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Olly Olly Oxen Free
We come out today because Cleve designed and Gilbert sewed; Alvin danced And RuPaul doesn’t always wear pants. Leslie got the Stone Butch...
Rebecca Blanton
Oct 11, 20171 min read
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Sex and the Resistance
It is Pride month. This year is particularly politically charged. There are fights about adding black and brown stripes to the Pride...
Rebecca Blanton
Jun 26, 20175 min read
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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...
Rebecca Blanton
Jun 15, 20173 min read
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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...
Rebecca Blanton
May 26, 20174 min read
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Stop Hitting Yourself!
In The Princess Bride one character keeps using the term “inconceivable.” Every time he says something is inconceivable the thing...
Rebecca Blanton
Feb 12, 20175 min read
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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...
Rebecca Blanton
Nov 10, 20163 min read
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My First Times
Since America is voting today and will either get the first female president or its first/last dictator supreme, I figured I would post...
Rebecca Blanton
Nov 8, 20162 min read
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Is BDSM Inescapably Racist?
I love the BDSM community. I love kink. It is integral to who I am and how I see the world. I love the aesthetic, the values, and the...
Rebecca Blanton
Oct 11, 20165 min read
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Orlando, June 2016
I am sick about the news from Orlando this morning. I am sick of living in a country that allows churches and mosques and temples to...
Rebecca Blanton
Jun 12, 20162 min read
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Why I Stopped Caring About Gay Pride Events
Its June, which means its Gay Pride Month (or LGBT Pride, or LGBTQAAI Month, or whatever). Most cities, large and small, have some...
Rebecca Blanton
Jun 4, 20165 min read
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30th Anniversary
This year marks 30 years of activism for me. In 1986 I started my first volunteer gig with and HIV/AIDS outreach and support organization...
Rebecca Blanton
Jan 4, 20165 min read
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Mantra
I stand on the shoulders of giants. Men and women and transfolks who came before me, fought the impossible fights, loved with great...
Rebecca Blanton
Aug 28, 20156 min read
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Kink Visibility
I have been asked several times in the past few months about what I think about the growing visibility of kink. With the massive...
Rebecca Blanton
Aug 3, 20158 min read
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Loving Black Men
The timing of this post is prompted by a discussion currently occurring on Fetlife (major social network site for the kink community). A...
Rebecca Blanton
Jul 19, 20155 min read
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Feminism, Bad Feminism, Choice, and Submission
I am a feminist. I am a submissive. This is my choice. There is no conflict between the two for me. However, my submission is not an act...
Rebecca Blanton
May 16, 20157 min read
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