“A panel on Dominance” by 007
 What do you get when you combine three knowledgeable dominants, three loving submissives, and Sir Guy of Brownsville dressed to the nines in a business suit? You get one amazing panel on the nature of Dominance, and that’s what local TES members got on March 1. The dominants in question [...]
The East Wing Perspective on Training vs. Romance
As my peers have noted in their articles, this subject, while completely clear to us as we discuss it within our group is somewhat more difficult to express to the community at large. I myself sat on this subject for more than a month (actually, much more) before [...]
The East Wing Perspective on Protocols in The Estate: What and Why
When we formed The Estate, it was with the specific goal of codifying what we like into a structured, well thought-out and consistent set of rules and guidelines that could be used all the time. Our feeling is, it should never be necessary to [...]
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Punishment, Correction and Conditioning in the Shaping of Human Tools
Introduction
I am a fairly active participant in the discussion of the methods, philosophies and issues that surround and permeate the BDSM community in a number of mediums. Several topics come up often and seem to be in the process of dividing the BDSM community in a [...]