In which something in the neighbourhood has changed
Published at 9:24 am on May 18th, 2009
Filed under: Dear Diary.
Not long after we moved here, we started to notice one particular car that was often parked in the neighbourhood. We noticed it because it had distinctive stickers in the back window. On the nearside, “Born-again Pagan!”. On the offside: “Bondage. It’s knot for everyone!” We’ve seen it again many many times since then, and speculated as to who would own a car with stickers like that; but we’ve never seen it moving. An aging hippyish type? A purple-haired couple? All sorts of stereotypes floated up into our heads.
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Keyword noise: Bedminster, bdsm, bondage, Bristol, driving, paganism, puns.
In which we spare a thought for Mrs Max Mosley
Published at 8:13 pm on July 8th, 2008
Filed under: Media Addict.
In the news today: the Max Mosley trial continues. Note for readers from the future: he enjoyed a BDSM session with a group of women, who have been described widely as “prostitutes” by the media. He had these regularly, and so wasn’t expecting that one day in spring, one of them would pop a video camera down her cleavage and sell the footage to the News Of The World. Oops. So he’s suing for exemplary damages – in other words, he doesn’t just want recompense, he wants retribution.
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Keyword noise: bdsm, cheating, marriage, relationships, Max Mosley, media, news, News Of The World, newspapers, sex work.
In which we study the news
Published at 3:40 pm on May 19th, 2006
Filed under: Media Addict.
In which we discuss pornography, consent, and legal proposals
Published at 12:48 pm on August 30th, 2005
Filed under: Political.