I received this email from a vanilla friend. Had to share.
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Our 80th Anniversary as Persons!

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It is important to remember how recent it is that women in Canada were considered “persons” and how hard it was to win the “Vote.”
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November is an important month of “Remembrance” for more than veterans – an especially important anniversary to those of us of the female persuasion in Canada.
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An important history lesson!

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This is the story of women in the United States who were ground-breakers.. These brave women from the early 1900s made all the difference in the lives we live today. Remember, it was not until 1920 that Canadian women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
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The women were innocent and defenseless, but when, in North America, women picketed in front of the White House, carrying signs asking for the vote, they were jailed.
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And by the end of the first night in jail, those women were barely alive. Forty prison guards wielding clubs and their warden’s blessing went on a rampage against the 33 women wrongly convicted of ‘obstructing sidewalk traffic..’
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(Lucy Burns)
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air.
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(Dora Lewis)
They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack. Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.
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Thus unfolded the ‘Night of Terror’ on Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson’s White House for the right to vote.
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For weeks, the women’s only water came from an open pail. Their food–all of it colorless slop–was infested with worms.
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(Alice Paul)
When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.
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All women who have ever voted, have ever owned property, have ever enjoyed equal rights need to remember that women’s rights had to be fought for in Canada as well. Do our daughters and our sisters know the price that was paid to earn rights for women here, in North America?
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2009 is the 80th Anniversary of the Persons Case in Canada, which finally declared women in Canada to be Persons!

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Please, if you are so inclined, pass this on to all the women you know, so that we remember to celebrate the rights we enjoy.
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“Knowledge is Freedom: hide it, and it withers; share it, and it blooms” (P. Hill)
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A new acquaintance made me aware of this story. I don’t even know the people involved or was aware of their art but I was quit irritated with the situation and felt bad for those involved.

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RemyFX, a Montreal special effects masterful artist, was arrested October 29th because of his work. Well not his work but his personal projects. His now removed from the internet website InnerDepravity was apparently the troublesome matter with Canadian Law officials. He was quoted as saying:

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“I recieved visit from police thursday night, ive been arrested for criminal charge because im the owner and creator of the website InnerDepravity.

They took my computer and i pass the night in cell.

My crime is : Corruption of morality.

we live now in a dictaturship society, we cannot use art as we want, we cannot use horror in art !”

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Good news is his other site, RemyFX, an online portfolio, is still up. I am including bellow a small galery of pictures from Inner Depravity. I am keeping them small in case you cannot stomach such images but if you want to see them full size just click on each thumbnail.

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Now there is a help the cause mission statement with a bit of info created by some of his friends and some discussions going on of Facebook…but I cannot find anywhere anything official of his arrestation. From what I reada some say it is partly the CBSA Policy On The Classification Of Obscene Material or the Prostitution laws protect against ‘moral corruption that are invloved. In my opinion neither are involved since a) no prostituion involved b) its not an import product. Not having the exact charge bugs me in pronouncing my opinion.

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But if he truly was arrested purely for ‘offensive to some’ material…it is complete ridiculous. Yes his scenes are gore and horror related…but its make-up. Its a photo shoot. Its art. Everyone involved is of legal age! Who on other thinks they have the right to draw the line on what is offensive? No children or animals were portrayed! And we see these things all the time in movies.

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And who is next to be accused of immoral and offensive behavior. BDSMers and Fetishists? Do I need to fear going to a play party? I find the whole thing beyond disturbing.

If you are in Montreal Nov 07th, 2009 then you must join the evening I am co-hosting with the Loft du Chateau and Excentrik.

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We need to know if you are interested to prepare the evening. The Loft offers for those SCHEDULED IN ADVANCE:
- Victims of branding or cutting: the entrance is free
- Victims of cell popping and piercing: 50% off so $10.
(refund given AFTER body mod)

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A body modification night with cell popping, piercing, cutting and branding! For all the details and info click here.

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From Oct 7th to Oct 18th Montreal is hosting the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, a festival dedicated to the dissemination and development of new trends in the field of cinema and new media. And this year they have a BDSM related film!
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D/S in the International Panorama Section
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Jacques Richard, Maîtresse Léïa | France | 2009 | 84 min. | couleur | French (s.t. English)
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Oct 8th -  Cinéma du Parc 1 – 9 pm
Oct 9th – Cinéma du Parc 2 – 1:15 pm
Oct 13th – Ex-Centris – Fellini – 15:15 pm
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To see them on the street, you wouldn’t know it. You might even think they were a little square. But safe inside the walls of their torture chambers and other shadowy places, in the privacy of a relationship with a submissive client, these women assume their other identity, that of the dominatrix. D/s (in French, the letters sound like “goddess”) is a self-styled “s+m comedy” in which Jacques Richard (Le fantôme d’Henri Langlois) and Mistress Léïa place us in the capable hands of Mistress Amazon (born in Houilles at a clinic named “Dungeon”—you couldn’t make that up!). She introduces us to a tribe of sado-females at a private party in Belgium. Latex, whips and hot wax, sure. But also confidences and reasons why. This is an inside look at a taboo world and the filmmakers begin by telling the uninitiated what to expect: “The work may disturb the romantic among you”. Be warned. There is no false modesty here. It’s all stunningly frank, dedicated to 18th-century feminist and political activist Olympe de Gouges, author of The Rights of Women and of the Citizen, and featuring men and women who wanted to see what lies at the end of pain, in hopes it might be pleasure.
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Also interesting for some into horror, lesbian medical play…Bandaged in the International Panorama Section
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Once upon a time, in a place far away… Lucille lives in a creepy mansion out in the middle of nowhere with her great-aunt and her father, an authoritarian surgeon. She is a romantic who dreams of escaping and in a gesture of desperation, decides to kill herself. But her attempt is unsuccessful, leaving half of her face disfigured. Her father treats her at home—he’s a specialist in a particular kind of skin grafting—and hires Joan, a vindictive nurse with a mysterious past, to help Lucille get back to normal. The relationship between Joan and Lucille quickly becomes something other than nurse and patient. Maria Beatty (The Black Glove), an established director of erotic lesbian films, offers this polished and intelligent thriller where sex, science and love are entangled in a dance of sensual and perverse pleasure. Produced by Abel Ferrara and Jürgen Brunning (Bruce LaBruce’s producer), Beatty’s film uses conventions of film noir and gothic horror to explore boundaries of pleasure and pain.

If you are a Montreal Fetishist or BDSM comrade I am calling on you to help save the Loft du Chateau in Montreal, our only regularly opened exclusively BDSM local…well Sat nights. See message below found on Fetlife, written by Sirena and Jeepee, sorry only in French. Contact them at el.vi.ka@hotmail.fr or telephone 438-274-1350 for your generous donation.
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Pour plusieurs d’entre vous vous connaissez déjà l’histoire que nous avons eu sur la rue Alexandra.
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Je ne vous raconterai pas encore une fois tout ce qui c’est passé.
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Je vais être brève et directe!!! Nous avons besoin de vous !!!! Nous sommes dans une situation plus que critique qui malgré nous mais en péril l’avenir du Château et je ne parle pas dans quelque mois mais bien de ce mois-ci.
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Nous avons tellement investis sur Alexandra (plus de 10 000$$$$) que nous ne sommes plus capables d’arriver au niveau financier. Nous ne souhaitons pas votre pitié mais si vous croyez réellement au potentiel du Loft du Château nous vous demandons de nous aidés en nous faisant un don.
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Éric Paradis du Club Sin s’engage à remettre aux personnes qui feront un don de 200$ ou plus un laisser passé V.I.P pour le fetish weekend qui aura lieu dans 3 semaines.
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Nous devons amasser une somme d’environ 5000$$$ d’ici la fin du mois d’Août sinon la fermeture du Loft du Château sera inévitable.
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Le message est lancé et nous souhaitons avoir votre support encore une fois.
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Sachez que nous ne nous offusquerons pas si vous êtes dans l’incapacité ou si vous ne désirez pas faire de don.
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Merci à l’avance
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Vos Hôtes
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Sirena, Jeepee

Great news, today I confirmed 2 workshops I will be giving at Club Sin. Both are part of the Sin Academy, an informative hour prior to the evening’s festivities. Click on the links to RSVP on Fetlife.
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BUDGET BDSM: TOY CRAFT AND PERVERTIBLES
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How to be frugal by making your toys and using pervertibles: with Lady Evyl
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There is a myth that to be a good BDSM player you have to have lots of equipment, many expensive implements and a well stocked dungeon in which to play. But for those who are exploring, experimenting, or just don’t have $200 to shell out for a flogger, there are alternatives.
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By being creative and crafty you can learn to make many of your required toys for play, and all this on a budget. I’ll show you what basic tools you need, explain a few techniques and give you a resource list to get you going. I will also share with you ideas of converting everyday items into play toys, called pervertibles.
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WHAT IS PROTOCOL?
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Learning to develop the proper communicative skills in the D/s community: with Lady Evyl
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We all have heard about protocol – the unofficial rules of respect, discretion, and honor that we’re all supposed to know before we enter a specific group, society or even a 2 person relationship.
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Within our community the basic ones are D/s Protocol, Play Protocol and Dungeon Protocol. Yet so many people are unclear on this subject.
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In this workshop we’ll cover the basics of these different protocols, training methods, and philosophies.
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You can also RSVP on Facebook, look up the events affiliated with the Sin Academy
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Mystress Lady Evyl
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UPDATE: Also received my very first Evyl Ties order, my store. And met a nice potential tonight….yayness….what a day!
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Excellent day…got to pieces of news.
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- I was invited to give a cell popping class at the Lifestyle Convention at the Power Exchange in Las Vegas (June 5, 2010)
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- I will become a toy tester and reviewer for Babeland.com
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Now if only I could find my good worthy slave  boy better half…hmm!
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Mystress Lady Evyl
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Following the presentation of a revitalization plan of the Quadrilatère Saint-Laurent:
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http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/ldvdm/jsp/ocpm/ocpm.jsp?laPage=projet38.jsp
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We’ve formed an artistic coalition with the objective of promoting our rights and assets in order to conciliate the colorfulness of Montreal’s “Red Light” district with the proposed plan of erecting an administrative office building within an area designated as Quartier des Spectacles de Montréal.
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Help us integrate the creative spirit of the last 5 years at Cabaret Cleo’s within a constructive, honest and positive plan to revitalize Montreal’s legendary “Main”.
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A lecture of memorandums and a presentation of our petition will be held Tuesday June 9th at the ballroom of Hôtel Holiday Inn Select, 99 Viger ave. W. (corner St-Urbain), Place-d’Armes metro.
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You can read and sign the petition at:
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http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/spectacles/
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You can also download a PDF version at:
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http://clubsin.ca/09/petitionuksecure.pdf
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Our petition will be presented to Société de développement Angus (SDA), officials of the Ville de Montréal as well as the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) and Conseil du Patrimoine de Montréal.
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You can sign the petition Saturday June 6th starting a 8pm on the occasion of a “Friends of Cabaret Cleo” rally event (1230 St-Laurent, 2nd floor).
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The event will also feature lectures, entertainment and performances. Be there!
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x-posted from Kinky Sex Link
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I have been a long time fan of the Open Source Sex podcast done by Violet Blue. She is a San Francisco sex educator, writer, editor, xxx film critic and overall great pervert. I love her podcast not just because of the material but especially the way in which she talks to her audience in an intelligent mature way. There is no dumming down of the listener. Unfortunately she does podcasts a lot less often.
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I did just listen to her last one and I strongly suggest anyone who blogs online to listen to it. Its about 1h15min long but fascinating. She talks on a panel with other experts about personal privacy and people blogging or posting online, particularly on a sexual topic. You think you picked a private username and you are safe…but you are wrong. Informing yourself is the best protection!
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Open Source Sex: Episode 64

Can anyone really be sexually anonymous online? Being outed, thinking you’re “anonymous”, trolls and stalkers taking advantage of online communities, porn laws resulting in performers being stalked, Google’s history logs tracking all of us, and paying for adult goods and services online safely: Internet sexual privacy affects everyone – and our rights. This panel brings together a spectrum of views on sexual privacy and identity, including controversial sex bloggers, a cyberlaw expert and a hacker who works for a social networking site. We’ll discuss and demonstrate how easy it is to lose control of your sexual identity online – and how to get it back, or keep it intact in the first place. You don’t have to be a sex blogger, answer the wrong Craigslist ad, or order a vibrator online to have your sexual identity messed with – sometimes all you need to be is female, LGBT, or just make a simple mistake when you hit “send”. The consequences can be devastating. We will explore what obstacles face maintaining personal privacy, including bad or unsympathetic online community management, system and social exploits (like Craigslist baiting and outing), stalkers and trolls, the legal aspects of sexual privacy online and their application for individuals, and what you can do to keep your sexual privacy, private.

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This affects me and all us BDSM or Sex bloggers directly. Its really worth the listen
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Mystress Lady Evyl
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x-post from Kinkysexlink.com
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Ok this is not totally BDSM related (unless you are into male breast torture) but too funny. I heard this on the radio this morning and had to share it. A new medical study was posted in The Sun UK:

BLOKES who drink instant coffee or scoff nuts may be at greater risk of developing breasts, a study suggests.

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The products contained far higher levels of gender-bending chemicals, known as phytoestrogens, than previously thought.

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Dr Gunter Kuhnle, of the MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit in Cambridge, analysed 500 foods and drinks.

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Instant coffee had 1,833 micrograms of the oestrogen-like chemicals per 100g, while Brazil nuts had 867 micrograms.

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Phytoestrogens are known to cause fertility problems in animals and may give women a greater risk of breast cancer.

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Got Moobs and want to exercise them off? Here is a suggested exercise routine:

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To minimise moobs, cut back on sugar-laden foods and refined carbs like white bread that raise blood sugar levels. Also cut down booze consumption and saturated fats while boosting your activity level.

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Weight training will firm up your chest, but you’ll also need to do some aerobic exercise to burn calories.

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Do something that raises your heart rate for 45 minutes, five times a week. Try running, swimming or football.

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Use these toning exercises to give your chest a pick-me-up:

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PUSH-UPS

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Start by lying on the floor face down. Put your hands by your sides, with your arms bent and in line with your ears. Slowly lift yourself onto your toes and push your arms to lift your body as far as you can, keeping your back straight. Lower and repeat until you start to feel the burn. Do three sets of 10. For a more intense workout place you hands wider apart, this will stretch the pecs more.

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CHEST PRESS

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Lie on an inclined bench, with a dumbbell in either hand. Begin with dumbbells resting beside your chest, with palms facing forward, then lift them up and together in a triangle shape so they meet in the middle above your chest. Breathe out as you lift, in as you bring the weights back down.

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Or there is always surgery too! Funny how the tables turn on gender issues!

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Mystress Lady Evyl

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