Author: Miko Technogeisha

Recently I had the pleasure of attending CatalystCon, a conference put together by Dee Dennis and her dedicated supporters. Dennis first created its east coast predecessor MomentumCon that took place in March in DC. MomentumCon looked to make waves in sexuality, feminism and relationships. The list of presenters was staggering and included a closing keynote plenary with Dr. Jocelyn Elders.  The growing success of MomentumCom, in its second year, brought many requests to bring the conference out west. With so much interest and so many possible presenters located nearby CatalystCon was born. Less focused on feminism than MomentumCon, the goal of…

Shortly after returning from Open SF, the non-monogamy conference held in San Francisco this past June, I found myself hungry for more. Not just more of what happened outside of the sessions (if you’re unfamiliar with that story you can read about it here) but more of the actual conference experience. I learned so much from the sessions I attended at OpenSF and made connections with people who I hope are long-lasting. It also made me take a good look at where I was headed and sex education was figuring in strongly. I felt that if I was going to…

I was waiting for the next Crash Pad Series episode to post so I decided to go back in time a bit to the episode just before rife and Vespur. I just couldn’t resist checking out what Jacques and Ramses were up to in episode 129. I guess I’m just as much a voyeur as the Crash Pad’s Keymaster. No entrance or dialog to start us off in this episode. Jacques and Ramses are face to face nearly kissing. Jacques presents Ramses with a chain collar that results in a passionate embrace followed by even more passionate kisses. No words yet. There is something quite…

There’s been lots of talk about kink here on the Swingset. Recently I was approached to write about a certain brand of kink that, up until recently, hadn’t been discussed much. It happens to be the kind of kink I enjoy and it’s called erotic humiliation. In the realm of BDSM it can be an uncomfortable topic. Everyone is used to spanking, flogging, even bondage. These subjects can sometime seem, dare I say, pedestrian. Unfortunately, I don’t particularly enjoy pain play. Not on it’s own anyway. Even with an experienced Dom I only come close to the edge but not…

We’re back with another review of fabulous queer porn from The Crash Pad Series! Episode #131 had something different for me, a solo performance. At first I wasn’t sure about reviewing the episode. To be honest watching another woman masturbate is usually not a big turn on for me. Yet I was instantly curious when I saw April Flores enter and look straight into the camera. She then speaks directly to the Keymaster. “I know you’re there.” she says. Ooh, this is something different! The tables have been turned and April is onto the Keymaster! She knows she’s being watched, and better…

I was really excited to have an opportunity to review an episode from The Crash Pad Series. For those unfamiliar, The Crash Pad Series is based on the award-winning feminist queer porn film The Crash Pad by Shine Louise Houston. The site continues the theme of the film, a San Francisco apartment where a voyeuristic landlord supplies keys to the pad’s pleasure-seeking occupants so that she can observe their sexual escapades through hidden cameras. In each episode we see a wide range of sexualities and gender identities engaged in body positive unscripted authentic sex. Real people, real bodies, real connections.…

Read Part I here It felt like an eternity between the day I bought my conference ticket and the day I got on the plane to The Open SF Conference in San Francisco. There were lots of experiences along the way that changed the dynamic of the weekend. I had been writing for the website, interacting with the cast online, had developed a close online relationship with Cooper and started to gain more followers on twitter. I would be going to Open SF not as a passive observer and a fan but as a more active participant. It took a great deal…

As a mother of a young tween daughter I was very excited to hear about Mother/Daughter Sex Advice. Although our talks at the moment are very basic we will be venturing down the paths of this book. I’ve been a fan of Susie Bright ever since a friend highly recommended her books and website in a blog post. While perusing the site I found an interview clip with Tristan Taormino about her new book Opening Up. That day I signed up for email updates and have followed Susie ever since. It would be some time later that everything I found…

My husband turned to me as I prepared to leave for The Open SF Conference and told me that this trip would be transformative. We’ve had many talks about my upcoming trip to the non-monogamy conference but this comment was rather unexpected. He continued to tell me he thought I would return a different person but in a positive way. I shrugged it off wondering how a weekend conference would be “Transformative.” You need to know my journey up to this point to see that he was right. I matured at an early age in a restrictive Catholic household where…

I’m what you might call a late bloomer. Not that we haven’t tried to go down the road towards non-monogamy before, we just never really got to our destination. We spent lots of time trying to get directions then making wrong turns followed by an extended stay at a rest stop to start a family. Years later we needed to figure out where the passion had gone. Sex is Fun led us to Life on the Swingset and the idea of trying to open up again. A lot of work went into this. It’s not a fun story so I’ll…