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Author: Amy

Amy identifies as mostly a submissive, but occasionally a switch.  She has been involved in online BDSM since the advent of the alt.sex bulletin board, and involved in actual, real life participation off and on for the last twenty five years.  She’s a nurse that also loves to write erotica, fanfiction, and poetry.  She currently resides in Baltimore with her flying squirrel, Hannibal.

My Experiences With BDSM And Religion

By Amy Posted on March 1, 2015 Posted in Personal Experiences Tagged with Personal, Religion

Like most people in the United States of my age group, I was raised in church. Maybe my personal experience with religion is a little different than most people’s, as my father was a Southern Baptist preacher, and I received …

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Fifty Shades of Pink: The Differences Between BDSM and Abuse

By Amy Posted on February 21, 2015 Posted in BDSM Tagged with Abuse, bdsm, Consent

There is a huge gulf between bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, and masochism, collectively known as BDSM, and intimate partner abuse. Although it seems as if BDSM and abuse would go hand in hand, that’s certainly not the case. Intimate …

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