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The Top 30 Posts of 2009

By lunaKM on January 5, 2010

A year ago I started a small blog project called Submissive Guide. I wanted it to be an organized place where I could voice my opinions about submission, help novices discover who they are and explore BDSM through the written word. Since that time it has grown to so much more, including an e-book, a [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged 2WBSP, 7 things, aftercare, Aria, bath, bathing, BDSM, bdsm checklist, bdsm lifestyle, best of 2009, best of submissiveguide, Best Submissive Blogs, blogs, book, bottom, checklist, choice, Dom, Dominance, dominant, dominants, e-book, guest post, help, how-to, human pet, journaling, kajira, learned, learning, lifestyle, masochist, newsletter, novice, novices, online, Online Submission, opinion, owned, pet play, pets, play, positions, resume, ritual, rituals, rosary, rt, rules, scene, Service, skylerpet, slave, slave training, sub drop, submission, submissive, submissive blogs, Submissive Positions, top posts, topping from the bottom, training, Training Resume, two dominants, websites, writing | Leave a response

The Roundtable: Chastity

By lunaKM on November 20, 2009

Gather around the table everyone, I’d like to learn about something I don’t know a lot about. I welcome you to add your thoughts and comments to this post and if you feel an inclination, send me a guest post letting me know what you think. This month I’d like to talk about chastity. If [...]

Posted in Roundtable Discussions | Tagged cages, chastity, chastity belts, choice, cons, control, guest post, inclination, love, opinion, orgasm control, questions, rt, submission | 2 Responses

Sub v. Slave: A Second Opinion

Sub v. Slave: A Second Opinion

By Guest Author on November 18, 2009

This is a guest post by Beth, as she will tell you, she’s a 24/7 slave of 2 years and would like to express what she sees as the differences between sub and slave. If you would like to read Rayne’s opinion, you can do so on this post. First off I would like to introduce [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged 24/7, BDSM, bdsm lifestyle, Beth, bottom, choice, choices, communication, cons, consensual, definitions, discipline, fetlife, guest post, learned, lifestyle, limits, online, opinion, play, punishment, punishments, Rayne, rt, scene, size, slave, slavery, submissive, training, twitter, writing | 1 Response

Submissive and Slave: A Personal View

Submissive and Slave: A Personal View

By Rayne on November 11, 2009

This post was written by Rayne. You can follow her twitter for active and interesting conversation. I’m pretty big on book definitions. So for me, the word “submissive” has always been an adjective describing a personality trait. When I got involved in BDSM, it became, for me, a heading, of sorts, describing a group of [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged 24/7, BDSM, blogs, book, bottom, choice, communication, community, cons, control, definitions, desires, Dom, dominant, dominants, guest post, IRC, labels, lifestyle, limits, m/s, masochist, needs, owned, perfect world, play, play parties, power exchange, progress, protocol, Rayne, relationship, Relationships, review, rt, rules, safe, safe words, scene, series, Service, sex, short, slave, submission, submissive, toy, transparency, twitter | 1 Response

Am I Submissive?

Am I Submissive?

By lunaKM on November 4, 2009

So, you want me to tell you how you can tell if you are submissive or not? Asking someone else if you are submissive is like asking a blind man what color your dress is. Is there some magical online quiz that can say whether you are submissive or slave? Unfortunately no and I don’t [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged book, choice, choices, community, connection, control, Dom, Dominance, dominant, dress, experience, happiness, help, inclination, learned, learning, Mindset, natural, online, personal choices, poses, prayer, questions, relationship, religion, ritual, rt, Service, serving, sex, slave, spirit, spiritual, standing, stimulus, submission, submissive, trust, understanding | 2 Responses

How To Start Your Submissive Journal

How To Start Your Submissive Journal

By lunaKM on October 16, 2009

A very common first request of a potential Dominant, either online or offline is to have you start a submissive journal. If you’ve never kept a diary then this can be a daunting task. Having to write openly and honestly about your feelings and experiences can have a huge impact on your submissive and personal [...]

Posted in Mindset, Service | Tagged blogging, choice, comfort, development, Dom, dominant, experience, help, Impact, journaling, needs, online, online journal, personal development, relationship, rt, submission, submissive, tasks, writing | 2 Responses

Chat Night Transcript From What is Service Talk

By lunaKM on October 15, 2009

lunaKM> So, first I’d like to get some impression about how new you are to submission. Could you please tell me how long you have been exploring submission and if you are in a relationship right now? lunaKM> hello aquamuse aquamuse> Hello, I’m new of course. eagerslut> I am in a relationship and just recently [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged 24/7, activities, BDSM, book, bottom, calendar, chat, chat night, choice, choices, classes, clean, connection, cons, control, D/s, Dom, Dominance, dominant, dominants, Domme, dress, event, events, experience, focus, grace, growth, health, help, IRC, kneeling, learned, learning, lifestyle, love, m/s, marriage, mentor, natural, needs, newsletter, online, perfection, pride, purpose, relationship, requests, Resources, routine, rt, rules, separation, Service, serving, sex, sharing, shaving, shower, size, slave, stress, submission, submissive, submissive chat, surrender, tall, tasks, tips, training, transcript, writing | Leave a response

The Challenges of Being Kajira in Today’s Society

The Challenges of Being Kajira in Today’s Society

By Guest Author on September 18, 2009

Today’s guest post is by dina from Kajiradreams. You can also read her post on what it’s like to be an owned kajira and a kajira’s strengths and misconceptions. There is so many stereotypes, misconceptions of what a kajira is; what gor is; what the gorean lifestyle is; what a bdsm lifestyler looks like; what [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged abuse, Aria, BDSM, bdsm lifestyle, challenges, chat, choice, choices, Christian, clean, cons, dreams, dress, dynamic, family, friends, Gor, Gorean Lifestyle, guest post, kajira, lifestyle, lifestyler, norms, opinion, owned, preference, preferences, questions, relationship, rt, rules, sex, share, single, slave, speech, stereotype, submissive, wants | 8 Responses

What It Means to Be an Owned Kajira

What It Means to Be an Owned Kajira

By Guest Author on September 15, 2009

Today’s guest post is by dina from Kajiradreams. She’s donated a few posts for this week on Gorean Living so watch for them in the coming days! My Master gave me the task of writing down my thoughts on what it means to be an owned kajira. I can only ever write this from my [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged 24/7, amazon.com, BDSM, book, books, bottom, choice, collaring, cons, decisions, desires, Dom, dreams, email, emotions, Gor, guest post, guest posts, hands, kajira, limits, love, m/s, natural, needs, owned, phenomenon, play, rt, single, sorry, spirit, submission, submissive, surrender, surrendering, tall, trust, what to wear, writing | 16 Responses

The Roundtable: Gorean Lifestyle

By lunaKM on September 11, 2009

Gather around the table everyone, I’d like to learn about something I don’t know a lot about. I welcome you to add your thoughts and comments to this post and if you feel an inclination, send me a guest post letting me know what you think. This month we are talking the Gorean Lifestyle. I’d [...]

Posted in Roundtable Discussions | Tagged chat, chat room, choice, choices, D/s, Free Woman, Gor, Gorean Lifestyle, guest post, inclination, kajira, lifestyle, love, m/s, online, phenomenon, questions, real life, relationship, rt, share, submissive, value | 2 Responses

Now Available: The Spanking Series in E-Book!

Now Available: The Spanking Series in E-Book!

By lunaKM on September 1, 2009

If you have ever wondered how you can get the spanking you’ve always wanted but wasn’t sure how to ask for it, there is a book for you. I was just offered the chance to review a copy of How to Get the Spanking You Want: The Complete Guide to Asking for It, Getting It [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics, Views & More... | Tagged abuse, advice, Aria, blogs, book, books, bottom, caning, choice, clean, desires, discipline, Disciplined Feminist, Dom, e-book, emotions, experience, fear, focus, gender, gender roles, grace, help, history, learning, lifestyle, little girl, love, marks, real life, relationship, Resources, review, roles, rt, safe, series, share, size, spanking, spanking series, standing, tips, training, understanding, Variant Books, Vivian | Leave a response

First Meetings Done Safely

First Meetings Done Safely

By lunaKM on August 8, 2009

This week’s video post is on First Meetings Safety. When you are ready to meet your dream Dominant for the first time, what goes through your mind? Do you think about safety at all or do the nervousness and excitment overload your common sense? You may not think that safety is necessary for someone you’ve [...]

Posted in Safety, Video Posts | Tagged blind date, choice, choices, comfort, common sense, D/s, danger, dates, dating, Dom, dominant, dominants, dress, first meetings, information, munch, nervousness, normal, online, personal safety, play, questions, relationship, rt, safe, safe call, Safety, security, short, value, wants | Leave a response

Coming Clean: Admitting Your Disobedience

Coming Clean: Admitting Your Disobedience

By lunaKM on August 7, 2009

We all have those little voices in our head that tell us what to do. Sometimes it tries to convince us that our disobedience is okay.  The voices are very convincing at times and then we have guilt riding with us until we come clean. Perhaps you’ve heard these voices yourself: “Come on, he won’t [...]

Posted in Mindset, Relationships | Tagged choice, clean, coming clean, discipline, Dom, dominant, guilt, honesty, infraction, little voices, obedience, punishment, rt, rules, share, submission, submissive | 2 Responses

Handling an Addiction While in Service

Handling an Addiction While in Service

By lunaKM on July 28, 2009

Those of you who read my blog already know this, but for most of you this will be news. I have an addiction. At the end of last month I came to the realization that I am a binge eater and secret eater. I’m addicted to food and the way it makes me feel. While [...]

Posted in Health and Beauty, Service | Tagged addictions, choice, confession, cons, control, D/s, dynamic, eating disorder, emotions, experience, health, help, love, micromanagement, RACK, recovery, relationship, rt, rules, Service, submission, submissive, support | 9 Responses

Introducing Kink into an Existing Relationship

Introducing Kink into an Existing Relationship

By lunaKM on June 18, 2009

When you discover that you might be kinky there are a lot of questions surrounding how to accept that. One of those may be trying to explore that kink with your existing partner. But how do you bring up the subject and how do you handle what they may say about the ideas you are [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics, Relationships | Tagged activities, amazon.com, Bondage, book, choice, decisions, desires, discussion, Dom, dominant, Dossie Easton, dynamic, emotions, help, intimacy, Introducing Partners to BDSM, kinky, learning, leather, links, love, marriage, online, partners, play, questions, relationship, Resources, role play, rt, sex, spanking, sub frenzy, submissive, suggestions, websites | 3 Responses

Nurtured or Natural: Submission and Abuse

By lunaKM on June 12, 2009

Is the desire to be submissive natural or is it part of the way you were brought up? Especially when there was abuse involved. Those internal radars go off and want to blame the abuse for how you live your life now. I can’t say that I have the global answer, but I do have [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged abuse, BDSM, blogs, child abuse in relation to submission, choice, choices, cons, control, Dom, dominant, dominants, fear, IRC, love, Mindset, natural, nature vs nurture, NLA-I DVP, nurtured, poses, purpose, relationship, Relationships, rt, safe, sex, submission, submissive | 3 Responses

Know Your Manners when Visiting D/s Friends

By lunaKM on June 11, 2009

Accepting an invitation to visit friends that are into BDSM or the lifestyle can lead to a wonderful experience and the development of close friends. That is if you keep yourself aware of house rules and relationship dynamics.  Generally speaking, a couple of D/s friends are not going to drop their dynamic around you since [...]

Posted in Social Norms | Tagged attitude, BDSM, choice, clothing, comfort, common sense, D/s, d/s exposure, development, Dom, dominant, dress, dynamic, dynamics, etiquette, experience, family, friends, friendships, help, information, lifestyle, manners, play, protocol, relationship, rt, rules, shift, social etiquette, submissive, tips | Leave a response

Just Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: Telling Your Family

By lunaKM on May 30, 2009

This post is from Norische. She allows anyone to post her articles anywhere they will do some good. I could not come up with a better way to say what she does in this article. Please enjoy and comment! I’d love to hear if you have told your family and how it went. “So what [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics | Tagged abuse, acceptance, activities, BDSM, bdsm lifestyle, choice, choices, Christian, clean, comfort, communication, community, cons, consensual, control, Dom, dress, email, family, fear, floggers, friends, harnesses, help, implement, information, kink acceptance, kinky, leather, lifestyle, love, myths, natural, negotiation, normal, obedience, openness, opinion, outting yourself, paddles, play, progress, relationship, religion, rt, rules, safe, sane, sex, sharing, single, sister, slave, slavery, standing, stress, submissive, tall, telling family, toy, toys, understanding, whips, writing | 4 Responses

Review: Different Loving

Review: Different Loving

By lunaKM on May 20, 2009

Today’s BDSM lifestyle practicioners thrive on real experiences to help them learn and grow within thier own personal choices. Many books written for the beginner are not so filled with real life stories as Different Loving. I chose to review this book here because I know I learned more about myself and what I wanted [...]

Posted in Reviews | Tagged activities, amazon.com, BDSM, bdsm books, bdsm lifestyle, beginning bdsm, body modification, book, books, choice, choices, D/s, Dom, Dominance, educational view, experience, family, fantasy, fetishism, focus, gender, Gloria Brahme, help, history, information, interview, jon jacobs, learned, lifestyle, personal choices, quotes, real life, recommended reading, relationship, review, rt, scene, sex, sexual curiosity, sexual dominance, share, submission, support, victorian roots, William Brahme | 2 Responses

Should You Tell Your Friends about Your Kinky Interests?

Should You Tell Your Friends about Your Kinky Interests?

By lunaKM on May 16, 2009

Approaching your friends with something as private and sensitive as your sexual interests or lifestyle ideas maybe a decision you have to make sooner or later the further you get into your kinky habits. Your friends are your support system in all other ways of your life, but are they able to handle the new [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics | Tagged abuse, BDSM, choice, choices, comfort, cons, experience, friends, information, kinky, kinky side, lifestyle, myths, outting yourself, personal choices, personal thoughts, play, questions, relationship, Relationships, rt, sex, sexual interests, share, sharing, submissive, support, telling friends, valid questions | 1 Response

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