The SCENESubmissions 2003 Archives

 

 

 

 

 

 

This newsletter was originally only for Rose & Thorn members, the group that I founded in Vermont. It's a great history of the early years and includes some great material! After I gave notice as leader in 2001, I renamed it SceneSubmissions and gave it a broader scope of BDSM & Spirituality as by that time we had many readers in other states.

January 5th 2003
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Higher Ground, the Relationship between D&s and Yoga - by Mimi Andronica
Mini SCENEprofiles Interview with Mimi Andronica
On Cats and Dogs: A Personal Look into Submissive Behavior - By TopKnot
The Masterpiece - Poem by Staci
Website of the Week

January 12th 2003
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One Small Step - Buying the Ticket for the Journey into BDSM & Spirituality – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Robert Dante, Singletail Artist & Author of Bullwhip Magic PART 1 OF 2
My Lovely Pussycat – Poem By David
Website of the Week

January 19th 2003
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Leather Spirit Weekend in the Poconos
Introduction to BDSM & Spirituality – By Chris M. of Black Rose
PART 2 OF 2 SCENEprofiles Interview with Robert Dante, Singletail Artist & Author of Bullwhip Magic
Exposed – Poem By Laura
Website of the Week


January 26th 2003
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Introduction to Auto Erotica: Exploring BDSM without a Partner – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Fakir Musafar, Father of the Modern Primitives Movement
Mine – Poem By Laura
Website of the Week


February 2nd 2003
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Part 2 Auto Erotica: Exploring BDSM without A Partner: Exploring Subspace through Alternative Mind Places – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Mathew Styranka, Author of Endless Knot: A Spiritual Odyssey Through Sado-Masochism
Dangerous Woman – Poem By David

February 9th 2003
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New Online BDSM & Spirituality Discussion Group
Confession of an ex-Catholic Schoolgirl - By Cleo Dubois of the Academy of S/M Arts
The Pain Game: Cleo Dubois and the Alchemy of S/M - By Hero
Irresistible Bliss – Poem By Thomas

February 16th 2003
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Romantic Kitsch and a Good Spanking for Valentines Day - By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Susan Wright, founder of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
The Journey – Poem By MythicPrince
Website of the Week

February 23rd 2003
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God Wears Black Leather; Kink and the Unitive Experience - By Deborah Addington
Sometimes - By Screamer
Poisoned Love's Passion – Poem by Christy
Website of the Week


March 2, 2003
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Auto Erotica: Exploring BDSM without A Partner - Part 2: Exploring Subspace through Alternative Mind Places – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Decima, Founder of Fetish Fashion, a Dungeon in Hong Kong
Daddy Today – Poem by Laura
Website of the Week

March 9, 2003
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Arin Reddog Takes Kavadi – By Arin Reddog
What’s This Crap About Protecting a Submissive? - By Screamer, Author of Screaming Inside Erotica
Revelation of the Master – Poem By Bearzdragonlust
Website of the Week

March 18, 2003
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Part 3: Auto Erotica: Exploring BDSM without A Partner - Exploring Submitting and Surrender to Self – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENE profiles Interview with Yaqi, Houston Press’ "Best Fetishist 2002," Filmmaker and Tickling Aficionado
Website of the Week

March 23, 2003
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Spirituality - By Mistress Steel
Part 1 of 2 SCENEprofiles Interview with Patrick Califia, Author & Activist
Website of the Week


March 30, 2003
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Part 4: Auto Erotica: Self Reflection and Personal Growth During the in-between Period – By Sensuous Sadie
Part 2 of 2 SCENEprofiles Interview with Patrick Califia, Author & Activist
Website of the Week

April 6, 2003
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New Photos of Sensuous Sadie!
Yaqi Interviews Sensuous Sadie
Submissive and Feminist - Contradiction or Consistency? - By Screamer
Website of the Week

April 13, 2003
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Just Call me a Bedroom Submissive – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Joseph Bean, Author & Activist
Website of the Week

April 20th, 2003
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Cleo Dubois' Academy of SM Arts New Erotic Dominance Intensives for Women
Group Therapy # 12 - Play Parties: What are They? - By Ed, Leader of White Mountains Different Strokes
Chastity Belt Frequently Asked Questions
Website of the Week

April 27th, 2003
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BDSM Relationships: Vanilla with a Dash of Kink, or a Whole Different Animal? - By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Barbara Nitke, Photographer & Activist
Website of the Week

May 4th, 2003
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Bodyplay and the Spirit - By Chris M, writer and Emeritus Board Member of Black Rose
Group Therapy #13 - A Baker's Dozen - Summing up Group Therapy - By Ed, Leader of White Mountains Different Strokes
Website of the Week

May 11th, 2003
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Sadie’s Book is in Print!
New BDSM & Spirituality Discussion Group: Blue Roses BDSM
What I Know For Sure – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Race Bannon, Author, Community Leader, & Activist
Website of the Week

May 18th, 2003
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Sadie’s Book is in Print!
Zen Leather- By Jack Rinella
Leather Leadership Conference Review – By Ed, Leader of White Mountains Different Strokes
New BDSM Erotica by Toya, Author of Subspace
Website of the Week

May 25th, 2003
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The Fuzzy Area between Domspace and Subspace - By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Stuart Norman AKA Cyrwyn, The Leatherfaerie Shaman: Author, Activist and Founder of Tarheel Leather Club
Website of the Week

June 1st, 2003
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Masochism as a Spiritual Path - By Dorothy C. Hayden
Fashion for Boys who Wanna be Girls: on Cross-Dressing - By Maria
Website of the Week



June 8th, 2003
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Hear the Recorded Radio Interview with Sensuous Sadie
Born a Hoochie Mama - and Where I Got Those Unconventional Ideas - By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Rev. Justin Tanis, Author and Ordained Minister of Metropolitan Community Churches
Website of the Week

June 15th, 2003
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Upcoming Live Interviews with BDSM Personalities on Dominate Radio
Cinekink Film Festival Announces October Dates
Shamanism - By Stuart Norman, the Leatherfaerie Shaman
The Great SM Demonstration Dilemma - By Daddy Bob Allen
You and i – Poem by Moonbeam
Website of the Week

June 22nd, 2003
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Upcoming Live Interviews with BDSM Personalities on Dominate Radio
A Dominant’s Ethics and Some Messy Emotional Areas of the Human Psyche – By Sensuous Sadie
Review of Laura’s Antoniou’s Book "The Reunion"
slavery is/not – poem by slave david stein
Call for submissions
Website of the Week

June 29th, 2003
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Summer Reading Special Excerpt from the short story: Melinda - by Mitzi Szereto
Soul of a Second Skin: Spirituality, Christianity and the Leather Community - by Hardy Haberman
Mini SCENEprofiles Interview with Hardy Haberman
Acceptance – Poem by Thomas
Upcoming Live Interviews with BDSM Personalities on Dominate Radio
Call for submissions
Website of the Week

July 6th, 2003
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Introduction to Cyber Relationship – Commentary from an Ex Real-Time Elitist – By Sensuous Sadie
Review of Sensuous Sadie’s book: It’s Not About the Whip: Love, Sex, and Spirituality in the BDSM Scene - By Julian Robinson, book reviewer for Cleansheets
SCENEprofiles Interview with Screamer (aka Kanthra Adair), Author of Screaming Inside erotica
Upcoming Live Interviews on Dominate Radio
Website of the Week

July 13th, 2003
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Humiliation of the Mind and Body - By niki Aracos
Survey: The Role of Humiliation in BDSM – Conducted By niki Aracos
To Boldly Go - By Daddy Bob Allen
Against the Night – Poem By Thomas
Upcoming Live Interviews with BDSM Personalities on Dominate Radio
Website of the Week

July 20th, 2003
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Reborn BDSM & Spirituality Discussion Group
Exploring the Continuum of Real Time and Cyber Relationships; part 2 in the series – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Chris M., writer and Emeritus Board Member of Black Rose, Washington DC
Walls Of Destruction – Poem By Shandy 
Upcoming Live Interviews with BDSM Personalities on Dominate Radio
Website of the Week

July 27th, 2003
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And Yet Another Excellent New BDSM & Spirituality Discussion Group!
Summer Fiction Special: Excerpt from Erotica Author Sascha Illyvich’s story: "Spanking Cold Weather" a Mistress Kitty and Trent story
Because You Asked - Poem By Elizabeth
Upcoming Live Interviews with BDSM Personalities on Dominate Radio
Website of the Week

August 3rd, 2003
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PART III in the series: Challenges of the Cyber Experience – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with John B., Managing Editor of Prometheus Magazine
New Website for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
Website of the Week

August 10th, 2003
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Self Esteem By Lady Bleu, Editor of DomSubLifestyle Magazine Online
Interview Profile: Leigha Fleming, Executive Director of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
Destinations Poem By Thomas
Website of the Week

August 17th, 2003
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BDSM is about Love, and Other Divergent Thoughts (AKA The Bob Deegan Column) - By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Altairboy, Chastity Aficionado & Webmaster of the Altairboy Chastity Website
The Ceremony – Poem by Megan
Website of the Week

August 24th, 2003
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The Spiritual Daddy by Daddy Bob Allen
Summer Reading Special Excerpt from the book Spiral - By DeAnne Maxwell
Take Wing – Poem by Megan
Website of the Week


August 31st, 2003
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A Trip to the Shore, and the Wave-Particle Duality of Words – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Fifth Angel, Educator, Writer, & Martial Arts Specialist
Website of the Week

September 7th, 2003
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BDSM/Religion... By Divinity
Getting Comfortable with Submission - By Decima
I Offer - Poem By Screamer
Website of the Week

September 14th, 2003
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Adultery, Betrayal, and How I Rationalized my way out of Things – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Daddy Bob Allen, Author & owner of the Bullet Bar in North Hollywood, CA
Website of the Week

September 21st, 2003
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An Intimate Look at Ritual Pain - By Mistress Damiana
Review of the Book: Sacred Exchange: Stories of Spirituality and Transcendence in Dominance and Submission – Review by Gary Switch
Echoes – Poem By Screamer
Website of the Week

September 28th, 2003
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Fifth Sundae Fiction Special – An Envious Lot, an Excerpt from Original Sins By Lisette Ashton
The Essence of Love by Wayne Rogers, Author of, The Ten Days of Submission
Website of the Week

October 5th, 2003
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Sobriquets and Screen Names: What We Call Ourselves – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with PureDevil, Editor of Captive Heart Newsletter
Website of the Week

October 12th, 2003
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You, too, can Write BDSM Poetry! [Humor]~ by yielding, slave to Stern
How Does BDSM Fit with Jesus? - By GettinSassy
Website of the Week

October 19th, 2003
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"Don’t Scare the Villagers" and other Questionable Laws, along with my thoughts on David Steinberg’s book Photo Sex: Fine Art Sexual Photography Comes of Age - By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Lisa Vandever, Producer, Activist and Co-Founder, New York S/M Film Festival
Website of the Week

October 26th, 2003
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Introduction to Photo Sex: Fine Art Sexual Photography Comes of Age – By David Steinberg
Review of Cléo Dubois' Videos: The Pain Game and Tie Me Up!  – By Sensuous Sadie
The Middle of the Morning – Poem by hislildeleon
Website of the Week

November 2nd, 2003
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Why I Don't Give a Hoot About Protocol and Why It's Important to Know Anyway – By Sensuous Sadie
Excerpt on BDSM & Spirituality from Geoff Mains’ recently reissued: Urban Aboriginals: A Celebration of Leathersexuality
SCENEprofiles Interview with Miranda, Editor of Crystal-Bridge
Website of the Week

November 9th, 2003
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Top and Bottom – By Chris M. of Black Rose
True Freedom – By Decima, owner of Fetish Fashion, a dungeon in Hong Kong
Website of the Week

November 16th, 2003
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Submission on Thanksgiving Night - By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Cecilia Tan, Owner of Circlet Press
Website of the Week

November 23rd, 2003
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In my Father’s House, There Are Many Mansions - an Excerpt from Ties That Bind By Guy Baldwin
Black Rose 2003 – By Flirticia, Director of Rose & Thorn of Vermont
Review of Fetish Photographer Barbara Nitke’s Book: Kiss of Fire – By Sensuous Sadie
Why Don’t You Make Me – Poem By Screamer
Website of the Week

November 30th, 2003
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Fall Fiction Special; An Envious Lot, an Excerpt from Original Sins By Lisette Ashton
Black Rose – Poem By William
Website of the Week

December 7th, 2003
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Spirituality, BDSM, and a Stack of Unanswered Questions – By Sensuous Sadie
SCENEprofiles Interview with Sybil Holiday, Professional Domina and author
Website of the Week

December 14th, 2003
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Sadie’s Book – A Great Holiday Gift
The Principle of Transparency, an excerpt from Slavecraft, by a grateful slave with Guy Baldwin
Orgasm Control/Release Training By gîna «Tau»
Sado-masochistic Ritual in a Thelemic Context by Lady Ravinia
Website of the Week

December 21st, 2003
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My Letter to Santa (Revisited) – by Sensuous Sadie
Mythic Reality: Building The Inner Cathedral – by Chris M. of Black Rose
Website of the Week


December 28th, 2003
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Morality, Yes; Moralism, No: an Ode to the Marquis De Sade - By David Steinberg
Review of: It's Not about the Whip: Love, Sex and Spirituality in the BDSM Scene - by Jean Roberta
Website of the Week