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		<title>KASB: A New Beginning</title>
		<link>http://ofpleasure.com/2011/04/30/kasb-a-new-beginning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 22:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scarlet Lotus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot has happened in the three months since this semester started, both personally and professionally, and in some ways I can&#8217;t believe it is over already. I wasn&#8217;t prepared for the speed with which these three months have gone by, but it has all been wonderful. There were some topics that I wanted to write about but just didn&#8217;t get the chance, like Public Humiliation, Skin Stapling, Corsets, more on our Rope escapades, and joining my fellow student bloggers [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A lot has happened in the three months since this semester started, both personally and professionally, and in some ways I can&#8217;t believe it is over already.  I wasn&#8217;t prepared for the speed with which these three months have gone by, but it has all been wonderful.  There were some topics that I wanted to write about but just didn&#8217;t get the chance, like <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/tag/public-humiliation/">Public Humiliation</a>, <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/tag/skin-stapling/">Skin Stapling</a>, <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/tag/corsets/">Corsets</a>, more on our <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/tag/rope/">Rope</a> escapades, and joining my fellow student bloggers <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2011/04/bring-out-the-gimp/">crafting</a> <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2011/04/kinky-crafting/">homemade</a> <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2011/04/kinky-and-crafty/">floggers</a>, but I just didn&#8217;t have the time.</p>
<p>I re-read <a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/01/19/kink-academy-student-blogging/">my application post</a> and <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2011/02/jumping-in-with-both-feet/">my introduction post</a> in preparation for writing this, my final post on the Kink Academy Student Blog, then looked over <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/tag/scarlet-lotus/">all my posts this semester</a>.  My intention when applying was to use the videos I would be watching and the techniques I would be learning to get closer with my partner, Onyx, as well as to learn skills that I could use both with him and others. [...]</p>
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		<title>KASB: Gender Talk</title>
		<link>http://ofpleasure.com/2011/03/28/kasb-gender-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scarlet Lotus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so I&#8217;m only kind of cheating this week because I&#8217;m not exactly going to be talking about things that I learned from the videos I watched this week, although I will be talking about some awesomely fantastic videos. My life for the last week revolved around my first public workshop, which was on Thursday. I was presenting on the topic of gender. For most of the week I was gathering data and information from both books and web sources [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, so I&#8217;m only kind of cheating this week because I&#8217;m not exactly going to be talking about things that I learned from the videos I watched this week, although I will be talking about some awesomely fantastic videos.  My life for the last week revolved around my first public workshop, which was on Thursday.  I was presenting on the topic of gender.  For most of the week I was gathering data and information from both books and web sources to be sure that what I presented was the latest and most up-to-date gender theory that I could be presenting.</p>
<p>Part of the reason why I want to write about this and these videos this week is because I want to bring attention to them.  It is easy to focus on kink when looking at videos on <a  href="http://kinkacademy.com/">Kink Academy</a> since, well, it&#8217;s right in the name and there is a vast library of videos to choose from.  While gender can be a kink for some (it certainly is for me&#8211;but not in the sense that I fetishize gender-variant people, in the sense that I get off talking about gender and gender theory&#8211;but I digress) that doesn&#8217;t mean that everyone is open to talking about it.</p>
<p>Learning about gender should be something required for everyone, not just those who are gender-variant or don&#8217;t fit within the gender binary.  <strong>Everyone</strong> has a gender, but often people who are cisgendered (their sex and gender align with what they have been assigned by society) are forgotten when talking about gender because people who fit into the norm often do not get discussed because we assume that everyone knows what that means.  However, I also think it is necessary for us to talk about cisgendered people to attempt to un-other gender-variant people, but that is a whole other topic. [...]</p>
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		<title>KASB: Bound to Be True</title>
		<link>http://ofpleasure.com/2011/03/19/kasb-bound-to-be-true/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scarlet Lotus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my first post I wrote about rope bondage, I mentioned that Onyx and I are fairly new to it and he gets frustrated by rope fairly easily, really he tries to make everything more complicated than it actually is. I mentioned that we were talking about making our rope play a weekly occurrence since, as we all know, practice makes perfect. That hasn&#8217;t happened, but we were able to explore some more rope videos and have a rope night [...]]]></description>
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<p><a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2011/02/jumping-in-with-both-feet/">In my first post I wrote about rope bondage</a>, I mentioned that Onyx and I are fairly new to it and he gets frustrated by rope fairly easily, really he tries to make everything more complicated than it actually is.  I mentioned that we were talking about making our rope play a weekly occurrence since, as we all know, practice makes perfect.  That hasn&#8217;t happened, but we were able to explore some more rope videos and have a rope night tonight after a long hiatus!</p>
<p>First we watched some of the newest videos that have come out.</p>
<p><a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2011/03/rope-bondage-safety/">Rope Bondage Safety</a> covered some of the same things as the <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2010/09/anatomy-for-bdsm-part-1/">Anatomy for BDSM</a> videos but was information that I was happy to have reiterated.</p>
<p><a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/tag/graydancer/">Graydancer</a>&#8216;s <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2011/03/rope-scene-connection-flow-%e2%80%a2-part-1/">Rope Scene Connection &#038; Flow Part 1</a> and <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2011/03/rope-connection-flow-part-2/">Part 2</a> are invaluable, I think, when it comes to rope bondage.  He&#8217;s talking about things that seem really simple and obvious once you know them but are not often taught during rope classes such as how to approach someone you&#8217;re playing with, how to connect with the rope bottom during the scene, and how to keep confident during a scene even when you make a mistake.  His tips are great for any sort of scene, really, not just rope bondage.</p>
<p>Then we reviewed. [...]</p>
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		<title>Aphrodite Temple</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scarlet Lotus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is moving along at such a pace lately that it&#8217;s difficult to keep up with writing about all the things I want to write about. Not that I&#8217;m complaining, really, but this hasn&#8217;t happened to me in a while. Nearly a month ago Onyx and I attended a Living Love Revolution Aphrodite Temple. It&#8217;s all been a bit of a whirlwind, but in a wonderful way. The temple was absolutely phenomenal and transformational in so many ways. This was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Life is moving along at such a pace lately that it&#8217;s difficult to keep up with writing about all the things I want to write about.  Not that I&#8217;m complaining, really, but this hasn&#8217;t happened to me in a while.  Nearly a month ago Onyx and I attended a <a  href="http://livingloverevolution.com">Living Love Revolution</a> Aphrodite Temple.  It&#8217;s all been a bit of a whirlwind, but in a wonderful way.  The temple was absolutely phenomenal and transformational in so many ways.</p>
<p>This was a two-day retreat, essentially, at a remote location outside of Seattle.  There were somewhere between twenty and thirty of us there.  We had been told about it before we went, of course, including having some of the activities described in a good amount of detail, but I don&#8217;t think either of us were really prepared for everything that occurred.  In a good way.</p>
<p>I could feel a very noticeable energy shift in me from before the temple to after.  I have felt far more open as well as more radiant, which often go hand in hand.  I feel less timid about expressing myself however feels authentic for that moment, less anxious about what other people will perceive and more content with what I have to offer.  I feel in touch with love, which was at least part of the point.</p>
<p>There was great emphasis on embodiment, autonomy, safe consensual touching, and getting what you need.  It is all about getting your needs met and learning about how to ask for those things you need.  It is about finding the beauty in yourself and everyone around you.  It is also about Aphrodite, of course, and all these activities just aid in connecting with her more.</p>
<p>While we were there I felt somewhat disconnected with Onyx, or like I had to disconnect with him in order to be seen the way I wanted to.  It&#8217;s something I didn&#8217;t experience at the play party we went to on March 4th <sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/03/09/aphrodite-temple/#footnote_0_4152" id="identifier_0_4152" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="yet another thing I should write about&amp;#8230; that one might fall through the cracks, though. We&amp;#8217;ll see.">01</a></sup>, which says to me I may getting through that little blockage.  It&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve held on to for quite some time, this notion and worry that I will be seen as less queer because I&#8217;m with him, when that&#8217;s really just silly.  I have tried not to be ruled by it, but at the same time I have been.</p>
<p>I wasn&#8217;t opposed to the disconnection in the moment, exactly, but I saw it as a necessary part which irritated me.  I think going through the experience of the temple, though, allowed me to let go of that and be able to connect with him more ever.  I&#8217;ve been allowing my shy masculinity to shine through ever since <a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/02/04/manyand-not-eitheror/">I wrote about it</a> and more and more since the temple itself.  I think I experienced what it was to be seen for me in the moment which has just made me want to be seen like that more often.</p>
<p>I also didn&#8217;t experience any jealousy or anxiety about being disconnected and each of us being touched and caressed<sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/03/09/aphrodite-temple/#footnote_1_4152" id="identifier_1_4152" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="and in his case a little more than that">02</a></sup> by other people, which was fantastic.  I wasn&#8217;t sure how I was going to do with that going into it.  It was remarkably easy, and though we were in the same room we rarely interacted with each other during the activities.  I&#8217;m excited to see what happens in the future.</p>
<p>I loved it so much I&#8217;m now in the Priest/ess training program for it and Onyx and I will be going to the one being held in April.  I want to go to the July and November ones as well, and would be surprised if that didn&#8217;t happen.  I&#8217;m beginning to work quite closely with the high priestess, not just for the training but doing classes and workshops with her as well as working on websites for her.  This is only the beginning.</p>
<ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_4152" class="footnote">yet another thing I should write about&#8230; that one might fall through the cracks, though. We&#8217;ll see.</li><li id="footnote_1_4152" class="footnote">and in his case a little more than that</li></ol>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>KASB: Thoughts on Fetishes</title>
		<link>http://ofpleasure.com/2011/02/28/kasb-thoughts-on-fetishes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scarlet Lotus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never really considered myself a fetishist, despite the long list I keep on FetLife. Although there are non-sexual objects that I find attractive and even sexy I have never been to the point of needing them in order to get off. I did understand that my magical tools were technically fetish objects but I wouldn&#8217;t call them such and I didn&#8217;t know how to stretch that definition into bdsm. When I saw the title of a recent Kink Academy [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve never really considered myself a fetishist, despite the long list I keep on FetLife.  Although there are non-sexual objects that I find attractive and even sexy I have never been to the point of needing them in order to get off.  I did understand that my magical tools were technically fetish objects but I wouldn&#8217;t call them such and I didn&#8217;t know how to stretch that definition into bdsm.</p>
<p>When I saw the title of a recent <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/">Kink Academy</a> video: <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2011/02/making-unusual-fetishes-work-for-you-part-1/">Making Unusual Fetishes Work For You &#8211; Part 1</a> I was intrigued and, being a psychology geek and aspiring sex educator I decided to watch it even though I wasn&#8217;t sure I would get anything personally relevant out of it.  In it <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/tag/wintersong/">Wintersong</a> just gives a teaser for the rest of the video series, just giving an outline of what he will cover in future clips.  In addition to getting me excited to see the rest of the series it also got me thinking about my own <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/category/fetishes/">fetishes</a>.</p>
<p>Wanting to explore the subject further I found <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/tag/lee-harrington/">Lee Harrington</a>&#8216;s video <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2010/04/fetishism/">Fetishism</a> and devoured it eagerly.  He talks about three different kinds of fetishism&#8211;desires, needs, and empowered objects&#8211;and points out ways to present a fetish to a current or potential lover in a positive way.  I had heard the basic definitions that he uses before both through my own explorations and in obtaining my psychology degree but he re-framed them for me in a kink context.  The re-framing actually made me start to identify with two of the three: desires and empowered objects. [...]</p>
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		<title>KASB: Intention is the Watchword</title>
		<link>http://ofpleasure.com/2011/02/23/kasb-intention-is-the-watchword/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scarlet Lotus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t long ago that Onyx put a collar around my neck for the second time, but at the time there was little that came along with it that wasn&#8217;t already in our relationship. The last year has been the best we&#8217;ve ever had together, and after nearly six years together that&#8217;s saying something. Hopefully, though our effort at sustaining and nourishing our relationship, that trend will continue. After the first time he collared me and I moved in with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It wasn&#8217;t long ago that Onyx put a <a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2010/11/12/collars/">collar</a> around my neck <a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2010/11/30/re-collaring/">for the second time</a>, but at the time there was little that came along with it that wasn&#8217;t already in our relationship.  The last year has been the best we&#8217;ve ever had together, and after nearly six years together that&#8217;s saying something.  Hopefully, though our effort at sustaining and nourishing our relationship, that trend will continue.  After the first time he collared me and I moved in with him there was a time when we attempted to implement some service and protocol in our lives.  It didn&#8217;t work.</p>
<p>There was lots of baggage we both were battling back then, issues and assumptions we both were making due to past experiences either with other people or with each other.  I desperately wanted some structure.  I wanted clearly defined rules and protocols.  I wanted all the things I&#8217;d heard what M/S is, the things I had read about in books and erotica.  I wanted to be controlled by him in every way.  When we tried to put those into practice, however, I rebelled.  I didn&#8217;t trust him.  I couldn&#8217;t submit in those conditions.  He couldn&#8217;t control me and I wouldn&#8217;t let him.</p>
<p>Fast forward four years or so.  The last year we&#8217;ve been at our peak as far as our intentional non-egalitarian relationship, which I often refer to as Owner/Brat for lack of a better term.  I am owned by him, I am his, but I am not always submissive or obedient.  I have the leeway to be a brat, to struggle, things we both really enjoy (though usually I&#8217;m only a brat in certain contexts).  I had been consciously neglecting the other aspects, however, at least partially because they didn&#8217;t work before.</p>
<p>Enter <a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/02/15/delving-into-power/">Delving Into Power</a>, a weekend intensive by <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/tag/lee-harrington/">Lee Harrington</a> (who has some wonderful clips here on the <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/">Kink Academy</a>) that Onyx and I attended the first weekend of February.  Going through that weekend my Service Submissive self was tapped into and I realized there were aspects I was missing and that Onyx and I were finally in the right place to address service and protocol in our relationship so naturally I began scouring the <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/category/service-and-protocol/">service and protocol</a> category of Kink Academy to see what other tools I could find.</p>
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		<title>Jack Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scarlet Lotus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t sexy or elaborate. Really it was downright mechanistic01. It had been a while since I had rubbed one out alone and the fast-paced lives Onyx and I have been living lately haven&#8217;t lent themselves to as much sex as either of us would like. It was time to remedy this situation. I didn&#8217;t even move the pile of freshly washed clothes from on top of the bed, just nudged them aside so I could lay down02. I grabbed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It wasn&#8217;t sexy or elaborate.  Really it was downright <a  href="http://www.lumpesse.com/2008/06/mechanistic-orgasms/">mechanistic</a><sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/02/21/jack-off/#footnote_0_10853" id="identifier_0_10853" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="a fabulous old post from Ellie Lumpesse, read it if you have not before!">01</a></sup>.  It had been a while since I had rubbed one out alone and the fast-paced lives Onyx and I have been living lately haven&#8217;t lent themselves to as much sex as either of us would like.  It was time to remedy this situation.</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t even move the pile of freshly washed clothes from on top of the bed, just nudged them aside so I could lay down<sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/02/21/jack-off/#footnote_1_10853" id="identifier_1_10853" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="I have more in the washer and dryer, I will put them all up at the same time.  What?  Don&amp;#8217;t judge me.">02</a></sup>.  I grabbed my <a  href="http://wantonlotus.com/2010/09/29/review-the-eroscillator/">Eroscillator</a>, pushed aside my underwear, added a little lube, and arranged it to just the right spot.  It had actually been a while since I&#8217;d gotten off with it, my <a  href="http://wantonlotus.com/2010/12/05/vibrator-review-wahl-all-body-massager/">Wahl</a> has had preferential treatment as of late with its amazingly deep and strong rumbly vibrations.  I had almost forgotten how much I love my Eroscillator, but tonight I was reminded.</p>
<p>While the Eroscillator has nothing on the Wahl as far as <a  href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EQS33G?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=sacredmagdale-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B000EQS33G">the bang you get for your buck</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sacredmagdale-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B000EQS33G" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/02/21/jack-off/#footnote_2_10853" id="identifier_2_10853" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="$12.49 on Amazon! Seriously! Go get one now! I thought this was such a good deal I even bought one for my best friend for no reason other than it is wicked cheap and she needs one.">03</a></sup> I forgot just how deep and different the oscillations are from normal vibrators.  It still produces a different kind of orgasm than any other toy, one I can&#8217;t put into words even though I&#8217;ve been trying to finish this sentence for ten minutes.</p>
<p>Though I had contemplated my <a  href="http://wantonlotus.com/2010/10/23/heavy-metal-week-dildo-review-njoy-eleven/">Eleven</a> or <a  href="http://wantonlotus.com/2010/10/22/njoy-pure-wand/">Pure Wand</a>, my go-to dildos, I decided to forgo the internal stimulation.  It wasn&#8217;t needed when the goal was release but not effort or sexy intricate fantasy.  It still wasn&#8217;t many orgasms until I felt the need to squirt all over the bed.</p>
<p>Yes, many orgasms.  When I come I can&#8217;t just stop at one, I&#8217;ve never really been able to.  Onyx has tried to stop me after one and discovered just how irritating I can be when not fully sated. Although I suppose that implies that I am ever fully satiated and I’m not sure that can be said.  There are times when I am exhausted, finished, and needing a break, but sated?  Those are usually the same times that my clit burns<sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/02/21/jack-off/#footnote_3_10853" id="identifier_3_10853" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="not from the chemicals in the lube, just from wonderful overstimulation!">04</a></sup> as if to say &#8220;I NEED MORE.&#8221;  There is often a point where I am unable to deliver or even come anymore but I wouldn&#8217;t call this sated.</p>
<p>I contemplated squirting for only a few seconds before dismissing it.  I didn&#8217;t have my <a  href="http://wantonlotus.com/2009/07/03/liberator-fascinator-throe-microfiber/">Throe</a> under me and I wasn&#8217;t about to ejaculate all over the clothes I had just washed.  Plus, this was mechanistic so the effort to get it and position it just right before coming again so I could ejaculate just seemed like too much work.  Although even now as I write this I can feel that delightful pressure inside of me telling me to release it, a sensation I used to compare to needing to pee but now I know the difference.</p>
<p>So I came and held myself back from squirting, which in and of itself made the experience slightly less satisfying.  How many times I came I don&#8217;t know.  I always used to lose count after three so now I don&#8217;t even attempt anymore.  There&#8217;s probably an app for that<sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/02/21/jack-off/#footnote_4_10853" id="identifier_4_10853" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Orgasm Counter for the iPhone?&amp;#8211;or not, since Apple is all anti-sex apps, but it sounded good anyway">05</a></sup>.  I stopped, even though my clit was screaming at me to keep going, and stumbled out of the bedroom in a post-orgasmic daze.</p>
<ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_10853" class="footnote">a fabulous old post from Ellie Lumpesse, read it if you have not before!</li><li id="footnote_1_10853" class="footnote">I have more in the washer and dryer, I will put them all up at the same time.  What?  Don&#8217;t judge me.</li><li id="footnote_2_10853" class="footnote">$12.49 on Amazon! Seriously! Go get one now! I thought this was such a good deal I even bought one for <a  href="http://mangophoenix.com/">my best friend</a> for no reason other than it is wicked cheap and she needs one.</li><li id="footnote_3_10853" class="footnote">not from the chemicals in the lube, just from wonderful overstimulation!</li><li id="footnote_4_10853" class="footnote">Orgasm Counter for the iPhone?&#8211;or not, since Apple is all anti-sex apps, but it sounded good anyway</li></ol>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>KASB: Baby, Light My Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scarlet Lotus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always been someone who plays with fire. Lighters, candles, flames in general, for as long as I remember I would run my fingers through the flames or see how close to the tip I could get. I suppose that&#8217;s fairly common, but because of it I&#8217;ve been interested in fire play since I first heard of it. Although I had seen it done a few times I had not done it or experienced it myself until after watching the [...]]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;ve always been someone who plays with fire.  Lighters, candles, flames in general, for as long as I remember I would run my fingers through the flames or see how close to the tip I could get.  I suppose that&#8217;s fairly common, but because of it I&#8217;ve been interested in <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/tag/fire-play/">fire play</a> since I first heard of it.  Although I had seen it done a few times I had not done it or experienced it myself until after watching the series of clips by <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/tag/brian-pyro-sadist/">Brian/PyroSadist</a>.</p>
<p>After watching the videos I immediately began figuring out how to get my hands on the supplies that I needed in order to add fire play to my collection of skills.  I learned that fire play actually comes down to a few simple techniques and a lot of safety and common sense.  Fire is alive and no matter how much preparation, mindfulness, and precaution are put into it there is still a risk of something unexpected happening, which I felt was stressed rather well both in the <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2009/09/fire-play-supplies-and-safety/">Supplies and Safety</a> video and the following videos.  He also stresses that when something unexpected happens the best thing to do is stay calm and use your head, advice that extends beyond fire play.</p>
<p>In <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2009/08/fire-play-techniques-part-1/">Fire Play Techniques Part 1</a> Brian instructs on how to create fireballs as well as the four and a half different types of techniques you can use with torches: lay down, tapping, blowing, heat transfer, and lay down v.2 (hence the half).  In <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2009/09/fire-play-techniques-part-2/">Part 2</a> he talks about using fire play on genitals (using &#8220;disposable torches&#8221; aka q-tips), psychological and therapeutic aspects to fire play, and what to do about body hair and piercings (both questions I had going into learning the techniques).  After watching the clips I felt like I had the information I needed to start playing with fire and decided to begin using q-tips while I figured out getting a set of full sized torches. [...]</p>
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		<title>KASB: Jumping In With Both Feet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scarlet Lotus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was truly excited when I got the news I was accepted as a student blogger here at the Kink Academy, so much so that practically the second after my login information was mailed to me I began watching videos. So eager and excited I watched a great deal of them, making a list of topics that I will be exploring with my partner Onyx and already trying out a few. Before I go delving too deeply into the whats [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was truly excited when I got the news I was accepted as a student blogger here at the <a  href="http://kinkacademy.com/">Kink Academy</a>, so much so that practically the second after my login information was mailed to me I began watching videos.  So eager and excited I watched a great deal of them, making a list of topics that I will be exploring with my partner Onyx and already trying out a few.  Before I go delving too deeply into the whats and hows, however, I should first explain the whos.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m Scarlet Lotus, a genderqueer polyamorous switch currently in a long-term relationship with my Owner Onyx.  We have been together for nearly six years and have been living together for nearly five of those with a few other partners along the way, but currently neither of us has another relationship.  We both identify as switches and although our primary roles together are Owner and Pet he occasionally lets me Top him, which is always great fun, and I&#8217;m rather a Brat (consensually!) so I can sometimes get away with some Top-type energy from my Bottom-space.</p>
<p>Although we had both been kinky and into kink for a long while before we got together in many ways this is the first healthy kinky relationship either of us has been in, so we had a good amount of personal baggage to work through when we first got together (and oh how I wish I had been able to watch the <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2009/06/sm-relationships-introduction/">Managing S&amp;M 24/7 Relationships Series</a> when we first got together!).  The last year or so has been the best year of our relationship, and I&#8217;m hoping that will continue as the years go on.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re somewhere in the intermediate-to-advanced range of experience.  Some of our common play time activities include: impact play, <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2010/03/impact-play-punching/">punching</a>, <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/tag/face-slapping/">face slapping</a>, <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2010/08/needle-play-101/">needle play</a>,  <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2010/01/introduction-to-erotic-wrestling/">erotic wrestling</a>, and <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/2010/11/full-contact-dom-rough-body-play/">rough body play</a>, among others.  There are plenty of other things we want to learn more about and incorporate into our play as well.</p>
<p>As I already mentioned, I began watching videos as soon as I was able and have already had the chance to bring a few to Onyx for us to play with together. [...]</p>
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		<title>Day of Awesome</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scarlet Lotus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may or may not know that my sleep schedule is pretty much the opposite of what is considered &#8220;usual.&#8221; Onyx works nights now Sunday through Wednesday01 and doesn&#8217;t get home until any time between 6:30am and 9am depending on if he stays late for meetings or whatnot. Usually he gets home around seven. This means that I am usually up until around seven or eight. Even on his days off, unless we have a reason not to, we&#8217;re usually [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You may or may not know that my sleep schedule is pretty much the opposite of what is considered &#8220;usual.&#8221;  Onyx works nights now Sunday through Wednesday<sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/01/25/day-of-awesome/#footnote_0_10786" id="identifier_0_10786" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="The most awesome schedule ever. He chose it himself.">01</a></sup> and doesn&#8217;t get home until any time between 6:30am and 9am depending on if he stays late for meetings or whatnot.  Usually he gets home around seven.  This means that I am usually up until around seven or eight.  Even on his days off, unless we have a reason not to, we&#8217;re usually up until at least six.</p>
<p>I mention this because today we awoke around 1pm to the sound of our apartment buzzer and now that you know our wacky sleep schedule you&#8217;ll understand why waking at 1pm was early for us.  I do not jive on five hours of sleep.  Usually our buzzer going off in the middle of the day means only one thing: a package has arrived for us.  I immediately thought I knew what it was.  Or at least I hoped.  I used to get new items to review far more frequently than I do now because I&#8217;m working on clearing out my backlog of items, but the only thing that I was still waiting to come to me was a <a  href="http://www.liberator.com/eng/product/decor-heart-wedge/12128">Liberator Heart Wedge</a>.</p>
<p>You may or may not remember the Heart Wedge from <a  href="http://wantonlotus.com/2010/12/16/heart-wedge-giveaway/">the contest I held last month</a><sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/01/25/day-of-awesome/#footnote_1_10786" id="identifier_1_10786" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="I probably should have posted about it on here">02</a></sup> but I&#8217;ve been lusting after it since it first came out and now I have one of my very own!  I&#8217;ll be reviewing it soon on <a  href="http://wantonlotus.com/">Wanton Lotus</a>.</p>
<p><center><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/heartwedgecouch.jpg" rel="lightbox[10786]"><img src="http://ofpleasure.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/heartwedgecouch-500x333.jpg" alt="Liberator Heart Wedge" title="Liberator Heart Wedge on our couch" width="500" height="333" class="size-medium wp-image-10788" /></a><br />
<em>Doesn&#8217;t it look great with the throw pillows on our couch?</em></center></p>
<p>As I was waiting for Onyx to return with the box my phone buzzed.  In my still half-asleep state I looked at a text for a direct message on twitter.  It was from <a  href="http://twitter.com/KinkAcademy">KinkAcademy</a> asking if I had received the email about me being <strong>accepted as a student blogger</strong><sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/01/25/day-of-awesome/#footnote_2_10786" id="identifier_2_10786" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Yay! Yay! A thousand times yay!">03</a></sup> as they were waiting to know if I accepted before announcing the new semester of students.  I quickly responded an enthusiastic affirmative and bounced up and down with glee.</p>
<p>In case you didn&#8217;t read my <a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/01/19/kink-academy-student-blogging/">application post for the KA student blogger position</a> I will reiterate the awesomeness of <a  href="http://kinkacademy.com/">Kink Academy</a> and what I&#8217;ll be doing for them.  KA provides instructional videos on all sorts of kinky topics from basic to advanced.  As a student blogger I get three months to poke around the KA videos and will be writing at least one post a week from February 1st to May 1st about my reaction to a video or series of videos and my experiences implementing the techniques I learned.  Awesome, no?  So keep a look out for those frequent posts!  You can also learn more about Kink Academy on <a  href="http://www.kinkacademyinfo.com/">KinkAcademyInfo.com</a> and watch some of their <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/category/free/">free videos</a>.</p>
<p>After opening the box to find the wonderful present<sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/01/25/day-of-awesome/#footnote_3_10786" id="identifier_3_10786" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="Not really a present as I have to earn it, but you know what I mean">04</a></sup> inside and regaling Onyx with the exciting news and <a  href="http://twitter.com/ScarletLotus/status/29647127525199872">my over-the-top excitement</a> we <a  href="http://twitter.com/ScarletLotus/status/29647562562600960">attempted to go back to sleep</a> and successfully woke up a few hours later much better rested.</p>
<p>I was still excited when I woke up and I can say that with the day starting on such an awesome note it has yet to go down.  I have not had the Heart Wedge out of my immediate vicinity yet today, as is my tendency with new items I get, and I&#8217;ve already begun watching videos on <a  href="http://kinkacademy.com/">Kink Academy</a>  while working on <a  href="http://pleasurists.com/">Pleasurists</a> so I can begin to figure out which topics I&#8217;ll want to write about and explore offline with Onyx.  I&#8217;m positively bursting with excitement.</p>
<ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_10786" class="footnote">The most awesome schedule ever. He chose it himself.</li><li id="footnote_1_10786" class="footnote">I probably should have posted about it on here</li><li id="footnote_2_10786" class="footnote">Yay! Yay! A thousand times yay!</li><li id="footnote_3_10786" class="footnote">Not really a present as I have to earn it, but you know what I mean</li></ol>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tristan Taormino Uninvited By Oregon State University</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just happened on Wednesday and while there have been many blog posts about it recently I&#8217;m mostly writing this in case for some reason you haven&#8217;t heard about it. Tristan Taormino was originally invited to OSU to give the keynote at their Modern Sex Conference and was uninvited essentially because of her work in pornography, which is only a fraction of what she does. This was only after she purchased her own airfare under the promise of reimbursement (which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This just happened on Wednesday and while there have been many blog posts about it recently I&#8217;m mostly writing this in case for some reason you haven&#8217;t heard about it.  Tristan Taormino was originally invited to OSU to give the keynote at their Modern Sex Conference  and was uninvited essentially because of her work in pornography, which is only a fraction of what she does.  This was only after she purchased her own airfare under the promise of reimbursement (which will probably not be reimbursed now).  The following information about the situation is taken directly from Tristan&#8217;s website along with my own feelings about it.  For the full scope of the issue you can <a  href="http://www.puckerup.com/media_kit/osu_press_release" rel="nofollow">read about it directly on Tristan&#8217;s website</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s no secret that I am a huge fan of Tristan Taormino&#8217;s work.  I have numerous books and DVDs of hers and had the fortune of meeting her and taking a workshop from her last year when she came to Seattle, so I admit to not being completely unbiased on this issue.  My bias, however, comes from the fact that she is an amazing educator who works in numerous mediums to try to get the message of sex-positivity out to anyone who will listen.</p>
<p>The &#8220;problem&#8221; with Tristan speaking at the conference, according to OSU, seems to be because they are paying her to attend and give the keynote (the other speakers may or may not be compensated) with taxpayer money and she&#8217;s a pornographer.  While I can understand the school&#8217;s reservations on some levels it also seems like ridiculous bureaucracy runaround at it&#8217;s finest.  This is a conference called &#8220;Modern Sex&#8221; after all, how much more modern can you get than a feminist female pornographer?</p>
<p>It seems like the crux of the issue isn&#8217;t just that she is involved in pornography ingeneral, because there are other speakers who are, but it&#8217;s <em>giving money to a known pornographer</em>, someone who supposedly has a &#8220;significant online business in video pornography&#8221; (which isn&#8217;t really accurate).  Maybe they think giving a pornographer money would be like saying you approve of their work.  How horrible!  Or something.  Really, though, why is this such a big deal?  It&#8217;s not like her work is illegal or negative.  It&#8217;s not like she isn&#8217;t known for being an ethical feminist pornographer and we&#8217;re talking about her speaking at a <em>sexuality conference</em>!</p>
<p>Of course, it&#8217;s all because it&#8217;s tied to a public school who is given taxpayer money.  Everyone knows those taxpayers hate pornography.  Obviously.</p>
<p>OSU is trying to blame it on the organizers of the conference, however, saying that they provided a &#8220;partial description of the speaker in question as a writer and sex advice columnist.&#8221;  What?  Obviously it&#8217;s okay to give money to someone who writes sexy things and gives sex advice but once that moves into a video format that&#8217;s somehow wrong.  Pornography is evil, even if it&#8217;s awesome positive sex education with some fucking on the side, which is what the videos of Tristan&#8217;s I&#8217;ve seen are.</p>
<p>The scenario I see in my head when reading about this is that someone decided to look on Tristan&#8217;s website, saw that she makes porn, and decided to complain about her inclusion in the conference to Student Affairs.  This was only after many months of talking with Tristan and conveniently not long after she bought the airfare, probably because it was announced that she was definitely coming.  I just don&#8217;t see the logic in where they&#8217;re drawing the line, though.  Probably because there isn&#8217;t any.  </p>
<p>You can read the <a  href="http://www.puckerup.com/media_kit/osu_press_release" rel="nofollow">original and updated information on Tristan&#8217;s website</a>.  There is also information there on how to contact OSU.</p>
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		<title>Kink Academy Student Blogging</title>
		<link>http://ofpleasure.com/2011/01/19/kink-academy-student-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scarlet Lotus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately I was unable to participate in the first round of Student Bloggers on Kink Academy but I eagerly read along with the first batch of students as the first semester progressed and came to a close. Every day since I&#8217;ve been watching their twitter stream for the important announcement: registration01 for semester two is open! This semester I have the time and ability to dedicate to this position and I&#8217;m really hoping to be given the chance to participate. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Unfortunately I was unable to participate in the first round of <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/home/student-blo/">Student Bloggers</a> on <a  href="http://www.kinkacademy.com/">Kink Academy</a> but I eagerly read along with the first batch of students as the first semester progressed and came to a close.  Every day since I&#8217;ve been watching their <a  href="http://twitter.com/KinkAcademy/">twitter stream</a> for the important announcement: registration<sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2011/01/19/kink-academy-student-blogging/#footnote_0_9629" id="identifier_0_9629" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="or, perhaps more accurately: application">01</a></sup> for semester two is open!  This semester I have the time and ability to dedicate to this position and I&#8217;m really hoping to be given the chance to participate.</p>
<p>Aside from thinking that Kink Academy is awesome, why would I be interested in becoming a student blogger in the first place?  I can&#8217;t say that I&#8217;m not attracted to being paid to blog, of course, since paid gigs are wonderful.  But even if there was no money involved I would be applying.  Why?  Having videos I have to watch and a post I have to write every week about them and my experience after watching them not only gives me great blog fodder but also the opportunity to get even closer to Onyx.  Let me explain.</p>
<p>Kink has been in my life for may years but has seemed to come in waves.  The waves that kink has come in the last few years has more to do with my relationship status than anything else.  For quite a while after the beginning of our relationship Onyx and I were pretty regularly engaging in kinky sex and in a D/S relationship.  When I moved in with him something switched in our relationship dynamic, and then later we switched.</p>
<p>Relationships are constantly changing, and we both knew that, but we just weren&#8217;t fitting together the way we had before and so we tried out different roles and activities to try to fit together again.  Through much communication and exploration we came back together, and then started drifting apart again, and it continued in that pattern for a few years.  We would get closer, then we would get farther apart.  In the last year, however, kink has been on an upswing due to the better connection we have after facing the possible end of our relationship and I&#8217;m dedicated to keeping it that way.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been talking a lot about kink around here recently since starting the <a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2010/09/08/30-days-of-kink/">30 Days of Kink</a> writing prompt.  Looking at my kinky desires and activities in order to answer the prompts has lead to more communication with Onyx about it and has lead to greater kinky harmony in our lives.  It has become something innate lately rather than something we have to work on, which is amazingly wonderful, and unlike some times in the past we aren&#8217;t finding ourselves in a rut.  Part of the trick to keeping our dynamic exciting is partially our connection which has never been better and part playing and experimenting with new things.  This is how Kink Academy would help us get closer.</p>
<p>While I would say I know a good amount of tips and techniques related to kink as well as sex and sexuality I also have a lot more to learn.  There is always more to learn.  Even now our activities aren&#8217;t terribly varied, although they&#8217;re lots of fun, and being able to explore the vast amount of wonderful Kink Academy videos would help us explore new activities including those we have been wanting to do for years but haven&#8217;t due to lack of knowledge.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m really quite excited about this opportunity.  I followed the first semester of student bloggers eagerly and enviously and now I&#8217;m hoping to be part of the second round.  Someday, once I&#8217;m teaching sex ed classes of my own, I hope to work with Kink Academy as part of the faculty, but one thing at a time.  For now, delving in to the wonderful wealth of sex-positive videos will help my knowledge and experience grow.</p>
<ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_9629" class="footnote">or, perhaps more accurately: application</li></ol>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sex-Positivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scarlet Lotus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve read a better description or example of sex positivity before. It&#8217;s clear and concise and isn&#8217;t hinged upon using &#8220;positive&#8221; speech despite the sex-positive name: Although fewer people would say that “I think anal sex is amazing” is a sex-negative statement, I consider it to be just as problematic as “I think anal sex is gross.” What makes something like this sex-negative isn’t whether one uses a positive or negative adjective. It’s that saying these sorts [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve read a better description or example of sex positivity before.  It&#8217;s clear and concise and isn&#8217;t hinged upon using &#8220;positive&#8221; speech despite the sex-positive name:</p>
<blockquote><p>Although fewer people would say that “I think anal sex is amazing” is a sex-negative statement, I consider it to be just as problematic as “I think anal sex is gross.” What makes something like this sex-negative isn’t whether one uses a positive or negative adjective. It’s that saying these sorts of things neglects the diversity of sexual experiences and pleasures.</p>
<p>Simply put, these sorts of things aren’t true. Anal sex is gross for some people and amazing for some people and boring for some people and exciting for some people. No matter what word you use to finish the sentence, you’re leaving out many people’s experiences and that is what makes it sex-negative.</p>
<p>On the other hand, when you say something like “I enjoy/dislike/fill-in-the-blank anal sex,” you’re practicing mindful speech. You’re explicitly recognizing that your experience is your own. You’re not making a sweeping statement and you’re not claiming that anyone else should have the same response that you have. It doesn’t matter whether the word you use is positive or negative in this example, either.</p>
<p><strong>Sex-positivity isn’t about enjoying every possible way to have sex. Sex-positivity isn’t about only using positive words when talking about sex.</p>
<p>Sex-positivity is about making room for different people to have wildly different experiences.</strong> And in order to do so, we can practice using language that makes room for that. One of the best (and most difficult) ways to do that is to own our experiences and try to not make sweeping statements. It’s simultaneously quite simple and incredibly difficult, which is why so many people seem to not understand it. Well, that and the fact that there aren’t a lot of examples of mindful speech in the media- it doesn’t make for good soundbites. [emphasis mine]</p></blockquote>
<p>This is from a post by <a  href="http://www.charlieglickman.com/">Charlie Glickman</a> on <a  href="http://magazine.goodvibes.com/">Good Vibrations Magazine</a> called <a  href="http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2010/11/26/owning-your-words-sex-positivity-mindful-speech-and-why-some-people-dont-get-it/">Owning Your Words: Sex-Positivity, Mindful Speech, and Why Some People Don’t Get It</a>.  I highly encourage you to read the entire article to get all of it in context, though what I quoted above is the crux of it.  He has other awesome points that are just as important, however, so <a  href="http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2010/11/26/owning-your-words-sex-positivity-mindful-speech-and-why-some-people-dont-get-it/">go read</a>.  I&#8217;ll be here when you get back.</p>
<p>Why does this matter?  I&#8217;ve considered myself sex-positive for quite some time and this distinction is an important one.  I&#8217;ve heard people saying that &#8220;sex-positivity&#8221; is some sort of trend word, which in some ways I think is true.  There seems to be a big trend in those who write about sex and sexuality<sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2010/12/06/sex-positivity/#footnote_0_10620" id="identifier_0_10620" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="as opposed to &amp;#8220;sex bloggers&amp;#8221; since I don&amp;#8217;t really like that term">01</a></sup> to adopt the term &#8220;sex-positive&#8221; even when it&#8217;s clear they know nothing about what it means.</p>
<p>Of course, being sex-positive and confronting your own internalized sex-negativity<sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2010/12/06/sex-positivity/#footnote_1_10620" id="identifier_1_10620" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="let&amp;#8217;s face it, we all have some">02</a></sup> is a continual process, it&#8217;s not something you earn like a merit badge that you can then flash at people to prove that you are sex-positive.  Saying you&#8217;re sex-positive only gets you so far if you don&#8217;t walk the walk.  I love his point that it&#8217;s not about always saying something positive either, despite &#8220;positive&#8221; being right in the term itself.  I think this is something people get hung up on and a very important point to make.</p>
<p>It may be some sort of trendy word to some, but for others of us it is something we strive for. </p>
<ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_10620" class="footnote">as opposed to &#8220;sex bloggers&#8221; since I don&#8217;t really like that term</li><li id="footnote_1_10620" class="footnote">let&#8217;s face it, we all have some</li></ol>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ebb and Flow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just like everything else the needs of poly people can change quite often. Since Onyx and I got back together and I returned to Seattle we have had quite a few casual play experiences but neither of us have really been interested in another new relationship. I think at least partially this is because we were both so burned by the last one, but mostly because of the change in our dynamic and activities. We&#8217;ve both gotten considerably more involved [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just like everything else the needs of poly people can change quite often.  Since Onyx and I got back together and I returned to Seattle we have had quite a few casual play experiences but neither of us have really been interested in another new relationship.  I think at least partially this is because we were both so burned by the last one, but mostly because of the change in our dynamic and activities.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve both gotten considerably more involved in the local occult community than we ever really have been before while we&#8217;ve been together.  Our D/s-slash-O/p relationship is also far more solid and working.  Also we both are working a lot and I&#8217;ve been taking a certification class recently.  Add all this up together and it means we have just about enough time for each other, let alone someone else.</p>
<p>This is one of the drawbacks of being poly: even with a desire for another relationship there is a point when it comes down to how much time you feasibly have for a new relationship.  Now, all of this isn&#8217;t to say that either of us would be against a new relationship should something develop organically (the only way we would want it to anyway), but neither of us is actively looking for another partner.</p>
<p>That being said I do still feel the pang of desire for being with a woman.  I need a woman in my life with which to have an intimate relationship, that is just a fundamental truth at this point.  I&#8217;m confident, however, that I will find someone when the time is right.  There are just too many things that I am working on and that Onyx and I are working on together so there isn&#8217;t much room for anything else.  I am very much still poly, as is Onyx, but that doesn&#8217;t mean we&#8217;re out there actively looking for new relationships.</p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t abnormal for poly people, in fact while in the midst of writing this post I came upon the term <a  href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=polysaturated">polysaturated</a><sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2010/11/16/ebb-and-flow/#footnote_0_9266" id="identifier_0_9266" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="via Gabe on FetLife">01</a></sup> which describes what I&#8217;m feeling quite perfectly, except I only currently have one partner but many many activities.</p>
<p>This all said, not looking for a relationship also does not exclude the possibility of casual and play partners, in my opinion.  Something with friendship and emotions but without being &#8220;serious&#8221; would be ideal for me at this point in time.  I would love the opportunity for purposefully casual play with friends as <a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/category/how-we-relate/terra-and-storax/">we&#8217;ve already explored a little</a>.</p>
<p>This desire has definitely encouraged me to get looking around more at the local kink community, which I am already making plans to get more into.  Not just to find causal play partners but to friend friends first and foremost.  While there is definitely bleed over between the occult and the kinky scenes here in Seattle it&#8217;s also not a ready topic to be broached with a new acquaintance at occult social events.</p>
<p>Anyone who is already <a  href="http://fetlife.com/ScarletLotus">friends with me on FetLife</a> may have noticed that I&#8217;ve been on there more lately and I&#8217;ve especially been looking at events in my area and tirelessly ticking &#8220;going to&#8221; or &#8220;might be going to&#8221; when I find one that interests me.  Onyx has been doing much the same.  We already signed up for a <a  href="http://passionandsoul.com/educator/power">Delving Into Power</a> workshop with <a  href="http://passionandsoul.com/">Lee Harrington</a> in February which we&#8217;re both very much looking toward.  Plus the weekend intensive class I&#8217;m taking is over next weekend so we will have more opportunity to go to events than we have in the last two months.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been slowly pulling our focus toward kink as well as everything else that we&#8217;re doing, as I&#8217;m sure you may have noticed if you&#8217;ve been reading this blog at all the last couple months.  Whether or not this happened because of starting the 30 Days of Kink or I started the 30 Days of Kink because my focus was already shifting to kink-related areas is a definite chicken and egg scenario.  Regardless, it&#8217;s happening.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m really looking forward to getting into the community here, and I&#8217;m sure I will share as that journey moves along.  Perhaps the ebb and flow of poly needs and desires will change once again through this exploration.</p>
<ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_9266" class="footnote">via <a  href="http://fetlife.com/gabe">Gabe</a> on <a  href="http://fetlife.com/">FetLife</a></li></ol>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most notably, Essin&#8217; Em is putting together a list of Bloggers Who Make You Think and I wanted to bring it to the attention of my readers just in case, you know, you felt like nominating someone. Perhaps someone whose first name is also a color. Just sayin&#8217;. Yes, this is me asking for nominations. I don&#8217;t do this often, but for this list01 I&#8217;m willing to do it. Why? Well, first, it&#8217;s not an ordered list, it will be [...]]]></description>
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<p>Most notably, <a  href="http://essin-em.com/">Essin&#8217; Em</a> is putting together a list of <a  href="http://essin-em.com/2010/10/bwmyt-nominations/">Bloggers Who Make You Think</a> and I wanted to bring it to the attention of my readers just in case, you know, you felt like nominating someone.  Perhaps someone whose first name is also a color.  Just sayin&#8217;.</p>
<p>Yes, this is me asking for nominations.  I don&#8217;t do this often, but for this list<sup><a  href="http://ofpleasure.com/2010/11/02/lists/#footnote_0_10080" id="identifier_0_10080" class="footnote-link footnote-identifier-link" title="which seems the most sane list that&amp;#8217;s been created thus far and far better than the list I did at the beginning of 2009">01</a></sup> I&#8217;m willing to do it.  Why?  Well, first, it&#8217;s not an ordered list, it will be alphabetical, which makes the most sense.  Ordered lists just seem to be drama magnets and also not necessary.  While it may feel awesome to be at the top of lists and there are some people who are happy just to be included there are also plenty of others who get offended by a low number.  It&#8217;s just not worth it.</p>
<p>Second, it actually takes an effort in order to nominate someone.  You&#8217;re not just supposed to link to their blog, oh no, you have to link to a specific blog post that made you think.  You have to think about the nomination of someone who made you think.  Yeah.  That&#8217;s awesome.</p>
<p>So, if there&#8217;s a blog post (recent or old) of mine that made you think, please <a  href="http://essin-em.com/2010/10/bwmyt-nominations/">go nominate me</a>.  I&#8217;ll be grateful.</p>
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<p>Speaking of lists of bloggers, I was also recently included in the <a  href="http://betweenmysheets.com/index.php/top-100-sex-bloggers-of-2010">Top 100 Sex Bloggers of 2010</a>.  I was included in <a  href="http://www.betweenmysheets.com/index.php/top-100-sex-bloggers-of-2009">2009</a> and <a  href="http://www.betweenmysheets.com/index.php/top-100-sex-bloggers-of-2008">2008</a> as well.  There&#8217;s been some drama surrounding this year&#8217;s list which I don&#8217;t feel the need to go into.  Ultimately, I&#8217;m glad to be listed, although I think there are tons of great blogs that aren&#8217;t.</p>
<ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_10080" class="footnote">which seems the most sane list that&#8217;s been created thus far and far better than the list I did at the beginning of 2009</li></ol>]]></content:encoded>
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