“You’ve created a monster.”
-a sissy who was amazed his orgasms could be so powerful
Posted by Vixen as Quote Book at 10:57 PM CST
February 12th, 2008
Frankencock?
February 11th, 2008
Sugasm #118
The best of this week’s blogs by the bloggers who blog them. Highlighting the top 3 posts as chosen by Sugasm participants. Want in Sugasm #119? Submit a link to your best post of the week using this form. Participants, repost the link list within a week and you’re all set.
This Week’s Picks
An Erotic Story…Samson and Delilah
“Now how exactly does one go about seducing a preacher?”
A Kiss
“Then, the lulling low roar of your voice falls away and we are both leaning forward, transfixed.”
Clif & Lydia Drop Over The Edge
“She nervously giggled and lowered her lashes. ”
Mr. Sugasm Himself
The Secret of Playboy Legs
Editor’s Choice
The Carnival of Feminists 53: Call for submissions
See also: Fleshbot’s Sex Blog Roundup each Tuesday and Friday.
Tara courtesy of Tara Tainton.
Posted by Vixen as Sugasm at 10:40 PM CST
February 10th, 2008
SWAS In Middle Of College Scandal
From The Cavalier Daily:
Sex, religion catalyze controversy for Nichol
“The leadership abilities of Gene Nichol, president of the College of William & Mary, have recently come under fire by some William & Mary alumni as well as several state delegates who are concerned about the president’s decision to remove the historic Wren Chapel cross and allow the performance of the “Sex Workers’ Art Show.”"
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“Cole agreed with Marshall’s sentiment, arguing in a letter written to several state delegates that Nichol’s decision is “turning the public property of the College into a bawdy house venue for pimps, prostitutes and dominatrix.”
Nichols is not alone in believing the performance is protected by the Constitution, though. Del. Joe Morrissey D-Alexandria said the show should be allowed at William & Mary, noting that a spectrum of views should be given free reign in academic atmospheres.”
For a student’s perspective check out Beneath the cobblestones blog:
The Slander of William & Mary
“Delegate Hugo not only misrepresents President Nichol’s involvement in the Sex Worker’s Art Show (he had none!), but implies that it was Nichol’s idea to force extra regulations on the show, i.e. the prohibition against photography. Let me be very clear: I signed the SWAS contract (as the President of one of the co-sponsoring organizations), and I have spoken at length with the main organizers several times about it. President Gene Nichol had absolutely nothing to do with the rule against photography, or any of the extra censorship and regulations imposed on this show through the unprecedented contract we were made to sign. These demands came straight from Bob McDonnell the Attorney General of Virginia.”
Posted by Vixen as News, Sex Workers at 10:26 PM CST
February 9th, 2008
Freedom Of Religion-A Feminist Issue?
Lina from Uncool is hosting the Carnival of Feminists again. I enjoyed the last go around with her at the reins so am participating again.
President Bush says his drinking during his 30’s was a “youthful indiscretion”. As a grown Pagan woman my youthful indiscretions occurred during childhood when I experimented with Christianity.
My parents raised me to figure out religion on my own. It is one of the best things they ever did for me. Not liking the Christian teachings, I happily skipped church growing up. But I lived in a small town. Practically everyone I knew was some form of Christian and went to church. Repeatedly I heard the Good News about the Lord and Savior from friends and even in my public school. Afterschool activities often started with a prayer circle. I was known as the “atheist kid”. The kid whose heathen parents didn’t even take me tell me about God. Elementary school wasn’t too bad but for some reason when I entered junior high the teasing increased. It may sound odd that I was made fun of for not being Christian but that is one of the charms of living in a closed minded community.
Maybe it was the peer pressure or maybe I felt like experimenting but one summer I decided to go to church. I announced it to my parents. They were supportive but I remember the sideways glance my Mom and Dad shared when I delivered the news. My friends were overwhelmingly supportive. In my town a big deal was made by the churches to bring in more souls to the flock and to deliver the Good News to the non-believers.
In a way it was fun. I got to play religious tourist. For weeks I would stay the night at a friend’s house on Saturday and go to church with her family that Sunday morning. I tried several branches of Christianity-Baptist, Protestant, Presbyterian, Catholic, Pentecostal and Lutheran. The experiment didn’t last long. Feeling like an outsider in every congregation I soon gave up the idea, preferring to climb a tree. Even back then I saw more God in a tree than I did in a building. One episode stands out in my mind.
In seventh grade I had a friend Jamie whose family belonged to a conservative Christian church. Per my routine I spent Saturday night with her and accompanied her family to church services the following morning. Jamie and I rode in the back seat of the family car while her parents drove me home. Her father asked what I thought of their church. I mumbled something non-committal. (In reality I didn’t like it but knew it was rude to say so. Though my mother didn’t press religion on me she was a stickler for manners.) He commented about my parents not taking me to church and asked if they were atheists. I said something about them not liking organized religion. He asked me what I believed. There was a tone in his voice that made me nervous. I decided to only share a little and said I believed in reincarnation.
Silence enveloped the car. It was as if I had screamed a curse word.
Jamie’s father then launched into a lecture. Reincarnation was a lie. If reincarnation was real then humans could be born again as grasshoppers and that was ridiculous. (I remember thinking that life as a grasshopper might not be so bad. You could hop through the grass.) Reincarnation was a delusion created by the Devil to trick people. If I believed in reincarnation then I would go to Hell when I died. On and on he went until he pulled into my driveway.
Grabbing my bags I refused to look at any of them because I was embarrassed that he had made me cry. Though we remained friends Jamie later told me she wasn’t allowed to invite me over for a sleepover again.
Looking back I think some of my feminism was born during that car ride. I was so angry. I knew it was wrong for him to yell at me. I knew I hadn’t done anything wrong-I had just answered a question. But it was more than that. It was this adult man telling the little girl me that I was wrong to believe in something. It was so important to him that I believe what he told me to believe. But I was just a scared little girl and instead of yelling back I ran to my room to hide until I calmed down. I never told my parents what happened. Her church was the last one I experimented with.
As an adult I’m vocal about freedom of religion. But is it a feminist issue? Absolutely. How would the world be different if everyone were raised to choose their own beliefs rather than being told to worship a particular faith?
Would there be so many laws controlling women’s bodies? Would there be so much sexual guilt? Would there be so much sexual violence? Would sex work be seen as legitimate work? Hell, would the Madonna/Whore complex even exist anymore? Having true freedom of religion could change the world.
Posted by Vixen as Musings at 10:22 PM CST
February 8th, 2008
Nude In Outdoor Pool
I’m drawn to this gallery. Probably because I am SO ready for summer.
Posted by Vixen as Sexy Sensations at 10:57 PM CST
February 6th, 2008
Sex Worker Solidarity: Libertine
Sex Worker Background
I’ve been a sex workers for almost ten years, working as a dominatrix, escort, masseuse, madam, and a porn filmmaker. My blog is www.sexpros.net and talks about my work in the industry as well as my activism with SWOP Chicago.
What kind of sex work are you currently doing?
I still do escort and massage, as well as some fetish work. I also shoot porn and crew on adult movies from time to time.
Are you active in sex worker activism? If so, what are you doing?
Yes! I am a member of Sex Workers Outreach Project-Chicago and am helping plan for the Desiree Alliance Conference in July of 2008 in Chicago.
What do you think is the best way to promote solidarity with fellow sex workers?
We need to reach out to one another, rather than being so isolated, and realize that we are not in competition with one another. There are a lot of working girls that would not consider themselves to be “political”, so we need to find a way to reach out to them and let them know that they should demand respect and better working conditions. We need to look at sex worker rights as a human rights issue and educate other sex workers are what their rights are, on and off the job.
I’ve found that it’s really tough to create solidarity in the sex work community because so many workers are afraid of being exposed and don’t want to admit to being a sex worker in a public forum (but are willing to post pictures of themselves online, so go figure). So I think we need to find a way to make sex work more acceptable and not something to be ashamed about. Maybe then will more workers be willing to form a bond and create a solidified community willing to work for change.
What project(s) are you working on now?
My blog-www.sexpros.net
Organizing the 2008 Desiree Alliance conference with SWOP. Creating a porn film fest for Chicago sometime in summer ‘08.
Shooting porn for my friends Morgana and David at www.morganamoon.com
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Libertine touches on two key points-isolation and competition. It often seems that isolation is just a part of sex work. Many of us work one on one with a client and don’t have a “break room” where we can hang out together. I see sex workers reaching out to each other as a form of activism. By befriending fellow workers we find common ground, fight burn out, educate and protect each other.
And by reaching out we break down the competition wall that often separates us. There is often a competitive vibe amongst sex workers. I’ve had it happen to me. A fellow PSO become upset that one of her regulars was calling me. She talked trash about me and forbade him to call me again. What did he do? Called me and in a gossipy tone relayed every nasty thing she said. At first I didn’t want to believe him. She was a fellow sex worker?! But I started hearing similar stories from other clients that we shared. Then some other PSOs shared that this particular woman had been forbidding clients to call me.
I chose not to confront her because I figured she’d deny it. Instead I invited the clients to call her and to have a good time. Instead of bashing back I spoke of her good qualities and talked about the certain fetishes she handled well. Did I lose clients? Quite the opposite. They seemed to call me more because I had the confidence to not bash her back. Somehow I must be an amazing PSO if I knew they’d call back. In reality I was shaken up that a sex worker sister had bad mouthed me. This was in my early years and I was scared to get in a fight with a fellow worker.
But it proved to be a valuable lesson. Fighting over clients doesn’t pay. It only isolates us. My friend Sera and I shared clients when she was doing PSO work. Sometimes they did the same fantasy with both of us, sometimes they did one fetish with me and another with her. Occasionally we talked to him together. (These were by far some of my all time favorite calls.)
Sometimes I’ve talked to a man and we’ve made a horrible match. Either he wants a submissive or wants to talk about a subject that I don’t know much about. I’ve referred him to fellow PSO. The client is happy because he gets a better experience and I’ve helped a friend out. She refers a client to me in the future when they’re not a good match. This creates solidarity. When we knowingly share or refer clients everyone benefits.
Sex Worker Solidarity Series
Sex Worker Solidarity: Introduction
Sex Worker Solidarity: Audacia Ray
Sex Worker Solidarity: Dallas From Babeland
Sex Worker Solidarity: Secondhand Rose
Sex Worker Solidarity: Rachel Kramer Bussel
Posted by Vixen as PSO Confessions, Interviews, Sex Workers at 11:49 PM CST
February 5th, 2008
The Jist
“I kind of get off paying for it.”
-a new client telling me why he loves phone sex
If only they were all this easy.
Posted by Vixen as Quote Book at 11:45 PM CST
February 4th, 2008
Sugasm #117
The best of this week’s blogs by the bloggers who blog them. Highlighting the top 3 posts as chosen by Sugasm participants. Want in Sugasm #118? Submit a link to your best post of the week using this form. Participants, repost the link list within a week and you’re all set.
This Week’s Picks
A Fable
“They start touching her, gingerly at first, wondering what magic is in her.”
Fiction: The Island Princess and the Monkeys Who Tie Knots
“You naughty, naughty, NAUGHTY monkeys!”
Sexy Is In Your Mind
“Sexy is an attitude and really all in your mind.”
Mr. Sugasm Himself
Chickipedia
Editor’s Choice
Take a walk on the wild side.
See also: Fleshbot’s Sex Blog Roundup each Tuesday and Friday.
Kyla Cole courtesy of TGP.
Posted by Vixen as Sugasm at 7:09 PM CST
February 3rd, 2008
Sign Of The Coming Police State
From the New York Times:
New Operation to Put Heavily Armed Officers in Subways
“In the first counterterrorism strategy of its kind in the nation, roving teams of New York City police officers armed with automatic rifles and accompanied by bomb-sniffing dogs will patrol the city’s subway system daily, beginning next month, officials said on Friday.
Under a tactical plan called Operation Torch, the officers will board trains and patrol platforms, focusing on sites like Pennsylvania Station, Herald Square, Columbus Circle, Rockefeller Center and Times Square in Manhattan, and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.
Officials said the operation would begin in March.
Financing for the program will be funneled to the Police Department and will come from a pool of up to $30 million taken from $153.2 million in new federal transit grants to the state.”
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Good thing we have those evil terrorists to blame. If we didn’t have those freedom-hating evildoers, people would start to throw around ugly phrases like “police state, fascist regime, scaring the citzenry into being good little sheeple”, that sort of thing. And thank goodness the US economy is so great right now that we can spend millions upon millions of dollars on scare programs like this one. /sarcasm
Posted by Vixen as News at 2:54 PM CST
February 2nd, 2008
Sex Worker Confessions: Me
Secondhand Rose interviewed me for the Sex Worker Confessions series on Sex Kitten. This is a great series and I’m happy to be a part of it. You can read my interview here.
Posted by Vixen as PSO Confessions, Sex Workers at 11:17 PM CST
February 1st, 2008
