Comments on: A Grove Of Aspen Trees

By: Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed › On Youth, Sexuality, Education, and Your Fears

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:41:52 +0000

[...] work. Few that I know about in the sex-positive sphere think to use community resources, instead choosing to segregate themselves from the rest of their local community. I think that’s supremely unfortunate, and it totally fails to send a message of inclusion, [...]

By: Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed › KinkForAll New York City: Rest and Recovery and Then We Do It All Over Again

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:57:30 +0000

[...] surprised that efforts to catalyze established BDSM organizations have failed. In my experience, scene organizations are especially resistant to change and very, very ego-centric. They tend to enjoy power struggles for power struggle’s sake, and [...]

By: A Place To Draw Blood Laughing › Live And Let Die

A Place To Draw Blood Laughing › Live And Let Die — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:03:47 +0000

[...] Sexuality’s spaces are not a zero-sum game, folks. We can always make more, and we always do. We exist in a naturally occurring and (thanks largely to the Internet) virtually unlimited state of cultural pluralism. [...]

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:49:00 +0000

MsSns-

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'm glad that good people are spreading the self-education mode of learning.

almost-

Would love to hear your thoughts. Write about them?

By: almost

almost — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:12:00 +0000

“A lot of frustrated, stymied, formerly hopeful people who walk away thinking ‘the community’ just isn’t right for them.”

Funny, I was just thinking about that very same thing.

By: MsSnS

MsSnS — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:13:00 +0000

Hello, Eileen,

Just wanted to let you know that you provoked some thinking and self-reflection. See my blog for the details.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:40:00 +0000

Hi Sue!

Goodness, thank you so much for coming over and reading what I was babbling about. I always appreciate reading your thoughts on LJ on topics like this; it's like you're a voice of reason. Honestly, Maymay writes much, much more about these topics than I do.

Also, your blogger profile is hidden - do you have a Blogger blog? If so, could you email me the link?

(It occurs to me now that I know one of several Sues in TES. I hope you're the one I'm thinking of, but either way everything I said stands :).) Thanks again.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:20:00 +0000

hey – I found this post through Lolita’s live journal. I think you have a lot of fascinating, thought-provoking things to say in here. For now I’m still mulling it all over and I may comment with more thoughts later. But for now I just wanted to say thank you.

- Sue (aka “TES Member”)

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:07:00 +0000

Tyr-

Yes, DSF also has an excellent resources page. Good on them.

Some of my kinks are possibly unhealthy. I should for example, probably eat less chicken kurma.

By: Týr

Týr — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:21:00 +0000

DSF actually posts a calendar that at least mentions other organizations events, which does seem quite cool.

Troops, where are the projectile strap-on launchers?

Personally, I do NOT want any sort of propellant (likely of the conflagration-variety) near my crotch. I believe this calls for a "your kink is not my kink, but your kink is... actually quite unhealthy".