Samois

SAMOIS was a lesbian-feminist BDSM organization based in San Francisco and founded in 1978, taking its name from the estate of Anne-Marie, a lesbian dominatrix in Story of O who pierces and brands O. One of the more famous members was the writer Pat Califia.

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In 1981 they published a book Coming to Power - Writing and graphics on Lesbian S/M which reached a world-wide audience the following year when it was reprinted by Alyson Publications. The book alternates short stories with advice on technique, a model that has been used by various other BDSM books since then. A sequel The Second Coming was published in 1996.

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Lesbian: A lesbian is a homosexual woman. Lesbians are sexually and romantically attracted to other women. One might argue that one is not a lesbian (as a noun) but lesbian (as an adjective). This can depend on self-identification and varies among most lesbians/lesbian women....

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BDSM: BDSM is a term which describes a number of related patterns of human sexual behaviour. The major subgroupings are described in the abbreviation "BDSM" itself:...