by Brandon | Apr 18, 2022 | BDSM, BDSM and Mental Health, BDSM101, Communication, Fundamentals, Mental Health, Relationships, Risk, Safety, Scenes
As a willing, enthusiastic and consenting visitor to BDSM events and a participant in the countless ways to practice kink, your brain, bodily chemicals and hormones will be altered to some degree. Some, but not all of those chemicals/hormones include: endorphins,...
by BlakSyn | Sep 21, 2021 | BDSM, BDSM and Mental Health, BDSM101, Communication, Fundamentals, Mental Health, Negotiation, Power Dynamics, Risk, Safety, Uncategorized
Excitement is an emotion best described as a feeling of great enthusiasm or eagerness. Its something we’ve all felt. I believe this to be especially true with things, individuals and concepts people resonate with, but have little to no knowledge about....
by BlakSyn | Aug 2, 2021 | BDSM, BDSM Community, BDSM101, Fundamentals, Kink, Negotiation, Safety, Scenes, Uncategorized
Considering attending a BDSM play party? Awesome! I’m proud of your adventurous self! That excitement you feel commingled with nervousness is natural! Whether it’s a private residence, local public dungeon or large convention, there are are important things to...
by BlakSyn | Feb 19, 2021 | BDSM, BDSM Community, Fundamentals, Mental Health, Safety, Social Media BDSM
The power someone gains from heightened notoriety as a result of others possessing widespread reverence for them can be described as clout. While clout itself isn’t necessarily a bad thing, our attitudes towards clout can be dangerous. We don’t always hold notable...
by BlakSyn | Oct 5, 2020 | BDSM, BDSM101, Fundamentals, Negotiation, Relationships, Scenes
While many of us aren’t the biggest fans of group projects, BDSM is a place where working together isn’t only encouraged, but imperative to its very framework. Cooperative Creation is both a concept and process that observes and values the nuance of the human...
by BlakSyn | Oct 5, 2020 | BDSM, BDSM101, Fundamentals, Safety
Hay. I’m sure that many if not most of you are familiar with the concept of a “safe word”. For those of you who aren’t, “safe words” are words and phrases traditionally used to immediately stop a scene. There are numerous ways to augment what its use entails. Some...
