1. Woman accused of lie in porn star's death is released
2. Sex on Tuesday: Inside Nina Hartley
3. Man should tell new girlfriend he's 'polyamorous' now
4. Disciplinary rules changed to be impartial
5. When Evil Becomes Good
6. Folsom Street Fair marks 21 unchained years
1. Woman accused of lie in porn star's death is released
2. Sex on Tuesday: Inside Nina Hartley
3. Man should tell new girlfriend he's 'polyamorous' now
4. Disciplinary rules changed to be impartial
5. When Evil Becomes Good
6. Folsom Street Fair marks 21 unchained years
Woman accused of lie in porn star's death is released
by Pamela Lehman
The Morning Call (Pennsylvania)
September 30, 2004
A woman charged with lying to police about the stabbing death of a porn actress was released from Montgomery County Prison on Tuesday.
Jennifer Mitkus, 30, of Oaks had been unable to post $10,000 cash bail and had been in prison since March.
Judge William Nicholas ordered Mitkus released because she's been in prison more than 180 days without being brought to trial.
Mitkus is awaiting trial on charges of unsworn falsification to authorities and hindering apprehension for allegedly lying to police about her last contact with Canadian porn actress Natel King.
Prosecutors said King, 23, came to the area to pose for bondage photos taken by Frederick on Feb. 29.
Mitkus told police the day of the photo shoot was her first day to work as an assistant for Frederick. Mitkus said the last time she saw King was outside a rented apartment studio in Conshohocken after the photo session.
King's body was found was found in March in Whitemarsh Township. She was wearing bondage accessories and was wrapped in a photographer's backdrop similar to one in a photo taken by Frederick.
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Sex on Tuesday: Inside Nina Hartley
by Sari Eitches
The Daily Californian
September 28, 2004
You know this award-winning pornstar from such classics as "Debbi Duz Dishes" and "Blonde, Dumb and Full of Cum", among 650 other adult films.
S: What's on your list of things you refuse to do?
N: For a long time BDSM was on my "no list" until I started to experiment and realized – hey, I like this. If I won't do it at home for free, I don't do it on camera for money. Currently on my "no list" are what I call "circus tricks". I don't put two penises in any one hole, I don't squirt, I don't do monster penises, I no longer do Ron Jeremy- but that's just cause we're tired of each other!
S: Tell me about Dark Odyssey. (An adult kink summer camp in Maryland where Nina spent the previous week. It has traditional cabins and a 10,000 square foot fully equipped dungeon.)
N: Tristan Taormino (sex-positive educator and writer) wanted to bring together queers, pagans, swingers, kinksters- all different kinds of alternative sexualities- under one roof so they could cross-pollinate. It was so great to be naked outdoors all day and meet people you normally wouldn't meet and interact and sometimes have sex and sometimes not. It was a wonderful eye-opening, mind-opening, heart-opening experience where a lot of magic happened.
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Man should tell new girlfriend he's 'polyamorous' now
by Ellie Tesher Chicago Sun Times September 27, 2004
DEAR ELLIE: I'm starting a relationship with a wonderful woman. She'll be moving nearby soon for work (we've been talking on the phone so far); we both can see a long-term future together. But I'm polyamorous.
This doesn't mean I intend to cheat on her or engage in polyamory without her knowledge or consent. While I'm willing to not be actively polyamorous if she wasn't OK with it, it's a part of who I am, and I know I need to at least discuss it with her.
How does one bring this up without it sounding like she isn't good enough? When do I bring it up? Too early, and I might scare her off; too late, and she may think I was lying.
[signed] GLOBAL LOVE
DEAR GLOBAL: Speak up, fast. Then point her to an informative Web site about the range of polyamorous lifestyles. Since this is part of your profile, she needs to know a lot about it, not just a promise that you'll be "inactive" if she's not comfortable. After all, you can change your mind when a secondary love comes along.
For newcomers to the concept, "polyamory" is a word coined in the later 20th century. It means "multiple loves" and isn't considered cheating by its adherents. According to various Web sites, it's a practice of people married or otherwise, straight, bisexual or gay, is more about love than sex, can give one person primacy in the triad or other combinations, has flexible rules (for instance, where people can sleep), with an emphasis on honesty between partners.
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Disciplinary rules changed to be impartial
by Tom Barton
Iowa State Daily
September 27, 2004
Perceptions that Iowa State's judicial process lacked impartiality and due process have prompted changes in ISU Student Disciplinary Regulations.
Questions as to the fairness of the university process accumulated last year, centering on a case involving a campus bondage and sadomasochism group — Cuffs. The group was found responsible for disciplinary violations following a decision handed down by ISU Director of Judicial Affairs Bethany Schuttinga, who alone brought charges and investigated and decided the case.
After evaluating the Student Disciplinary Regulations, GSB and judicial affairs officials agreed to revisions during the summer, allowing the Office of Judicial Affairs administrator to refer cases deemed "minor" in nature to be heard by the All University Judiciary — a judicial hearing panel composed of students and faculty.
Regulations allow the director of judicial affairs to assume responsibility for any case and to determine which judicial decision-maker should hear the case. In minor cases, the director can decide the case should be heard by a Judicial Affairs administrative hearing — one he or she may administer. The process also allows for the director to investigate any case.
By combining these regulations, the judicial affairs administrator is able to investigate, prosecute and judge a single case, as occurred with Cuffs.
"Usually, this will just be a safety net. Even Cuffs was a unique case," [GSB Vice President William] Rock said.
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When Evil Becomes Good
by Doug Patton (opinion)
The American Daily
September 27, 2004
As a Christian writer, I find myself torn between scripture's admonition to remain focused on the good and noble aspects of life and its warnings about society revering evil as good while reviling good as evil.
Last week, yet another outrage came out of the field we once proudly called education. The headline read: "University Hosts Bondage Rope Class", with a subtitle, "British Columbia school features 3-hour course on safety skills".
The course is a workshop entitled Bondage 101. It is described as a special seminar to teach participants how to use ropes safely in a sexual context. (I didn't even want to know what is being taught in the follow-up course, creatively entitled Bondage 102.)
Of course, this perversion is being sponsored by a homosexual group. UVIC Pride describes itself as dedicated to representing queer, trans and intersex people and allies on campus. The workshop is facilitated by local bondage experts from the Sagacity Group of Victoria.
On its website, Sagacity describes itself as a place where folks that enjoy BDSM, alternative lifestyles, kink and fetish gather to talk, laugh, socialize, share, and learn. At Sagacity, we welcome each and every individual and rejoice in sharing our experiences and friendships.
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Folsom Street Fair marks 21 unchained years:
But some say event losing its raw edge
by Carrie Sturrock
The San Francisco Chronicle
September 27, 2004
Mike Churcher flew all the way from Portsmouth, England, for his first Folsom Street Fair.
Dressed in a chain harness and a minuscule studded leather undergarment, he surveyed the crowd, relishing the view of the men in chaps freely parading the fair's seven blocks. It was just what he imagined, although one thing did take him by complete surprise.
"Naked people," he said. "I was shocked. There are people walking around with nothing on at all. Back in the U.K., you would get arrested."
Not in San Francisco and certainly not at the Folsom Street Fair, which celebrated its 21st year Sunday with plenty of skin, leather and liquid latex.
The Folsom Street Fair is the "daddy" of leather, fetish and S&M fairs nationwide, said Billy Worthen, 33, who sits on the board of directors of Folsom Street Events. New York City has an annual Folsom Street East, and Toronto had its first Folsom Fair North last year. Organizers estimated San Francisco's event would attract 400,000 visitors from all over the world and generate roughly $250,000 for charities, many of them AIDS related.
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