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In Tatters

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I knelt at His feet in the utter mess I’d made. My struggle to succeed was stark. No one had ever seen me so disheveled…in such embarrassing circumstances. As He cleaned me up for the second time two minutes, I looked up to meet His steady gaze and tried to gauge his reaction. Disgust at another disastrous, completely unimpressive act of service? Frustrated at my inability to get it together? Sadistically amused at another ridiculous unglamorous predicament I’d once again found myself in? I knew he was taking in every fucking minute detail of the wreck before Him and squirreling it away in the vault of His mind, but what did He feel? His stoic expression offered me no hint. Without comment He stood firm in front of me. Fuckin unwavering. He hadn’t walked away. He hadn’t stepped back. I swear He may have even leaned in. As soon as I’d semi-collected myself, I began my third attempt even as I tried in vain to push the remaining proof of my ineptitude out of view, hoping it would simply
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CLASS WRITE-UP | Con Hospitality: Creating a Welcoming Experiences | Pre-Conference Event Staff Training

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  Title  |  Con Hospitality: Creating a Welcoming Experiences | Pre-Conference Event Staff Training Format  | Lecture-Based Presentation with Slide Deck & Interactive Team Activities - Menti Polling & JamBoard Duration  | ~ 60m Target Audience  | Beginner-Intermediate-Advanced  Event Board Members & Leadership | Producers, Co-Producers Conference Committees | Chairs, Co-Chairs Event Organizers/Staff Can also be offered to Volunteer Teams Description  | Conference teams a month before the event are a hive of activity: gathering the last of the equipment and supplies, the final coordination with the fleet of volunteers or speakers, and the last run through of the various checklists. As we juggle ALL the details, it’s easy to lose sight of our primary objective—a seamless event that leaves everyone feeling like they come home to their chosen family. Let’s take an hour to pause and refocus as a team on the basics and nuances needed to create that one-of-a-kind welcome home fe
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CLASS WRITE UP | Ally~Advocate~Warrior Tactics for Individuals, Organizers, and Groups in Leather & Kink

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Title  |  Ally~Advocate~Warrior Tactics for Individuals, Organizers, and Groups in Kink & Leather Format  | Lecture-Based Presentation with Slide Deck Duration  | 90-120m (w/Q&A) Target Audience  | Beginner-Intermediate-Advanced  Individuals in the Lifestyle Event Organizers  Conference Committees  Non-Profit/Organizational Boards Whether you are passionate about Social Justice and Equity for the BIPOC Community, Women's Rights, LGBTQA++ Rights, Transgender Rights, Mental Health, Neurodiversity, Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Body Positivity, Ageism to name a few...this class is for YOU. Description  | While some steps toward progress have been made in pockets of the community, the unfortunate reality is that few move beyond a blanket invitation to everyone with the claim to be "safe".  Being an Ally, Advocate, or Warrior is MUCH more than being intolerant of ~isms and ~phobias or inviting new speakers with a diverse identity to teach or posting a &
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A Moment of Reflections

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So long ago...      Acceptance in the finality.      Seeds planted in fertile soil.     Hyper-compressed changes and maturity that forever altered what would be. I look back.  The girl that was somehow became the woman that is.  Nothing was planned nor expected, yet each phase flowed into the next with the ebb and flow of pain and joy and sorrow and lust and tears and love of life.   All those choices made to not remain the same.  Lessons learned.  Truths discovered.  Irretractable evolution wrought. So much and so little remain, and everything between then and now is impossible to capture—except in the prism of reality that is today. The moonlight filters through a million memories, sparking their vivid playback.  The pieces of a complicated puzzle that none have witnessed the full assembly have become unexplainable mysteries abandoned for the moment that is now.  In a life so full of twists and turns and here and theres, being known and unknown co-exist in the prism's reflections
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MsC | 1st Post Con Thoughts

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I've been home less than 24 hours. While the long drive home yesterday gave me time to contemplate, I'm still chewing on the unexpected direction of my 1st MsC experience. I'd ASSUMED those four days in Maryland would re-inspire my desire for an M-type in my life and the softer side of me that few folks see. Instead, every aspect of the Master/slave Conference reinforced my current solo journey and my fierce Lioness.  LOL Don't jump to conclusions. Yeah...I know most of you did!!! My solo journey is NOT a bad thing at ALL! In fact I will be taking up that POV over the next year.  Okay, more dick in my life absolutely WOULD be appreciated, but that's a different topic...kinda.  The truth is being unowned property the last few years has been nothing short of fucking PHENOMENAL! I've grown exponentially in my knowledge and understanding of self as well as the Lifestyle. I've evolved my surrender beyond a singular person to include Community Service and my own
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CLASS WRITE UP | The Journey from Ally to Advocate to Warrior for Marginalized Communities within Kink & Leather

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Title  |  The Journey from Ally to Advocate to Warrior for Marginalized Communities within Kink & Leather Format  | Lecture-Based Presentation with Slide Deck Duration  | 90-120m (w/Q&A) Target Audience  | Beginner-Intermediate-Advanced  Individuals in the Lifestyle Event Organizers  Conference Committees  Non-Profit/Organizational Boards Whether you are passionate about Social Justice and Equity for the BIPOC Community, Women's Rights, LGBTQA++ Rights, Transgender Rights, Mental Health, Neurodiversity, Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Body Positivity, Ageism to name a few...this class is for YOU. Description  | Ask a member of any Marginalized Community to name an Ally—either an individual or organization—within The Lifestyle, and their likely answer will simply be a blank stare.  The sad truth is that most who consider themselves Allies do not understand (nor been taught) the fundamentals of The Journey to Allyship, let alone the path to Advocacy or the steps
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Kink/BDSM/Leather Books & Resources

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To a New Decade!

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I woke this morning near dawn to close, vicious streaks of lightning and a crack of thunder, ripping through my NYC neighborhood that sounded like the street and earth had opened to swallow the building next door.  With eyes barely opened, I smiled and laughed.  A perfect fucking omen to begin this day as I cross over into a new decade.  Electricity licked my skin and left a metallic spice in the air.  Yes...Mother fuckers are gonna feel THIS BEAUTIFUL STORM! Get ready, folks.  It's gonna be one helluva ride!  ~wicked grin~ ~DominaKat
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