I've had this one on my Kindle for quite some time, but I could never really get started with it. Since I've chosen this path, and since I've chosen to change some things internally with myself, I decided to read more than just the first three chapters. And I'm so glad I did.
Lady Green takes the reader--who she assumes, and she states this quite clearly, is female and in a heterosexual relationship--through basic safety, protocols, and she even gives the reader a step-by-step scene, so that they may begin their journey.
As someone who was raised in a rather traditional vanilla home, this is a very helpful guidebook. Lady Green even gives the reader a list of references and other works in her rather expansive appendices, which I think is wonderful! Because of Lady Green, I am now determined to read the rest of Jay Wiseman's Sm 101, as well as eventually purchase the updated version of Carol Queen's Exhibitionism for the Shy.
A note of help to any submissives there who are involved with someone, or would like to be: read this, and discuss OPENLY with your potential Significant Other EXACTLY what you are willing to provide via your submission. I've noticed a lot of bitching and kvetching from submissive men out here in the blogosphere in regard to how they can't find anyone, or how they feel misunderstood. This may be exactly what you need to set your fears and timidity aside and help your potential Dom/me come to terms with you as well as themselves.
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Domiknitrix
It's not just a book review. . . it's a lifestyle! After reading this, I picked up my needles again. I haven't knit in about two years, partly due to stress of a divorce, and partly due to graduate school. So here's what this book has to do with D/s and BDSM. . . .
Jennifer Stafford, the original Domiknitrix, forces her yarn to do her bidding--whether it's by sheer determination, making up her own pattern, or making the yarn bend to her will. Despite what some other reviewers (mostly at Amazon) have stated, this really is a good guide for beginning knitters. Does she actually show you how to make a slip knot? No. Should you probably already know how to do this if you really want to learn to knit or crochet? YES. She also explains the intricacies of intarsia (she almost makes it sound. . . fun), the genius of an I-cord (the I = IDIOT, btw) and even allows you into her beautifully sadistic knitting world via her web site. Does it have a whole lot to do with Our Lifestyle? Not necessarily. Fun if you love crafts and knitting especially? Absolutely! Suggestion: much like Elizabeth Zimmerman and Annie Modesitt, Stafford is also an OK (opinionated knitter). She encourages the use of Continental Style Knitting. I also advocate the use of Continental Style Knitting. I also advocate that you at least give this a look-see, if nothing else simply for fun. You don't have to buy it. Your local library will do.
Jennifer Stafford, the original Domiknitrix, forces her yarn to do her bidding--whether it's by sheer determination, making up her own pattern, or making the yarn bend to her will. Despite what some other reviewers (mostly at Amazon) have stated, this really is a good guide for beginning knitters. Does she actually show you how to make a slip knot? No. Should you probably already know how to do this if you really want to learn to knit or crochet? YES. She also explains the intricacies of intarsia (she almost makes it sound. . . fun), the genius of an I-cord (the I = IDIOT, btw) and even allows you into her beautifully sadistic knitting world via her web site. Does it have a whole lot to do with Our Lifestyle? Not necessarily. Fun if you love crafts and knitting especially? Absolutely! Suggestion: much like Elizabeth Zimmerman and Annie Modesitt, Stafford is also an OK (opinionated knitter). She encourages the use of Continental Style Knitting. I also advocate the use of Continental Style Knitting. I also advocate that you at least give this a look-see, if nothing else simply for fun. You don't have to buy it. Your local library will do.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Book Review: Let Them Eat Cheesecake
De Berardinis, Olivia. Let Them Eat Cheesecake: The Art of Oliva. Malibu: Ozone Productions, Ltd., 1993. Print.
Yes, I know it's the latest, greatest MLA style up there, and yes, I agree that having to actually write the word "print" for something that should obviously show itself as a bound and printer piece of work is ridiculous, but the MLA changed it, not me.
And now, to the meat of this review! And oh, what a delightfully well-trimmed chunk it is!
I first discovered the beautiful and breath-taking artwork of Oliva De Berardinis and her husband, Joel Beren, back in the early 1990s, as a sophomore at Fairmont State, through my new friends Jennifer and Paxton. Arty and Beat to the core, we drank red wine, imported beer, and wrote poetry and admired artwork in their tiny house tucked behind a bridge, and held many a delightful rent party at the end of each month.
Jennifer was the one who introduced me to Olivia, Bettie Page reprints, and modern-day burlesque.
With delightful drawings of well-muscled, strong women, some wielding whips and some in demure lace sipping from demitasse cups, perhaps my favorite Olivia can be found in the center of the top of page 56, and it is an untitled work, depicting her cat, Buffalo, a Siamese, wrapped around the ankle boot of Olivia's friend, Jennifer (taken from the description notes, page 103).
I first began collecting some of the artwork in this book as trading cards from a comic shop just down the street from Jen and Paxton's house, and for years I have longed to find a copy of this book. The artwork is, of course, impeccable. Beautiful oil and gauche and richly colored, this is everything a modern-day art lover and appreciation of the female form deserves. I'd suggest hitting Amazon for a copy of the book, but if you are interested in following the Divine Ms. O and her artistic musings, I'd suggest checking out her web site,
http://www.eOlivia.com.
Interested in some of the artwork featured in the book, plus the ever-popular much much more? I'd suggest you check out the following YouTube video from pfMaya.
Yes, I know it's the latest, greatest MLA style up there, and yes, I agree that having to actually write the word "print" for something that should obviously show itself as a bound and printer piece of work is ridiculous, but the MLA changed it, not me.
And now, to the meat of this review! And oh, what a delightfully well-trimmed chunk it is!
I first discovered the beautiful and breath-taking artwork of Oliva De Berardinis and her husband, Joel Beren, back in the early 1990s, as a sophomore at Fairmont State, through my new friends Jennifer and Paxton. Arty and Beat to the core, we drank red wine, imported beer, and wrote poetry and admired artwork in their tiny house tucked behind a bridge, and held many a delightful rent party at the end of each month.
Jennifer was the one who introduced me to Olivia, Bettie Page reprints, and modern-day burlesque.
With delightful drawings of well-muscled, strong women, some wielding whips and some in demure lace sipping from demitasse cups, perhaps my favorite Olivia can be found in the center of the top of page 56, and it is an untitled work, depicting her cat, Buffalo, a Siamese, wrapped around the ankle boot of Olivia's friend, Jennifer (taken from the description notes, page 103).
I first began collecting some of the artwork in this book as trading cards from a comic shop just down the street from Jen and Paxton's house, and for years I have longed to find a copy of this book. The artwork is, of course, impeccable. Beautiful oil and gauche and richly colored, this is everything a modern-day art lover and appreciation of the female form deserves. I'd suggest hitting Amazon for a copy of the book, but if you are interested in following the Divine Ms. O and her artistic musings, I'd suggest checking out her web site,
http://www.eOlivia.com.
Interested in some of the artwork featured in the book, plus the ever-popular much much more? I'd suggest you check out the following YouTube video from pfMaya.
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