Graydancer's Ropecast – Details, episodes & analysis

Gray returns to the podcast after a hiatus to talk about how he's trying to reconnect to the joy of kink. He talks about his writing on medium ( http://medium.com/@graymiller ) and also reads an excerpt from his work-in-progress, "The Dance of Smoke & Ash".

Finally you get to hear a live recording of his performance at the Flow Erotic Cabaret at the Austin 2019 ROPECRAFT.

Special thanks to Madame Posh for that!

Many thanks to our sponsor Lee Allure ( http://facebook.com/SpiralEyeSoap  ) as well as listeners like you contributing through http://patreon.com/graydancer .

This episode starts with some information about a fundraiser for MetroVancouverKink, ( https://ca.gofundme.com/legal-costs-for-mvk ) but then gets really personal:

“Adaptive Rope.” That’s the term Lisa (Tame Lioness) and her partner T call what they do. He is living with cancer, and it has changed how they do rope - but not what it does for them and their relationship. She talks open and raw about how they have survived twenty-eight years, cancer, and still keep it hot.

This episode was brought to you courtesy of Twisted Monk ( http://twistedmonk.graydancer.com )

and Lee Allure ( http://facebook.com/SpiralEyeSoap )

as well as listeners like you contributing through http://patreon.com/graydancer  .

Whether it's your first Rope Convention or your fiftieth, this interview combines with articles that GoodMostTimes, Ojipan, and BaconAndrew created full of helpful suggestions for making them GREAT.

Read more at http://ropecraft.net/firstcon or check out the show notes at http://libsyn.com/graydancer to download PDFs .

This episode was brought to you courtesy of Twisted Monk ( http://twistedmonk.graydancer.com  )

and

Lee Allure ( http://facebook.com/SpiralEyeSoap )

as well as listeners like you contributing through

http://patreon.com/graydancer  .

Coming from Australia, Eternal Angel talks about finding the "edge" of your play, how pro-domming intersects with kink community, and gives us a taste of her new class "Consent & Navigation", coming soon to a ROPECRAFT near you!

This episode was brought to you courtesy of Twisted Monk http://twistedmonk.graydancer.com  use the code "ROPECRAFT" to get a special gift with your order

and

Lee Allure http://facebook.com/SpiralEyeSoap  as well as listeners like you contributing through http://patreon.com/graydancer .

This episode is an interview where you can get to know Chicago-based kinkster WhiskyTangoFoxy. She talks about self-suspension, photography, collaboration, DIY kink, and why having a Statement of Principles such as the one at https://ropecraft.net/principles/ is a good thing for an event - plus a lot more!

This episode was brought to you courtesy of Twisted Monk (http://twistedmonk.graydancer.com) and Lee Allure (http://facebook.com/SpiralEyeSoap) as well as listeners like you  through http://patreon.com/graydancer .

“Mindfulness”, “Awareness”, “Connection” – these are all words that are used a lot in the rope bondage community. This class goes beyond the buzzwords and into practical ways that your rope scenes can be hotter, safer, and taken “next level” (wherever that is for you).

Combining Naiia’s woo with Graydancer’s skepticism the class includes meditation techniques, the value of checklists, leveraging power exchange into your rope bondage, and the dangers of habit. They will also provide demonstrations of rope rituals that have and haven’t worked for them and provide you with the tools to create and adapt your own.

This podcast is sponsored by http://TwistedMonk.com and http://LeeAllure.com .

Please visit their sites and let them know you appreciate their help!

You can also directly support the ROPECAST at http://patreon.com/graydancer or (one-time donation) via http://squareup.com/store/graydancer .

Closing out the year, Gray talks about some hard lessons learned during POC Listening Sessions.

Then he answers a listener question: how do you get out of a slump when you're tying?

This podcast is sponsored by

http://TwistedMonk.com

and

http://LeeAllure.com

Please visit their sites and let them know you appreciate their help!

You can also directly support the ROPECAST at

http://patreon.com/graydancer

or (one-time donation) via

http://squareup.com/store/graydancer

In part two of this class, Dr. Eaves and Graydancer talk more about how to manage power exchange and polyamory in the day-to-day and even to the hopefully-not-so-bitter end.

This podcast was sponsored in part by

http://TwistedMonk.com

and

http://SpiralEyeSoap.com

Please let them know you appreciate their help!

You can be a supporter to via http://patreon.com/graydancer  .

Both polyamory and power exchange relationships have complexities that can be wonderful, frustrating, or even both at the same time. In this class Dr. Eaves and Graydancer – two people who are enthusiastic about poly, D/s, and each other – will talk about some of the tools to manage these kinds of relationships in nurturing and sexy ways from beginning to end. (Part 1)

This podcast was created with the support of 

TwistedMonk.com

and

LeeAllure.com

So please! Buy their stuff, or at least tell them thanks for support!

You, too, can help out by coming to 

http://patreon.com/graydancer 

and becoming a supporter yourself (plus get nifty behind-the-scenes peeks)

Ozma of Oz wrote an essay about preparing yourself for what to do if you or someone you care about gets accused of a consent violation. The essay is nuanced and useful, and Ozma gives some great commentary on her writing.

It can be found in full in the show notes at http://KinkSexCulture.com.

This episode was made possible by the generous patronage of supporters at http://patreon.com/graydancer.

Intro music was "Sexy Time" by the Leather Uppers. Outro was "Balrog Boogie" by Diablo Swing Orchestra. Both are used under Creative Commons License

Further sponsorship was provided by

* http://TwistedMonk.com

* http://LeeAllure.com

Please visit their sites and thank them for their support!