Topics for weekly discussions

FungiUg

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We'd like to collect a list of topics that people would enjoy discussing. The idea is that once a week, someone (possibly our already over-worked and under-paid moderators) will kick off a discussion from the list. If we can collect a good list of topics or questions, then we'll avoid frequent repeats.

So, if there's something you'd like to see discussed on a recurring basis, then by all means add it to the list. The topics can range from serious to light hearted, and they can be topics we've discussed before. In fact, ideal candidates would be topics that seem to come up over and over again.

Here are the list of topics as discussed thus far. Note that I have listed the basic outline of the topic -- you can go through the actual discussions for more details on the listed topic. I have combined related topics where it makes sense.

How about depilation?
Is BDSM abuse?
How to deal with a vanilla partner, or how to turn them kinky?
Breath play?
Bondage for beginners (So you have your pyl tied down to the bed. What happens now?)
Strap ons!
Your whole toy family of questions. Favorite toys, essentials for your toy bag, Toys for the budget minded couple.
BDSM and Disability/Chronic Pain/Illness
When Somehow The Wrong Person Found Out
Gifts for BDSM weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, etc
Making It [BDSM] Work As A Lifestyle
BDSM and the Law (the Legality of BDSM)
Academic Discussion of BDSM (for instance, stats, how it fits with feminism, etc)
Verbal humiliation
How do you keep a long-term BDSM relationship alive? (The complications and advantages of love in a D/s relationship.)
Words of advice to the partner of a kinkster.
How has the feminist movement affected the BSDM.
Rituals, Rules, Contracts, and Collars
Domineering versus Dominating
How do you choose the right partner rather than allow excitement or desperation cloud your perception with every available sub or Dom/me. (How to find a suitable partner?)
BDSM and Spirituality, How Do They Work Together (BDSM and Religion)
Experiences concerning caging, impounding, etc
What kind of training/punishment options other Dom/mes use for those they can't physically interact with for whatever reasons. Back issues, knees, etc.
The role of Monty Python within BDSM.
Mind Control.
BDSM and Children.
Subspace.
Can Francisco be Robin Williams?
Was Aristotle good for his time?
Interrogation scenes... How do you prepare on either end? What sort of things do you watch out for? What are some of the pitfalls? How and why does it turn your crank? What makes a good instrument of interrogation?
Is there always pony play?
Mental health and BDSM.
What are the fundamental differences between male and female subs?
BDSM and Multiple Partners
Are BDSM folk more honest or open minded than non-BDSM folk?
Suspension (specifically including chains): how-to, experiences.
Labels: are they good, bad, indifferent? Do we need them at all?
Pony, doggy and kitty play
Kinky and alone: how to keep yourself sane and amused.
CBT for beginners.
The challenge of submitting to the seemingly impossible... and succeeding!
Submissive block and copying (You've lost that submissive feeling)
Dealing with breakups (social groups, boundaries, head-space, deprogramming)
 
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LOL, I am looking forward to seeing how this goes....I really like the idea and am more than happy to help.

Catalina :rose:
 
Okay, well please encourage the regulars to pop in and add to the list. Anything they want to see discussed.

Here's one from my own past that I'd be happy to see on the "frequent rotate" list:

Is BDSM Abuse?
  • What is acceptable
  • What is not?
  • Is SSC enough?
  • What about "risky" play?
 
Kajira Callista said:
how about depilation?

God, now there's a topic.
  • Preferences
  • How do I fix this nasty rash?
  • Help! Now I whistle when I walk!
 
I've only been here a little while, but one of the things that crops up time and time again is how to deal with a vanilla partner, or how to turn them kinky. The problem many people seem to have is what to do when the love of your life ain't singing from the same hymnsheet in the sack and the many obvious problems and conflicts that surround this. Maybe a dicussion involving something like this would be a good idea?
 
curiousjen said:
[...] one of the things that crops up time and time again is how to deal with a vanilla partner, or how to turn them kinky. [...] Maybe a dicussion involving something like this would be a good idea?

Agreed. Having had to deal with that problem myself, I may be biased, but it does seem to come up time and time again.
 
So you have your pyl tied down to the bed. What happends now?

And there is your whole toy family of questions. Favorite toys, essentials for your toy bag, Toys for the budget minded couple.
 
A few possible topics

OUCH THAT HURT! - BDSM and Disability/Chronic Pain/Illness

Out of the Cane Rack - When Somehow The Wrong Person Found Out

Wrapped In Leather - Gifts for BDSM weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, etc

Tying The Knot - Making It Work As A Lifestyle

CLAMPED! - BDSM and the Law

Beat The Geek - Academic Discussion of BDSM (for instance, stats, how it fits with feminism, etc)

Dunno if anyone else would be interested in any of those, just some thoughts off the top of my head. If not, hopefully my puns didn't make you groan too loudly.
 
Verbal humiliation:
  • How to
  • What works
  • What doesn't
  • Why does it work at all?
  • Offensive?
  • ...
 
How do you keep a long-term BDSM relationship alive? (Could double as the electroplay thread... ooop, no, that's necrophilia.)
 
Words of advice to the partner of a kinkster. I mean, if your lover was kinky and you were not and you found out, what sort of reassurances, helpful advice, questions would you want to have? Maybe we could answer some of those as a reference for vanilla partners.
 
Ok how about:

How has the feminist movement affected the BSDM. Has it made it easier to be a male or female pyl. Has it made it easier to be a male and female PYL.
 
Domineering versus Dominating

How do you choose the right partner rather than allow excitement or desperation cloud your perception with every available sub or Dom/me.
 
Shadowsdream said:
Domineering versus Dominating

How do you choose the right partner rather than allow excitement or desperation cloud your perception with every available sub or Dom/me.
you beat yourself before you start the search? :rolleyes:
 
snowy ciara said:
Words of advice to the partner of a kinkster. I mean, if your lover was kinky and you were not and you found out, what sort of reassurances, helpful advice, questions would you want to have? Maybe we could answer some of those as a reference for vanilla partners.


I _LIKE_ that one... though I do wonder how many of the partners would see it - if they're already not willing to listen to communique's from their BDSM-involved partner, what would make them listen to their partner bringing something to them from the web? Of course, that makes the topic deeper, not less worthy - it expands it to include how to make a freaked-out 'nilla listen.


OK: another punning suggestion -

NOBODY Expects the Spanish Inquisition: BDSM and Spirituality, How Do They Work Together
 
Thanks...

I understand that you're having problems with your 'nilla spouse, and I do sympathise, but not all of us have that situation. At the club here, we sometimes see 'nilla spouses that come in just to get to know us so they can get some reassurance that Sweetie isn't an axe murdering time bomb waiting to go off. There was talk in my offline community about a PFLAG sort of organisation (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) for friendly 'nilla spouses and partners and such, which is where I got the idea.
 
SubbieHubbie2 said:
OUCH THAT HURT! - BDSM and Disability/Chronic Pain/Illness

Puns aside, I'd be interested in seeing what kind of training/punishment options other Dom/mes use for those they can't physically interact with for whatever reasons. Back issues, knees, etc.
 
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