15 September 2009 05:04 pm
Last Saturday, I attended an “ad-hoc unconference on sexuality” called KinkForAll. At a glance, the event title can be misleading. The word “kink” brings to mind a specific set of activities. But KinkForAll is not only about kinky sex, but all expressions of sexuality, especially those that are not mainstream.
I arrived at the event with my laptop. I had missed the first set of presentations, because I had a few errands to complete in the morning. But I stayed for the rest of the day and live-tweeted what I could. The atmosphere was very casual. The presenters encouraged discussion, and often one of us would interrupt with a comment or a question. I felt very relaxed; it was freeing to be able to talk about kink so openly.
Other people have also tweeted about the event: Look for the #KFABOS and #KinkForAll hashtags on Twitter. The master list of media and responses can be found on the KinkForAll Boston website.
I didn’t tag all of my tweets with the #KFABOS hashtag, so I collected the relevant tweets here in chronological order.
tags: boston, kfabos, kink, kinkforall, lgbt, sexuality, transgenderism
15 September 2009 09:51 am
Andrew Sullivan at The Daily Dish linked to an article about basic Jungian principles to give some explanation of the psychology behind the tea-party movement. Are teabaggers projecting their need for control through their fear of (governmental) control? I think so, to some degree. But I think that it is also a fear of change, of this uppity black man who usurped their America, of the coming reality that white people have to share their power.
One of Sullivan’s readers comments:
To take [Jung and teabaggers] one step further and incorporate some innate racist tendencies that many middle class whites may not even be aware of in themselves: for the United States to be called on the carpet, chastened for our collective excesses and asked to come to our senses by a black man now that decades of Great White Fathers and their laissez-faire spending and social awareness have failed us all – well, of course puny minds are blown.
tags: psychology, race
12 September 2009 11:27 am
I have lived far down on the B line at Packard’s Corner. I have also lived in Kenmore Square. I now live in Fenway. I have lived in Boston long enough to appreciate every single word of this letter:
Dear MBTA riders,
That sucks about the fare hike huh? Anyway let’s talk about proper transit etiquette when one is crammed onto a metal tube with a bunch of strangers, yeah?
1) When you’re about to get on a train, you need to realize people are getting off of it. Wait your turn, the train conductors stick their heads out the window looking for people like you, they see you, they’re not going to pull away while you’re half in the door, even if some of you deserve it.
The list goes on.
tags: boston
More from The Sword (but this time, on drugs):
Musicians and thespians tend to have extensive knowledge on the topic, too.
tags: comics, drugs
This is how I feel about arrogant, sleazy people using annoying, sleazy pick up techniques (and yes, I have played the player this way):
How does one determine if a pickup technique has “worked”? What counts as success? You say that “the neg” does indeed work sometimes. What does that mean? I guess it depends on what the pickupper’s goals are. But I bring this up because that discussion about pickup techniques seemed to assume that women are all looking for nice guys to have solid relationships with – they could be seduced by “the neg” and then get burned. But women can spot pickup techniques that are disrespectful and still respond positively (outwardly). A man who uses “the neg” or some other slimy pickup technique can be taken to be someone whose feelings are not of great importance. So he could be used for free drinks, free tickets, meaningless sex, whatever – and all without guilt because, hey, he’s no better, right? It may not be moral, but it is fair. A man’s pickup techniques can signal exactly where he belongs on the relationship food chain. Has a guy who has used “the neg” and then ends up buying lots of drinks been successful? Depends on if he likes buying women drinks, I guess.
– Sonja, commenter on The Daily Dish
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