outed by the news of the world (98)

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4 May 08, 8:56 PM
just_vic
UK, 12 mths
It's clear someone in the scene is outing people in the Milton Keynes area, first the Mosley thing mentioning Mistress Abi and Mistrss Switch. Now today it's Mys Saffron, poor lady. No doubt there are plenty of people who know who this sad person is, I'm sure we've all heard the rumours, and if it wasn't against the rules here, I'd post mine.
In today's filthy rag they refer to Saffron as a "hooker" which isn't the case, so surely that is liable? Sue their arses girl!
What the hell is happening in our world? No doubt Lewis Panther is a very frustrated little man, with a shit job.
Edited 4 May 08, 8:57 PM by just_vic

4 May 08, 10:16 PM
Anita_Esrader
UK(SG), 3 yrs
Y!

DevilMayCare wrote:
News Of The World. Toilet paper with text.
I would NOT lower my arse to use that.. Its an insult to arses..
And who the fuck, in their right mind reads WINNIE THE POOH ( or whateevr it was) to ELEVEN year olds..
The storey is libellous, at the very least, and I for one would add funds to have them sued for such...
I am gonna be a bride and a groom, but on two different days.
DATE to be announced..
Edited 4 May 08, 10:18 PM by Anita_Esrader

4 May 08, 10:16 PM
Viskan
IS, 2 yrs

Saffy, I can't imagine how you are feeling now! But I really hope that this won't stop you coming out for fun and making me blush!
Love from this corner!
V.
I've sold my soul, my body - Swept away by dreams, illusions - Fragments of my own imagination - Played by feelings emotions
FEED ME! - LAM - MySpace
Edited 4 May 08, 10:31 PM by Viskan

4 May 08, 10:26 PM
Flogher
UK, 6 yrs
Y!
It is worth mentioning that when I picked up my mother's copy of the News of the Screws they had a 'bondage' picture of Kate Moss on Page Three...
So... good old News of the World 'double standards' have not changed then!
We had the same problems when I chaired SM Pride in 1998:
Private Eye - November 27, 1998, Street of Shame, page 6.
"WHILE Sun hacks struggle to adjust to their boss's sudden U-turn in favour of gay rights colleagues at the News of the Screws are grappling with another painful issue — consensual sado-masochism.
"Last month the Screws ran a two-page piece about the "sick lust" of a Sussex woman who dumped her husband to run off with ***** ****, known to his chums as "Master *****". Sparing its readers no details, the Screws whipped up a storm over the "club nights" for S&M fans run by Master ***** at a wine bar in north London. "There was debauchery everywhere," it revealed.
"The usual Sunday-morning fare for Screws readers, in other words. But the follow-up a week later was most unusual: a large apology headed "Sorry to all Our Fetish Friends". Noting that the press officer of SM Pride, Barry Slemmings had threatened to take the paper to the Press Complaints Commission, the Screws announced: "If Mr Slemmings and his pals reckon we've misrepresented a night of pain, fetishism and outlandish, macabre torture in any way, we'd like to say sorry."
"Perhaps this had something to do with the fact that Barry Slemmings once shared an office at the Dagenham Post with a young hack called Phil Hall who now edits the News of the Screws.
"Hall's apology wasn't entirely sincere, of course - he repeated the official Murdoch line that people who cavort around in dimly-lit dens while wearing rubber and leather are clearly abnormal weirdos. Slemmings and other "fetish friends" were thus surprised to note that British Sex on Sky One two weeks later featured a gay man's cruising guide to the outdoor S&M and fist-f*cking available on Hampstead Heath — what to do, where to go, what the dress and hankie codes are etc, etc. The programme was made by BSkyB and sponsored, at every commercial break, by that famous bastion of wholesome family values — the News of the Screws."
My thanks to Ian Hislop for running the above as the first article in the Eye's 'Street of Shame' section!
grin
It is worth mentioning that News of the World support for British Sex was withdrawn when the entire series was repeated some months later.
Flogher - I cane, I whip, I cuddle
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Edited 4 May 08, 10:28 PM by Flogher

4 May 08, 10:30 PM
Anita_Esrader
UK(SG), 3 yrs
Y!

random_username wrote:
Out of interest, did Faith's employment contract allow her to run a business? A lot of employment contracts don't, or you need to have permission from your employer once they've been assured that the business will have no impact on your main job. Did she declare the income she made from being a pro domme and pay taxes on it?
I agree that her lifestyle choice is private and should have no impact on her job as a teacher, but if she wasn't allowed contractually to run a business (whether as a domme or taxi driver or a tailor or anything) and she went ahead and did it anyway, including openly advertising it on public websites and so forth, then I believe she has to share some of the blame for the mess she's in.
If she had permission to run the business, or she wasn't charging and this was simply a lifestyle, then (had she been sacked) it would have been unfair dismissal, and she could have sued. It shouldn't have been anyone's business or concern that she was doing it as it didn't impair her ability to teach.
ERM
I think there is a law somewhere which prohibits an employersto refuse an employee to take extra work. Something to do with everyones "Right to trade".
Happened to me sometime ago when I was saving the deposit for my house. I took on Pizza delivery part time in the evenings. My work said I could not do it as it impacted on my ability to react to an emergency condition (in IT ??)..
I told them I was merely being polite by asking permission in writing, and promptly told them to fuck off.
I got the deposit together for the house...

I am gonna be a bride and a groom, but on two different days.
DATE to be announced..

4 May 08, 10:33 PM
Obsidian_Winter
UK, 8 mths Ok, who is for pooling our reasources and buying a tropical island to make our self-sustaining BDSM commune on? (I'm only HALF joking about this, if anyone can think of a way to make it work then pleeeease let me know - http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/boards/generalb...) On a serious note, my sympaties to everyone who has been put in that horrible position. If there is anything I can do, let me know
From Robyn
Edited 4 May 08, 10:34 PM by Obsidian_Winter

4 May 08, 10:34 PM
Anita_Esrader
UK(SG), 3 yrs
Y!

Bullers_vixen wrote:
The picture was actually lifted directly from Saffy's website.
It'd be advisable, if we really want to help, to take care not to discuss this as the NOTW actively encourages people to sell information to them.
Imagine if one of us is talking about this in the pub, some 'nilla picks up on what we're talking about and sells on the dirt. It'll just make things worse.
And...
Please be aware that every time we click the links to the story online we're actually increasing the profile of the exposé on the web.

I suggest also, that if you do click the links, you disallow cookies from NOTW... I dont trust them and they may put some form of tracking cookie on your machine, as such, watching where we do our browsing..

I am gonna be a bride and a groom, but on two different days.
DATE to be announced..

4 May 08, 10:36 PM
rubberroy
UK(TN), 3 yrs

In reply to Flogher's post above, no doubt the expose he mentions is for a certain master k and mistress a. I happened to be at the cdlub when this incident when this happened, and knew little of it until someone gave me a copy of NOTW the following day.
To add to the fun, sonone who was working for me that day wa slaso unknown to me at that club, and he was rather surprised at the outcome. He too saw no-one there that looked like a NOTW hack, nor were most of the things in that article happening!
Saffy, keep your chin up, you're not the first, and you won't be the last.
Rubber Roy


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