Some people think that getting tied up and submitting to your partner is something a feminist can’t do. I mean, a woman restrained by ropes is not the first picture that comes to mind when you talk about a strong woman! And yet, I’m convinced that Shibari empowers me. I’ve had this conversation with several…
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A couple of weeks ago, Ms. Dorothy Kupra, also known as “The Purple Witch,” a renowned feminist, devoted her weekly column on The Warrior Vagina website to criticizing BDSM in general and bondage in particular. In her text, Ms. Kupra said that BDSM is “by definition, oppressive to women.” She also stated that “while it…
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Some people worry that Shibari is not compatible with the new female type: the empowered woman. Therefore, we decided to interview a young woman we’ll call Mandy and explore how the submission of an empowered woman is possible nowadays. The first question was: Why do you consider yourself an empowered woman? Mandy: Well, to begin…
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I’m a feminist. And I’m kink. I’m a kink feminist or a feminist kink, whichever you want me to be. Very early in my life I felt an urge to fight injustice when it comes to the relation between men and women. And even earlier on, I felt an urge to try whatever was different,…
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Many people think that feminism and Shibari are in opposition to each other. But this only because they have a serious misunderstanding of the essence and purpose of bondage. Shibari contributes in many ways to the empowerment of women. First of all, Shibari contributes to the tearing down of gender stereotypes. A true rigger is…
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