Current Events > Dominatrix makes her white clients read black feminist theory.

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A dominatrix has revealed how she gets her clients to read black feminist theory which says gives her a feeling of empowerment and helps to change their attitudes towards race and gender.

Mistress Velvet, a graduate with a Masters degree who lives in Chicago, began working a two years ago when money problems left her facing eviction. She works as a 'Domme', the person who takes the dominant role in a sadomasochistic relationship or arrangement, and most of her clients are affluent, white males whose attitudes to black women she is trying to change

Mistress Velvet says she began to notice her clients would talk about how their relationships with black women changed as a result of their sessions.

'I would say, first and foremost, that I describe it as a form of reparations not in a systemic way like we're getting land back, but definitely on an individual level, it provides me with an emotional sense of reparations,'

Mistress Velvet said she asks men why they want to be in the presence of a black woman

'I started to think more about my relationship with them. A lot of them were asking questions. Some people were saying, "this is really impacting me in terms of how I think outside of our sessions". 'A client said he started to notice he would only hold the door open for black women. One client started an organization for black single mothers in the South Side of Chicago.'

She said passages come from books such as 'Sister Outsiders' by Audre Lorde, 'The New Jim Crow' by Michelle Alexander, 'The Black Body In Ecstasy' by Jennifer Nash, 'The Color of Kink' by Adriene Cruz, and selections from the anthology 'This Bridge Called My Back'.

'Just allowing them to be submissive doesn't always allow for the more drastic shift in the framework and thinking that I want. Then, it's moving from them simply fetishizing black women, to realizing: this is a systemic issue I'm contributing to by the virtue of being a white man and being rich. I ask them, Why do you want to be in my presence, why do you find me attractive? '

According to the Chicago-based dominatrix, one of her clients now opens doors for black women while another has started an organization for black single mothers

'And sometimes they might say things that then remind me of stereotypes of black women like a jezebel or something so Ill have them read a piece about how what they said is related to this historic phenomenon about thinking about black women.

'I say, Here are its roots. Heres why its problematic. That way, I can say, you can idolize me, but we need to have it be done in a way that isnt also problematic there is something really beautiful about being able to provide someone with pain. in that hour, it can be really liberating. It can be a form of self-care 'Im providing a service first and foremost, but Im also getting a lot out of it,' she said.

Full Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5391299/Dominatrix-makes-clients-read-black-feminist-theory.html



So that's how rich white guys in Chicago spent Valentine's day.
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So she's a really boring prostitute.
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TheCurseX2 posted...

So she's a really boring prostitute.

She doesn't have sex with people.

She just ties them up and beats them for money.
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Lol, dominatrixes totally fuck.
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There's a difference between BDSM and straight-up torture.
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which CEman is that tied up
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SSJ2GrimReaper posted...

which CEman is that tied up

Probably @Cpt_Pineapple
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SSJ2GrimReaper posted...

which CEman is that tied up

Pandamaster, obviously.
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I think that's actually pretty smart of her. I wouldn't call it black feminist theory, it's just black awareness, which I think is important for people to understand when so much of the population is african-american.
I'm glad it's working.
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TheCurseX2 posted...

Lol, dominatrixes totally fuck.

Speaking from experience eh?
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Ah more white guilt
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TheCurseX2 posted...

Lol, dominatrixes totally fuck.

Some do, some don't.

Doing so means it's prostitution though.
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Doing so means it's prostitution though.

Having sex for money is prostitution!?

Who'd have hought it . What a shocker
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Doing so means it's prostitution though.

Having sex for money is prostitution!?

Who'd have hought it . What a shocker

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I think you're privileged if you can get paid purely to treat people like crap.
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Aloner posted...

I think you're privileged if you can get paid purely to treat people like crap.

I don't think you can call it privilege if nothing is stopping you from doing the same thing
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Aloner posted...

I think you're privileged if you can get paid purely to treat people like crap.

I don't think you can call it privilege if nothing is stopping you from doing the same thing

"Nothing is stopping" anyone from becoming rich either, yet the woman interviewed still mentions her clients' wealth as an example of a systemic problem.
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Imagine hiring a Dominatrix to get your balls crushed and she hands you a book
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Aloner posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Aloner posted...

I think you're privileged if you can get paid purely to treat people like crap.

I don't think you can call it privilege if nothing is stopping you from doing the same thing

"Nothing is stopping" anyone from becoming rich either, .

Untrue
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