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The Popularity of BDSM

By lunaKM on August 18, 2010

From the Submissive Guide Newsletter 2/6/10 (Caveat: I am not an expert historian of BDSM. What I have learned I picked up along the way. I can’t say with certainty what is true and what is false. I have made every effort to let you know if I’m uncertain of the validity of a certain [...]

Posted in Newsletter Archive, Social Norms | Tagged acceptance, chat rooms, community, danger, false information, Impact, internet, munch, purpose, submissive guide newsletter | 1 Response

What FetLife Has Done

By lunaKM on August 9, 2010

From the Submissive Guide Newsletter 5/8/10 Just under 3 years ago the BDSM community was a very differnet place. There has always been discussion boards and chat rooms. We could always connect via mySpace and Facebook, but there was never a centralized social network. Until FetLife came into being. I joined the site when it [...]

Posted in Newsletter Archive, Social Norms | Tagged BDSM, community, facebook, fetlife, information, opinion | 1 Response

Submissive Guide Community to Open this Summer!

By lunaKM on June 30, 2010

I’ve had a secret for awhile; I’ve wanted for quite some time to provide you additional ways to learn and grow as submissives and individuals. In order to do that I’ve come to decide that Submissive Guide needs an interactive community. If you’ve visited the website in the past 3 weeks you’ll notice that there [...]

Posted in Webmaster Notes | Tagged community, deeper submission, kink community, submission | 8 Responses

Write a Life Mission Statement

Write a Life Mission Statement

By lunaKM on June 25, 2010

Just like a business mission statement a life mission statement helps to define who you are, where you are going and how you want to get there. Becoming the best submissive you can be is a journey, there is no denying that. A mission statement that you can learn and grow by can help with [...]

Posted in Personal Development | Tagged code of ethics, community, goal-setting, journey, life lessons, mission statement, personal code of ethics, personal mission statement, writing | 3 Responses

Why Safety is Preached to Novices and Why It’s Important to Know Anyway

By lunaKM on June 4, 2010

From the Submissive Guide Newsletter 3/3/10 Being in the BDSM community for any length of time you are likely to come across the common sermons of SSC, Safe Calls and First Meeting Safety. When you are novice in BDSM I’d encourage you to listen to these sermons and listen hard; they could protect you as [...]

Posted in Newsletter Archive, Safety | Tagged advice, basics, community, lifestyle, mantra, newsletter, novices, red flags, rules, safe call, Safety, SSC, submissive guide newsletter | 1 Response

The Impact of Velcro Collars on the Symbolism

By lunaKM on January 2, 2010

This week’s video post is about velcro collars. To submissives, a collar is one of the most important things they have. It is a symbol of their commitment, their service and their adoration of a special someone. In most situations, the offering or begging of a collar is not taken lightly. The weight of the [...]

Posted in Video Posts | Tagged begging, cheapen, collars, commitment, community, cons, disposable, Dom, dominant, dominants, experience, hands, Impact, important things, lifetime, marriage, mates, online, opinion, partners, relationship, Relationships, rt, rules, Service, submissive, symbolism, value, velcro collars | 2 Responses

Chat Night Transcript for Speaking Submissively

Chat Night Transcript for Speaking Submissively

By lunaKM on December 8, 2009

This chat was held on December 2nd, 2009. ~lunaKM> So tonight I wanted to talk about speech and how the way we communicate can impact our submission. Nia> tonight’s topic really struck a chord with me angel> same here ~lunaKM> I’ve been doing a bit of non-scientific research of my own when I am out [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged advice, chat, chat night, community, control, D/s, decisions, discussion, Dom, dominant, Dominant bashing, Domme, experience, family, fear, friends, gossip, grace, help, Impact, information, learned, natural, needs, online, opinion, play, questions, recovery, relationship, requests, risk, rt, safe, serving, sex, share, sharing, size, sorry, speaking submissively, speech, submission, submissive, suggestions, support, switch, switching, tall, transcript, trust, wants | 3 Responses

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

Review: Protocols: a Variety of Views

Review: Protocols: a Variety of Views

By lunaKM on October 30, 2009

If you are looking for a varied account of protocol then this book is perfect! Part of Power Exchange Books’ Resource Series Protocols: a Variety of Views is a collection of essays written by people living a life with protocol in place. You will get every opinion represented here as well as a few book [...]

Posted in Reviews | Tagged amazon.com, Beth, book, book review, books, ceremony, community, cons, development, discipline, Dom, dominant, essays, favorite, love, m/s, needs, opinion, power exchange, protocol, relationship, Relationships, review, ritual, rt, series, Service, serving, share, short, slave, submissive, viewpoints | Leave a response

Help Submissive Guide Raise $1000 for NLA-I DVP for National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Help Submissive Guide Raise $1000 for NLA-I DVP for National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

By lunaKM on October 2, 2009

It’s important to have a cause you believe in, for me it’s the National Leather Association-International Domestic Violence Project. Their cause to bring awareness of the differences in BDSM and abuse as well to help victims of domestic violence in BDSM-related relationships find assistance and get help really provide a service that you can’t get [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics | Tagged abuse, amazon.com, assistance, BDSM, charity fundraiser, community, cons, dates, Dom, domestic violence awareness, domestic violence awareness month, domestic violence information, domestic violence project, donations, drawing, email, event, giveaway, help, information, kink community, leather, leather communities, national domestic violence awareness month, national leather association, newsletter, NLA-I DVP, RACK, relationship, Relationships, Resources, rt, safe, Service, size, spread the word, submissive, support, training, twitter, value | 5 Responses

Add Cons, Classes and Events to your Training Resume

Add Cons, Classes and Events to your Training Resume

By lunaKM on September 4, 2009

Your training resume should be growing in bulk and excellent information if you’ve been following along and developing your sections fully. We are now going to work on your  community exposure section. What I mean by community exposure are all the classes, extended weekends, get aways and other events you’ve attended in your past that [...]

Posted in Training Resume | Tagged BDSM, bdsm events, classes, community, cons, conventions, Dom, dominant, event, events, information, learned, learning, resume, rt, Service, sharing, sign up, submissive training, training, Training Resume, value | Leave a response

Chat Night Transcript From BDSM and Sex Talk – 8/25/09

Chat Night Transcript From BDSM and Sex Talk – 8/25/09

By lunaKM on August 27, 2009

Our first chat was a great success. Everyone gave permission to post the transcript and continue the conversation here. I loved every minute of interesting conversation. Read and enjoy! <~luna[KM]> Alright, let’s get started. If you haven’t figured out, I’m luna. I started the site in January after I got tired of not finding what [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged abuse, acceptance, BDSM, BDSM and sex, Bondage, book, chat, chat night, community, connection, cons, control, D/s, Dom, Dominance, email, experience, fantasy, fear, focus, Impact, impact play, information, IRC, kink acceptance, kinky, lifestyle, love, masochist, online, opinion, owned, play, play parties, relationship, Relationships, ritual, rt, scene, scening, separation, Service, sex, sexual encounters, share, sharing, spirit, spiritual, standing, stereotype, submission, submissive chat, support, transcript, understanding, wants | 3 Responses

A Switch of the D/s Lifestyle

A Switch of the D/s Lifestyle

By Guest Author on August 18, 2009

This is another guest post by Christian, a switch male in a D/s relationship. (If you would like to submit a guest post to Submissive Guide, please read the guidelines before contacting me, thanks!) It seems there is a lot of interest in switches on the Internet, and being a switch myself I can speak [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged attitude, BDSM, Christian, community, D/s, Dom, Dominance, dominant, dominants, experience, female, guest post, help, internet, interview, learned, lifestyle, Mindset, online, questions, relationship, rt, Service, sex, sorry, submissive, switch, switching | 1 Response

Living with Kids While in the D/s Lifestyle

Living with Kids While in the D/s Lifestyle

By Guest Author on August 4, 2009

This is a guest post by Christian. He  is a switch male of the D/s lifestyle for the past 14 years. For my first post here I am going to write about something I get asked a fair bit. How does one raise kids in a D/s household? As one with several kids I thought [...]

Posted in Relationships, Social Norms | Tagged activities, BDSM, bdsm play, Bondage, Christian, community, D/s, decisions, dress, email, family, female, guest post, help, history, implement, internet, lifestyle, opinion, play, rt, safe, Service, sex, shopping, spanking, stress, submission, submissive, switch, tasks, trust | Leave a response

What’s the Difference Between a Lifestyler and a Player?

By lunaKM on June 20, 2009

This week’s video is about definitions of a lifestyler and a player. I received the following question via email the other day and thought I would cover it here in a video post. I’m in a D/s relationship where we tend to do most of our activities behind closed doors. Outside we are a normal [...]

Posted in Video Posts | Tagged activities, BDSM, bdsm lifestyle, BDSM practitioner, Bondage, community, D/s, dating, definitions, differences in words, Dom, dominant, dynamic, email, Gor, Gorean Lifestyle, kinky, labels, lifestyle, lifestyler, masochist, normal, online, opinion, play, player, poly, purpose, relationship, rt, sex, skylerpet, slave, submissive, value, vocabulary | 1 Response

Can I Be Abused in a BDSM Relationship?

By lunaKM on June 2, 2009

This week’s video post is about BDSM vs. Abuse. A BDSM relationship, especially one with sadomasochistic moments, is subject to questions all the time about it’s proximity to abuse. It is not uncommon to have people unfamiliar with BDSM to say that what we do is abuse and violence; we see it all the time [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics, Safety, Video Posts | Tagged abuse, BDSM, bdsm lifestyle, BDSM vs Abuse, community, cons, consensual, contracts, control, danger, Dom, domestic violence project, Dominance, dominant, experience, family, health, healthy BDSM, journey, leather, lifestyle, m/s, masochist, national leather association, natural, negotiation, newsletter, partners, poly, punishment, punishments, questions, relationship, rt, scene, Service, sex, slave, stress, submissive, trust, value | 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

Recommended Reading for New Submissives

Recommended Reading for New Submissives

By lunaKM on May 26, 2009

The following is a list of books that I recommend for every novice submissive. The links lead you to Amazon if you are interested in buying the books. Part of your purchase goes towards supporting this site and my efforts at continuing to bring you content on this site. Books Learning the Ropes: A Basic [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics | Tagged advice, amazon.com, basics, BDSM Basics, bdsm books, bdsm reading, Bondage, book, book list, books, communication, community, discussion, Dom, Dominance, dominant, endorphins, experience, explanations, female, Gloria Brahme, how-to, Impact, impact play, learning, leather, lifestyle, links, love, Masochism, molly devon, myths, negotiation, novice, novices, partners, philip miller, play, player, recommendations, recommended reading, relationship, Relationships, Resources, romance, rt, Sadism, safe, Safety, sane, scene, screw the roses, sensuous, sex, sexual dominance, slave, submission, submissive, support, tips, toy, toys, wants, William Brahme | 1 Response

Cyber Submission and Exploring D/s Online

Cyber Submission and Exploring D/s Online

By lunaKM on May 21, 2009

Today’s post comes from Skylerpet, a submissive pet in a D/s relationship with experience in online submission. Thank you Skylerpet! Online D/s is perhaps one of the most controversial subjects in the Dominance and submission community. The stance i will take on this subject, based on online D/s relationships of my own, is that yes; it [...]

Posted in Online Submission | Tagged 24/7, BDSM, bdsm play, blogs, Bondage, calendar, changing, chat, community, cons, control, cyber relationships, D/s, desires, Dom, Dominance, dominant, dress, dynamic, dynamics, email, emotions, essays, experience, family, favorite, friends, guest post, honesty, information, internet, internet tools, IRC, kinky, lifestyle, love, needs, online, online D/s, online dominance, Online Submission, online training, opinion, partners, pet play, play, predators, questions, real life, red flags, relationship, Relationships, rt, safe, Safety, security, sex, short, skylerpet, slave, stress, submission, submissive, tasks, titles, trust, twitter, wants, websites, writing | 2 Responses

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