(The following is the keynote address delivered at the Beyond Leather convention in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on April 28, 2018)
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Egbert van der Poel – Fire in a Village
There is an African proverb that says if a child is not embraced by the village, they will burn it down just to feel its warmth.
When I attended my first play party at age 21, an older gentleman remarked to me that young people like myself were ruining the kink community, a sentiment I’ve heard echoed more times than I can count within my own story and that of nearly every young kinkster I know.
Many of us young people are feeling a bit cold and we can’t help but notice how flammable the village looks these days. (more…)
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