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PASSIONAL<br />
MAGAZINE<br />
FALL 2006<br />
ON THE COVER<br />
<strong>Cover</strong> Photography by Mike Lynch<br />
CONTENTS<br />
Xtreme Halloween..........................4<br />
PASSIONAL Adventures..................25<br />
Natural Highs...................................6<br />
Xtreme Orgasm...............................26<br />
Sound Bites .......................................7<br />
PASSIONAL Family Values................8<br />
Natural Highs.................................10<br />
PASSIONAL Health...........................11<br />
Dirty Laundry.................................12<br />
Xtreme Fashion...............................13<br />
PASSIONAL Art.................................14<br />
Sexual Healing................................27<br />
PASSION 101<br />
Sex Ed Workshops..........................30<br />
Sexy Stuff to Do Calendar ........31<br />
Sexpose .............................................33<br />
Xtreme Costumes ...........................34<br />
Bottom’s Up ......................................36<br />
Kitty wears a black velvet-trimmed red satin brocade<br />
couture corset (sizes 18”-50,” $379.99), a ribbon<br />
backlace Victorian glisnet bustle skirt (available<br />
sizes S-3XL for $229.99), custom vampire fangs ($75<br />
and red vampire theatrical contact lenses ($69.9 or<br />
$99.99 prescription strength). Bejeweled and spiked<br />
handmade leather Grand Victorian Collar (available<br />
with red or white<br />
crystal ornament<br />
$199.99).<br />
Nightlife & Arts Calendar..........15<br />
Starscopes.......................................17<br />
Xtreme Fashion: Boots.................18<br />
Diabolique Ball..............................19<br />
Xtreme Philadelphia......................20<br />
Transformations .........................21<br />
Gay PASSIONAL................................23<br />
PUBLISHER<br />
KALI MORGAN<br />
WRITERS<br />
Cowboi Jen<br />
Robin Alezanders<br />
Martine Picard<br />
Maid Mindy<br />
Eric Hammel<br />
Angela Gardner<br />
Kelli Dunham<br />
Jennifer Hensell<br />
Edie Weinstein-Moser<br />
Veronica Bound<br />
Dr. Jezebel<br />
Mistress Eden<br />
Brian McV<br />
Sarah Hoffman<br />
Ricci Levy<br />
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The Body Politic..............................37<br />
Fetish & Fantasy Parties................38<br />
Xtreme Victorian...........................39<br />
PASSION 101 X-treme Fetish<br />
& Fantasy Classes...........................40<br />
Subscribe!..........................................41<br />
Order form .....................................42<br />
COPY EDITOR<br />
MARVIN PITTMAN<br />
LISTINGS<br />
Kali Morgan<br />
Kitty Buddha<br />
PHOTOGRAPHERS<br />
Mike Lynch<br />
Lip Service<br />
Midnight Seduction<br />
Pedro Polokoff<br />
Drewcifer Markert<br />
Troy Tieuel<br />
Chris K • TYROS<br />
ErosArtist<br />
DESIGN<br />
JOHN SAVIA<br />
PASSIONAL <strong>Magazine</strong> is published quarterly through 2006 by KDM Enterprises, 704 S.<br />
5th St. Philadelphia, PA 19147. Editorial, subscription, and advertising information is<br />
available from editrix@passional.net of by calling 215-849-7444.<br />
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CJ wears<br />
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XTREME HALLOWEEN<br />
SHOCK TREATMENT: Lippy’s Nuclear<br />
and Neon costume offerings say Cyber,<br />
please! Sizes XS-XL Biohazard cincher<br />
$139.99 Naughty Nursie pastie shirt<br />
$59.99<br />
•PASSIONAL MAGAZINE FALL 2006<br />
XTREME HALLOWEEN<br />
CALENDAR<br />
Philadelphia<br />
October 6th-31st<br />
Fright Factory<br />
Interactive haunted house of horrors.<br />
www.frightfactory.tv/index.html<br />
Bucks County<br />
October 7th<br />
Bucks County Anime Convention<br />
www.bucks.edu/%anime/shikkaricon.<br />
html<br />
Philadelphia<br />
October 8th<br />
Sinners, Scandals and Suicides<br />
Visit the grave of the South Philly<br />
gangster who got whacked when<br />
he tried to infiltrate the Schuylkill<br />
county numbers racket, or the Civil<br />
War hero who made his fortune from<br />
white lightening, or the noted artist<br />
who committed suicide during the<br />
Depression… The final resting places<br />
of these troubled souls will be among<br />
many stops on Laurel Hill’s scandalous,<br />
sinful and sordid side. 2:00pm $15 Laurel<br />
Hill Cemetery Gatehouse, located at<br />
3822 Ridge Avenue<br />
www.theundergroundmuseum.org<br />
Philadelphia<br />
October 13th<br />
Freaky Friday Tour<br />
Join us for a family-friendly Halloween<br />
tour of Laurel Hill Cemetery, followed<br />
by a reception in the Cemetery<br />
Gatehouse, offering spiced cider<br />
and treats. This is an East Falls Festival<br />
Event, and is being cosponsored by<br />
the Preservation Alliance of Greater<br />
Philadelphia.<br />
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm $20 non-members<br />
Laurel Hill Cemetery Gatehouse,<br />
located at 3822 Ridge Avenue<br />
Philadelphia<br />
October 18th-23rd<br />
Philadelphia Terror Film Festival<br />
www.terrorfilmfestival.com/<br />
Philadelphia<br />
October 27th<br />
Dining with the Dead Halloween<br />
Candlelight Dinner and Tour Package<br />
at Laurel Hill Cemetery 6:00pm or<br />
7:30pm seating. $50.00 per person;<br />
advance reservations required at Laurel<br />
Hill Cemetery Gatehouse, located at<br />
3822 RidgeAvenue<br />
www.theundergroundmuseum.org<br />
Philadelphia<br />
October 27th & 28th<br />
Evening Halloween Tours<br />
Guides will lead you through dimly lit<br />
pathways as you learn about the history<br />
of the site. Along the way, you’ll meet<br />
some of the most “restless spirits,” as<br />
portrayed by talented local actors.<br />
Hour-long tours will depart every halfhour,<br />
beginning at 7:00pm. The last tour<br />
will depart at 9:30pm. $20 Laurel Hill<br />
Cemetery Gatehouse, located at 3822<br />
Ridge Avenue<br />
www.theundergroundmuseum.org<br />
Philadelphia<br />
October 29th<br />
Afternoon Halloween Tours<br />
Guided, daytime tours from 2:00pm-<br />
3:00pm, and will not include reenactors.<br />
$15 just show up<br />
King of Prussia<br />
October 28th:<br />
Zenkaikon: Anime Convention<br />
www.zentrancon.com<br />
And Beyond HALLOWEEN…<br />
Guided Ghost Tours of Philadelphia<br />
and the surrounding areas<br />
www.ghosttour.com<br />
Horror Film Cult Classics<br />
Check website for listing and showtimes<br />
www.exhumedfilms.com/upcoming.htm<br />
Mutter Museum of Medical Oddities<br />
South 22nd St., 215-563-3737. Open<br />
Mon.-Sat.,10a.m.-4p.m., Sun., noon-<br />
4p.m. Admission is $8 for adults; $4 for<br />
seniors, students and children under 18;<br />
free for children under 6.<br />
www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp<br />
Edgar Allen Poe House<br />
Open Wednesday to Sunday 9 am to<br />
5 pm, Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.<br />
Closed New Years’, Veterans’ Day,<br />
Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. The<br />
Poe house Strongly recommends<br />
reservations for these tours.<br />
www.nps.gov/edal<br />
Eastern State Penitentiary: Terror<br />
Behind the Walls”<br />
Are you brave enough to go beyond<br />
the ½ mile high walls that enclose this<br />
historical prison and see what awaits<br />
you inside?<br />
www.easternstate.org/halloween/<br />
index.html<br />
Shocktoberfest<br />
Celebrating 12 years of terror including<br />
an all new “Biohazard Haunted<br />
Hayride”<br />
www.shocktoberfest.com<br />
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XTREME HALLOWEEN<br />
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Ceres Moon cyber hair and legwarmers $49.99 and up. Near Right:<br />
Stormy’s rubber coated zip corset $369.99 Above/ Near Right: Thrill boots<br />
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FALL 2006 PASSIONAL MAGAZINE•
NATURAL HIGHS<br />
I GO TO EXTREMES<br />
By Cowboi Jen<br />
They call me Cowboi.<br />
and the name fits. I am<br />
your average Philadelphian,<br />
but on the<br />
weekends I put away my<br />
work clothes, put on my<br />
denim and boots, and saddle up my<br />
horse. I am one of the top female<br />
competitors in the country on the<br />
International Gay Rodeo Association<br />
(IGRA) circuit. And to think, 15 years<br />
ago I had never been to a rodeo, let<br />
alone considered competing in one.<br />
In 1992 I saw a poster in a downtown<br />
bar for the first Atlantic Stampede<br />
Rodeo in Maryland. I was<br />
quite intrigued, grabbed one of my<br />
friends, and we were off to D.C. for<br />
the weekend.<br />
I expected a weekend filled with<br />
dancing and cheering on the rodeo<br />
competitors. That expectation<br />
ended when I was grabbed by a<br />
lady on the Friday night before the<br />
rodeo at the host hotel. I will never<br />
forget her arm on me and her yelling<br />
behind her, “I found one!”<br />
I asked her, “You found one<br />
what?” and I was told, “Never you<br />
mind, just come with me.”<br />
Two cowboys from Arizona needed<br />
a female for the Wild Drag Race.<br />
They tried explaining the event to<br />
me: it involves a real female, a real<br />
male and a third competitor dressed<br />
in women’s drag attire. The object<br />
is to get the steer – yes, I said steer<br />
– across the arena, and have the<br />
drag jump and straddle the steer<br />
while the other two competitors get<br />
the drag and steer across the finish<br />
line. Did I mention this is the gay<br />
rodeo circuit???<br />
Well, I signed up with the guys<br />
and became a competitor at my<br />
very first rodeo. We won first place<br />
on both Saturday and Sunday, and<br />
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much to my surprise there was prize<br />
money and a trophy buckle that<br />
went to the winners.<br />
I came back to Philadelphia with<br />
one hell of a story. Two men from<br />
Washington, D.C., called me up and<br />
asked me to compete with them at<br />
a rodeo finals in Arizona. I went and<br />
got hooked. I went to rodeo after<br />
rodeo all across the country, and at<br />
each one I learned a new skill.<br />
The most extreme thing I have<br />
ever experienced isn’t what I did, it is<br />
what I lived. In November 2001 I was<br />
diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease,<br />
stage IVB. The cancer was everywhere,<br />
including my bone marrow.<br />
I fought for a year, and finally the<br />
resolve hit that I needed a stem cell<br />
transplant to survive.<br />
Less then a month before my transplant<br />
I had gone to the doctors for a<br />
round of high-dose chemo to try to<br />
kill as much of the cancer as possible<br />
before my procedure, when the<br />
doctor came out and told me my<br />
counts were too low and the chemo<br />
had to be put off by a week.<br />
I jumped up and down with joy<br />
because the Atlantic Stampede<br />
rodeo was that upcoming weekend<br />
and I knew I would have the strength<br />
to compete. I packed up my bags<br />
and my horse and headed off to the<br />
rodeo.<br />
I entered seven events. I had never<br />
done 7 events healthy, let alone<br />
sick. The rodeo started off with calf<br />
roping, then my blessed chute doggin’.<br />
I remember holding my breath<br />
and using every ounce of strength I<br />
had just to finish the event. I called<br />
for the gate, and with lightning fast<br />
speed I brought the steer to the line<br />
and threw him down. I remember<br />
just lying there with all eyes on me. I<br />
had the strength to throw him down<br />
but couldn’t get back up.<br />
It was event after event over the<br />
weekend with pretty much the same<br />
results. I competed like I was possessed.<br />
The last event on the second<br />
day was the flag race.<br />
I was led to the entrance of the<br />
arena, and I found the last ounce of<br />
energy left in my body. I sat upright<br />
and stormed into the arena and<br />
finished that event. When my horse<br />
and I left the arena, I just collapsed<br />
on his neck. They untied me and<br />
lifted me down from his back. By<br />
completing that event I had won<br />
the All-Around Cowgirl title for the<br />
weekend.<br />
This win lifted my spirits and gave<br />
me the strength I needed to survive<br />
the transplant. I remember holding<br />
on to that all-around trophy buckle<br />
while I was at my sickest in the hospital<br />
and reliving the moments over<br />
and over. I once again found the<br />
strength to survive the extreme.<br />
I have now competed in more<br />
than 70 rodeos across the United<br />
States, and have more trophy buckles<br />
then even I can count.<br />
I recently have brought my love<br />
of the extreme to Philadelphia. I<br />
started up the Liberty Gay Rodeo<br />
Association, and we are planning on<br />
bringing the rodeo to Philadelphia<br />
in May 2008. Check us out at www.<br />
libertygra.org.<br />
My friends think I have a death<br />
wish with everything that I do. They<br />
couldn’t be more wrong. I thrive<br />
on the rush, and have never felt so<br />
alive. I have chosen to live life to he<br />
extreme!<br />
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SOUND BITES<br />
Cruxshadows make Billboard Top Ten!<br />
September<br />
2006 saw goff<br />
idols stick it<br />
to the man!<br />
Major label executives<br />
must have snarfed their<br />
double lattes when<br />
they clicked on the Billboard<br />
Hot 100 Singles<br />
Sales chart and discovered<br />
that the country’s<br />
top selling debut single<br />
this week was from<br />
a goth band on an<br />
independent label in<br />
Philadelphia! “Sophia”,<br />
the brilliant brand<br />
new single from The Cruxshadows, was<br />
America’s top selling debut single on<br />
the Billboard sales charts this week, and<br />
snagged the #7 spot overall on the sales<br />
chart (P. Diddy’s new single made it to<br />
#9 -- better luck next time, Puff!)<br />
http://www.dancingferret.com<br />
Hello Kinky —<br />
hellooo Wet Spots<br />
Most known for their<br />
infamous underground<br />
YouTube.com<br />
music video “Do You Take it in<br />
the Ass?” The Wet Spots (Cass<br />
King and John Wood) are<br />
he true “swingers” of lounge<br />
music—creating naughty,<br />
satirical, queerly comical lyrics<br />
a la Monty Python sweetly set<br />
to melodious music and videos<br />
that suck you in (and out<br />
and in…). The dirty duo from<br />
Canada is due to tour Europe<br />
starting in October- Check out<br />
their album “Hello Kinky” and<br />
look for a tour date near you at<br />
www.wetspotsmusic.com<br />
FULL BLOWN CHAOS personified<br />
Their tour bus that rolled off a cliff (where<br />
the band fortunately escaped injury), a<br />
nearly fatal black widow spider-bit the leg<br />
of singer Ray Mazzola, but NYC hardcore<br />
act, FULL BLOWN CHAOS wrapped up the<br />
summer on the second stage of OZZfest.<br />
They continue their noise for fans on tour with<br />
Soulfly ending on the east coast. Be sure to<br />
check them out! 10/1 Winston-Salem, 10/2<br />
Charlotte, 10/3 Tallahassee, 10/4 St Petersburg,<br />
FL and 10/5 Ft Lauderdale. “Within the<br />
Grasp of Titans,” Check out the FULL BLOWN<br />
CHAOS’ album from Stillborn Records.<br />
Third Hank’s a Charm!<br />
Hank Williams III plays 3 styles of live music,<br />
“country for a hour then the hellbilly<br />
sound and then Assjack … full on Jeckle<br />
and Hyde show.” His forthcoming album,<br />
“Straight to Hell” breaks all the rules of country<br />
music while managing to honor its traditions.<br />
This two-CD celebration of drinking too<br />
much, staying up too late and getting into all<br />
kinds of nefarious mischief will no doubt bring<br />
an exultant yee-haw from those who have<br />
followed his exploits. Be sure to check him<br />
out on his upcoming trek across the states<br />
bringing his brand of hillbilly country, fused<br />
with metal sound, to a city near you including<br />
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, Raleigh,<br />
Jacksonville, St. Petersburg and Atlanta.<br />
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PASSIONAL FAMILY VALUES<br />
BABY LOVES JAZZ<br />
P<br />
HILADELPHIA - October 7th<br />
Entertainment Weekly called<br />
Baby Loves Jazz “the best<br />
children’s CD in years,” Parents<br />
<strong>Magazine</strong> gave it a 5 star review<br />
calling it “the most fun way to<br />
experience music with your kids”.<br />
Now, BABY LOVES JAZZ (http://<br />
babylovesjazz.info) brings an all-star<br />
band featuring Sharon Jones (of the<br />
Dap Kings); John Medeski, Babi Floyd<br />
(Steely Dan) and many more for<br />
musical family fun. Doors: 11:00<br />
am Showtime: 11:30 am. $12.00 for<br />
adults, $9.00 for children 1-12 Free for<br />
children under the age of one! Lunch<br />
Buffet with kid-friendly food available!<br />
($7.00 for kids, $10.00 for grown-ups!)<br />
Conference to focus on<br />
rights, community for<br />
LGBT families<br />
F<br />
amily Pride will host Act OUT: the<br />
National LGBT Family Conference,<br />
in Dallas from Oct. 27-29. The<br />
conference will be a dynamic threeday<br />
event focused on advocacy,<br />
education, and community building for<br />
LGBT-headed families and their allies.<br />
Hundreds of families are expected to<br />
attend from across the country. Space<br />
is limited and time is running out, so<br />
interested families should register at<br />
www.familypride.org.<br />
Same-sex stork couples<br />
raise chicks<br />
Stewart Who, PlanetOut Network<br />
published Friday, May 26, 2006<br />
I<br />
n the latest example of homosexual<br />
activity among animals in captivity,<br />
same-sex stork couples at a zoo in<br />
Overloon, Holland, have delighted zoo<br />
workers by adopting and raising a number<br />
of chicks.<br />
A pair of lesbian storks were given<br />
two eggs to sit on, while a gay male<br />
couple was given one egg to nurture.<br />
Staff were unsure if the gay storks<br />
would have a natural urge to raise<br />
offspring, but were surprised to find the<br />
birds embraced parenthood.<br />
Wild animals usually express<br />
homosexual behavior in mating rituals,<br />
but the storks in Overloon are tenderly<br />
caring for and feeding their adopted<br />
chicks.<br />
Parc Overloon spokeswoman<br />
Esther Jansen said all three chicks had<br />
hatched successfully: “The gay storks<br />
look after the eggs and the chicks just<br />
as well as our heterosexual birds.”<br />
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Yes, there is still sex<br />
(great sex!) after motherhood<br />
By Robyn Alezanders<br />
As any woman who has given<br />
birth can tell you, when that<br />
recommended eight to 12<br />
week waiting period is over<br />
and you resume sexual relations, it’s<br />
awkward.<br />
Never mind the changes to your<br />
breasts (especially if you’re nursing),<br />
waist and hips; your vaginal muscles<br />
have stretched far beyond accommodating<br />
a penis, and your insides still<br />
feel like they’ve been through a roller<br />
coaster.<br />
Gone are flexible and lengthy times<br />
to get sexed up; we now have sleep<br />
deprivation, weight issues, and smell like<br />
milk and baby spit-up. It’s absolutely no<br />
exaggeration to say having the opportunity<br />
to take a shower is an accomplishment.<br />
And if we can make it a bubble<br />
bath, then the house faeries have truly<br />
smiled.<br />
Forget about whether or not you<br />
should keep it hushed, now that there’s<br />
a little one. Forget about whether or not<br />
you can still do it in other parts of the<br />
house. You’ll work out concessions to<br />
your child’s bedroom proximity as he or<br />
she grows. You have to start somewhere,<br />
and that initiating moment is learning to<br />
preserve sexuality and having a newborn.<br />
Truthfully, I was a mess after I had my<br />
daughter. I did get hung up on what I<br />
looked like postpartum, and as much as<br />
I wanted to resume the sexual life I had<br />
before her, it wasn’t easy. While there<br />
are people who have sexual preferences<br />
and desires completely unlike what<br />
their social demeanor and/or appearance<br />
may suggest, I do believe that a<br />
certain degree of one’s innate sexuality<br />
corresponds to their character. I suddenly<br />
stopped being confident not only in<br />
private, but in public. I seemingly shifted<br />
from a very open and direct person to<br />
a frumpy shadow, carrying the title of<br />
motherhood with little else that entailed<br />
womanhood.<br />
Fast forward seven years, and I’ve just<br />
had a son. Four months after his birth,<br />
not only am I resuming sex, but it’s with a<br />
new lover. The self-assurance in my sexuality<br />
that had eventually returned has<br />
propelled me to get through sudden<br />
single parenthood, and live life.<br />
My new boyfriend says he understands<br />
that I’ve been through a lot, and<br />
it’s been quite some time sexually speaking.<br />
Maybe it was his patience in taking<br />
our first night slow, maybe it was his affirmation<br />
that I was indeed sexy. I felt sexy,<br />
and over a year later, still do, and fully<br />
embrace my sexuality unabashedly.<br />
Was I affected by the difference in<br />
my ex-husband’s and my boyfriend’s<br />
attitudes towards what I had become?<br />
Partly; a great deal though came from<br />
my own expectations, and how I didn’t<br />
need to erase enjoying myself with another<br />
from my responsibilities and love as<br />
a parent.<br />
There will be times when anticipated<br />
sexual feasts become quickies. When<br />
oils are needed to combat hormonal<br />
dryness, and different positions are necessary<br />
for comfort. When the yoga pants<br />
and tank top you’re seduced in not only<br />
substitutes for fetish wear, but also happens<br />
to be exactly what you’ve worn all<br />
day. It takes a while to adapt, but does<br />
it lessen the fun?<br />
Only if you allow it to. Tackling the piledup<br />
dishes in the sink? Test out a kitchen<br />
chair? Changing the linens? Never too<br />
late to hang handcuffs or scarves.<br />
Taking baby out for a stroll to the playground?<br />
Wear a skirt, and if baby falls<br />
asleep, take advantage of discreet<br />
hand explorations.<br />
And while you’re on that stroll, stop by<br />
your favorite sex and lingerie shops. Use<br />
the turning phase of motherhood to remind<br />
yourself of everything that defines<br />
you – a particular CD, a crossword puzzle,<br />
a new pair of fishnet stockings …<br />
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TOPPING FROM THE WOMB<br />
By MARTINE PICARD<br />
There is a new master in my life. He<br />
is ego driven and demanding. I<br />
serve his every desire with great<br />
pleasure. Since the day he<br />
came into my life, this little man has<br />
been pushing me to the most blissful<br />
limits. Recently we celebrated his very<br />
first birthday.<br />
It never occurred to me while I would<br />
play and explore my boundaries, that<br />
one-day the things I learned about subspace<br />
and how to enjoy intense physical<br />
sensations might be called upon to<br />
give birth to my son.<br />
We gave birth at home, underwater<br />
and un-anaesthetized.<br />
There was no safe word.<br />
Since I was a tween I have known a<br />
few things. I have known who I am. I<br />
have known unusual desires, which I<br />
wished to embrace. I have known I was<br />
a person who wanted to feel all of life.<br />
As an adult, I explored the corners of<br />
my sexuality and found a personal challenge<br />
there to embrace pain and learn<br />
to fly with it.<br />
When we began our journey to decide<br />
how and where we would give birth, a<br />
few things were key. I wanted<br />
to<br />
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have my child without drugs. I didnt<br />
want him to be born into hospital sterility<br />
and cold confusion. I also hoped to<br />
have the chance to experience intensity<br />
unmatched by any other experience<br />
in life. Those wishes were fulfilled.<br />
What we discovered on our path<br />
eventually lead us towards midwifery<br />
at home. We learned that our choice<br />
to home birth would also give our son<br />
a great developmental advantage, as<br />
he would not be born into anesthesia<br />
sickness. It would also allow my body to<br />
ride the endorphins and do what it was<br />
biologically designed to do.<br />
I realized that I would have a rare opportunity<br />
in my life to feel a gift of truly<br />
uncontrollable intensity. I wanted to experience<br />
it bravely and fully.<br />
We did our homework. Encouraged<br />
by my partner, we found a team of midwives<br />
with both medical training and life<br />
experience. These wise women held<br />
our hands through our pregnancy and<br />
our birth.<br />
When the day came, my partner<br />
held and supported me while I rode the<br />
heightening waves for eight hours.<br />
Time folded into itself like a Jacobs<br />
ladder. I pushed and gutturally<br />
hollered. I dug down deep inside<br />
and called upon the whale song<br />
of the generations of women<br />
who came before me (including<br />
my own mother) who gave<br />
birth without drugs. I squatted<br />
and squeezed out HE, who<br />
had been residing inside me,<br />
in my dark wet womb. I released<br />
him ecstatically into<br />
a warm birthing tub where<br />
he was caught by his fathers<br />
strong waiting hands. We<br />
raised him above the water,<br />
where he softly and<br />
sweetly drew his first magical<br />
breath.<br />
Our hearts, which had<br />
beat as one, softly realized<br />
that we were now two. When our umbilical<br />
was done pulsing, we knew it was<br />
finally time for us to be physically separated.<br />
Our house, already a buzz with friends<br />
and family who came to celebrate our<br />
birth, exploded in joy and shared experience.<br />
I will never forget the passion of the<br />
greatest moment of joy in my life.<br />
I hope our story helps to give some of<br />
you who are considering un-anesthetized<br />
birth the courage and company<br />
to embrace the challenge.<br />
Enjoy your birth, and the unparalleled<br />
flight you will experience along with it But<br />
don’t forget, there will be no safe word.<br />
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NATURAL HIGHS<br />
ROLLER DERBY<br />
The Philadelphia area is home to two separate<br />
roller-derby leagues with several teams of hardhittin’<br />
rowdy gals on wheels.<br />
October 22: Philly Roller Girls League (www.<br />
phillyrollergirls.com)<br />
Liberty Belles All-Star Travel Team vs. Gotham<br />
Girls Roller Derby (NYC)<br />
at Millennium Skate World, in Camden,<br />
NJ. Doors open at 5:30pm. Pre-game<br />
entertainment - http://www.beretta76.com<br />
Beretta 76 - at 6pm. Bout starts at 6:30pm.<br />
October 29: Penn Jersey She-Devils League<br />
(www.shedevilsrollerderby.com)<br />
“Night of the Rolling Dead”<br />
Penn Jersey She-Devils vs. Long Island Roller Rebels All-Star Teams<br />
Cornwell’s Skating Center, 2350 Bristol Pike in Bensalem, PA<br />
There is not much time left to catch an action-packed bout locally, but you can check out some local Xtreme Derby<br />
Chix at the Diabolique Ball (at least the ones that won’t be at the All-Star Travel Game in Vegas that same weekend)<br />
wwwdiaboliqueball.org<br />
TALKING TO THE KIDS…<br />
Discussing the “birds and bees” with kids can be<br />
awkward for all parties concerned.<br />
But PASSIONAL has a few resources to help:<br />
The first book in a series,<br />
The Adventures of<br />
Trixie and Dinkidoo is a<br />
fanciful romp through<br />
one girl’s discovery of<br />
masturbation. Full of<br />
savvy-sweet storytelling<br />
and deceptively innocent<br />
illustrations, it’s a self-love<br />
affair you won’t want to<br />
miss, and neither will the<br />
pre-adolescents in your life<br />
A Kids First Book About Sex<br />
is not nearly as interactive<br />
as the original Playbook<br />
version by sex ed pioneer<br />
Joani Blank. However, it<br />
is filled with information<br />
written in the language<br />
of primary schoolchildren<br />
about sexuality, what it is,<br />
and why. Activities require<br />
additional paper, but the information is accessible, easy<br />
to understand and non-judgmental.<br />
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passional health<br />
Brand<br />
new<br />
pooper:<br />
My first<br />
colon<br />
cleanse<br />
By Ryan goldner<br />
Have you ever had that “not so fresh”<br />
feeling?<br />
Well, I have. I had been feeling bloated,<br />
uncomfortable after eating, and<br />
wasn’t having much luck losing weight. I<br />
had heard about colon cleansing in the<br />
past, but never seriously thought about<br />
trying it until I saw an intriguing show<br />
on Lifetime about it. The documentary<br />
talked about famous people who had<br />
great experiences with colon cleansing,<br />
including Star Jones, Paula Abdul and<br />
Ricki Lake. So I figured if a hose up your<br />
ass was good enough for Star Jones, it<br />
was good enough for me!<br />
I found a holistic health center off of<br />
South Street and made my first appointment.<br />
The fee was $90 for the first session,<br />
but I decided to splurge and have<br />
a day of inner beauty. I was instructed<br />
that the day before the appointment<br />
to have two salads, one with lunch and<br />
one with dinner. In the dinner salad,<br />
I needed to add one tablespoon of<br />
cooked corn; this is invaluable in determining<br />
the transit time of food through<br />
your system.<br />
The technician was very pleasant,<br />
and first gave me a colon cleansing 101<br />
course. She explained how toxic waste<br />
builds up in our colons through poor<br />
nutrition and bowel habits. This waste<br />
impairs the colon’s ability to assimilate<br />
properly the minerals and vitamins we<br />
need. A buildup of material along the<br />
colon wall causes sluggish bowel movements,<br />
constipation and other problems.<br />
She stressed that toxicity affects<br />
our nervous system, making us feel irritable,<br />
depressed and anxious; it affects<br />
our glands, making us tired and lacking<br />
in enthusiasm and drive; headaches, allergies<br />
and skin disorders<br />
occur; we crave sugars<br />
and starches; gassiness<br />
and bloat arise. Toxicity<br />
affects the way we feel<br />
emotionally and physically.<br />
I was then given a<br />
full-length gown and<br />
lay on my left side. After I<br />
was properly lubed, a small<br />
instrument, about 4 inches<br />
long, was gently inserted<br />
into my rectum. The rubber<br />
tubing inside the instrument<br />
began to simultaneously carry<br />
clean water in and waste out<br />
in a mildly pressurized system. It<br />
was a little scary at first because<br />
I kept feeling like I was going to<br />
have an accident on the table and<br />
expel all the water everywhere, but<br />
you come to realize the hose is sucking<br />
everything out.<br />
After a few minutes I laid on my back<br />
while the session continued. Gentle<br />
abdominal massage was performed<br />
periodically by the therapist, who<br />
administered and monitors the entire<br />
procedure. There is a sink under the<br />
table where she monitored what was<br />
coming out of me the whole time. You<br />
have the option to watch along if you<br />
want, which of course I did. Surprisingly<br />
there was no smell what so ever.<br />
After about 30 minutes of being put in<br />
different positions, I felt the water in my<br />
upper stomach. It was explained to<br />
me that some of the things coming out<br />
of my colon may have been there for<br />
many, many months and had never<br />
been passed, and that your colon gets<br />
blocked up with undigested food, even<br />
in the healthiest person.<br />
At the end of the session came the<br />
roughest part. The technician filled<br />
my colon with almost 5 liters of water,<br />
and asked me to hold it in while she<br />
removed the initial instrument. I was told<br />
to go into the bathroom and let the<br />
water loose.<br />
Once I let the water go<br />
(in the toilet), I got very<br />
dizzy and almost fell off<br />
the toilet. But when I stood<br />
up, I instantly felt energized.<br />
My pants fit MUCH<br />
looser, and the paunch in<br />
my belly was gone.<br />
The only confusing part<br />
was when I read a sign in the<br />
bathroom that said “tipping<br />
is encouraged.” Now<br />
come on ... what do you tip<br />
someone who just hosed out<br />
your dirty hole? I decided on<br />
the standard waitress tip of 14<br />
percent.<br />
I later weighed myself, and<br />
I weighed 6 pounds less than<br />
I did that morning. That night I<br />
passed out at 6 p.m. and slept until<br />
9 the next morning. The whole process<br />
exhausted me.<br />
Over the course of the next month, I<br />
felt energized, well rested, less stressed,<br />
and I didn’t feel uncomfortable after<br />
meals. I also had awesome night’s<br />
sleep, and woke energized and refreshed.<br />
All in all it was the best 90 bucks<br />
I ever spent!<br />
I highly recommend giving it a try.<br />
Of course, check with your doctor<br />
first. Whether you want to lose some<br />
weight, gain energy, or just want to get<br />
ready for a big weekend of fisting, your<br />
pooper will feel like it was just rolled off<br />
the showroom floor!<br />
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PASSIONAL FASHION<br />
DIRTY LAUNDRY<br />
Dear Maid Mindy:<br />
Is it safe to iron leather? My favorite leather shirt has<br />
wrinkles in it after a long train ride across country in a<br />
suitcase and now it looks awful.<br />
Bunched up Butch<br />
Dear Butch:<br />
Try hanging your shirt on a coat hanger in the bathroom<br />
while you shower. If the wrinkles don’t steam out by<br />
themselves, gently iron the garment at a warm setting<br />
after layering clean brown paper between the iron<br />
and the leather. Store your leather garment in a wellventilated<br />
area and cover with a cloth to keep it dust<br />
free. Avoid storing your leather garment in plastic.<br />
Leather is porous and it needs to “breathe” especially if<br />
it gets damp. Also, be sure to use a conditioning oil on<br />
your shirt after ironing to make it soft and healthy again.<br />
Mindy<br />
P.S. On irons and<br />
ironing Boards in<br />
action- check out<br />
X-treme ironing,<br />
especially if you<br />
like X-treme sports<br />
and you double<br />
at home as a<br />
domestic lord<br />
or lady. These<br />
guys scuba dive,<br />
mountain climb and<br />
sky-dive while ironing!<br />
www.extremeironing.com<br />
Lexol conditioner is great stuff to have<br />
around whether you are cleaning<br />
furniture, clothing, or your favorite<br />
kinky accessories! A bottle of this<br />
magic potion can save you a heap<br />
of aggravation, and make sure that<br />
your skins are as shiny and sexy as<br />
possible! Available as a 200ML cream<br />
that you rub on (9.99), or a 16 oz<br />
spray (19.99) Order it now on www.<br />
passionalboutique.com or on the order<br />
form, p. 40<br />
Shown left: Bridal skirt with detachable bustle and beaded<br />
zip corset ensemble ($1399.99 sized to order shown size 10).<br />
Men’s leather tuxedo tail jacket (sizes 38-54, $499.99). Locking<br />
titanium commitment bracelet $379.99 (sized to order in<br />
cm).Men’s wetlook jock (one size fits many $19.99). Sassy<br />
satin honeymoon corset and skirt set (available sizes 18-42”<br />
waistline in or black satin $469.99). Hand-crafted luxurious<br />
leather long-stem or boutonniere roses (available in red,<br />
white or pride colors $19.99)<br />
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PASSIONAL FASHION<br />
XTReME CORSETS<br />
Delicious Corsets makes some of the strongest,<br />
most durable corsets on the market today for all<br />
occasions from bridal to extreme bondage and<br />
body modification. As a co-sponsor of the Diabolique<br />
Ball, we asked the head designer of Delicious Corsets, Amy<br />
McConnell, about the deep end of their corset creations.<br />
PM: What is the sexiest thing about<br />
body bondage and waist training?<br />
AM: The empowerment the corset<br />
gives, the smooth hourglass shape,<br />
the tightness of the corset wrapped<br />
around the body, the contrast<br />
between waist and hip, the way<br />
your hips move when you walk<br />
corseted...<br />
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PM: How do your corsets help body<br />
modification aficionados achieve<br />
the most dramatic cinch ?<br />
AM: They are very durable and<br />
reinforced. We do all custom work<br />
so we can start with a perfectly fit<br />
corset then base your next pattern<br />
from your last pattern. In that way<br />
we only reduce the waist size for<br />
optimum waist<br />
reduction without<br />
reducing<br />
the hips and ribs<br />
unnecessarily.<br />
PM: What designs<br />
have you<br />
created for the<br />
extreme corset<br />
aficionado?<br />
Do you have<br />
pictures?<br />
AM: We created<br />
a locking corset<br />
with no front<br />
opening and<br />
the back lacing<br />
was covered<br />
with a panel<br />
that locked into<br />
place with 8<br />
padlocks.<br />
PM: What<br />
collection will<br />
you unveil at<br />
this year’s Diabolique<br />
Charity<br />
Extravaganza?<br />
AM: This year<br />
we are making<br />
“men’s wear inspired” corsets<br />
for women. We have new corsets<br />
based on a Tux, a man’s vest, cummerbund,<br />
and more.<br />
PM: Advice for those looking to try<br />
extreme corset training? Resources?<br />
Recommendations?<br />
AM: Start slow. Begin with a comfortable<br />
waist cincher with room to<br />
tighten. Wear the corset as many<br />
hours daily as you can. Try working,<br />
eating, and sleeping in it. When<br />
you feel comfortable wearing the<br />
corset regularly, start tightening it,<br />
slowly. Wear a light t-shirt or corset<br />
tube underneath, and it is a good<br />
idea to have more than one corset<br />
to train in, you wouldn’t wear the<br />
same underwear everyday. Go<br />
online and find others who train<br />
and ask questions. There is so much<br />
information on the internet and it is<br />
always changing.<br />
PM: What is the most extreme thing<br />
anyone you know has done in a<br />
Delicious Corset?<br />
AM: Gone to church.<br />
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PASSIONAL ART<br />
Marilyn Michelle Reyes<br />
La Femenina Exhibit Oct 8-29th, Opening reception Oct 8 7-9PM. With<br />
a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design from The American Academy<br />
of Art in Chicago, MReyes was ready for a career in freelance design &<br />
illustration after 3 years in the field. She’s exhibited her graphic illustrations at<br />
Feitiço Gallery(Chicago), Mars Gallery(Chicago), China Club - NYC(Arena<br />
Productions), group exhibits at Arena Studios(NYC), “Soul of A Woman”-an<br />
all Woman art exhibit at the South Shore Cultural Art Center(Chicago-2005)<br />
M.Reyes continues her career in the arts and lives in Chicago.<br />
http://www.myspace.com/marilynchicago<br />
Frank M. Wermuth<br />
Paintscapes Exhibit November 1-30, Opening Reception Friday, November<br />
10 7-9PM. Born and raised in a Northeast Kensington neighborhood of<br />
Philadelphia Frank was fourth of nine children in a blue collar, very Catholic<br />
family. As an artistic, gay kid, growing up in an atmosphere of sports, sports<br />
and more sports, he chose to adapt rather than bleed and stands by his<br />
decision. Attended Hussian School of Art, a local commercial art college,<br />
for four years. Worked in the field, out of necessity, for two years freelancing.<br />
“I have and always will paint. It is part of my mental and physical makeup.<br />
Judge it, my work, and you judge part of me. I like a good heated discussion.”<br />
Geoffery Dizon<br />
Sexpressions Exhibits December 1- January 31, Artist’s Receptions December<br />
8, January 12. Geoffrey’s uncontainable creativity cannot be confined to one<br />
medium; he ranges from detailed sketches, vivid paintings to ground breaking<br />
fashion designs. As alum of CAPA and Pratt, he has a technical depth that<br />
allows his work to transcend mere skill to breathtaking expression. All of his<br />
artwork exudes a sensual eroticism that comes from the core of his personality;<br />
look forward to seeing that raw graphic sexuality this December and January.<br />
Aphrodite Gallery www.aphroditegallery.us<br />
Aphrodite Gallery is located at PASSIONAL 704 S. 5th St. in Philadelphia<br />
Gallery hours are 2pm-6pm Sundays. Artist’s Receptions every 2nd Friday<br />
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ARTS & NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR<br />
philadelphia NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR<br />
Sundays<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
Aphrodite Erotic Art Gallery (see opposite)<br />
exhibitions 2-6PM<br />
www.aphroditegallery.us<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
Fast Cheap & Outta Control rockin’<br />
dance party at Fluid Nightclub at 613 S.<br />
4th St.<br />
www.fastcheapparty.com<br />
Saturdays<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
First Saturdays<br />
Peek-A-Boo Revue neo-burlesque<br />
variety show including comedy, song,<br />
choreographed dance, more at the Five<br />
Spot, 5 S. Bank St. (see ad)<br />
www.peekaboorevue.com<br />
PEEK-A-BOO REVUE<br />
Saturday, December 16th<br />
2006 Running of the Santas<br />
- Biggest Pub Crawl in<br />
Philadelphia . Run starts at 6PM<br />
sharp on 3rd and Market. Final<br />
Destination will be McFadden’s<br />
Restaurant & Saloon.<br />
www.runningofthesantas.com<br />
Mondays<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
Oyoyoy with A.D. Amorosi weekly at Bar<br />
Noir, 251 S. 18th St<br />
Wednesdays<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
6:45-7:45 Striptease Workout at SWEAT<br />
Manayunk $10<br />
www.sweatfitness.com<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
Nocturne goth/industrial dance night at<br />
Shampoo Nightclub<br />
www.dancingferret.com<br />
Thursdays<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
Striptease Workout at SWEAT Queen<br />
Village 6:30-7:30 $10<br />
www.sweatfitness.com<br />
Fridays<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
5-8pm Wine & Cheese Series at the<br />
Westin Philadelphia’s Lobby Lounge, 99<br />
South 17th Street. Decadent cheese from<br />
around the world paired with exceptional<br />
wines of the region $18.95 per person<br />
215.563.1600.<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
Third Fridays<br />
Sex Dwarf at Fluid Nightclub 613 S. 4th St.<br />
myspace.com/phillysexdwarf<br />
sex dwarf<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
SHADOWLAND at Ulana’s<br />
2nd & Bainbridge 9-2 21+ $5<br />
www.angelfire.com/goth2/darkeuphoria/<br />
shadowland.html<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
First Saturdays 10-3:30<br />
VESAGO at Transit<br />
600 Spring Garden<br />
vesago<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
October 31st<br />
Henri David Halloween Ball at the Double<br />
Tree Hotel. For Tix call<br />
215-732-7711<br />
Dress to Run: The maribou<br />
trimmed/ sexy Ms Santa<br />
/dress and hat set is just<br />
$79.99 in sizes S-XXL while<br />
supplies last. Rudolph’s<br />
locking leather corset will<br />
make your pet stand out in<br />
a crowd for a more pricey<br />
$499.99 in size S-XXXL (shown<br />
with $39.99 men’s fishnet<br />
shirt). All are available (for<br />
now) from PASSIONAL<br />
Boutique in Philadelphia.<br />
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PASSION101<br />
Fantasy Workshops<br />
Classes in Fashion, Flirtation, Fantasy, Health at our Location or Yours<br />
You may have attended workshops led by our local or world-famous presenters in Philadelphia, but<br />
did you know that YOU can hire our local (and some of our visiting) presenters to teach a class or<br />
provide tutoring for couples at your location? The next time your student organization, educational<br />
institution, church group, club, munch, or bridal shower wants an educational entertainment that<br />
will make an impression, you can HIRE OUR PRESENTERS to provide interactive, adult education in<br />
topics ranging from orgasms to exotic dance, corsets, burlesque, BDSM, role-play and more.<br />
MEET SOME OF OUR PRESENTERS<br />
Sarah is a service provider both professionally and personally with talents and<br />
connections that take her up and down the East coast presenting at events like<br />
Black Rose (see inside back cover). She runs the local Snack N’ Learn social group<br />
and teaches a variety of skills from Spa Services to domestic skills, to hardcore d/s<br />
psychology. She also currently writes the monthly “Bottoms Up” relationship advice<br />
column for PASSIONAL <strong>Magazine</strong> (see p. 36)<br />
Veronica Bound is a nationally renowned dominatrix and presenter of workshops on<br />
many topics from erotic bathing to fetish, all levels of rope bondage, medical play and<br />
sexual techniques. Her classes receive rave reviews from coast to coast, and she will<br />
travel a distance if you are willing to cover transport and lodging.<br />
Vasha is a young, full figured bellydancer and clothing designer who teaches many<br />
styles of bellydance for varying genders ages and abilities.<br />
Kali Morgan is the Proprietrix of PASSIONAL and has a background in tutoring and<br />
education. Her current full roster includes some great offerings especially for couples<br />
seeking to enhance intimacy and sexual enjoyment through fantasy exploration and<br />
playful sexual technique. Also available for road trips, especially to official PASSIONALsponsored<br />
See www.FantasyWorkshops.com to meet our other presenters from<br />
around the world, some of whom can be hired for special appearances<br />
when on tour here in Philadelphia!<br />
SEX EDUCATION & MORE from PASSIONAL<br />
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STARSCOPES<br />
ASTROLOGY By Dr. Andromedus as channelled by Eric Hamell<br />
A 1975 statement, titled “Objections to Astrology” and signed by one hundred ninety-two<br />
leading scientists including nineteen Nobel laureates, declared astrologers “charlatans.” Dr.<br />
Andromedus, based on the wisdom of his ten thousand years as a disembodied spirit, has<br />
declared this statement “bosh.”<br />
Aries, the ram<br />
(March 21 to April 19)<br />
In an offer you can’t resist, the local<br />
football team will invite you to became a<br />
mascot “with benefits” if you agree to reside<br />
full-time in the club house.<br />
Taurus, the bull<br />
(April 20 to May 20)<br />
The flashing light on a police car<br />
will give you a seizure, impelling you to butt it<br />
with your head. The department will sue you<br />
for totaling the car.<br />
Gemini, the twins<br />
(May 21 to June 21)<br />
You will learn in a dream that<br />
you’ve been bestowed with super powers,<br />
at the expense of losing consciousness for<br />
half of every day. But you’ll be frustrated<br />
to find that the super villain you were<br />
recruited to fight has gotten away with<br />
another crime just as you awake each<br />
morning.<br />
Cancer, the crab<br />
(June 22 to July 22)<br />
When your surgeon informs you<br />
that she found an implant in your head and<br />
removed it, you will sue her for the loss of<br />
your psychic powers.<br />
Leo, the lion<br />
(July 23 to August 22)<br />
Your attempt to help your starving<br />
roommate with tips on where you’ve seen<br />
roadkill will backfire when you realize the<br />
health department is spying on you from<br />
across the street.<br />
Virgo, the virgin<br />
(August 23 to September 22)<br />
Although you’re a year older and<br />
wiser now, most people will be slow to recognize<br />
your blossoming genius. It’s already<br />
common knowledge, however, among<br />
alpacas.<br />
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Libra, the scales<br />
(September 23 to October 22)<br />
You’ll worry that you can’t march in<br />
the fall parade this year because of your arthritis.<br />
You’ll compromise by drifting a couple<br />
millimeters above the ground, while limiting<br />
your speed to match that of the marchers.<br />
Scorpio, the scorpion<br />
(October 23 to November 21)<br />
As you knew would happen eventually,<br />
they’ll come to execute you at work. But you’ll<br />
delay it half an hour by taking your lunch break.<br />
Sagittarius, the archer<br />
(November 22 to December 21)<br />
It will be frustrating to find that<br />
turning the key in your car opens the hood<br />
of the car parked in front of it instead of your<br />
own driver’s-side door. You will rue the day<br />
you started believing in magic.<br />
Capricorn, the goat<br />
(December 22 to January 19)<br />
You’ll try to ignore the alien flopping<br />
around on the roof, but things will go<br />
too far when it comes into your bedroom.<br />
You’ll finally be able to sleep after finding a<br />
way to scare it outside again, this time shutting<br />
the window after it.<br />
Aquarius, the water-bearer<br />
(January 20 to February 18)<br />
You’ll be excited and proud at the<br />
surprise unveiling of your company’s new twentyfirst-century<br />
generator, a basement-heater-sized<br />
unit that will power the whole building. It’ll be a<br />
little unnerving to learn you’re standing next to a<br />
thermonuclear reactor, but its sky-blue color will<br />
be awesome.<br />
Pisces, the fishes<br />
(February 19 to March 20)<br />
It’ll be really neat to find they’re<br />
playing movies on the night sky. You’ll be disappointed<br />
to learn that this was for one night only<br />
while the star projector was being repaired.<br />
ASTROGIFTS<br />
LIBRA -You and your Libra lover can get<br />
as sloppy as you both want and not worry<br />
about cleanup with the Fascinator Shag<br />
Throw – a specially<br />
lined to love<br />
blanket designed<br />
to slurp up your<br />
love juices, lotions<br />
and leftovers. One<br />
side is plush faux<br />
fur, the other is<br />
silky satin. Fancy<br />
a shag? Machine<br />
washable. (5 X 6<br />
ft.) and nonallergenic.<br />
$89.99<br />
SCORPIO - Get your Scorpio lover Chanta’s<br />
full color textbook<br />
Bondage for Sex<br />
(31.95) combines<br />
nicely with The<br />
Curiosity Kit- a<br />
collection of two<br />
15-foot plus one<br />
30-foot length of<br />
treated hemp<br />
rope with whipped<br />
ends (so it won’t<br />
unravel) and a pair<br />
of safety shears to<br />
use for emergency<br />
escape if practice<br />
doesn’t make<br />
perfect for $59.99<br />
SAGITTARIUS - The Cone is the perfect<br />
hands-free arrowhead for archers of all<br />
genders to sit on or lean on. A less expensive<br />
alternative to the infamous Sybian. The Cone<br />
looks nothing like a sex toy, but get’s the job<br />
done! C batteries, included with purchase.<br />
$119.99<br />
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PHOTOS BY JOSH W<br />
XTREME<br />
BOOTS<br />
Tis the season for boots. Kinky boots are the order<br />
of the day for special occasions like Diabolique<br />
Xtreme (see opposite) and Halloween. Above,<br />
Kitty Kicks the knee high TORMENT boot (sizes 6-12<br />
$) 89.99 and Mistress Saeri (above right) sports<br />
thigh high patent vinyl boots with a 6” wedge<br />
heel, and Celeste (right) hugs Daria’s comfy<br />
Thigh-High Thrill boot (see X-treme Halloween)<br />
and puts her Ballet shoes ($89.99 sizes 6-14). in the<br />
air. Vinyl Matrix trench (above right) sizes S-XXL<br />
$299.99 Kiss my ass booty shorts (sizes S-XL) $19.99<br />
Lil Mynx portable professional stripper pole $299.99<br />
available in white, red, black or pink<br />
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TENTH ANNUAL<br />
DIABOLIQUE BALL<br />
X-TREME<br />
NOVEMBER 18, 2006<br />
PHILADELPHIA, November 18,<br />
2006 Xtreme Fashionistas,<br />
Fetishists, Pin-ups, Bound<br />
Beauties, Human Ponies<br />
and other Fantasy Fanatics are<br />
cumming to Philadelphia this<br />
November 18 to Be Bad for a<br />
Good Cause at the tenth annual<br />
Diabolique Fantasy Masquerade<br />
Ball.<br />
Diabolique is not your mothers<br />
charity ball--- there may be<br />
tuxedos and gowns in the mix, but<br />
the royal carpets are human, the<br />
punch is as spiked as a bulldog’s<br />
collar, and the masks are often<br />
made of black leather! Each<br />
year, the Ball attracts hundreds of<br />
patrons from around the world and<br />
well-heeled locals with outrageous<br />
costumes, creative interests, and<br />
few inhibitions.<br />
It’s hard to believe that it’s been<br />
10 years for the Philadelphia’s<br />
most unusual charity fundraiser, the<br />
Diabolique Fantasy Masquerade<br />
Ball, which returns to Shampoo<br />
Nightclub this year. But the time<br />
has come for Diabolique X, or<br />
X-treme that is, since the theme<br />
of this year’s Ball is going back to<br />
its fetishistic roots to bring fashion,<br />
fantasy and sexuality together for<br />
an unforgettable evening of being<br />
“Bad for a Good Cause”<br />
Creators Kali Morgan of PASSIONAL<br />
(formerly Fetishes Boutique) and<br />
Psydde Delicious of Delicious<br />
Corsets have teamed up with<br />
local diva Domina Barbi and a<br />
host local community activists to<br />
bring the sweetest, spiciest mix of<br />
interactive exotic entertainment<br />
to Philadelphia. Singles can arrive<br />
early to buy a playdate during the<br />
star-studded Dominatrix Auction<br />
that kicks off the open-bar VIP<br />
reception (and raises funds for<br />
Woodhull Freedom Foundation).<br />
Also on the VIP agenda are<br />
exclusive performances and a<br />
special awards ceremony.<br />
The Ball opens to the costumed<br />
public at 9PM where Johanna<br />
Constantine, Mike Saga and Stone<br />
will kick three separate dancefloors<br />
into gear with visual projections<br />
by SmACK! Extreme sports will<br />
be represented from local Roller<br />
Derby gals with their wheel fetish<br />
on in the X-tremely sexy white<br />
room. On mainstage and you can<br />
expect only the most extreme<br />
action from visiting performers like<br />
The Baroness (NYC) and other<br />
national celebrities of ill repute<br />
from Suicide Girls to slutty drags<br />
including fashions by Delicious and<br />
PASSIONAL.<br />
Costumes are mandatory, guests<br />
must be 21+<br />
TIME & DATE:<br />
Diabolique Xtreme Fantasy<br />
Masquerade Ball: Saturday<br />
November 18, 9PM-2AM<br />
Diabolique Xtreme VIP Reception<br />
and Dominatrix Auction, 7PM-9PM<br />
TICKETS:<br />
Ball Tickets cost $35 thru October<br />
31, $45 thru November 15 or $60 at<br />
the door and are available online<br />
from www.phillyfetishball.com or in<br />
person from PASSIONAL (see p. 12,<br />
22) or Delicious Boutique (see p. 13)<br />
in Philadelphia.<br />
DRESS:<br />
Fantasy costume, lingerie, spandex,<br />
leather, latex or drag is REQUIRED<br />
for entry. Formalwear is also<br />
acceptable (tuxedoes, not business<br />
suits). Absolutely no Jeans, Denim,<br />
T-shirts, sneakers!<br />
BE BAD FOR A GOOD CAUSE.<br />
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Philadelphia has shut down five private<br />
adult clubs in as many years, forcing<br />
local and visiting pervs into the<br />
underground, apparently in order to maintain a<br />
clean “traditional” image our city. However,<br />
tradition clearly paints a less-than-puritan<br />
picture of our “founding fathers”, most<br />
especially one Mr Benjamin Franklin<br />
(whose 300th birthday was celebrated all<br />
year long).<br />
Like many moderns, Franklin lived<br />
with a disease that was likely contracted<br />
via sex. He admitted to extra marital<br />
affairs and took responsibility for<br />
children borne of them.<br />
Nor was Mr. Franklin a stranger<br />
to sex clubs, although he did not<br />
publicly condone or condemn the<br />
existence of such places. It was<br />
widely reported that Franklin<br />
visited the Hellfire Club in<br />
London to drum up support<br />
for the American Revolution.<br />
London Hellfire was<br />
basically a swing-club famed<br />
for raucous parties where<br />
dilettantes wearing only<br />
masks would meet for anonymous<br />
group sex. While he was there,<br />
Ben was alleged to have read aloud his essay,<br />
“On Farting,” and also to have introduced his<br />
grandson, William, as “the illegitimate son of<br />
my illegitimate son.”<br />
Obviously, Benjamin Franklin proved that<br />
a person’s sexual proclivities do not inhibit<br />
one’s ability to make achievements in science,<br />
politics, education, or life.<br />
Were Ben alive today, would he<br />
have sanctioned the closures of<br />
Philly’s sex clubs? Would he<br />
support current laws in five<br />
states that currently outlaw<br />
the sale of vibrators and sexual<br />
enhancement devices? Or<br />
others that restrict women’s<br />
access to birth control and<br />
vital health services in many<br />
of our United States? Or many<br />
that criminalize consensual sexual activities<br />
between adults?<br />
Ben Franklin may have taken the, “Don’t<br />
ask, Don’t tell” position on these matters<br />
when he was helping to shape this country in<br />
the 18th century, but were he reincarnated into<br />
our current world, he would surely demand a<br />
literal interpretation of the First Amendment.<br />
And were he to visit a club, he might even<br />
jump into the mix of Real Sex television to<br />
perform a nude recitation of the Bill of Rights<br />
– he was reportedly fond of the “air bath”.<br />
In Philadelphia and throughout the United<br />
States, we might benefit from a modern version<br />
of Ben Franklin-- a leader (or at least not<br />
a follower) to emphasize the value of science,<br />
common sense, health, education and human<br />
freedom over feigned outrage at the prospect<br />
of being subjected to “indecent” non-exposure,<br />
or on rewriting the “traditions” of history.<br />
One admonishment often quoted by Franklin<br />
was that “Those who would give up their<br />
essential liberties in exchange for a little security<br />
deserve neither liberty nor security.”<br />
BRING ON THE BENJAMINS. Get a VIP ticket to<br />
the Diabolique Ball, and bring a few Benjamins<br />
for the Dominatrix Auction to benefit the Woodhull<br />
Freedom Foundation. You can get live playtime at<br />
the Ball with your favorite professional entertainer,<br />
and the money goes to help WFF assure that you<br />
can enjoy such simple pleasures in the future! See<br />
www.diaboliqueball.org<br />
Burton’s fully functional swivel Ben and Bell floggers $399.99 ea<br />
TORMENT<br />
T<br />
he DaVinci Code<br />
taught the public<br />
about some<br />
practices of certain<br />
Catholic devotees,<br />
Philly is the longtime<br />
home to a public<br />
display of barbed wire<br />
implements used by our<br />
own patron saint, John<br />
Neuman. Obviously<br />
the church believes<br />
that (at least in some<br />
cases) intense sensation<br />
(via mortification of the<br />
flesh) can bring one to a<br />
higher level of awareness,<br />
without disqualifying<br />
saintlike behavior outside<br />
such (seemingly barbaric) rituals.<br />
Also apparent, an endorsement of<br />
the magical qualities of clothing and<br />
relics that have made contact with<br />
a beloved or holy person (jewelry<br />
encasing flecks of fabric worn by the<br />
saint are for sale in the gift shop). The<br />
exhibit is free, although guests are<br />
welcome (last I checked) to drop<br />
money into the candle display at the<br />
back of the sanctuary to light candles<br />
for prayers and to honor the passed.<br />
Shrine of St. John Neumann at St.<br />
Peters Church, 5th Street and Girard<br />
Avenue. www.stjohnneumann.org<br />
ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY<br />
H<br />
uman exploitation and abuse<br />
scarred Philadelphia’s history<br />
with slave trading occurring<br />
on what is now know as Washington<br />
Square (a fact often omitted by<br />
embarrassed tour guides) . But on<br />
a hopeful note, a strong Quaker<br />
influence made Philadelphia a refuge<br />
for people escaping slavery via the<br />
underground railroad. Pine Street in<br />
Philadelphia houses a museum with<br />
9 galleries filled with thousands of<br />
historical artifacts and displays related<br />
to the Civil War and the Underground<br />
Railroad. Whether you are interested<br />
in historical (Victorian-era) Civil War<br />
effects, or in seeing and understanding<br />
the depths violence and hope,<br />
Philadelphia was home to plenty of<br />
light and dark moments in history,<br />
and you can visit the sites of these<br />
moments. Washington Square Park, 7th<br />
Street at Walnut, Philadelphia Civil War<br />
and Underground Railroad Museum,<br />
1805 Pine Street. www.cwurmuseum.<br />
org<br />
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TRANSFORMATIONS<br />
XTREME DRAG<br />
Halloween: The hallowed day of extreme crossdressing<br />
By Angela Gardner<br />
Halloween! It’s the official holy<br />
day of obligation for crossdressers.<br />
And, it’s the one time of year<br />
that you’re likely to see extreme crossdressing<br />
on the streets of Philadelphia.<br />
(Other than some of the mummers at<br />
New Year’s.)<br />
Just what is extreme crossdressing? For<br />
the majority of the world any crossdressing<br />
is extreme. For most guys, the idea of<br />
wearing women’s clothes – and trying<br />
to look good in them – is about as appealing<br />
as taking a barefoot walk over<br />
broken glass. They get so embarrassed if<br />
someone suggests it. It’s as if it were some<br />
kind of affront to their manliness. But I ask<br />
you, what takes more balls than being a<br />
guy wearing a miniskirt and high heels at<br />
the company office party? Crossdressing<br />
takes courage.<br />
But back to the idea of extreme crossdressing.<br />
Like I said, to some the act of<br />
dressing like the Church Lady and going<br />
out of the house for a rapid, nerve-wracking<br />
walk around the block seems like an<br />
extreme idea. To others extreme means<br />
transforming themselves into a 7-foot-tall<br />
drag version of Elvira and going to the<br />
Libertine Ball. It’s all relative.<br />
For purposes of this article we’ll just<br />
assume that men wearing women’s<br />
clothing for fun is a given, and that those<br />
who are trying to dress and blend in with<br />
other females out in public are the opposite<br />
of extreme. We will define extreme<br />
as shocking, outrageous – and above all,<br />
attention-getting. In that context, even<br />
the guy wearing a women’s business<br />
suit at his company office party would<br />
qualify, since he would definitely attract<br />
attention. (And possibly a promotion if he<br />
has great legs.)<br />
So why not go all the way? Go to<br />
the office party as RuPaul. People are<br />
already going to talk (you know how<br />
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they are), so why not do it up right? How<br />
about showing up costumed as a 7-foottall,<br />
female angel of death, covered<br />
in black latex and wearing 6-inch fake<br />
nails? That’s extreme enough to take their<br />
attention away from why you dressed like<br />
a female angel of death.<br />
Drag queens have long known the joy<br />
of dressing over the top. In the early days<br />
of drag shows, when performers were all<br />
doing impressions of female stars, most<br />
worked at evoking a feeling of that star in<br />
their act. To do that they would emphasize<br />
the most prominent features of the<br />
lady they were impersonating. This led to<br />
an amplification of the star’s persona that<br />
was larger than life.<br />
Sometime around the 1980s female<br />
impersonation became less about being<br />
a particular star and more about being<br />
a femme figure who was larger than life.<br />
Performers lucky enough to resemble<br />
Madonna, Marilyn or Liza could still do<br />
those characters but those who only<br />
resembled themselves got to climb on<br />
stage and awe the crowd with outrageous<br />
costumes and chutzpah. Feather<br />
boas got bigger, high heeled shoes got<br />
higher, and the cry, “More glitter!” rang<br />
out across the land.<br />
Thanks to the ground-breaking work<br />
done by queens like Lady Bunny, RuPaul<br />
and countless others, if you decide to<br />
honor the Halloween holy day of obligation<br />
by doing drag, you have a vast<br />
range of feminine characters to portray.<br />
You can go for classic glamour and be<br />
a 40s movie star, reach into fantasy and<br />
be a sweet little fairy or a sexy vampire, or<br />
do your impression of RuPaul – or Condoleezza<br />
Rice (now that is extreme).<br />
Whatever you decide, remember to<br />
take it to the extreme – be the best drag<br />
at the party. Make it a real costume.<br />
Get everything just right. Don’t be afraid<br />
to get a professional to assist you with<br />
makeup application or costume making.<br />
It’s not extreme to spend time and<br />
money on the details of your outfit, it’s<br />
just prudent. But if anyone asks why you<br />
chose a drag costume, go ahead, be<br />
a little extreme and tell them you chose<br />
drag because you love it. See you on<br />
Halloween!<br />
Angela Gardner is the editor of LadyLike<br />
magazine and producer of Angela’s Laptop<br />
Lounge, Philly area parties for TGs and the<br />
people who love them. For more, visit www.<br />
tgatl2.tv.<br />
FORCED WOMANHOOD<br />
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just panties and<br />
frocks... In Forced<br />
Womanhood<br />
magazine, it’s<br />
about Chastity,<br />
fetish, and plenty<br />
of bondage.<br />
Just $12-25<br />
gets you full<br />
color pictorials<br />
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sissy delight with<br />
each release ( every few<br />
months). This is not the textbook for<br />
transgender support groups, but<br />
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GAY PASSIONAL<br />
Gay Nightlife & Arts Calendar<br />
SUNDAYS<br />
Spring City, PA<br />
First Sundays<br />
LGRA Trail Ride, Liberty<br />
Gay Rodeo Association,<br />
www.libertygra.org<br />
FRIDAYS<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
Shaft Fridays Dance<br />
Party@ Shampoo<br />
www.shampooonline.<br />
com/shaft5.html<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
First Fridays<br />
WET: Women<br />
Entertaining<br />
Themselves@ The Bike<br />
Stop<br />
www.thebikestop.com<br />
SATURDAYS<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
First Saturdays<br />
PURE, girls dance party<br />
www.ladies2000.com<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
Second Saturdays<br />
Pousse Café: Amateur<br />
Dyke Go-go contest<br />
(see p 24)<br />
215-849-7444<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
Third Saturdays<br />
PHILADELPHIA GirL at<br />
Sals on 12th<br />
www.phillygirlparty.<br />
com<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
October 6th<br />
Indigo Ball 2006, Open<br />
Bar, Dancing, Silent<br />
Auction<br />
www.waygay.org/<br />
events/indigo06.asp<br />
ANAHEIM, CA<br />
October 6th-8th<br />
Unofficial Gay Days in<br />
Disneyland!<br />
www.gayday2.com/<br />
html/home.html<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
October 7th<br />
RESERVED dance<br />
extravaganza at<br />
the Mask and Wig<br />
Club,310- S. Quince<br />
8PM-1AM www.<br />
nightlifegay.com<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
October 7th & 14th<br />
BIG! GAY! SHOW! Gay<br />
vaudeville@ Society Hill<br />
Playhouse<br />
215-923-0210<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
October 14th<br />
LGRA Fall Festival and<br />
Dance: featuring line<br />
dance lessons plus<br />
entertainment<br />
www.purephilly.com<br />
PHUKET, THAILAND<br />
October 20th-22nd<br />
Internationally known<br />
gay pride event in the<br />
paradise of Phuket!<br />
www.fridae.com<br />
NEW ORLEANS, LA<br />
October 26th-31st<br />
Halloween in New<br />
Orleans<br />
www.gayhalloween.<br />
com<br />
DELAWARE<br />
October 28th<br />
Bingo-a-go-go! In both<br />
Rehoboth Beach and<br />
Wilmington.<br />
302-652-6776<br />
NEW ORLEANS, LA<br />
October 29th<br />
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GOODBYE, DEAR PHILLY<br />
By KELLI DUNHAM<br />
I’m off to the West Coast. Yup, it is<br />
true. And it is time.<br />
I<br />
have been in Philly for a decade,<br />
more than a quarter of my life now,<br />
and it has been thoroughly amazing.<br />
The only thing I can really say<br />
is thanks thanks thanks thanks for all the<br />
support everyone has given me, both<br />
personally and for my writing and standup<br />
careers.<br />
Not to put too melodramatic a<br />
point on it, but when I arrived in Philly,<br />
I had nigh unto nothing. As in no job,<br />
no money or things (having just left<br />
the convent and all) and, as I recall,<br />
not even an ID. I remember getting<br />
rejected from selling plasma for that. I<br />
somehow thought my life was over. But<br />
because people were so supportive of<br />
me, I am here now, and they totally let<br />
me sell plasma. Well, and I have written<br />
books and I am a nurse and a stand-up<br />
comic. So there you have it. Thank you,<br />
Philly.<br />
I cannot even begin to list the many<br />
things that I will miss about Philly. But<br />
even more than cheesesteaks and<br />
reasonably priced housing and the way<br />
no one informs newcomers that they<br />
have to step down to make the trolley<br />
doors open, I will miss the people who<br />
have made Philly home.<br />
OK, I do not want to be bawling while<br />
I finish up this newsletter, so I am going<br />
to stop with all this sentimental talk. But<br />
please please please stay in touch so<br />
I am not forced to come and find you<br />
and sit on your front stoop and – um,<br />
read a book. I am too much of a dork<br />
to be a very impressive stalker I guess.<br />
My latest projects: In addition to doing<br />
a ton of writing (including material for<br />
my new one-woman show as well as<br />
many freelance pieces) and massive<br />
amounts of performing, I have been<br />
busy with some other really fun stuff.<br />
Last fall I bought my first camera, and<br />
I am becoming a picture-taking fool. I<br />
have enjoyed documenting my road<br />
trip experiences especially. I post pics<br />
in my blog sometimes, but the place to<br />
see a ton more stuff is on my Webshots<br />
page at community.webshots.com/<br />
user/kellidunham.<br />
Some of the albums are arranged<br />
according to trip – like the pilgrimage I<br />
recently made to Lourdes, France – and<br />
then there are some special categories<br />
like “where regular folks encounter<br />
the sacred” and “public art.” And my<br />
personal favorite, “nuns gone wild,” a<br />
small but growing collection of stealth<br />
pics taken of nuns doing mundane<br />
things like buying chocolate and riding<br />
roller coasters.<br />
Have you seen my newish WEBSITE?<br />
Still KelliDunham.com but with<br />
an entirely new look, courtesy of<br />
HostBaby.com. I am in the process<br />
of redoing my other Websites,<br />
including LoveLifeAsANurse.com and<br />
SurviveRNSchool.com. More info on that<br />
when they are all done.<br />
I have been keeping a LiveJournal<br />
(kellidunham.livejournal.com) for more<br />
than a year now. This is the best way to<br />
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with the same username.<br />
Speaking of surviving nursing school.<br />
Which we kinda were, right? Guess who<br />
won the American Journal of Nursing<br />
Book of the Year Award? Yup, me, for<br />
the second edition of “How to Survive<br />
and Maybe Even Love Nursing School.”<br />
Yeah, I am thinking this is probably the<br />
first time they selected a book illustrated<br />
with cartoons as their book-o-the year.<br />
Tee hee.<br />
Finally, on the cool-ass lip gloss<br />
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As for my upcoming gigs, after June<br />
30 I will be in between Portland and<br />
San Francisco, so I am still ironing out my<br />
schedule. Stay tuned to kellidunham.<br />
com for more.<br />
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Tantric arts, tantric hearts<br />
By Edie Weinstein-Moser www.liveinjoy.com<br />
Tantra incorporates breath and energy, awareness, moving<br />
beyond simple pleasure, to transcendence<br />
Tantra connects with the idea that<br />
sex is more than what goes on<br />
below the belly button. It is an honoring<br />
practice that allows partners to<br />
simply “be” in each other’s presence.<br />
Eye gazing, breathing together, moving<br />
energy through each chakra brings<br />
with them the ability to merge, not only<br />
with the other, but with the ultimate<br />
Beloved.<br />
Kim and Brad Walker live the definition<br />
of tantra. This Houston-based<br />
couple began practicing when they<br />
met and married in 1993. What they<br />
bring to “the art of expansive weaving”<br />
are open hearts, inquisitive minds<br />
and the willingness to live on the edge,<br />
even as they simultaneously exist in the<br />
daily world of raising a family, paying a<br />
mortgage and mowing the lawn.<br />
“Tantra’s basic philosophy is finding<br />
joy in everything you do,” they told me.<br />
“It involves using your personal energy<br />
to empower your life and manifest<br />
whatever you desire. As sexual beings,<br />
our energy is often easily focused in the<br />
sex chakra (considered the second, or<br />
sacral chakra). Tantra teaches how to<br />
harness our personal energy and channel<br />
it with love and consciousness.”<br />
Brad and Kim also stress that in tantra,<br />
the spiritual connects to the sexual<br />
– something not talked about as much<br />
in popular depictions. “Tantra is both a<br />
physical practice and a spiritual expression<br />
that involves realization of your<br />
sexual connection with your partner as<br />
a sacred ritual, a way to show worship<br />
for God’s gifts and the divine spark<br />
within you and your partner.<br />
“It is often sensationalized and associated<br />
solely with the physical aspects.<br />
(ie: marathon sexual sessions, bigger<br />
orgasms etc). While these are important<br />
aspects of the physical expression<br />
of tantra, they are merely exercises<br />
for enhancing and harnessing your<br />
personal energy for spiritual growth and<br />
development. Sexuality is sacred. It is<br />
a tangible energy that can be used<br />
to manifest positive realities. Ecstasy is<br />
sound, movement, breath and intention<br />
combined- joyful expression of the<br />
soul.”<br />
For two years I have joined Kim and a<br />
group of courageous women for Goddess<br />
Getaway Weekend- .a Gathering<br />
from all over the country: 20s to 60s, all<br />
shapes and sizes, professionals, students,<br />
homemakers, gay, straight and bi (or, as<br />
Brad likes to refer to it, “fully sexual”) to<br />
celebrate our divine feminine essence.<br />
We’ve danced, shared visions, experienced<br />
“manna-festation” techniques,<br />
and to offer ourselves a “Goddess-spot”<br />
(G-spots). At the end of a weekend, I<br />
spoke with some of the women who<br />
shared from the heart.<br />
“The most valuable lesson I learned is<br />
acceptance,” one woman said. “...the<br />
amazing variety of normalcy in sexuality<br />
allows me to accept myself for who<br />
I am and to accept other people as<br />
they are. It’s not that often that women<br />
get together and explore their own<br />
body in an empowering atmosphere,<br />
...it’s such a physically empowering<br />
thing to do, to have a sexual and spiritual<br />
experience combined.”<br />
Kim spoke in her musical Texas-tinged<br />
voice about the female ejaculation<br />
class. “I think it’s important that women<br />
know that yes, they can ejaculate, that<br />
it is powerful, and that it is blessed waters<br />
that can be used to heal, “mannafest”<br />
and create whatever you want.<br />
What I like about doing the workshop<br />
is that it helps create a community of<br />
women who can support themselves,<br />
women who can become friends.<br />
When people get together, they can<br />
create an energy that can increase<br />
peace, love, joy and passion in the<br />
world.”<br />
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SECRET GARDEN II:<br />
VAGITARIAN<br />
DIET ADVICE from Dr. Jez<br />
Melts in your mouth and in<br />
your hands: The honey pot<br />
is a tasty treat if you have a<br />
fluids-bonded relationship. Don’t worry<br />
about taste; unless it’s just having a bad<br />
day, a juiced-up swirl is easy on the palate,<br />
and is even addicting. Flavors from<br />
buttered toast to spicy marinade<br />
to vitamin-fortified fountain, a<br />
vagina is more than a mouthful<br />
of wonderment that should be<br />
celebrated with a long, deep<br />
tongue-kiss. There are other tasty<br />
bits nearby, but it is best to lick the<br />
front first before moving to the<br />
backdoor, as fecal matter and<br />
bacteria around the anus can<br />
bring unfriendly (and irritating)<br />
bacteria to your front door (but<br />
not vice versa).<br />
Wrap your candy before sharing<br />
with strangers. Word up to<br />
the cunning linguist: You can get<br />
infected with herpes, warts and other<br />
STIs from somebody’s tongue, or your<br />
mouth can become infected from<br />
somebody’s genitals. This might surprise<br />
those who think of oral sex as “safe.”<br />
While saliva is safer than blood, it is still a<br />
fluid that can carry infections as well as<br />
non-infectious irritants like sugar (which<br />
can cause yeast overgrowth) and pepper<br />
(which can actually burn the sensitive<br />
skins, thou some love peppermint).<br />
Oral barriers created for sex include<br />
Glyde Dams and Hot Dams barriers.<br />
In the absence of these “made for lingual<br />
discourse” products, smaller, thicker<br />
dental dams work, or cutting a latex or<br />
poly condom to create a barrier can<br />
work in a pinch. Easier still is a simple pair<br />
of latex underwear coated with a slippery<br />
layer of lube. Plastic wrap, on the<br />
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other hand, is not ideal, as most brands<br />
have actual holes in the plastic for use in<br />
microwave ovens.<br />
Flavoring the flora can be overkill, but<br />
the barriers we use to avoid bodily<br />
contact shouldn’t torture your taste<br />
buds. Latex tastes like latex, but add a<br />
little love potion like O’My hemp-based<br />
lube, and it can taste like strawberry<br />
cheesecake!<br />
Drink from the fountain: The vagina<br />
produces and delivers exotic flavors that<br />
are too strong for some but are addictive<br />
to the Kuni connoisseur. These holy<br />
waters and potions are usually delivered<br />
as liquids, though some are thicker than<br />
others. Female ejaculate (called amrita<br />
by tantric sex practitioners), is sometimes<br />
spontaneously produced and<br />
other times prompted by intense g-spot<br />
stimulation, This fluid contains elements<br />
of urine mixed with prostatic fluids that<br />
taste sweeter than pee.<br />
Speaking of which, bedroom watersports,<br />
where people receive<br />
pleasure from watching each other<br />
urinate, tasting a partner’s urine or<br />
being showered in urine, are all the<br />
rage. Some friends of mine used to rate<br />
attractiveness with a pissometer: “I’d<br />
never let her pee on me …” If someone<br />
was really hot, they’d fantasize, “I would<br />
let (so-and-so) pee on me anytime!”<br />
Pee looks like a money shot, isn’t as<br />
slippery or bitter, and it is relatively harmless<br />
stuff that comes out sterile at first<br />
shot. But be aware that traces of drugs<br />
and bladder infections can be found in<br />
urine, and possibly in female ejaculate<br />
as well, and that stagnant fluids attract<br />
and grow bacteria if you “soak in it”.<br />
Recommended preparation would<br />
be to drink water with electrolytes for<br />
a clear stream with a smooth taste.<br />
My pals report that consumers<br />
of artificial sweeteners produce<br />
a sweet tasting stream of tinkle,<br />
but more research needs to be<br />
done regarding natural sweeteners<br />
like sweetleaf, so send in your<br />
true confessions, dear reader!<br />
Pink lemonade is a cocktail (or<br />
cunttail?) of urine and menstrual<br />
fluid that shares advantages<br />
and disadvantages of both urine<br />
(above) and blood (read on).<br />
The Moonflower can hold<br />
poison. A more acquired taste<br />
is menstrual blood. But fear of<br />
it can be easily overcome by<br />
determined clit-pleasers! The nutritional<br />
advantage for those who choose to<br />
indulge in the menstrual mysteries is the<br />
presence of a lot of iron. The bloods<br />
can also be used like paint as part of<br />
a playful ritual. Taste-wise, they can be<br />
lapped up happily with whatever other<br />
creamy juices flow forth. Texture-wise, an<br />
occasional chunky clot can scare even<br />
the most determined feeder, although<br />
it is no more harmful than liquid, and its<br />
stewy nutrition is definitely an acquired<br />
delicacy sought after by a select cult of<br />
vampiric vaginal devotees.<br />
A major disadvantage is that menses<br />
can carry bacteria as well as infections<br />
including HIV, so persons not exchanging<br />
fluids should definitely use a barrier<br />
between a bleeding vagina and any<br />
other juicy bits.<br />
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Get to know yours better<br />
By Mistress Eden<br />
Vagina. So many people are talking about<br />
it. There are plays, poems and stories. But,<br />
are you still afraid of it?<br />
I as a woman, try to avoid the subject until I<br />
absolutely have to. Why wasn’t I taught to love<br />
my vagina and take care of it as well as I take<br />
care of my face? I look at my face, play with<br />
it, make sure it is all right and take great care<br />
in how it appears. The vajay-jay gets scrubbed<br />
in the shower or bath and shaven, but never<br />
examined.<br />
I know that this may sound strange to some<br />
people, but I, like some others, procrastinate until<br />
the last minute before I have to go the vagina<br />
doctor. It can be an awful experience. I have<br />
had someone from a clinic facility that I used to<br />
go to spread the word that I was HIV-positive so<br />
much that even an ex-boyfriend approached<br />
me about it, begging me to tell him it wasn’t true.<br />
After that, I became afraid to go to the doctor.<br />
It took me years to go back.<br />
I was horrified, and it took me into a long slump<br />
of depression that affected all of my relationships.<br />
After finally getting back on my feet, I decided<br />
that I was going to take control of my vagina<br />
and be assertive and unafraid. Or at least<br />
pretend to be unafraid.<br />
I made the decision that I wanted a female<br />
doctor. I also made the decision that I wanted<br />
what I wanted, and I was not going to take<br />
no for an answer. My comfort ability is at stake,<br />
I want to love my body, and the fear of the<br />
unknown is not going to stop me.<br />
Go to the doctor. Just go. Put one foot in front<br />
of the other, and soon you’ll be walking out the<br />
door. Ask questions, and don’t be afraid. This is<br />
YOUR body we are talking about.<br />
And then when you get back home, sit in a<br />
comfortable, quiet place and look at your pussy.<br />
What color is it? What does it look like? How does<br />
it feel? Think about the best sex you ever had.<br />
Watch it quiver. How does it react? Ask your<br />
partner to help you.<br />
It’s such a weird and cool looking thing that<br />
people seem to not be able to get enough of.<br />
Why should you be shy or afraid?<br />
28•PASSIONAL MAGAZINE FALL 2006<br />
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writing exercises to create a<br />
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October 14<br />
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sexpose<br />
double duty<br />
How I got hooked on moonlighting<br />
By brian mc V<br />
I<br />
was working in my uncle’s car wash<br />
when it happened. I detailed this<br />
nice Mercedes at the end of the day<br />
when this guy rolled down his window<br />
and flashed me a hundred dollar<br />
bill. Sometimes customers would tip, usually<br />
a buck or two, but they just held the<br />
money out the window when that was<br />
the game. This time was totally different.<br />
The guy, an older businessman<br />
kept the money in the car and waved<br />
it around in front of his face while his<br />
eyes locked onto mine. I had no idea<br />
how to react... I mean, what the heck<br />
was he doing? Not knowing what to<br />
do, I shrugged and said that I wasn’t<br />
sure if we had change. I was already<br />
wondering in disbelief if he was actually<br />
going to tip me a hundred dollars, but<br />
my thoughts were interrupted when he<br />
asked what I was doing after work.<br />
“Nothing much,” I told him trying not<br />
to watch the money he was waving too<br />
closely. I knew the dangle was a bait,<br />
but he looked like I could take him out<br />
worst case, and I broke my balls each<br />
week to make about a hundred bucks.<br />
“Meet me around the corner at<br />
Burger King,” he invited as he drove off<br />
with his windows down (and I imagined<br />
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I hadn’t even had sex with my<br />
new girlfriend in the summer of 1990,<br />
although we had gotten close. But I am<br />
a kinda hippy-move-slowly guy, and my<br />
totally mellow tude drew fate to me that<br />
summer evening as the workday ended.<br />
I knew better than to say a word to<br />
anyone at the shop, but as I grabbed<br />
my pack and my jean jacket, I kept<br />
thinking about that money. Obviously<br />
there was a string attached, but what?<br />
Did he want me to date his daughter?<br />
Run an errand, set up his wife? I had<br />
heard stranger stories… I was supposed<br />
to meet up with my girl but not til later<br />
that night, so I decided to find out what<br />
was going on with the money man.<br />
I walked over to Wendy’s and got<br />
in line for a drink when I saw him over to<br />
one side. He motioned me over and I<br />
brought my drink and sat down.<br />
What’s up? I asked.<br />
“I wanna blow you” he said, very<br />
matter of factly.<br />
I had asked my girlfriend to do me<br />
like that but she wasn’t ready. But his<br />
guy wasn’t exactly my dream date. Not<br />
that there was anything wrong with<br />
him, but he kinda looked like a younger<br />
version of my grandfather. Nonetheless,<br />
$100 would double my week’s pay,<br />
and then I would have gotten blown,<br />
at least, and I was very curious to feel<br />
that. I had a condom in my pack just in<br />
case for the day my girl gets on it, but<br />
that day wasn’t likely to happen on this<br />
evening. I just had to ask,<br />
“For a hundred bucks?” to which he<br />
nodded.<br />
“Where?”<br />
“Right out in my car” he said as I<br />
scanned the lot looking for the classic<br />
blue Benz I had just polished.<br />
“It’s around back” he explained<br />
following my gaze.<br />
“How do I know that you won’t drive<br />
off somewhere?” I asked. He handed<br />
me the keys and stood up motioning<br />
me to follow.<br />
I was nervous and couldn’t even<br />
imagine how I could function for<br />
this guy. Much as I wanted to feel<br />
somebody’s mouth around me, his was<br />
not the one. In fact, the thought kinda<br />
disgusted me.<br />
I followed him to give him the keys<br />
and tell him never mind, but he didn’t<br />
turn back, so I just kept following him<br />
straight over to his car.<br />
“Look, I don’t think I can do this,” I<br />
told him.<br />
“You don’t have to do anything,”<br />
he said, pulling out his hundred dollars<br />
again. “Just get in the car.”<br />
I did as I was told, and he came<br />
around behind me on the passenger<br />
side with the door open. He had parked<br />
the car out behind the dumpster with<br />
the door over by trees and he got down<br />
in his dress pants and unzipped my fly.<br />
I fumbled in my pack for the condom I<br />
had buried in there but before I could<br />
say or do anything his mouth was<br />
around me. To my surprise I responded,<br />
in spite of my terror at the prospect of<br />
being caught.<br />
It didn’t take long before he<br />
swallowed me whole, and zipped up<br />
my pants. Wow. That was the start of<br />
something. I doubled my pay that week<br />
and for the next three weeks until I went<br />
back to school.<br />
Sexpose is a column by and about people in<br />
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BOTTOMS UP<br />
DIRTY<br />
POLITICS<br />
By Sarah Hoffman<br />
I<br />
started writing about Extreme Intimacy<br />
and Polyamory, but then my class got<br />
cancelled.<br />
Apparently somebody who considers themselves<br />
a “friend of the Leather Community”<br />
wanted to “save us” from our own presentation<br />
which this person considered “unhealthy.”<br />
A call to the venue owner expressed<br />
dissatisfaction with legal and medical issues<br />
related to the topic, and pressured the venue<br />
to cancel the class.<br />
But nobody was saved. People were<br />
denied useful information because a<br />
“concerned” person chose to shut us down<br />
rather than show up and discuss concerns in<br />
a diplomatic manner. My workshop was not<br />
the first, nor will it be the last cancelled due to<br />
internal politics in the community<br />
The fact is that much of what BDSMers do<br />
is not “legal,” whether you are in a bar or<br />
a car or a bed or a shed, so there is always<br />
the danger of harassment or damage, but<br />
more so when personal politics, belief, or in<br />
some cases jealousy divide and splinter our<br />
common cause of free (and informed) sexual<br />
expression!<br />
As if worrying about the religious right, the<br />
government and law enforcement were not<br />
bad enough, why now do we have to extend<br />
suspicion to people in our own clubs and<br />
groups? The only think I can think about right<br />
now is that we need to stop trying to put each<br />
other out of business and start preparing a<br />
defense against the common enemies who<br />
want to criminalize and destroy our lifestyle.<br />
The Bottom’s Up column is a sex and relationship<br />
advice column for people in non-traditional<br />
relationships. Sarah Hoffman is a community activist<br />
and creator of several local events including BDSM<br />
Overdrive and Snack N’ Learn www.siior.com<br />
CORSET<br />
ABORTION<br />
“if you had to go through the horrible<br />
nausea, faintness, loss of ability to think, and<br />
the danger of the whole thing happening<br />
...if you had lain on the Fall River steamer as<br />
I did with a corset stay inside of that organ<br />
which you delight in theorizing about... --if<br />
you had gone through the fear of that, and<br />
been compelled to sit talking to people<br />
afterwards and wondering how you were<br />
going to get to the closet in time; if you had<br />
had this happen at one o’clock and been<br />
compelled to lecture at 3; if this had been<br />
your sequel of a pleasurable experience<br />
with me, as it was mine with you, you would<br />
be ashamed ...”<br />
written by Philadelphia teacher Voltairine de<br />
Clayre to her lover from London in 1897.<br />
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By Ricci J. Levy<br />
the body politic<br />
Fighting back in the war on sex<br />
CHEERS: We have 7 big<br />
reasons to celebrate!<br />
1) Now 286 cities, counties, and<br />
government organizations protect<br />
employees against discrimination<br />
based on sexual orientation.<br />
2) A Missouri law barring ads from<br />
sexually oriented businesses within<br />
a mile of the state’s highways was<br />
declared unconstitutional by the state.<br />
3) Over-the-counter emergency<br />
contraception has finally been<br />
approved for over-the-counter sales for<br />
adult women.<br />
4) North Carolina overturned a law<br />
prohibiting cohabitation of unmarried<br />
couples.<br />
5) Unable to get the Justice<br />
Department to prosecute hotels, a<br />
coalition of 13 national conservative,<br />
sex-negative groups recently resorted<br />
to having to place a full-page ad<br />
in USA Today urging the Justice<br />
Department to investigate whether<br />
pay-per-view movies in hotels violate<br />
obscenity laws.<br />
6) The Supreme Court’s holding in<br />
Lawrence v. Texas that intimate,<br />
consensual sexual conduct was part<br />
of the liberty protected by substantive<br />
due process under the Fourteenth<br />
Amendment continues to have a<br />
positive effect on court decisions and<br />
governmental practices around the<br />
country.<br />
7) Same-sex marriage is now legal in<br />
Massachusetts, and, though vetoed<br />
by a misguided governor, did pass the<br />
California legislature.<br />
Each year, we fight to advance<br />
sexual freedom as a fundamental<br />
human right. The radical right finds<br />
tangential, obscure issues to “rabble<br />
rouse” in an attempt to mobilize<br />
what they view as their base<br />
supporters. While sexual freedom continues<br />
to make major historic gains, we are winning<br />
one battle at a time, while the religious right<br />
advances a comprehensive program and<br />
philosophy.<br />
“America’s War on Sex” (Praeger, 2006),<br />
by WFF board member Dr. Marty Klein, documents<br />
that the attacks on reproductive rights,<br />
sex education, sexual entertainment and<br />
consenting sexual expression are all connected.<br />
While right-wing “decency groups” claim<br />
that their goals are protecting children, families<br />
and communities, the common theme<br />
of their attacks is “sexuality is bad” – sexual<br />
thought, imagery, information and behavior<br />
all are bad.<br />
And their well-funded aggression doesn’t<br />
end there. According to Klein, their goal is<br />
transforming American secular democracy<br />
into a religious state. Sexual regulation is their<br />
weapon of choice in this battle.<br />
One such right-wing group recently announced<br />
it had targeted eight swing states<br />
(Were they unwelcome in the other 42?) in<br />
which to mobilize evangelical Christian voters<br />
before the November elections. Like a<br />
traditional political machine, this group’s local<br />
coordinators will prod pastors to speak<br />
about political issues, conduct voter-registration<br />
drives, disseminate voter guides, and run<br />
get-out-the-vote campaigns for the purpose<br />
of crushing freedom. The issues on which they<br />
will mobilize would-be voters include restrictions<br />
on pornography, broadcast “indecency”<br />
(like HBO), sex education, contraceptive<br />
availability, adult entertainment, and the<br />
dreaded “gay agenda.” They are truly obsessed<br />
with sexuality.<br />
Those who cherish civil liberties need something<br />
just as comprehensive to challenge this<br />
war on sex: we need a sexual freedom movement<br />
to conceptualize a broad range of issues<br />
as intimately connected, and fight these<br />
many challenges in a comprehensive way to<br />
counter the religious right.<br />
The Woodhull Freedom Foundation is building<br />
that sexual freedom movement by: 1)<br />
continuing to partner with groups like NOW,<br />
NGLTF (The Task Force), Sexuality Information<br />
and Education Council of the U.S., Community<br />
HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP),<br />
the American Association of Sexuality Educators<br />
Counselors & Therapists (AASECT) and<br />
many other groups; 2) partnering with the<br />
ACLU, the Free Expression Network and the<br />
Free Speech Coalition to initiate and support<br />
legislative action to advance and protect<br />
freedom of speech and sexual expression;<br />
3) generating local activism against sexually<br />
repressive laws and practices; 4) educating<br />
conservatives that sexual oppression undermines<br />
families, and educating progressives<br />
that sexual repression destroys life as much as<br />
economic repression; 5) reminding people of<br />
the importance of sexual freedom, as in our<br />
“Sexual Freedom” track at the annual NGLTF<br />
conference; and 6)neverending media work<br />
promoting sexual freedom as a fundamental<br />
human right – op-ed pieces, radio, TV and Internet<br />
appearances.<br />
Although there are hundreds of groups<br />
doing vital work countering specific forms of<br />
sexual repression that stain our Constitution,<br />
The Woodhull Freedom Foundation exists<br />
solely to advance sexual freedom as a fundamental<br />
human right while fighting the many<br />
political, social and economic forces driving<br />
and expanding sexual repression. We will win<br />
America’s War for Sexual Freedom!<br />
Want to know what you can do to help?<br />
Donate at www.woodhullfoundation.org/support,<br />
or COME OUT and SUPPORT the Woodhull<br />
Freedom Foundation’s benefit Dominatrix<br />
Auction at this year’s Diabolique Ball, Nov. 18<br />
in Philadelphia (www.diaboliqueball.org).<br />
Ricci J. Levy is executive director of The<br />
Woodhull Freedom Foundation & Federation.<br />
The Sexual Freedom<br />
Watch List: Nine problems<br />
you can help solve!<br />
1) Cohabitation of unmarried couples is<br />
still illegal in Virginia, West Virginia, Florida,<br />
Michigan, Mississippi and North Dakota.<br />
2) Since 1993, more than 11,000 service<br />
members dismissed from the military for<br />
being gay – including hundreds of Arab<br />
language translators last year.<br />
3) State and local organizers are<br />
aggressively targeting adult businesses,<br />
blocking licenses, prohibiting openings<br />
and conducting raids that can only be<br />
termed harassment.<br />
4) Ninteen states have passed<br />
constitutional amendments outlawing<br />
gay marriage and, in many cases,<br />
domestic partners’ rights.<br />
5) Right-wing rhetoric continues to fuel<br />
violence against LGBT people.<br />
6) Fourteen states, including South<br />
Dakota, Louisiana and Ohio, are<br />
considering statewide abortion bans<br />
during this legislative session.<br />
7) In June 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court<br />
agreed to consider the constitutionality<br />
of allowing abortions in the first two<br />
trimesters.<br />
8) Lower courts are resisting the<br />
application of favorable ruling in<br />
Lawrence v. Texas, and rule against<br />
private, consensual activity.<br />
9) Laws against adultery, cohabitation,<br />
possession or sale of sex toys, and any<br />
family configuration other than male/<br />
female, remain on the books in many<br />
states.<br />
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xtreme fantasy<br />
FETISHCON<br />
xtReme fantasy and FETISH CALENDAR<br />
London, England,UK<br />
October 5th-8th<br />
Skin 2 Rubber Ball<br />
www.skintworubberball.com<br />
TULSA, OK<br />
October 20th-22nd<br />
Oklahoma Mr Leather<br />
www.tulsaleather.com<br />
ST. LOUIS, MO<br />
Nov. 17th-19th<br />
Spanksgiving!<br />
www.stl3.com<br />
MONTREAL FETISH<br />
WEEKEND<br />
LIBERTINE BALL<br />
DALLAS, TX<br />
October5th-8th<br />
International LeatherSir and<br />
leatherboy<br />
www.LeatherSir.com<br />
London, England, UK<br />
October 7th<br />
Torture Garden Rubber Ball<br />
Weekend Special<br />
www.torturegarden.com<br />
ATLANTA, GA<br />
October 6th-8th<br />
Blackout XI<br />
www.onyxmen.com<br />
ATLANTA, GA<br />
October 6th-8th<br />
DomCon Atlanta<br />
www.domconatlanta.com<br />
OAHU, HI<br />
October 6th-8th<br />
Spirit of the Islands, Session A<br />
- BDSM<br />
www.leathersmarts.com/<br />
hawaii<br />
PORTLAND, OR<br />
October 13th-15th<br />
Pacific Friction<br />
www.pacificfriction.org<br />
OAHU, HI<br />
October13th-16th<br />
The Spirit of the Islands,<br />
Session B – Spirituality<br />
www.leathersmarts.com/<br />
hawaii<br />
CHICAGO, IL<br />
October 13th-15th<br />
Kinky Kollege<br />
www.kinkykollege.com<br />
NYC, NY<br />
October 14th-15th<br />
Mr. East Coast Rubber<br />
Weekend<br />
www.nyrenegades.com/<br />
ecr2006.html<br />
NYC, NY<br />
October 17th-22nd<br />
CineKink Festival<br />
www.cinekink.com<br />
PALM SPRINGS, CA<br />
October 20th-22nd<br />
SAMPLER XV<br />
www.ocla.org<br />
ALBUQUERQUE, NM<br />
October 20th-22nd<br />
Rio Grande Leather<br />
Weekend & Title Contest<br />
www.riograndeleather.org<br />
PORTLAND, OR<br />
October 22nd<br />
Vendors Fair<br />
www.pdxleatheralliance.org<br />
NEW ORLEANS, LA<br />
October 28th<br />
Fetish and Fantasy Halloween<br />
Ball<br />
www.halloweenball.com<br />
ATLANTA, GA<br />
Nov. 3rd-5th<br />
Panther Prowl XVIII<br />
www.pantherll.com<br />
JAMAICA<br />
Nov. 4th-11th<br />
Kink in the Carribean<br />
www.kinkinthecarribean.com<br />
PHILADELPHIA, PA<br />
Nov. 10th-12th<br />
Philadelphia Leather<br />
Weekend<br />
www.phillyleatherweekend.<br />
org<br />
NYC, NY<br />
Nov. 11th<br />
New York Rubber Ball/Miss<br />
Rubber World 2006<br />
www.nyrenegades.com<br />
NYC, NY<br />
Nov. 11th<br />
Leatherfest<br />
www.gmsma.org<br />
CHICAGO, IL<br />
Nov. 10th-12th<br />
Rubber Blowout Weekend /<br />
Mr. International Rubber<br />
www.cellblock-chicago.com<br />
London, England, UK<br />
Nov. 16th-19th<br />
Erotica 2006 London<br />
www.erotica-uk.com/Site<br />
PHILADELPHIA, PA<br />
Nov. 18th<br />
Diabolique Ball<br />
www.diaboliqueball.org<br />
PANORAMA CITY, CA<br />
Nov. 19th<br />
Bizarre Baazar<br />
www.bizarrebazaar.org<br />
Toronto, Canada<br />
Nov. 23rd-26th<br />
Victory Ball Weekend<br />
www.mrlt.com<br />
SEATTLE, WA<br />
Nov. 24th-27th<br />
Northern Exposure<br />
www.nxposure.com<br />
WASHINGTON, DC<br />
Dec. 2nd-4th<br />
Black Rose 2006<br />
www.br.org<br />
GAITHERSBURG, MD<br />
December 9th<br />
Miss Purgatory’s Saints &<br />
Sinners CharityConcert &<br />
Fashion Event<br />
THE FIRESTATION<br />
317 East Diamond Avenue,<br />
Gaithersburg, MD 20877<br />
301-977-POOL (7665)6 PM-2<br />
AM, 21+<br />
www.firestationcue.com<br />
San Francisco, CA<br />
December TBA<br />
Lady Thorne’s SM Flea<br />
www.smflea.com<br />
Baltimore, Md<br />
December TBA<br />
Dark Odyssey: Winter Fire<br />
www.darkodyssey.com/wfhome.html<br />
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PHOTO BY TYROS<br />
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XTREME VICTORIAN<br />
A Naughty Victorian Holiday<br />
While Queen Victoria sat prim upon the throne in England,<br />
the British gentry and the rest of the world were<br />
looking up each others skirts, into each others footwear,<br />
cinching themselves into obscenely tight corsets and<br />
having affairs with those outside of their own social<br />
classes. As the weather gets colder and the nights grow<br />
longer, celebrate the pervery of generations past with<br />
Victorian-inspired fashions, passions and a December<br />
holiday party that will be announced at the Ball (p. 19)<br />
and www.CafeKink.com<br />
Dress the part with the Colette Corset (upper left) a<br />
genuine Victorian corset pattern in all black or antique<br />
pink leather with black trim (sizes XS-5XL, $389.99)<br />
and glisnet Bustle Skirt (upper left and front cover, sizes<br />
S-3XL $189.99). For a masculine (?) look , Velvet and<br />
brocade Versailles Coat (red and gold or black and gold<br />
brocade or black canvas with black velvet trim sizes<br />
S-XXL $399.99), Cotton Crepe Shirt $39.99 (black<br />
or white sizes S-XL), and Unisex Leather Cincher<br />
($259.99).<br />
Put on your punishment boots (inlay, upper left center)<br />
and sit in the corner! An extreme footwear style was<br />
were created for fetishists of old to prevent the punished<br />
from walking about (leatherette or patent vinyl sizes<br />
6-14 $129.99). Festive holiday velvet (left center) is<br />
a cranberry-colored twist on traditional fabric in sizes<br />
S-3XL: the Zipper bustier ($139.99), Matching Thong<br />
($19.99), Circle Skirt with Garters ($59.99) and leatherlined<br />
Padded Blindfold (23.99) that perfectly sets off the<br />
Cuffed Serving Tray ($79.99) and a healthy Chocolate<br />
Paint Palette -5 flavors in a wood crate for $18.99. Shortsleeved<br />
satin French Maid’s Dress (center right, sizes<br />
S-4XL, $119.99) to serve up Varnished Wood Plugs<br />
($49.99 ea) and other toys that will be prizes at this<br />
winter’s party.<br />
The satin Cake Skirt, brings out the hungry child of all<br />
generations for $99.99 (sizes S-4XL) The long sleeve satin<br />
Victorian Maid’s Uniform (bottom right, sizes S-4XL<br />
$169.99) with 40 yard Fluffy Petticoat (generous sizes S-<br />
XL $69.99 white, black, red or custom colors) are classic<br />
looks to serve pretty (see above for cuffed serving tray).<br />
Lift your skirts, drop your trousers. Discipline rituals<br />
inspired extreme fantasies from group schoolrooms, to<br />
the practices of the private governess. Is it any wonder<br />
that a maid could earn extra by playing the role of disciplinarian<br />
with a few good rattan canes? Take the caning<br />
class (p.40 or www.fantasyworkshops.com) or just pick<br />
up a few of these goodies<br />
(sanded, unvarnished<br />
singles Canes 3/8” or<br />
5/16” wide by 20” or 30”<br />
long $8.99, Rattan “Faggot”<br />
Bundles $39.99)<br />
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PHOTO BY PEDRO POLOKOFF<br />
PHOTO BY TYROS<br />
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PASSION ????????? 101<br />
XTREME FETISH EDUCATION and MORE<br />
October 21<br />
Saturday, 1pm-3pm<br />
Torture Ties and Bondage<br />
for S&Mers with Sexy Sadist<br />
Bondage arts have been<br />
used for centuries to arrest,<br />
interrogate, torture and even<br />
execute unfortunate victims.<br />
In this fairly advanced class<br />
we will explore sadism,<br />
masochism & edge play with<br />
rope and include topics such<br />
as predicament bondage,<br />
partial suspension & hojo<br />
jutsu (perhaps even a bit of<br />
breath play) This class is NOT<br />
for novices and no one will<br />
be admitted more than 5<br />
minutes late.<br />
October 21<br />
Saturday, 4pm-6pm<br />
Breath & Blood Flow Play<br />
with Sexy Sadist<br />
Breath play is edgy, scary,<br />
dangerous, and hot as hell!<br />
Some of the most common<br />
forms and styles of breath<br />
play, from smothering to<br />
bagging and even blood<br />
flow play techniques will be<br />
covered with safety information<br />
that can keep the risk at<br />
manageable levels - and how<br />
to know the signs of danger<br />
when pushed too far.<br />
November 4<br />
Saturday, 1pm-3pm<br />
Sensory Deprivation & Control<br />
with Lolita Wolf<br />
Controlling a partner’s senses<br />
can effectively change<br />
the whole psychology of a<br />
person. Using various toys<br />
and techniques (both storebought<br />
and homemade),<br />
you can enhance both<br />
the reality and the fantasy<br />
in a scene. Of course, we<br />
will deal with all the safety<br />
issues. Please come and<br />
volunteer. We’ll be taking<br />
participants from the audience.<br />
November 4<br />
Saturday, 4pm-6pm<br />
Caning – Ouch from “Ah!”<br />
to “Zowie!!!” with Lolita Wolf<br />
In the Victorian era, caning<br />
was traditional for severe<br />
punishment. Canes are very<br />
scary - even just the threat<br />
can terrify. But caning can<br />
be sensuous as well and, with<br />
finesse, you can have your<br />
partners begging for more.<br />
Some can actually come<br />
from being caned. Selection,<br />
care and techniques<br />
covered as well as some role<br />
play and ritual.<br />
All PASSION 101 classes, unless otherwise noted happen<br />
on Friday nights from 7-9PM at PASSIONAL. Advance<br />
registration required as space is extremely limited, $35<br />
per person or $60 per kissing couple. Register in person<br />
at PASSIONAL or online at www.passionalboutique.com.<br />
PASSIONAL sells the deluxe violet wand kit complete with<br />
ceramic-coregenerator, body contact pad, 5 separate<br />
electrodes and two metal accessories for $599.99. Get yours<br />
this holiday, and get FREE registration to the class. Nickel<br />
claws (5 for $169) are great for wands and other sensory<br />
adventures.<br />
November 24<br />
Edge Play - Pushing the<br />
Limits of a Slave with Sarah<br />
Hoffman<br />
This class deals with several<br />
different aspects of edge<br />
play. How do you safely<br />
push limits? What are the<br />
necessary psychological<br />
issues that you should be<br />
aware of? When is it safe to<br />
move beyond ordinary play?<br />
What are some key issues for<br />
submissives in edge play? Is<br />
it really about submission or<br />
slavery? Learn the difference<br />
is between hard limits<br />
and not-so hard limits.<br />
December 1<br />
Violet Wands with Joseph<br />
and Amy<br />
Violet Wands provide many<br />
different levels of intensity,<br />
technique and sensations. A<br />
hands-on workshop covering<br />
basic to extreme uses and<br />
techniques. Joseph is the<br />
only International Violet<br />
Wand Guild certified Violet<br />
Wand instructor in the<br />
Northeast.<br />
December 15<br />
Latex repair and<br />
maintenance<br />
with Renee Masoomian<br />
Holiday spending putting a<br />
damper on your wardrobe<br />
enhancement? Bring the latex<br />
sitting home in your closet,<br />
and get ready to repair and<br />
redecorate during this interactive,<br />
hands-on class. Renee<br />
Masoomian is a local fashion<br />
designer who has worked<br />
with Gaelyn latex, Delicious<br />
Corsets and other amazing<br />
alternative design houses.<br />
SEXY SADIST<br />
LOLITA WOLF<br />
SARAH HOFFMAN<br />
VIOLET WANDS<br />
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