavour to be consistent with my intentions, as promised, here’s the second instalment in my roundup of the U of T kink conference. … More working out the kinks of working out the kinks
So much to write about… so little time. This will be my attempt at a short review of the U of T kink conference of last weekend, “Fetish: Working Out the Kinks.” I’m going to see if I can do it in… umm… three sentences per presentation. Okay, goal set. Wish me luck! We start … More the queen of the con: carol queen on bdsm and sex work
This coming weekend is gonna be so cool. I’ll be doing a bit of shameless self-promotion here, but mostly I’m just excited about the super-cool stuff that’s going on in both Toronto and Montreal – only a small part of which is mine – and I wanna share! So the big U of T kink … More a weekend’s worth of brain food
“You know, when my friends ask me what my kids do, it’s really easy to say what my three sons do… one is a filmmaker, and one is a systems analyst, and one works for the government. But it’s not so easy to tell them my daughter is a sex geek!” “I know, Mom. I … More coming out kinky
I’ve been teaching a lot lately, particularly in the realm of kink and BDSM, and this week featured a neat experience that I thought might be fun to share. On Tuesday, I taught a BDSM 101 workshop for a group of university students at University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus. I was warned ahead of time … More kink and campus controversy
When I was in my early teens, I had four family rings made, one for me and three as gifts. You remember, the kind you could order from Consumers’ Distributing, with a row of bright birthstones meant to represent each person in your family. Pink, pale blue, dark blue and green. One each. The catch? … More all in the family
