Comments on Naked Confusion: Small Voices

I think one of the false assumptions people make i...

2011-09-11T08:32:49.361-04:00

I think one of the false assumptions people make is that there is "a community". A term which implies that we're an all-for-one and one-for-all group. This is very much not the case, and you touched the heart of the issue with your comment "small circles of friends".

Community is defined as "a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists." That word does well to describe the folks we regularly associate with, however, many assume that we use this definition of Community: "a feeling of fellowship with others , as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals."

In truth, we are so widely varied in attitudes, interests, and goals, that perhaps Nation would be a better word to use to describe WIITWA (Who It Is That We Are).

I think the best way to do our part to address the wrongs that happen in our Nation is through efforts like your SilverDreams. Educating those new to the nation, and telling them that there are dark alleys in our world, ones in which beatings and rapes and robberies occur. Regularly.

Keep the faith sister. We can make a difference. Even if only in one life, it's worth the cost.

Hello. I don't regularly comment on blog posts...

2011-09-06T21:58:54.486-04:00

Hello. I don't regularly comment on blog posts since I am very shy and might make a fool out of myself. But you spoke with such empathy and compassion for these people in the bdsm/kink world. I was told by a dominant friend of mine that he knew of a girl who was a sub to a master he abused her so vile that she didn't enjoy or want to be in that culture anymore. It ruined it for her. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Even to a n00b like me I am wary of the dangers of bdsm and kink.

I once read something years ago that went sort of ...

2011-09-06T11:06:27.973-04:00

I once read something years ago that went sort of like, one voice might be small but together we many others we become a roar.

Speaking up and speaking out is never easy but remembering you have friends who support you and taking the breaks for self care when needed makes it a bit easier.

Chocolate always helps too :)

Dee
xo