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The Power of Being Powerless

Amy is 28. Also, she has been playing bottom for ten years in a small studio in Nantucket. She rents her services as a bottom. And, judging by the number of clients she has, she’s very successful. We talked to Amy about the experience of playing bottom, and she came up with an expression that…
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The Winning Team

I work with two riggers. That’s how it has been since I started playing rope, and I’m not willing to change it. I couldn’t. Arthur is the best soft-skilled rigger you can imagine. He’s great at communication, and he knows how to drive your feelings toward the climax of the scene. (When I work with…
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Controlling a Scene

Controlling a scene is easy, right? You just have to be as hot as you can, and enjoy the intense emotional exchange between you and your partner, and that’s it. Wrong! Controlling a bondage scene is something serious that demands several capabilities from all participants involved. First of all, you have to distinguish the personal…
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Bitter Fantasy

Have you ever had fantasies? Of course, you have! Everybody has fantasies! Mine was always about giving someone the time of their life. I don’t mean doing something nice for someone who loves you or who has done a favor to you. I don’t even mean preparing a great time for someone you care about.…
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How to Choose a Bondage Partner

In any group activity, choosing the right partner for it is crucial. Specifically, in the case of bondage, where there are many emotional and physical risks involved, it is essential to find the right person. In this article, we offer advice on how to choose a bondage partner. It is no easy task. However, taking…
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The Value of Experience in Shibari

When we hear from a pilot that they have many previous hours of actual flying, we feel more confident about them. The same happens in bondage. We can never praise too much the value of experience in Shibari. It doesn’t matter how many tutorials you’ve seen on the web, or how many workshops you’ve taken,…
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Forgotten Body

It was Shibari who helped me recover my forgotten body. You may be wondering what I mean by that. Well, it’s easy. When was the last time you felt your toes? Can you tell the shape and size of your kneecaps? That’s what I mean when I say forgotten body: all the body parts that…
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Tying a Stranger

Ideally, you should get married and share every aspect of your life with your wife. However, that’s not always the case. I have a friend who’s a huge fan of baseball, while his wife can’t stand seeing a bat. Another friend has a passion for postage stamps, whereas his wife thinks that’s the nerdiest hobby…
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Top-Bottom Coordination

Whenever you’re working with someone else, you’re coordinating yourself with that person. Coordination might sound like just another way to say “working together”, but it goes way beyond that. The Oxford Dictionary defines coordination as “the organization of the different elements of a complex activity so as to enable them to work together effectively.” As…
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Bottom Interview

Welcome back! In the first part of this article, we interviewed Tom, a seasoned rigger, who explained to us the basics of being a top. Accordingly, now, we will interview Vanessa, who likes to play as a rope bunny. Why ropes? Bottom interview. Vanessa started playing as a bunny when she was 17 years old.…
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