I'm In The Orlando Weekly Again!

[joreth]

Well, my picture is, anyway.  They did an article on Orlando's Newest Dungeon, The Woodshed, and asked me and my sweetie zen_shooter to pose for the pictures.  So I got to get half-naked and tied up to a giant wheel and whipped in front of a camera!  What Fun! 

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Spiffy! Hope the photographer hooked you up with copies of the shots he took.

It would've been cool if the shot in the article had included a larger woman as well, just to back up the fat acceptance talk, especially if that would be more representative of the clientele.

[joreth]

I was not chosen because of my body type, I was chosen because I was the only female who would do it. I was literally asked 4 hours before the event. The photographer and the owner of the dungeon asked everyone they could think of and I even called a couple of people last-minute when I found out. The average body type of the dungeon (as implied by some of the comments in the article) is *not* my body type, so if anyone had been willing, I'm sure they would have been included.

[may-dryad.livejournal.com]

Oops, that anonymous comment was me. Must've forgotten to log in. Anyway, I know it was all last minute, I was just considering what my reaction would've been if I'd been a more objective observer.

Actually, if I weren't (very marginally) involved in BDSM myself, I'd probably think it was totally anti-feminist. I'm glad the article included Cecil's explanations to the contrary. The way I see it, what's anti-feminist is relationships that take gender roles and the power differential inherent in traditional gender roles for granted. BDSM, as far as I can tell, is pretty much the opposite. Power is explicitly negotiated, and nothing is taking for granted. Which would be an excellent procedure to follow for vanilla relationships as well, I think