Adding the K to “LGBTQ+” – NO
There is a new call to add a K for “kink” to the LGBTQ+ acronym. This call for more inclusion has highlighted a couple of issues in both...
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Love letters to a unicorn is a blog about submission, kink, power exchange, and sex from the perspective of a bottom. It provides sex toy reviews and a vetted list of resources as well.
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Rebecca Blanton
Jan 19, 20186 min read
Switching It Up
A couple of months ago I was performing with Bawdy Storytelling and had the great pleasure of hearing Race Bannon tell a story about the...
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Rebecca Blanton
Jan 8, 20186 min read
Consent 201
It’s great that vanilla America is finally discovering the idea of consent. Not our judges or politicians apparently, but a large number...
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Rebecca Blanton
Nov 21, 20177 min read
Power of Apologies
I have been thinking a lot about apologies lately. Nationally, men have been issuing varying forms of apologies for sexually harassing...
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Rebecca Blanton
Aug 2, 20173 min read
The Problem with Passing
I pass as a heterosexual cis-female and I hate that. I have always passed (well, more or less) regardless of what I wear, my hair,...
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Rebecca Blanton
Jul 16, 20175 min read
Get Out of Your Head!
I want to address the apparently growing trend of discovering and practicing kink without connecting to actual humans you are not having...
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Rebecca Blanton
Jul 5, 20174 min read
Pronoun Wars, Part II
The other night I was at a poetry open mic billed as a “safe space” for the LGBTQAII community. As per the norm in such spaces, the host...
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Rebecca Blanton
Jun 15, 20173 min read
Landmines and Pride
Everyone fucks up. It is the result of being human beings. Pride this year has presented one million more ways for us to screw up and...
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Rebecca Blanton
Jun 8, 20172 min read
Bi Pride
It’s Pride month again. This is the second year pride comes when I have a male partner and we are exclusive. This makes pride events...
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Rebecca Blanton
May 26, 20174 min read
Should Kink Assimilate?
Kink, in many forms, is now more popular and more visible than ever. I knew we had gone mainstream when American Dad, Family Guy and...
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Rebecca Blanton
May 8, 20173 min read
Agender – What does that mean?
I find being agender weird. Most days, really about 98 percent of the time, I could care less about my gender. I am a feminist for...
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Rebecca Blanton
Mar 8, 20173 min read
In Praise of “Just a Phase”
We are living in an age where certainty is demanded. Any time someone changes their mind or expresses any level of uncertainty, people...
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Rebecca Blanton
Feb 22, 20173 min read
Liminal Existance
A friend of mine, an immigrant from Eastern Europe, just became an American citizen. Upon receiving her passport, she posted on Facebook...
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Rebecca Blanton
Feb 12, 20175 min read
Stop Hitting Yourself!
In The Princess Bride one character keeps using the term “inconceivable.” Every time he says something is inconceivable the thing...
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Rebecca Blanton
Feb 2, 20173 min read
Kinky Resistance
Let’s talk about the idea of “religious freedom” and why it is absolutely imperative for all of us to be as queer and kinky as possible....
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Rebecca Blanton
Dec 6, 20165 min read
Good Kinky Fun vs. Abuse
If I am really honest about some kink behavior, it looks like abuse out of context. I have seen more than one play scene where the bottom...
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Rebecca Blanton
Nov 19, 20165 min read
Kinky Folks, We Better Work
Hey my kinky peeps! I love you. I do. But, as a community, we have got some work to do. We are not inclusive as we should be. We are...
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Rebecca Blanton
Nov 16, 20165 min read
This Isn’t About JUST Race
We are six days out from the shock of the cheeto’s election. Things are starting to clarify how various social justice groups are going...
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Rebecca Blanton
Nov 10, 20163 min read
Build Community, Not Walls
The recent election of the racist cheeto has many folks in the kink community reeling. We are hurt and horrified by the hate harbored in...
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Rebecca Blanton
Nov 9, 20162 min read
Dear Republicans…
I know you are dancing and drinking and celebrating what you see is your candidate winning. I know you don’t get why most Americans (and...
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