Also - asking Tep a question since she is Kink Representative in these here parts.

Where is the kink line? By which I mean, when is something considered kink? Is it unique to the individual/partners or is there a compartmentalization of "This is kink. That is just erotic."

(And apologies if I offend with simplicity or asinine words.)

The Boy is still confused by the prevalence of corsets among the Buffistas who are not kinky, because he considers them a Kink 101 garment.

I would think a simple "not everyone thinks the way you do," would suffice. Not in a mean way or anything, but I am a bit surprised that The Boy can't step outside of his own view of the world long enough to see that some people may just see a corset as something pretty to wear.

They provide better boobage support than do regular bras and also help with the posture.

And, if you have any interest at all in historical fashion, you very quickly develop an eye for them--all sorts of period movies and shows and plays start looking either exactly right or just fundamentally wrong. Dresses hang wrong, boobs look wrong under them, in a particular artfully framed shot you can't appreciate the aesthetic beauty of it all because this or that character's silhouette is just suddenly so jarringly modern or sloppy.

I definitely like the way I look in a corset, but there's also a definite history-geek element to the whole thing for me too, and I can think of a few (not a lot, but definitely a few) comparatively non-kinky friends whose fondness for corsets is highly history-geeky.

JZ, I edited back a little spoiler font. If only I could have thought of an example of a search that began with ass, then it would have been better.

So. Um. Clearly my mind is not focusing on work. Does that mean I can leave early? Reading this book on how to run meetings is boring.

Hee! Not seriously offended or upset, omnis, but definitely squicked by that particular pair of words. Thanks for the retro-spoiler-fonting.

for you, the world.

I'm not Tep but I think I can answer the kink line question.

It's kink if, after you've already consented to sex, it requires extra permission. Like, I wouldn't think twice about going down on someone but I'd probably ask before I smacked them on the ass.

And no, nothing popped up in google on the first page, so I'm still a little curious.

If you didn't turn off safe search, then I'm going to guess not much would show up.

Someone witty said, "Erotic is when you use a feather. Kink is when you use the whole damn chicken."

My 88yo mother was just saying a couple days ago she was thinking of getting a corset like her grandmother's because she knows it would help her backaches. She was wondering if her husband would pull the strings tight like she used to for her gram.