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Self-employed dominatrix slams Budget tax hike – saying people will be strapped for cash and bound to be struggling
Dominatrix Margaret Corvid says self-employed work is not easy and Philip Hammond’s plan will leave her with little financial breathing space

Source: Mirror.co.uk.

UK – PLYMOUTH – A sex worker has attacked Chancellor Philip Hammond ‘s painful tax hike, saying the precarious nature of her self-employed work will leave her with little financial breathing space.

Dominatrix and journalist Margaret Corvid said increasing National Insurance contributions by 2 per cent in the Budget for self-employed people could cause distress and discomfort.

She works from her Plymouth home.

“My concern is that there are more than 15,000 self-employed people in Plymouth,” she said.

“A lot of them are treated as employees in how they work, such as delivery drivers and people who install TVs.

“I think people like that, who are being ‘nickel-and-dimed’ at every turn, are going to suffer.”

Self-employed workers will see contributions increase by one per cent from April next year and a further one per cent the following year under plans to scrap ‘Class 2’ National Insurance contributions.

Employed staff on £32,000 a year currently pay £6,170, jointly with their employer, compared with £2,300 for the self-employed, The Plymouth Herald reports.

Margaret, who campaigns with the Plymouth Labour Party, says self-employed work is not always easy.

“You have to provide your own equipment, pay for your transport to get to work, do your own administration, so you’re saving money for tax with every pay cheque you get,” she said.

“You can’t have a sick day, you don’t have benefits.

“It’s very difficult because you have all the responsibilities of a human resources department and your work is really precarious.

“Sometimes I will have to work even if I am not feeling that well, because I need to pay the bills at the end of the month.”

Malcolm Emery, private wealth partner at Exeter-based law firm Stephens Scown, said: “The difference between National Insurance contributions for employed and self-employed people has always been a bone of contention, when everybody uses the same public services.

“This increase was always likely to happen, particularly with Class 2 NICs due to be abolished.

“I suspect there will be further increases to come, as the Chancellor has made it clear he regards the disparity between the self-employed and employees as unfair.”

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Spy Behind Trump ‘Golden Showers’ Dossier Comes Out of Hiding

Source: Heatst.com.

UK – The former British intelligence officer behind the “golden showers” dossier of lurid sexual allegations about Donald Trump has come out of hiding.

Christopher Steele, a former MI6 agent, was filmed walking down the street Tuesday outside the offices of his London security company.

He gave a brief statement to the media, but said nothing about his explosive allegations, which dominated the news agenda in the days directly ahead of President Trump’s inauguration.

Steele fled his home in Surrey, just outside of London, after BuzzFeed controversially published his secret dossier which reported that Trump had been filmed by Russian agents watching prostitutes perform a lewd and unsanitary act an upscale Moscow hotel.

Buzzfeed admitted they had no reporting to substantiate the claims – nor has anything emerged since they went public.

Despite an intense media hunt, Steele avoided public attention and laid low for almost two months before his return today.

Here is his full statement, recorded mid-afternoon London time by the UK Press Association:

I’m really pleased to be back here working again at the Orbis’s offices in London today.

I’m now going to be focusing my efforts on supporting the broader interests of our company here. I’d like to say a warm thank you to everyone who sent me kind messages and support over the last few weeks.

I won’t be making any further statements or comments at this time.

See video: Heatst.com.

Marco Pierre White Jr strangles girls in bed in bondage-fuelled romps
MARCO Pierre White Jr may have ditched drugs for his new girlfriend but his bedroom antics are still wilder than ever.

Source: Dailystar.co.uk.

UK – The former Big Brother star has revealed he is so kinky in the sack he would give Christian Grey a run for his money.

Chatting at the IPL Fashion Show in central London the 22-year-old explained how he is keen to follow his dad into business.

Though Marco Jr’s business plan isn’t exactly fine dining.

“I’m launching some sex toys – It’s going to be all sorts,” the lively lad revealed to Daily Star Online.

“Whips costing £300-£400 each. Each whip is going to be engraved with parts of my tattoos.”

When asked as to his inspiration for the range, Marco who was standing next to his girlfriend Francesca at the time, smiled: “That’s my sort of thing.

“I don’t normally like having a belt around my neck. It was a one off [with Laura Carter].

“Normally I put the belt around a girl’s neck [in the bedroom].

“Forget Mr Grey, I’m Mr White.”

Over the past twelve months, Marco has set just about every alarm bell ringing after openly taking drugs on social media.

However, it seems his law pushing binges are finally behind him.

“I’m all back on track and sober thanks to this little one,” he revealed turning to Fran before adding: “I’m really good.”

Addressing rumours he will join Jeremy McConnell for the latest series of Ex On The Beach, Marco continued: “I’m not going to do it.

“It wasn’t that they didn’t give me a good enough offer but I can’t replace my girlfriend so if I go on that… what the f*** am I going to do without her.”

But that doesn’t mean he is against another reality TV stint.

“I would do Big Brother again if my girlfriend came with me as a duo but I don’t think she would,” he continued.

“She’s not a fan of it.”

See larger photo’s: www.dailystar.co.uk.

Queen of curves turns bondage tease in PVC peep show
HUNTER McGrady nearly caused a meltdown on the red carpet.

Source: Dailystar.co.uk.

USA – The plus size model made jaws drop as she turned up at a US event in a bondage-style outfit.

The blonde bombshell, who has posed for Sports Illustrated, looked sizzling in the all-black get up.

Hunter, 23, unleashed her explosive cleavage in a black PVC bra, which barely managed to maintain her assets.

This came with a netted bodysuit and suspenders – just to make things extra sexy.

The blonde also flashed her underwear under a sheer skirt.

She finished off the racy outfit with black scrappy heels and a leather jacket, which she held at her side.

The star was also rocking a high ponytail hairstyle a seductive smokey eye make up.

Hunter posed up a storm while on the red carpet at the iHeartRadio Music Awards.

She pulled a number of sultry poses as photographers captured her racy ensemble.

Hunter also posted a snap of her smoking outfit for her fans on Instagram.

They were, of course, loving it with the snap attracting nearly 10,000 likes.

One wrote: “You are so smoking hot! Omg!”

While another added: “Dayym girl!”

A third continued: Literally made me take a breath and say “oh my god!” Killin it!”

See larger photo’s & video: www.dailystar.co.uk.

Perverted angler stole £10,000 from local fishing club to fund cocaine habit and fetish sex with prostitutes
David Page’s scam was rattled when a dominatrix posted a video of him on her website

Source: TheSun.co.uk.

UK – AN angler stole nearly £10,000 from his fishing club to fund his cocaine habit and fetish sex sessions with prostitutes, a court heard.

David Page, 38, pocketed the cash while he was secretary of the Gipping Angling Preservation Society in Suffolk.

But his scam came to light when a dominatrix published a video of him on her website bragging about the thefts.

The road haulage boss was heard on camera saying: “I spend hundreds of pounds on cocaine that I steal from the society.”

A club member saw the footage reported the pervert to the club chairman.

The court heard he took money from members’ subscriptions, petty cash and cheques, which made payable to himself.

Page admitted fraud at Ipswich crown court.

He was given a suspended jail term and ordered to pay back the club.

GAPS chairman Peter Pollard: “The club is financially solvent and we want to draw a line under this sad affair.

“It made things difficult for a little while and we even lost some members over it. We are glad the court ordered for compensation to be paid.”

See larger photo’s & video: www.thesun.co.uk.

Donald and the Dominatrix: How the White House Inspired a BDSM Movement
If critics of President Trump have noticed an uptick in female devaluation, it’s not reflected in the S&M scene

Source: Salon.com.

USA – Soon after Donald Trump joined the presidential race, a professional dominatrix named Tara Indiana announced her plans to follow suit. “If a carnival barker like Donald Trump can run for president, why not a dominatrix?” she said during an interview with GQ. Her slogan? “Whipping America back into shape, one middle aged white man at a time.”

Her platform included decriminalizing all consensual sex acts between adults, funding scientific research to show that S&M is a sexual orientation and adding “kink” into laws dealing with discrimination. She also favored the idea of the prohibitioning of middle-aged white men from holding office without permission from their Mistress, and requiring men to carry purses so they can look after their own belongings.

“The women in my field, we don’t live as victims. When we want to make change, we make changes,” says professional dominatrix and sex educator Sandra LaMorgese. “When we want to influence the world around us, we take action.”

“Women are feeling a little powerless right now,” she notes. And she’s right. In the weeks following election, sex therapist Kimberly Resnick Anderson noticed a steady decline in sex drive among her female clients. They appeared irritable and easily annoyed. Often, it was the men in their lives that bore the brunt of these developments. Anderson dubbed the phenomenon The Donald Trump Bedroom Backlash. “The misogyny displayed by Trump throughout his entire presidential bid. . . has undermined the hard-fought progress to de-objectify women,” she wrote in a think piece on the subject. “This general malaise can easily zap libido and ruin your sex drive.”

But there are those in the sex-o-sphere who haven’t abandoned their prowess. Instead, they’re using it to get even.

In an interview with Vice, Indiana explained, ““I’ve noticed being in the scene for over 25 years, that fetishes and kinks come in trends, just like fashion, music, et cetera. And these trends tend to be reactions to the social and political zeitgeist.”

“When I got into the business in 1989 your garden variety slave was into foot worship, and cross dressing. I see this as a reaction to changing gender roles and a need to work through those issues. Then when AIDS started to affect the straight community, things like heavy medical, blood sports, and scat became popular. People were tired of ‘safe sex’ — they wanted to do things that were dangerous and risky. “

In the world of sex, there’s only one equal and opposite reaction to an apparent uptick in female devaluation: complete female domination.

“Any time that we express empowerment during sex, that will trickle into other areas of our life,” says LaMorgese. “It’s the transmutation of energy. Everything you do influences everything else. If you can be more aggressive, and dominant and powerful, sexually, it gives you a sort of moxie. It gives you some swagger.”

And it’s not just women pushing the trend. After the election results came in, submissive guys started posting ads on Craigslist in search of women looking to relieve some stress. One guy from New York wrote, “This is not a solution, but maybe a small, fun, cathartic escape. Take out your anger by putting me over your knee and giving me a hard spanking!”

“In the week that Trump was elected, I saw such a shift in people reaching out to me for sessions,” LaMorgese revealed. Her clients, overwhelmingly male and financially successful, fall on either end of the political spectrum. Still, the requests were more or less the same. “These clients were not looking for passive sessions, they were looking corporal punishment. They were looking for very intense sessions.”

“It’s like they were in shock,” she says. “When you’re doing BDSM, you have to be present. You really have to be aware of what’s happening. Maybe that’s why the clients are asking for more intensity. It’s almost like it can get them out of shock.”

Donald Trump is not sexy. But sex tends to follow the trends, and for the moment, Trump is it. His unlikely climb to power has given us great porn parodies like “Donald Tramp” and “Make America Gape Again.” It’s also inspired some terrific pieces of erotic literature, like “Humpin’ Trump” and of course, “President Trump’s Gay Hairpiece and the Revenge of the Were-Water Buffalo.” These days, those who chose to take their creativity into the bedroom might just find themselves somewhere between a whip and a hard place.

See larger photo: www.salon.com.

Books: Melissa Febos with “Whip Smart” & “Abandon Me”

Source: Washingtonpost.com.

USA – There’s a certain type of female experience that’s cultivated by the memoir-publishing industry: an unstable “girl” coming-of-age following — pick one or more from this list: an abusive childhood, drug abuse, poor choice of mate, an anxiety disorder, divorce. Wrap it up in a pretty publicity photo, and you have yourself a book. Having an MFA helps, too.

Melissa Febos’s first memoir, “Whip Smart” (2010), perpetuates this preselected (and very limited) view of female experience by chronicling the four years she worked as a dominatrix in New York as a way to pay for her drug habit and college. Her second memoir, “Abandon Me,” covers more terrain by discussing familial concerns, a heated but unhealthy love affair and the need to understand her complex ethnic heritage. But the ride is bumpy. In chapters full of shifting characters, time frames and allusions straight out of cultural studies, we learn that Febos’s early life was shaped by the fear of abandonment.

The Puerto Rican man she calls “my sea captain father” adopted her after marrying her divorced mother. Frequently absent because of his work, he was a loving dad when home. Her half brother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and her mother became a psychotherapist who belatedly recognized her son’s issues and eventually divorced the sea captain. Febos hit puberty early, liked both boys and girls, and left home (Falmouth, Mass.) at 16. Soon she turned to drugs: “Even the fiery melt of crack was an emptying: inhale it and exhale the unseen self in a smoky swarm.” Then came the whips and chains. Later are wrenching scenes involving her controlling lesbian lover, and Febos’s tentative reconnections with her biological father, a Native American who himself is “a career drug addict and alcoholic.”

Somewhere in this dramatis personae there’s an interesting story, even a compelling one, given how it crisscrosses so many ethnic and social lines of American history. Febos is a talented writer with a colorful personal history, but her short scenes and forced juxtapositions leave readers yearning for more connections and continuity.

Why does Febos feel as she does? Poetic technique, allusions and cultural references can’t bolster rather ordinary experiences: loneliness, bad romances, throwing up. Also, do we need to know about Imago Theory, Théodule-Armand Ribot, the theory of “psychic mechanics” and “intergenerational transmission of emotional trauma through amygdala-dependent mother-to-infant transfer of specific fear”? These academic digressions dilute instead of deepen the reader’s understanding of Febos’s abandonment, and they make for stilted reading.

Febos’s best writing is unmediated: “My story did not include regret until thirty-two,” she writes, when “I came to truly know my own fear.” Or, describing the moment when she meets her birth father: “My stomach clenched. Like a hovering wasp, his nearness made my shoulder smart.” Here are real, lived experiences, and we gobble them up.

“Abandon Me” is a step up from the lurid “Whip Smart,” because Febos links her self-investigation to larger adult concerns of family obligations and healthy loving. But her “bad girl” image still prevails. When she tells her agent she wants to write about Native American history, he advises her instead to keep it “edgy” and “urban,” as that’s what sells. Unfortunately, what sells frequently typecasts and discounts female experience. A young woman wants to attend college but needs money for tuition. Will she pick up a whip or a student loan application? If she writes as well as Febos, and if she has a fearless agent, perhaps her memoir just might be a big seller. Readers await.

See more larger photo’s: www.washingtonpost.com.

LINKS:
Twitter: Twitter.com/melissafebos.
Website: Melissafebos.com.
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WE’LL WHIP YOU UP A 50 SHADES ROOM!
British firm offers to fit out your home with a bespoke SEX DUNGEON, medical examination room or bondage ‘play area’
Specialist fetish company promises to satisfy kinky customers’ every desire

Source: TheSun.co.uk.

UK – EVER wondered what it would be like to have your own personal playroom just like 50 Shades of Grey’s famed Red Room?

Well you don’t have to be Christian Grey to get a kinky space installed in your home, you just need the bondage and restraint experts Fetters.

The specialist fetish company offers to install fully equipped dungeons to satisfy their customers’ every desire.

Its experienced team claim to have fitted out dungeons and playrooms worldwide, including a number in the UK but also in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Hong Kong.

Those with a hankering for a saucy bondage space can have the company design a private playroom, a dungeon and even a specially tailored medical room.

Its website states: “Our furniture concepts are ergonomic, safe, highly versatile, functional and made to last.

“We can also design and manufacture special pieces to suit your allotted space

“From professional dungeons to private playrooms, we can make it happen cost effectively and without stress.”

The fantasy suites no doubt carry a hefty price tag – as each is bespoke – with the cost varying each time.

Consultations are priced at £250 alone and non-bespoke furniture starts from a few hundred quid rising to nearly £3,000.

Fetters was established more than 30 years ago by Maurice Stewart Addison who built the business from his London home.

It now has a showroom in Warwickshire and sell its wares worldwide.

See more larger photo’s & video: www.thesun.co.uk.

LINKS:

Twitter: Twitter.com/fetterswarwick.

WEBSITE: Fetters.co.uk.