"Glory to the [Women] Heroes!"

Liberté

Slava Ukraini

If my friends knew they would call me a fool for believing in the power of women. I may be a fool - but you know what they say: fool me once, They are the real idiots.

So 2023 was supposed to be the year of getting dangerous. Most risky thing that happend all year was that I didn't do a proper back-up and lost a lot of drafts and research notes. Google forcing readers to sign in to confirm their age before reading my blog has also proven rather dangerous. Viewer numbers have gone down. Not blogging to reach a huge audience but once I realized that Google made it difficult even for those who wanted to read my blog, I was disappointed. And of course there was that lightbulb moment where I realized the similarities between George Orwell's famous book Animal Farm and a minority group within "our community." And it's not just real findoms.

Learning the Language of Rope

Today is not about tying the knot

Just don't trip over the rope and guard your privacy. Not everybody understands happiness has many faces

The awe inspiring Claire Adams from Men in Pain in a classic case of learning the ropes.

Dutch had a busy Christmas, so I watched this years Doctor Who Christmas episode only now. The sound was terrible, too much background noise but I do think I heard 15 say that he was learning the language of rope. And yes, in a Goblin airship that would not have been out of place at Six Flags but who cares. Just like you, my instant gut reaction was: finally. Sadly things are not always what they seem [1] and the whole thing quickly unravelled. But what a lovely title for my last post of 2023.

Life, Love, the Real World and Femdom

Because it's Christmas

Just a gorgeous woman armed with a smile and a cane. Now that's what I call a Christmas treat.

It's been a busy year and Dutch is knackered. So lucky I don't have to clean the dungeon with a toothbrush. Not much of femdom blogging lately. Google adult verification policy is a major let down. I write because I want people to read it. It's not about the sheer number of visitors, open access for the lucky few is more my thing. Add to that a hard disk crash where my drafts were stored - most recent back-up is from two years ago  - and you get the picture. But above all, family is the reason for curtailing my blogging activities temporarily.

Pure

Together

Even at the other end of the whip she is there for you

I may break you but it never will break us.

He must be in a bad place right now. Just look at the way she is comforting him. How she pulls him close and the way she tries to alleviate some of his pain. The pain she inflicted upon him. That's not what the image shows but you and I know. She probably didn't hesitate when he screamed. No, most likely it made her smile and gave her a buzz. He is hers and she is his. Next time will probably be worse. But when all is over they're in each other's arms. No way in the world any outsider will ever understand just how pure and unique it is what the two of them share.

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Face the Music

Tóc Tiên - Hoa Cúc Dại

Watched Furies (Thanh Sói - Cúc dại trong đêm), a Vietnamese martial arts movie a while back on Netflix. The soundtrack is really catchy. 

Tóc Tiên - Hoa Cúc Dại [click to listen]

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640

This week the Netherlands went to the polls. The biggest winner turned out to be the far right Freedom Party, who incidentally also want to cut aid to Ukraine. That would be a huge mistake, even if you are just selfish. A free Ukraine is essential to the security in Western Europe. Not that it's the main reason to support Ukraine. Ukraine is an independent country and should be free. Sadly there is this new deadly disease called Ukraine fatique.

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Notes

[1] Watched 'An Adventure in Time and Space' the other day, a dramatization about how it all began for Doctor Who. The program was specially created for the show's  50th anniversary back in 2013. Ten years later and my favourite Timelord is turning 60.

If you think of Doctor Who as an advent calendar, back in 2013, we were - suprise - at number 11 with Matt Smith portraying the Eleventh Doctor. We all know what comes before 11, but what comes after 13? Is it 10 or 14? A bit of both. Tonight the Doctor returns. [2] David Tennant once again becomes the Doctor, yes number 14 this time. It's complicated, it always is but who cares. It also shows just what a mess the Whitaker/Chibnall era has been for the BBC to do something so desperate. What I think is not fair is that originally Ncuti Gatwa was cast as the 14th Doctor but is now 15. Why not let the incoming Doctor star in the celebration of 60 years of Doctor Who. Easy to preach the gospel about how equality and inclusiveness but to act accordingly is something very different altogether. Shame on you BBC.

Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor

Anyway, some two weeks ago showrunner Russell T Davies  spoke to the Guardian. He said among other things that "scenes in upcoming episodes of Doctor Who will be ‘violent and scary’". Doctor Who returns this month with three special episodes featuring David Tennant as the 14th Doctor, to coincide with its 60th anniversary. The first episode is family friendly, Pixaresque almost. "The second one, Wild Blue Yonder, is darker. Not scary – it’s genuinely weird,”"
"The third, The Giggle, features Neil Patrick Harris as a toymaker and is “nuts, completely mad, frightening”, Davies said. “That one will scare you.”"

Guess what, I'm looking forward to it. Also also excited to see Neil Patrick Harris come on to the show. We'll talk more Doctor Who later. Just one question, am I the only one wondering how Doctor Ruth [the Fugitive Doctor] is doing?

[2] Oops, programme already aired yesterday, have to catch up later.

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Julia Fox: the 30-Day Domme Strikes Again

Can Someone Please Cancel Mistress Fox?

Why is there no ad blocker for annoying people?

Kim Kardashian, the woman Julia Fox probably wants to be.

Not one but two pieces about Julia Fox's upcoming autobiography. One by the actress herself, one by Emma Brockes, published both - and on the same day - in the same paper: The Guardian. Oh, and they also dwell both on the same topic. Julia Fox working briefly as a dominatrix. Her upcoming memoir is titled Down The Drain. When she ran out of ways to steal from her dad or her best friends' dad, Mrs. Fox browses the adult ad section.

“Dominatrix dungeon hiring. *no sex* *no nudity* *no experience necessary*.”

1. Send in a recent full-body picture.

2. Write a quick bio with age, height, weight and level of experience.

3. Describe in detail most sadistic sexual fantasy.

"I don’t have experience as a dominatrix but I certainly have some experience in hating men." Even better, she has the face of an angel. That was in the early 2000's. Born in 1990, that would mean she was underage at the time or perhaps she flunked algebra in secondary school, who cares?

The Guardian newspaper has no paywall, which is the only reason I often refer to it. The above paragraph is an extract of the article Miss Fox has written for The Guardian to promote her upcoming book. Emma Brockes deals with the official review of Down The Drain, which also would be a fitting title for the article she writes. It's like reading how a star-struck six-year old fangirl describes her crush in glowing, if somewhat incoherent terms.

Chastity Island

Locktober for Vanilla's

Better be careful mistress, if you lock up your slave for the entire month of October and he survives, you have to pay him $100,000. Yes, $100,000!

The person who came up with the idea for Locktober is probably the same as the TV producer that created Too Hot to Handle, a relationship show, where, as The Guardian puts it, "believe they are signing up to a shagfest." "They are not. Because 12 hours after they meet and everything has become fully engorged, they are slapped with a sex ban! For FOUR WEEKS!"

Lucy Mangan rates Too Hot to Handle three out of five stars. Her review, however is at least five out of five stars, probably even more. Mrs. Mangan is terribly funny when she discusses the dating show's second season. Yes, there is a second season. I'm as surprised as you are.

The Handmaid's Tale Is For Real

Dystopia arrived while you were sleeping

Gilead, Yapoo, without the freedom to choose there is little difference.

It never made sense to look at the past as today's arbiter of everything. As time moves on, the world changes beyond recognition. There are no similarities for the digital age, so why look for them in some trogladyte cave?. Search for the answers in the here and now. Besides, nobody is omnipotent or all-knowing, past, present or future.