It’s Wednesday. Which means it’s link day.
This week’s collection of articles and posts includes a Belfast Telegraph article, which suggests that they (and the husband of Fifty Shades author, E.L. James) need to buy a dictionary and look up the meaning of ‘masochist’, a chat with the London Mistress School, and a poor couple whose sex toy was ‘outed’ by United Continental.
Husband of Fifty Shades of Grey author insists ‘I’m no masochist’
Source: Belfast Telegraph
‘The Northern Irish husband of Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James has denied that she based the seductive Christian Grey character on him.
He said of the best-selling phenomenon: “I’m not a masochist and that’s all I’m going to say about our sex life.”’
Uh, I’m totally confused by this piece of journalism. Mr Leonard, your wife has written a book about a man who is a sadist. Therefore saying that you’re ‘not a masochist’ doesn’t make it seem any less likely that Erika didn’t base Christian Grey on you. FYI, the person doing the spanking, caning, and flagellating is the sadist, yes? Which, by my brilliant powers of deduction, would make the masochist the person on the receiving end of the palm/cane/flogger. Unless I’m misreading this completely and you’re simply trying to tease us by telling us what doesn’t float your boat, i.e. pain?
In any case, here are two very helpful Concise Oxford Dictionary definitions, just in case they’re of use to you or the members of the Belfast Telegraph editorial team:
masochism n. the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from one’s own pain or humiliation.
ORIGIN C19: named after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the Austrian novelist who described it.
sadism n. the tendency to derive sexual gratification or general pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.
ORIGIN C19: From Fr. sadisme, from the name of the C18 Fr. writer the Marquis de Sade.
LEARNING THE ROPES: The school where a woman discovers how to be a dominatrix
Source: Islington Tribune
Richard Osley meets the founder of the London Mistress School, Mistress Josephine, and talks to her about teaching good, safe domination practices to women, the influence of BDSM on the high street, and changing attitudes. (I’m particularly pleased to read that Mistress Josephine is in discussion with Coco de Mer about putting on some seminars and workshops later this year. They’ve offered some really great classes and salons in the past, so I look forward to finding out what’s going to be on offer in due course.)
Gay couple sues airline after finding sex toy taped to their luggage
Source: NYDailyNews.com
Honey, is that our dildo or someone else’s?
The next time you’re standing at the arrivals carousel waiting for your suitcase, spare a thought for Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger, who arrived at baggage claim to find one of their sex toys tapped to the outside of their luggage. United Continental staff allegedly went through their personal items and coated the dildo they found with a ‘greasy foul-smelling substance’ before attaching it to the top of their bag. Amusing for fellow passengers, beyond mortifying for the owners of the toy. Not cool, airport security, not cool. If you must investigate people’s sexual paraphernalia, surely you can re-bag items after you’ve determined that they’re not a, uh, threat? ‘Weapon of mass destruction’ and ‘weapon of arse destruction’: two totally different things.