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Discipline is a Montreal based magazine distributed nationally across Canada.
This is the June edition and features a review of "BDSM-Alternative Loving" by Midnight Rider and an Interview with the producer, Courtney Smith
The exploration of our inner fantasies as well as the voluntary exchange of power has existed in our society for hundreds of years, and is clearly documented by the ancient Romans and talked about in the Kuma Sutra to name a few.
This video is a great look at the BDSM lifestyle from past to present. It is done so well that it has something for novices and experienced players alike. Unfortunately most BDSM is almost always talked about in a dark light and the safe sane and consensual aspects of scene play are passed over. "BDSM-Alternative Loving," written, produced and directed by Courtney Smith, shows us the consensual, and very sensual side of advanced sex. It shows how combining the mind and body create a blissful sense of well being.
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Some of the subjects talked about are the history of BDSM, play activities, role playing, fetishes, piercing and the Internet; all the while showing many types of scene play and talking with scene players, male and female, dominant and submissive . Everyone is welcome in our loving circle, no matter what their sexual preference, race, religion, location, or economic status.
Interviews with Dr.Gloria Brame and William Brame, authors of "Different Loving" and Viola Johnson give authoritative opinions on all aspects of the lifestyle.
In the last few years BDSM has been coming out of the closet, and videos like this will certainly show newcomers to the scene that our play takes skill, challenges our imagination and rewards us with a wonderful loving feeling.
The DVD of "BDSM-Alternative Loving" is available for $29.95 U.S. on the website, www.bdsm-alternativeloving.com.
Review by Midnight Rider
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The Peak is Simon Fraser University's Independent Student Newspaper since 1965. This is the Sept 30, 2002 edition and features a review of "BDSM-Alternative Loving" by Carl Norrgard & Adrian Nieoczym
Out on Campus sold out their screening of BDSM - alternative loving, an intelligent and comprehensive introduction to a culture of kink and perversion. The devotees of BDSM take an unusually frank and honest approach to acknowledging and pursuing their sexual desires.
It is a way of living and loving supported by a number of organisations, workshops and businesses to help people play with each other in ways that are safe, sane and consensual.
Both the people in the film and the people sitting in the audience represented a variety of humanity's ages, shapes, and sexual preferences. In their post-film discussion with director Courtney Smith and Vancouver area BDSM educators, audience members expressed a thirst for information about human sexuality that mainstream media does not comprehend or satisfy.
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Bondage, Domination, Sadism and Masochism are about pushing limits, but more importantly, they are about setting and respecting boundaries. Both film and speakers emphasised the need for open and truthful communication to work out scenes that meet all partners' needs.
Participants acknowledged the potential precariousness of sexual acts and talked about them. BDSM involves thinking about sex as something that does not just happen, but rather as something that is negotiated and planned for in advance. It is a way of engaging the brain, our largest and most important sexual organ.
Bondage, Domination, Sadism and Masochism are about pushing limits, but more importantly, they are about setting and respecting boundaries. Both film and speakers emphasised the need for open and truthful communication to work out scenes that meet all partners' needs. Participants acknowledged the potential precariousness of sexual acts and talked about them. BDSM involves thinking about sex as something that does not just happen, but rather as something that is negotiated and planned for in advance. It is a way of engaging the brain, our largest and most important sexual organ.
While from afar these relationships may look exploitative, it is actually those that choose to play the role of the bottom that hold the most power. A submissive's explicit and conscious consent is key to making a scene work - without a slave, there can be no master. The parametres are set out before play begins, and subs can stop a dom who pushes too far by using safewords. The people in the documentary acknowledge the inherent role of power in intimate relationships and openly harness that energy. Power allows them to use sex as a way to take a brutally honest and loving exploration of their true human nature.
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THE Adult Search Engine features a review of "BDSM-Alternative Loving" by Rob Read - JoyScape Editor
First of all let us establish the basics. We all race to enjoy life as much as possible within the duration of our brief existence on this planet. While some likes ice-cream and some do not. Everybody has their own unique way to express their likes and dislikes.
When it comes to sexual practices and preferences you can count on the same basics of expression. The only difference is that expressing our sexuality freely has been heavily oppressed.
Even in the current state of our civilization, certain sexual practices are not fully understood and accepted as a perfectly legitimate rights of an individual. One of these practices is BDSM [Bondage-Domination-Sadism-Masochism].
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Perhaps, this masterfully put together film "BDSM-Alternative Loving" will contribute towards the understanding and acceptance of BDSM as a "Life Style" that enables individuals to explore and express their fantasies in a Safe, Sane and Consensual environment.
It's not one of those tacky BDSM sex movies. It's a professional documentary attempting to uncover the BDSM lifestyle in a historical perspective, from ancient time to present time. The film clearly demonstrates that BDSM lifestyle is not an end product of our "misguided" current society but going back to ancient times. Certainly history of BDSM is well documented and skillfully put together.
"BDSM-Alternative Loving," is written, produced and directed by Courtney Smith and based around interviews with Dr. Gloria Brame, William Brame, Viola Johnson and other authoritative voices of the BDSM lifestyle. They talk about What is SM, Dominants, Submissives, D/s Relationships, Play activities, Bondage and Polyamory. Providing valuable information and their view about various aspects of BDSM. The visualization aspect of the film could be better. I would have preferred not to see static long interviews but transferred their words into visual story telling with the help of a voice over. I would have like to see a bit more detailed play, showing us how it's done, the ways a participant is driving out pleasure. I know it's much easier said than done. I also know that it would have costed much more while the director didn't have the budget of a Hollywood movie.
Narration by Angela Bowie is faultless and very effective. Music is great. After watching the movie, hearing the stimulating soundtrack music, I can understand the viability of making available the sound-track on CD separately.
DVD version contains additional goodies such as, Forniphilia, The kink test, SM art and you get the directors cut. I just loved the Forniphilia, after watching this scene I am seriously considering to re-decorate my house!
To watch this film you don't have to be in the BDSM scene or know anything about it. In fact, I would say it would be much more interesting to the total novice than the people already in the scene. It's like one of those valuable reference books you have to have on your bookshelves.
Review by Rob Read - JoyScape Editor |
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