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| Soulpearl |
If anyone can be bothered to read yet another Kinklusive tribute, then here it is.
I loved it. I thought that there was a great mix of demo's, stalls and - of course - people. I spent the day rushing between the various areas, not wanting to miss any of the action. The whole event felt completely inclusive, especially the demo's which worked as information, entertainment and interaction.
My personal highlights were the steel-bondage & singletail demo's, and the surprise poetry reading by Cloe Poems - who was good enough to fill some time while we waited for the electro-demo.
There was only one low-light for me and that was that more people did not turn up to the BDSM and Employment Law talk, given by Laurence of Roissy Workshops. Maybe the title was a little misleading and may have put people off. In fact, it was a very interesting story, not to say amazing, about Laurence's own battle with the powers-that-be after being sacked from his job because of involvement with BDSM. It was a very positive presentation, which told more about the importance of having a positive attitude towards our own sexuality, than it did about the mechanics of Laur's own situation. I think that the best message was that, and I quote only as well as I can remember -
"For the few shekels a week that we are paid, our employers do not buy our lives. They do not buy our souls, or our right to have a private life. They are in the wrong not only because of their Victorian attitudes to sex, but also because of their arrogance in assuming that they have the right to make our lives their business."
I took a really positive buzz from that room and only wish that more people had seen it.
I also took a positive buzz from my new electro-stim box (sorry), which I bought on the day. Ironically I missed the electro-play demo. After Cloe's poem they still weren't ready to start, so I wandered up to the steel-bondage demo, which was very entertaining. I reckon they could take that act to the next Royal Variety Performance.
It was around-about that time of swapping demo's that I lost track of someone that I'd been chatting to. We were both waiting for the electo-play demo to start and were chatting loosely about our own take on BDSM. We had a lot in common and I did mean to look around for this person later. Unfortunately, there were so many old friends around that I hadn't seen for ages that I got totally side-tracked. Of course we had introduced ourselves, but everyone on the scene has such crazy nicks (myself definitely included), that I have forgotten her name. Anyway, if you are that woman and you'd like to continue the chat, then please drop me a memo.
In other news…
I just watched the film "Girl in 3D", which is about a woman who agrees to be the 'toy' of a goth/rock star for one-month. I rented it because it had SM imagery on the back of the DVD box (I know, I know), but expected it to be a real let-down. It actually turned out to be good. It is low budget, but is filmed and edited in quite a creative way. Not to mention that there is a lot of bondage/SM play footage which has escaped the censors knife. I'm not quite sure how this is either, as the scenes are not exactly consensual, though they aren't particularly malicious either. I was pleasantly surprised.
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| 14 Nov 05, 6:40 AM gilly_Dk 7 yrs |
"For the few shekels a week that we are paid, our employers do not buy our lives. They do not buy our souls, or our There was only one low-light for me and that was that more people did not turn up to the BDSM and Employment Law talk, given by Laurence of Roissy Workshops. Maybe the title was a little misleading and may have put people off. In fact, it was a very interesting story, not to say amazing, about Laurence's own battle with the powers-that-be after being sacked from his job because of involvement with BDSM. It was a very positive presentation, which told more about the importance of having a positive attitude towards our own sexuality, than it did about the mechanics of Laur's own situation. I think that the best message was that, and I quote only as well as I can remember - right to have a private life. They are in the wrong not only because of their Victorian attitudes to sex, but also because of their arrogance in assuming that they have the right to make our lives their business." have to agree with you, the talk was really good, it will be interesting to see how the case goes in the Court because the outcome is one that could effect us all. gilly x |
