Here are the details: Essay Contest & Scholarship Never attended a Black BEAT Conference? Playful Fashions, proudly announces it’s second Essay Contest Scholarship for one creative person to attend Black BEAT 09! The winner will receive a general registration scholarship/package ( $150 value) to attend Black BEAT 09’s Caribbean Theme Conference, August 13-16 in Maryland. http://www.BlackBEATInc.org *PLEASE NOTE: Travel, Lodging, Ground Transportation, and all otherContinue reading “Attend BlackBEAT For Free This Year”
Category Archives: BDSM
BDSM and Feminism
BDSM often gets a bad rap from feminists, particularly male dominants and female submissives. Browsing WordPress today, I found an interesting article (through Feminist Philosophers) on Feminism and BDSM (link here). It’s taken me many years of unlearning mainstream power dynamics to understand and accept my own desire for fictional, fetishized ones. Despite this deliberateContinue reading “BDSM and Feminism”
FetLife’s Christmas Stocking.
FetLife, and it’s advertisers, are giving away over $500 worth of goodies this Christmas to it’s fans. So, sign up now if you haven’t and go get yours. MV
Betty Page has Passed
A legend has died. Not much more to say than that. Here is an obit. LOS ANGELES – Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85. Page suffered a heart attack last week inContinue reading “Betty Page has Passed”
Uncle Abdul Does Science!!!
If you are a fan of electrical play, you have most likely come across the name Uncle Abdul. If you haven’t heard of him, he wrote the book on electrical play. Additionally he has a blog about BDSM and science (though it hasn’t been updated lately). Still I think you should check it out. MV
The House of Void 