This podcast features: a Ropecast Vocabulary Primer, news about rope pride patches a discount code for Ropecast Listeners from MauiKink: GDTC15 for 15% off most things! Then it’s an interview with Peter Tupper, kink historian and author of the forthcoming “Innocent’s Progress” coming from Circlet Press (check out their steampunk erotica anthology “Like a Whisp [...]

Ropecast listener TopKai writes: I based the flag on the Royal Navy Ensign,  paying homage to the nautical traditions that the rope community draws on.  I put the Leather Pride Flag in the corner, to represent the link the rope community has to the leather community, and the heritage the rope community owes to the leather community.    The brown cross is the color of rope and invokes a [...]

It’s that time of year again! I’ve been lucky enough to be part of the NYC Sexblogger Calendar posse since the first year they started, mainly in the form of publicizing their work through interviews, blog posts, the occasional scandalously flirtatious tweet exchange with Debauched Diva… And, of course, I would also buy a day. [...]

I’ve known about it for about a week already, but I’m finally able to share some really wonderful news with the world: I’m going to be working with the people at Maui Kink in a marketing/representative capacity. They’ve got some amazing products and some really neat ideas, and I’m looking forward to working with them. [...]

I confess. I was stalking him. I had no other reason to go to Columbus than to see my friend Lochai…but how to get there? How to weasel my way in? “I know!” I thought. “I’ll offer to be his ‘Teaching Assistant’. He told me he’s into T&A…that’s what it stands for, right?”All joking aside, [...]

There were a lot of great things that happened at the recent MadTown Kinkfest, but one of the most interesting and inspiring moments for me came during a chance encounter in a hallway. A Madison friend of mine, I’ll call him Conqueror, was chatting with me and DoNotGoGently as we refreshed ourselves with water. “Drink [...]

Dangerous Lilly is having a contest to mark the 2nd anniversary of her blog and has 6 prizes to give away! Check out the original contest post on her site to find out how you can enter, too. Here’s the prizes: 6 prizes…..means 6 winners! All of these items are either my personal favorites, or [...]

You never know when you might be having an effect on people, you know? Let me take you back to an event…I believe it may have been Dark Odyssey WinterFire. I was sharing a room with friends including Lochai and Miss Calico. At one point we were all in the room, talking about stuff, and [...]

Not to be outdone by Ropeboi’s entry, Vague Defined has come up with his own artistic patter…giving him ready entry to the final Twisted Monk/Ropecast Giveaway at the upcoming Detroit GRUE. Remember that all attendees of the GRUE are also given an entry – so you could win $50 of rope just by showing up! [...]

This was initially going to be a post where once again I lampoon the ridiculousness of “I don’t do rope; it takes too long.” This comes from viewing the video of the most recent sale item at Extreme Restraints, namely the “Bon 4 Chastity Device.” Don’t get me wrong; I am a longtime affiliate of [...]