#leather forever

[robleder]

[odettecarotte]

Carmen opened her analytic session as follows: "Many people had slapped me before Ava, but no one ever like her. No previous slap had landed so precisely. It was the right angle, the right amount of force, the right part of my face. It was so exceptional my body felt like it was liquifying." In her five years of analysis thus far, Carmen has returned to this arresting slap a few times, so singular did it feel to her. But this time she adds something new, and her relationship to it seems more fraught: "The moment I felt it, I immediately wanted to take back my consent. Yes, I had asked Ava to slap me, but I didn't mean for her to do it so well. What I had wanted was a mediocre, manageable slap, not one this exquisite."

Avgi Saketopoulou, Sexuality Beyond Consent

This is the first sentence of the book. Yes, the book begins with an exquisite slap!!!

[freeuselandonorris]

in light of, ahem, recent teamwear reveals I wanted to ask: what is it with leather? like visually my brain doesn't really Get It but I'm intrigued, and honestly I've found myself wanting to get it for this season

hiii! haha oh man the leather-look overalls…how i wish they were permanent 😭

ykw i actually find it really hard to explain the leather Thing! it’s very sensory-based for me and also very much something that was honed during my childhood as a Horse Girl. we used to get to clean the tack (saddles and bridles) as a special treat when i worked at my local stables (when i say special treat, usually the jobs were like. mucking out the stables and hefting bags of feed around lmao) and i remember just being very into the smooth shininess of clean leather and how supple it gets when you polish it, and i especially loved the combination of leather straps and metal hardware on a bridle. i also grew up in the ‘90s when the whole “boy bands wearing barely disguised fetishwear” trend was a thing lmao, it was planted early in me!

i think the appeal for me is a combination of the sensory aspects (the texture of quality leather, the shine of it, the smell of it even), the aesthetic of it (black leather in particular and the way that wearing it almost feels like armour) but especially the associations with it. kink associations, yes, but in a particular way - it’s associated with S&M, with a particular brand of masculinity, of ritualised power dynamics (see also: boot-blacking) in a way i just really respond to. there’s something quite austere about it, leather is tough and can be rigid or flexible. i think it’s more about the associations because i have some quality faux leather items (baby turns blue make great apple skin ‘leather’ harnesses which are almost indistinguishable from real leather!) that i love just as much.

my friend got me a copy of the incredible book leatherfolk for my birthday, which is about queerness and BDSM more generally but goes quite deeply into the connection leather has/had with these subcultures. it’s somewhat out of date now as it’s from the early ‘90s, but large swathes of it remain very relevant and it’s a fascinating read nonetheless, i recommend it! (i think you can read the ebook for free at that link, with an account)

[losttmymarbles]

screaming i love you with a belt around my neck

[nikidontsurf]

PAUL McCARTNEY in GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET (1984)

[eddie-redcliffe]

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[odettecarotte]

When Empress Wu explained the impact that "Sexuality Beyond Consent" had on her dominance on the Ask A Sub podcast, I felt very affirmed

[freeuselandonorris]

https://www.tumblr.com/orotundmutt/750575032806277120/fuel-photographed-by-albinohector-with-jlojosh-and

Saw this on the dash and was surprised it wasn’t your blog/ reblog but did think of you and wanted to share !

oh i have def reblogged this multiple times before it’s a faveeee!! so so hot and hits about ten of my kinks lmao. but thank you sm for bringing it to my attention again 😍

[smytherines]

someone spilled beer on Owen's favorite shoes and Curt can't remember where they parked

[vanalex]

[spikeisawesome456]

Happy Halloween y’all!!

So, I originally wanted to be Joker for Halloween this year, but after trying a new face paint that made my skin itch and break out like crazy, I quickly had to switch gears and find something new. Luckily, I bought this Cinderella costume a few years ago at Walmart for like… $30, and while I’ve lost roughly 35 pounds since then, I was able to counter the loose top with a baby blue corset that goes surprisingly well with the rest of the dress.

The kids at work (I’m an after school teacher) kept thinking I was Elsa, though, ha. And that was before wearing the snowflake cloak (which I only wore because it was the only outer wear I had on hand that even kinda went with the dress). Eh, guess you can’t win sometimes, ha.

Anyway, I love dressing up in elaborate costumes for work on Halloween, since it shows the kids that adults can still have fun dressing up for Halloween. ^-^

Hope y’all had a great day! :-D

[blackisdivine]

Letitia Wright

[alexlibris-bookart]

It seems this older piece wasn't shared here before...

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