Daddy Tom is the publisher and founder of Great Lakes Den. He lives in Chicago with his pup. He can be contacted at [email protected].
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There has been a lot of talk about contests recently. A LOT. The name is almost always the same: Are contests necessary. And each time the discussion starts, it always turns into titleholders and producers doing the same thing, justifying the contests’ existence. I think this is missing the point of what most people are…
Eric, Unlike quite a few people, I do think your apology is sincere. However, there are still plenty of issues. I see your apology as a start. But you’re not finished. First, you don’t get to call yourself an ally. Not in this area. I know heterosexual allies of the gay community. They have marched…
Inclusivity has been a topic in the leather community recently. Most noticeably, it’s popped up after CLAW with a petition and with IML with this article. It is an issue that needs to be discussed. But here’s one question I have that hasn’t been asked: What EXACTLY is inclusivity in leather? Seriously. It’s become the…
Another IML down. I’ve actually started to lose count of how many I have attended. I started to cover IML when this site was called the Midwest Ursine and focused on the bear community. Except for 2009 (where I was completely burned out and stepped back from the leather community) and 2010 (when I was…
If you hadn’t already guessed from my byline, I’m into pup play. I know, shocker. However, unlike the current generation of pups working on drowning the world with licks, I’m actually a bit of an old dog. Pup play wasn’t my entry into leather and kink. And ten years ago, when I first started barking,…
One thing running a fetish site will teach you is that people are active. REALLY active. Active to the point where that it’s now important for organizers to start thinking about how to promote. Traditionally, the kink community has avoided any kind of media attention. The crisis created when WDIV in Detroit almost exposed members…
