Another article on a writer’s exploration of and possible entry into the “scene.” Jillian Richardson initially published this on Narratively. Read all of the article here.
I was definitely at the right address. Tara Indiana, a professional dominatrix, emailed it to me earlier that day. Yet all I could see was the back entrance to a Japanese restaurant and some kitchen workers on their smoke break. There was no way that the sex dungeon I was looking for was in a sushi restaurant…right? Then again, what did I know about sex dungeons? I’d only started exploring kink two weeks earlier, and now here I was searching the back of a sushi restaurant for the sign of the class I’d signed up for, “Secrets of the World’s Greatest Dominatrix.”
“You looking for Cyn Studios?” asked one of the men, startling me. I nodded, and felt my confidence increase just a tiny bit; if this stranger could possibly imagine me in a room filled with whips and floggers, maybe I wasn’t so lost after all. …
Jillian Richardson is a freelance writer and comedian. If you shout her name three times, she’ll appear in your mirror. Otherwise, you can stalk her on Twitter @thatjillian and email her at jrichardson256@gmail.com
