It's been a challenging and scary time for us, especially people of color, LGBTQIA+, undocumented, and disabled folks as multiple executive orders have been placed that threaten our livelihoods. I am scared and have had days where I am exhausted from holding anger/hopelessness/fear in my body, which has slowed me down to take time to process. I don't have a singular answer because it will not be one thing, but a series of actions and shifting goals to help us survive the next four years. A grounding statement that keeps me centered is a statement from Miriam Kaba, a prison abolitionist who says "Hope and grief can coexist and if we wish to transform the world, we must learn to hold both simultaneously. The process will, as ever, involve reaching for community." I have been rereading Let This Radicalize You to think of how organizing and devoting my focus to helping communities is one approach I can take to survive. Another article I have found helpful is Florence Ashley's article on Palliative Activism. In this, Florence writes how in a world where things continue to seem hopeless, one course of action is to do think of ways to reduce suffering amid pending doom. Palliative care is about providing comfort and improving quality of life, even when chronic health conditions suggest a poor outcome. In this, my palliative care is to continue making erotic embarrassment art. I will make erotic embarrassment stories focusing on stripping bullies of their power, I will create non-sexual fetish content that continues to be silly and absurd. I will also explore political topics and incorporate that in my stories. This is another form of radical action I can take and I hope you'll join me in this journey, by simply enjoying what I make.
Embarrassed Bounty Hunter
The idea behind Embarrassed Bounty Hunter was I wanted to play with the contrast of a tough badass assassin exposed in cutesy underwear and also exposed for having a cutesy side that likes to be pampered. We often let our hair down and act as our natural selves before bed time and for many folks, we would turn down a last minute invitation to be social because we choose not to be seen in our current appearance. To do so might be embarrassing for some and that was the motif Izzie understood when we shot this.
Having worked with Izzy a second time, I got to see her comedic chops in a different character. It was cool to see her act in a completely different way than Jane the cartoonist. Instead of a nerdy and awkward character who is accident-prone, Izzy got to play two characters who were bossy, mean, and dominant. My favorite line she adlibbed was calling me "designated weapons bitch" which I have to find a way to use in the future. Acting up this tough bravado made her exposure in her Care Bear undies holding a stuffed animal all the more sexy. I felt the more cutesy things she could wear - bunny slippers, Care Bear panties, stuffed animal, the better and I hope you agree too.
Rope bondage was something else I wanted to involve and the choice to tie someone comes with some challenges. My preference is to keep the camera as still as possible, a helpful tip that the legendary Dalek Supreme gave me after I started filming. For this, I typically use a tripod but in this scene I needed Izzie to get untied so she could stand up and act. I switched to using a harness but the practical approach to tying was figuring out how to tie her up but not so well that she can't escape (in real life, if I don't want you to escape, I make sure my ties are tight so that can't happen ; ). I tied the cuffs in a way that I thought would be easy to tie....until it wasn't. It was a minor snafu, but once we shot, I found that my simple loose tie remained difficult to undo and get out of so we switched the approach to tying the cuff in a way so she could easily get out of the tie on her own. Rope bondage shoots have a different goal, many of the videos focus on the model struggling, with a shot focusing on them for several minutes. In my scenes, they are a minor element in a larger story and so I often think about how can I merge two different kinks (e.g. embarrassment/exposure and rope bondage) so that both get some screen time.
Whether you like rope bondage more than embarrassment or vice versa, I hope you enjoyed this clip and stay tuned for the next one!