In keeping with my L Word obsession, my new Seattle column is up. Even better than the column (which is damned good—read it!), is this incredibly cute letter I got in response to it:
Ma'am, I've been a regular reader of your column, and admit to a great deal of ignorance about SM, Domination, and other strange activities in the current sex scene which you write about for the enlightenment or amusement of your readers, but what does 'topping' and 'she tops from the bottom' mean? The vocabulary is confusing.
I always thought topping was when the lady was on top. But I'm still stuck in the Fifties, when even that was not done by 'proper' partners (though I was introducted to it by a talented sex worker while soldiering along the Korean DMZ at the time).
Bob [Last Name Redacted!]
Lacey, WA
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