Excerpt from “Alone in a Crowd”

•November 6, 2008 • 1 Comment

Excerpt from the upcoming book:

Rope Bondage and Power Exchange   Lee Harrington www.passionandsoul.com

I take a moment to smell the sweet grass scent of the raw hemp and let the ropes fall onto my face, and tumble down my bare shoulders before I gather it all together again, fast, so I feel its natural tooth bite me with each successive inch. I want every part of myself alive. I want to take it all in. I want to give this to myself. Alone, self-serving, no one can or will provide you with what you need. No one ever knows better what you want, what you secretly crave; indulgence, here, is unmitigated. In my home, I can make a haven for myself, away from the world around me– and with rope I can fully escape. “

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Class Descriptions: Gender Play

•November 6, 2008 • 3 Comments

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  • Gender Transformation 101:

Oh the joys of cosmetics!  From contour shading to bring out the cheek bones of eager grrrls and to recede the brow line of butchiful bois this class covers the basic make up, hair, wig and skin care needs for the burgeoning gender blender!  The spectrum from passability to drag is explored through fun and creative solutions to individual problems like concealing 5 O’clock shadow and wrapping, covering and removing natural hair.  Come with what you have and try on the tools of the trade.  No experience necessary.

  • Gender Transformation 201:

Folding it, sucking it in, pushing it out and looking fabulous!  Whether you are a biomale, biofemale, TG or ready for play and stage this class will give you the extra genderblending edge to wax your fruit! Heels, corsets, special fx needs, binding, tucking, padding and more will be covered along with a review of the good, bad and ugly products and uses of traditional gender play accesories.  For the more experienced gender blender, this class helps spin those tassles, flatten those pex, and leaves you ready to practice in your home and public use.

  • Special FX Make Up (201/301)

This class will cover the basics of special needs make up applications, including but not limited to: facial hair application, 5’oclock shadow and facial hair masking, drag queen and extreme colour shading, prosthetic attachment (like vampire teeth, or a 3rd nipple!), wounds, the Undead and an introduction to making prosthetics. Come with a special costume in mind or just take it all in! Q and A if time permits.

  • From Office Eyes to Exotic Eyes (101)

Designed for CDTV and recently transitioned, but accessible to woman and more this class covers the variety of techniques used to create your perfect look.  The eyes are the most fun and versatile make up canvas, and can either be a sore slutty thumb in the office or a drab boring wallflower at the ball!  Learn how to contour and shade to your eye shape, accentuate eye colour, and dress for the occaision.  Cat eye, liquid, gel, and opening methods will be explored in neutral and vibrant palettes alike!

  • Straight Grrls (101)

Dressing does not indicate sexual orientation!  By popular demand this class was designed for Crossdressers, Transvestites and Tranny Grrls and Bois facing difficulties with their sexual identity in a gender queer culture.  Although identifying transvestism and beyond as a sexual fetish may include engaging otherwise unexplored homosexual desires, many CDTVs Trans and GQs find identifying sexually heterosexual or newly homosexual confusing, challenging or frustrating!  This class will create a safe environment to discuss the joys of being and finding CDTVTG lovers, and other like minded CDTVTG’ers.  Learn to accept your choices and find the community who loves and supports you!  Open to all who identify as gender queer and those who love them!

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The Black Box of Shame

•November 5, 2008 • Leave a Comment

The Black Box of Shame

The Frustrating Role of Censorship in American Visual Culture

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Basic Bondage 101

•November 5, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Know Your Bondage Goals

Everyone has different goals in their scenes, and this is very true of bondage. My personal goals lately have been to wind up completely off the ground, or suspended, and stay there as long as possible. However, my goal used to be to train my waist to an 18” Victorian standard using a corset.

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Quick and Dirty Transformation Tricks

•November 5, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Quick and Dirty Transformation Tricks

Boys to Girls – Girls to Boys

and Everyone In Between!

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CV

•November 5, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Presenter:

  • Shibaricon
  • Leather Retreat
  • Fires of Venus
  • BOUND
  • Passional
  • Maryland Institute  College of Art
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Washington-Baltimore Alliance
  • TES
  • Power Play Academy

Upcoming:

FSA Beltane

Curator: (selected)

2008 | Baltimore Erotic Arts Festival| Exhibit, Performance| Baltimore, MD
2008 | Beyond the Compass, Beyond the Square| Exhibition| Baltimore, MD
2008 | Art Non-Stop| Exhibit, Performance, Concert | Baltimore, MD
2007 | Incidents in Color| Exhibit | Baltimore, MD
2007 | Everybody Loves the Tinklers| Exhibit, Screening| Baltimore, MD

Performer:

Respect- Fetish Ball: Pittsburgh (2002)
Debut-Taunt Burlesque: Pittsburgh (2003)
SMB VII: Wash DC (2003)
Therapy: San Diego (2003)
Cadaverous Cabaret: Pittsburgh (2004)
Peru Resh: Pittsburgh (2004)
Everyday is Halloween: Pittsburgh (2004)
Baccanalia: Pittsburgh (2004)
Stig-Martyr-Domme 1 & 2: Pittsburgh (2004 and 2005)
Dark Odyssey Winter Fire: Wash DC (2006)
Valentine’s Burlesque (the property project): Wash DC (2006)
Mardi-Gras Carnival: DC (2006) Clown Burlesque (w/ Hel-Inferna)
Slyx Fashions Fashion Show: Wash DC (2006)
Stig-Martyr-Domme 3: Wash DC (2006)
What IS Fetish 2.5: Knoxville (2006)
PleroMadroMadhatu: Pittsburgh (2006)  and Film
SMB-X: Wash DC (2006)
Neon Lounge: Wash DC (2006)
Fetish Wedding: Wash DC (2006) and Handfasting

BOUND New Years Eve Washington DC (2007/2008)

Experiment Haywire: Wash DC (2008)

Diabolique Ball: Philadelphia (2008)

Model:

Dr. K http://www.thesiphon.com
Russ Waspe (www.twistedview.net)
James Radcliff- Dead Celebrity Productions
Bob Kemery/ North Coast Photography
Kevin Hundsnurscher (www.elaisted.com)
Perfection City
Kyle Cassidy
Philip Forrest
Satyr
Larry Bradby
Charles Jay Pilzer
Valerie Place
Lochai
Lee Harrington
Barbara Nitke
Putz
Omega Maverick
John Allen Gibel

Spokesmodel/Endorsements:
Altered Tyme Corsets (http://www.altered-tyme.com/)
Slyx Fashions- Latex (www.slyx.com) also guest Designer
The Eye Boutique- vintage jewelry and fashions
Atomic Rose- Vintage Couture

TV:
Buck the System (PA), Vampire Lounge (NYC)

**More References available upon request**

Publications:

“Thee Synchronetic Tarot”  The Property Project

Aeon ElectronMagazine

Deek Magazine

“Fade to Black” book by Robert Kemery, Beacon Press

FEATURED IN PRINT:
Pittsburgh City Paper, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Pulp, Knoxville Metro Pulse, Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Tribune-Review

Radio:

Is It In Yet? (PA)  as a BDSM Expert for sex-talk radio

Exhibitions As Artist:

2008 | Contemporary Repetition | LBI Foundation of Arts and Sciences | NJ
2008 | Fiber Fever | JCC Brown Art Gallery | Baltimore, MD
2007 | The Juried Undergraduate Show | MICA | Baltimore, MD
2006 | Aeon Electron [PUBLICATION] | 10 Page feature | NY, NY
2005 | Eclectic Eccentric| Garfield Artworks | Pittsburgh, PA
2005 | Thee Process ov Initiation [SOLO] | Ash Galleries | Pittsburgh, PA
2005 | Gestalt Animals [SOLO] | Clay Studio | Pittsburgh, PA
2005 | Deek Magazine [PUBLCIATION] | The Divine Incident | Pittsburgh, PA

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