Kitty’s Musings

free play vs. game play: a distilled approach to kink

Kink, I think, is play. What else defines it apart from “vanilla”? After all, kink may not necessarily involve whips, chains, stilettos, or anything the 50 Shades culture associates with kink. Kink, I hope!, is not a means of feeling superior or enlightened. Nor using code words to make others feel disconnected from the conversation. […]

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my life as a “middle,” OR what it means to have “middle tendencies”

I am not a little. I actually rather looked down on the DD/lg dynamic.  I allowed others to encourage me to be dismissive of littles. Littles, brats, ugh.  Just grown (usually) women who couldn’t take care of themselves. But as time went on, not only did I make friends with brats and littles, but I

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some of us need to learn to be a “we,” some of us need to learn to be a “me,” and some of us need to stop worrying about it

Some people need to learn to be a “me.” They’ve never been on their own. Don’t even know what it means to be themselves, apart from a Romantic Other. Suddenly find themselves cast on their own and…have no clue. Utterly adrift, no direction, no purpose. It’s scary. Others need to learn to be a “we.”

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plight of the straight, female, mono submissive, part 3: congratulations, you found your perfect monogamous dom!

Congratulations! Hey, it was tough, but you managed it. You found Him. The perfect dom and monogamous! I mean, how often do you stumble across that? But you caught this one! You found your perfect match. Your one true love (at least for now. S/he is the perfect, monogamous dom(me) who does it for desire–

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Kinky handcuffs on the bed sheets By fergregory

dealing with the “how long have you been in the lifestyle” icebreaker question

After a few minutes of chatting with a new couple at an event, the first inevitable question pops up “Thank you for asking, well, I’ve been coming to munches and such for about ten years, I guess. Feels like forever, honestly. It’s just really comfortable here, and I always meet such nice people.” Person makes

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Heads united by heart By inimalGraphic

relationships that are wants, and the relationships that are needs, the

Tonight, I made dinner for my partner and my oldest munchkin. It’s not much, but it’s tasty and everyone likes it. But it’s not the food that matters. The oldest can find food for herself (though admittedly she’s not very good at it). So can my master. They are not helpless. But, as I said,

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