The Fickle Hand of Fate
When I was young, someone read me the story of Little Black Sambo. I don’t remember who read it to me, and I know it’s frightfully politically incorrect to admit to having ever even heard of the story. But I did. I don’t remember much of it, except that the protagonist was extremely clever and […]
Whose Kink? Definitions and Perspectives.
In conjunction with my project Portraits of Kink, I’ve been reading and listening a great deal to other people’s opinions of what kink is. I think we can pretty well all agree that kink is whatever is kink to you. However, of course, your kink is not always recognizable to another. And within some BDSM […]
Goodbye Darkness, My Old Friend
I read today that D is taking his blog, Sadistic Excess, down. I know things change and people move on, but somehow it feels like the end of an era. Clicking though his pages, I felt a sharp pang of incipient loss. I met D more than five years ago, through his blog and a […]
D/s sans Humiliation: A Response to a Comment.
I recently got a comment on an piece of erotic fiction I wrote which I really liked because it asked a question I didn’t have a ready answer for. The story was Pleasure’s Apprentice and the comment was from Amy: Amy on April 3, 2011 at 1:20 pm I’ve read this one several times […] […]
Covering Up the Disempowerment of Men
I rarely get overtly political on this blog. I have another one for that. But this is a gender issue and goes to the very heart of gender identity and what it means to be a human. What triggered my ire was this exchange between Veena Malik, a Pakistani film star and comedienne, and a […]
Portraits Update: Subs 7 – Doms 0
Just a little note to let you know this is still (sort of) happening. I got 24 acceptances to participate. Yay. I got about an even number of subs/bottoms/masochists to doms/tops/sadists. Yay So far, 7 of the subs/bottoms/masochists have sent me back their responses to my questions. Yay. So far, NONE of the doms/tops/sadists have […]
Guest Blogging at Lisabet Sarai’s House
In the next month, Lisabet Sarai (editor of my short story anthology and erotica writer extraordinaire) is hosting a series of guest bloggers on her site Beyond Romance. I’m gonna be there March 24! Below is a list of the names and dates of the guests. As you can see, it’s something of a who’s […]
Proof of Use
Eight dark smudges indelible beneath skin a quartet nestled beside each hip bone. Half-moons that almost breach the surface reflected there on the soft flesh of my inner thigh and there, on the rounded vault of my shoulder. Small purple anemones bloom under my jawline, in the crook of my arm and just next to […]
Apologies for Loss of Feed
Some of you have subscribed to get my new posts by mail through the Feedburner subscription link on my page. Recently this has stopped working. I’ve done some tinkering and hopefully it’s back up and running now. Please leave me a comment if you have not received this post in your mail. Hugs RG
Mise en Scene
At the wretched gathering in the line for free oblivion I shall catch your eye and engage you in a conversation that has been pre-recorded in front of a live studio audience. Oh, yes. I’ve been this way many times in many guises and you are a convenience: a cock with a face I’ll choose […]