I’d like to start of with two announcements for you today, both of them regarding events that will be taking place next weekend. The first is NOCK, or Northern Ontario Conference of Kink, which takes place on November 7 in Sudbury. And from November 7-9 in Peterborough, Ontario, there’s a conference called Bodies of Dissent: … More the quiz of kink and the question of queer*
And here’s your next instalment in the “Joys of 24/7 Living” series. Okay, so I’m not writing a series, but I’m starting to think maybe I should! Today’s thoughts are about projects, structure and protocol. I’ve been musing about these ideas for several weeks now. Y’know, it’s kind of funny how in some ways, D/s … More projects, structure and protocol: three mechanisms for 24/7 d/s
*I originally posted this on May 14, 2006. At the time I was living in Montreal, I had been with a male partner for just over two years, and I’d just hooked up with a new female lover. Since then I’ve encountered many dykes and trans folks who use latex, particularly in Toronto and particularly … More a battle we can’t afford to lose*
Last week, I gave a lecture on the ethics of sadomasochism for Daniel Cere’s sexual ethics class at McGill. I find it endlessly amusing that I was asked to speak in a class within the Religious Studies Department. I’m certainly a spiritual person, and I’ve definitely got a broad range of general knowledge about the … More sadomasochism, spirituality and ethics
*I first posted the following piece about gay weddings on March 2, 2006. I’m including it here with a comment from a reader and my response (read: rant). Since then, I’ve been to several other same-sex weddings, most recently that of a femme trans woman and her very butch Syr, which I attended with both … More love vs. cake toppers*
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