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Rope or Leather Restraints

Mac Mclaughlin, administrator of the “Free the Kink” Facebook group, posted this question: “Do you prefer rope or leather restraints?” There were about a dozen answers, and here are the results. First, let’s remember what we’re talking about when we talk about restraints. You use them to hold either the wrists or the ankles. They…
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Unexpected Shibari Studio

I was an idiot. I didn’t care about my classes; I was rude with teachers and a jerk with my classmates. It would be very easy for me to say “blame it on the hormones”, but I prefer to admit that I was a complete idiot during high school. So, it was no surprise that…
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Shibari and Early Experiences

It is common that children, preadolescents, or teenagers get tied as part of a game. Also, it might occur that, during one of these early, casual experiences with restraint and rope, a person discovers a certain pleasure in bondage. It can be an exuberant sensation of having power over someone else. Or the kinky pleasure…
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A Forgotten Sensation

It had been so long ago that I barely remembered. It had turned into a forgotten sensation. I was thirteen, and bold as hell. I played football with the boys, without asking for any special treatment. It’s a funny age. You know how it is. In the morning you want to kiss a boy, and,…
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Ancient Shibari

I’m an Anthropology scholar. It sounds boring—and it is boring, if you cannot appreciate the value of discovering ancient ways of life. And, even though my profession wouldn’t be considered exciting by many people, I am not a boring person. Actually, in my private life I’m a kink. I love bondage and I find Shibari…
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