Category Archives: community
Stop Dominatrix Shaming
There’s a disturbing trend in critiques of the “BDSM Scene” to blame the dominatrix for ills and inequalities among the real players. Let’s cut right to the heart of why this is bullshit: sex workers live at the mercy of the state … Continue reading
Filed under activism, BDSM theory, community, culture, slut shaming
Bike Messengers And Vice
”Preston De Costa, fifteen year old messenger #3 for Bellevue Messenger Service. I ran across him and took photos while he was carrying notes back and forth between a prostitute in jail and a pimp in the Red Light district. … Continue reading
How Not To Be A Douche In The Dungeon
I wrote this almost a year ago and posted it on Fetlife. Given that Fetlife is a closed system, I am reposting it here with in a slightly updated form. Feel free to syndicate by crediting with a link back … Continue reading
Filed under BDSM theory, community, kink, sexuality
J. Edgar
The reviews about the new biopic about J. Edgar Hoover directed by Clint Eastwood had spoken of individual moments of greatness awash in an underwhelming sea. It was said that Leonard DiCaprio gave a strong performance but the editing had … Continue reading
The Road To Shameless
Maggie’s Note: I’m reposting this amazing event at the Center For Sex and Culture TOMORROW NIGHT, 11-15-11 in San Francisco. If you’re in the area, go check it out and support sexual assault survival storytelling. (This announcement contains references to … Continue reading
Born In Flames: A Film By Lizzie Borden
There’s so much I love about Born In Flames , a film written, directed, and edited by Lizzie Borden. It’s a landmark film about some of the different stripes of feminism and how they might work together to overthrow a … Continue reading
Filed under activism, art, censorship, community, feminisms, Netflix Recs, opinion, politics, queer, sexuality
The Politics Of Protest
I went to my first protest naively and unaware of my privilege. Without having ever seen or faced police brutality, I assumed that the law enforcement response to a bunch of college students camping/occupying the base of my campus in … Continue reading
Upcoming events!
In case you didn’t know, I can tell a pretty dirty story. Make sure you come out to see me with Bawdy Storytelling this Thursday, October 20 for sex FAIL! You don’t want to miss one of these tales of … Continue reading
Filed under community, events, maggie mayhem, publicity, self promotion, theater
Take Back The Night v. Slut Walk
In 1978, the first “Take Back the Night” March in the United States was held as a public demonstration against the connection between sexual violence, trafficking of women, and pornography. Thousands of women marched and chanted through a section of … Continue reading
Community
As an atheist, “mecca” has always been a metaphor for me. I do not believe there is a creator who graces just one place among all else that it has allegedly designed with a supreme intellect. Mecca has never been an … Continue reading
