“You’re So Brave!”: Pro Sub Stigma And Its Discontents

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Working as a professional submissive often makes you feel like an outsider. Pro-subs and pro-switches are a relatively rare breed of service provider, which makes our work feel pretty esoteric from the get go. For every one of us, there are many more vanilla, in-person, indoor workers. In part, this could be because the need… Continue reading “You’re So Brave!”: Pro Sub Stigma And Its Discontents

I Couldn’t Do It: Jeff and Sarah

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Content warning—the following contains descriptions of underage sex work and an adult fantasizing about sexual activity with a pre-teenage child. I don’t know how I started seeing Jeff. I can’t remember meeting him, or what the first session was like, or what he looked like in clothes. I just remember when it turned. Jeff was… Continue reading I Couldn’t Do It: Jeff and Sarah

The Commercial Dungeon Experience: Abusive Management And Exploitation

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Dungeons are often a launching pad for newbies entering the industry as the work seems safer and often more socially acceptable to the general public. In recent years pro-domme, sub, and switch work has gotten more popular than ever. Meanwhile, commercial dungeon management continues to prey on people entering into the industry looking for an… Continue reading The Commercial Dungeon Experience: Abusive Management And Exploitation

Remedy (2014)

“So you went domme on a dare,” a co-worker remarks to the eponymous protagonist of Remedy. It’s one of the movie’s more memorable lines. It’s also the reason I watched this flick in the first place: a dare. I challenged myself to sit through a movie about a twenty-something who lands a job as a… Continue reading Remedy (2014)