Category — Mélange

The Shock-Film of the Century!

Originally posted 2009-01-16 08:51:41.

A new bondage group has been formed that will be of special interest to folks in the Raleigh/Durham and surrounding areas:

Carolina Order of Rope Devotees…and other forms of restraint. We’re excited to launch this new group in central North Carolina.

Carolina Order of Rope Devotees
… and other forms of restraint

Originally posted 2007-11-25 13:45:06.

One of the main factors, for me in feeling truly Owned is to be constantly reminded throughout the day of Master’s control. These reminders can be subtle or really obtrusive. The more often a slave is reminded of her submission, the deeper it becomes….and the more fulfilling. So here are some ideas You might want to try… And no matter what rules You decide to make Your own, please….be consistent. If You are unwilling to take the time to enforce the rules You make, then there may as well be no rules at all. There is nothing in the world that will make a slave feel less loved than to have a Master/Mistress who ignores her transgressions and does not exert Their Dominance.

The list: 101 ideas to make Your slave feel Owned (i.e. loved)

Originally posted 2006-11-08 16:19:58.

A very short summary of how I use the terms: the state towards
which slavery aims is one of control, while the state towards which
submission aims is command. When my dominant commands me, I
then choose to obey; it is my will to carry out the wishes of
my dominant. When a slave receives an order, obedience (in the
state towards which slave aims but will probably only approach,
not achieve) is immediate and unconsidered; the slave’s will is
an extension of zir owner’s, and a slave’s obedience is not
by choice (though of course there was the great choice, which
was to become a slave) and therefore each act of obedience is
not also an act of submission (acts of submission which are,
of course, less than the great act of submission undertaken
when one consents to become the slave to another).

FWIW, in my case these definitions developed in part because
of long debates with TPE types, and the default definition of
slave for me is “TPE slave”. Of course, I quite agree that
“slave” is one of those words that has so many meanings that
by itself it has no meaning, and only after long discussion
with someone can one know what zie means by “slave”.

Link

Originally posted 2006-12-04 16:48:22.

She looks as if she’s penitent after punishment. What is that in her hands?

Originally posted 2008-12-30 06:44:52.

John Cameron (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) Mitchell
Thanks the BDSM Community
and talks about his new movie ShortBus

Yes, this is the movie you heard about with all the sex!
Yes, there is a Pro Domme character who wields a mean flogger!
Yes, someone sings the national anthem into another guys butt!
and yes… yes… Some guy does BLOW HIMSELF!

And if I stopped right there, these are probably enough reasons to
see the new movie SHORTBUS by “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” director
and star, John Cameron Mitchell. But the funny thing is, even with
all the graphic sex and alternative lifestyle themes that would
normally scare away the vanilla world, the straight press is raving
right along with the alternative press! Is it possible that there may
be a movie out that connects EVERYONE?!?

“Another sensation. Yes, there’s hard-core sex in this film. But
you couldn’t call it a hard-core film. It’s not about sex, but about
sexuality, not about scoring but about living.”
-Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“For all the sexual candor, the film has a childlike sweetness to the
characters and their relationships. They undergo moments of absurd
comedy and sobering calamity, so that in the end, the drama of their
lives overshadows the sex scenes.”
-David Germain, Associated Press

And Time Magazine of all places, their review is so over-the-top
positive, you’d think the reviewer was an investor in the movie!

Roger Ebert… The Associated Press… TIME Magazine… The New York
Times… Rolling Stone, New York Post, New York Magazine, The Boston
Globe, The Advocate, LA Weekly, Village Voice, Time Out New York,
Variety, Gay City News, What’s going on here.. So many diverse
groups… all loving the same little indie movie… AND it has people
fucking in it?!?

NOTE TO THE ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE: PLEASE go out and support this
wonderful movie!

AND PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING letter sent to the BDSM community by
John Cameron Mitchell himself, thanking us for our support!

To find a theater playing the movie, go to
www.shortbusthemovie.com/theaters.html
For more info on the movie itself visit www.shortbusthemovie.com

A personal note from John Cameron Mitchell to the BDSM Community

Dear Friends,

I am truly touched by the outpouring of support that has come from
the BDSM community for my new movie SHORTBUS.

When I set out to make this movie, I wanted to explore sex as a
cinematic language in a way that I hadn’t seen, where it wasn’t
trying to be erotic or horrifying or negative or dreary. The story
itself was created in large part through improvisation with the
actors and the experience taught everybody involved how important it
is to connect, and, as I suspected, sex is just one way of describing
that very strong desire. I think the reason so many of you are
identifying with the movie is that, yes the Pro Domme character
obviously, but more then that, “connection” is such a big part of the
BDSM experience.

Also, the movie is a small act of resistance against Bush and the
America we live in. It’s trying to remind people of all the good
things about America and New York, i.e. a refuge for those who aren’t
accepted elsewhere, a place of personal _expression, not just
tolerance but acceptance of diversity, individual freedom and
different ways of dealing with conflict than just brute force. I know
the BDSM community has worked hard to protect these liberties over
the last few years.

I also want to thank Bo & Skye from Details Toys for helping us
“connect” with the BDSM scene by consulting on the movie as well as
supplying us with all their great floggers and toys. And, The
Eulenspiegel Society/TES for making such great people and so many
educational opportunities available to the world for the last 35 years.

John Cameron Mitchell

SHORTBUS
You have to get on to get off
Now playing in select cities
www.shortbusthemovie.com Permission is granted to post and forward to other lists and groups.

Originally posted 2006-10-26 11:38:13.

Peter Tupper’s blog focuses on his ongoing project, a history of fetish and kink culture:

Beauty in Darkness: the history of BDSM

Originally posted 2006-08-21 15:05:56.