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Following a stray suggestion, I first created the group with the name alt.sex.fetish.dfp (dressing for pleasure), but then I got a dozen messages telling me that acronym group names was a Really Bad Idea. I then issued a rmgroup message for alt.sex.fetish.dfp and a new newgroup message for alt.sex.fetish.fashion, realizing the idea for real.
Due to propagation difficulties of the initial newgroup message, a second newgroup message was issued two days later from a kind soul (mathew@mantis.co.uk) in UK which finally set this newsgroup in motion. Subsequent newgroup messages has been issued both from me and other kind people to combat persistent propagation difficulties, and there's still new sites picking up the group to this day!
This document was written and is maintained in HTML-format at my private PC using the text editor QEdit 3.00C, my own database program called LstMaint for the big supplier list, my own HTML->Text conversion utility called HTML2TXT and a couple of my own batch-scripts to automate the end preparation of both the HTML-versions for WWW access and the 9 parts of plain text that is posted to the newsgroup itself using yet another of my own programs named YPost, which is a part of the YES package for the Yarn offline newsreader.
As the UseNet fetish hierarchy developed, I observed something I
found pretty peculiar: There was no newsgroup for perhaps the biggest
fetish of them all: Fetish clothing and dressing for pleasure.
The alt.sex.fetish.feet newsgroup did partially cover the topic
of high heels but most people there was more into bare feet and
painted toenails than anything you might put on a foot; some even
expressed a dislike of high heels due to the possible 'damage' they
could cause on a foot.
But there was no newsgroup for the connoisseurs of sexy, skintight
clothing in leather, PVC, latex-rubber and Spandex, and the art
of enhancing the posture and sexiness of a womans legs and body by her
wearing high heels, or ditto for men.
This all made me propose and subsequently create this group,
which has the following major topics:
Please refer discussions about tatoos and piercing to the
rec.arts.bodyart newsgroup, and pure B&D and S/M stuff to the
alt.sex.bondage newsgroup where it belongs.
Some B&D and S/M are welcome here (in particular stuff like
bondage clothing, straightjackets and so on), but as a general rule it
must relate to the main topic as well, i.e. it must have fetish
clothing or designs in some form as a central issue.
About bodypainting: Discussions are welcome here until they get
their own forum, but alas, this document has already grown to monstrous
proportions and I've decided not to include anything relating
to bodypainting in this FAQ, other than these words.
From: Lani Teshima-Miller <teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
This is a sexually oriented newsgroup about an area sometimes
considered a taboo or deviant behavior. Sexually explicit language
will occur now and then so please do not be offended. If you dislike
this, please unsubscribe now for your own good, and stop reading this
document - and do it now!
When writing (posting) to the newsgroup, please respect other
peoples feelings and desires, and do not try to harass anyone by
persistent questioning and obnoxious comments. Persistent harassment
will be reported to the culprits system administrator and may result
in the loss of access to UseNet or perhaps your account entirely.
The behavioral keywords must be: Be towards others as you'd like
them to be towards yourself. Don't be a jerk or try to be funny by
making fun of any of us or our interest. Nobody finds it funny and
you'll only hurt yourself in the process.
NO personals please! - Use alt.personals.bondage or
alt.personals.misc or best of all: alt.personals.fetish!
No commercial advertisements! - Answers to direct questions are very
welcome, but only the answer and not kilobytes of other 'useful
information'. If you're new in the business or just new on the net,
please send me all the information needed for a good entry in the
supplier list. This is the only allowed way of 'advertising' ones
presense on the net!
Anonymous posting to this group is very welcome, but note that
any abuse (for instance by harassing someone) will be reported to the
system administrator for the anonymous reposting site immediately and
this will most likely cause a ban for the abusers use of this particular
server and perhaps even disclosure of culprits true name and
address to the victims or the group as a whole. We've had two cases so
far, and both lost their access to the anon-server as a result of the
complaint filed. You have been warned.
To find out how to post anonymously, you could check out the
anonymous contact server at penet.fi that does carry this newsgroup
and allow posting to it. It is in Finland and thus far out of US
juristriction. Send a message (subject and contents doesn't matter)
to: help@anon.penet.fi - and you will receive adequate instructions.
There are other anonymous servers around but I have no information
about these. You might try contacting someone using a pseudonym
from one of these to get more information.
Please use alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.fetish for this purpose.
I would also like to thank the people at DKnet for making it
possible for me to maintain and post this document using their systems.
And to Gitte, my very best and dear friend, for support in this
and life in general. Also a few thoughts to: Henna (in Florida), Nina
(and her delightful taste in fashions), Höhne, Oskar, Mia, Klaus and
to all true MAGNAs!
Please use the proper newsgroup for your posting! - This in
particular applies to the bandwidth-consuming binaries! - Failure to follow
this will undoubtedly result in lots of complaints to both yourself and
your sysadm!
I spend most of my daytime as a student at the University of
Copenhagen with a major in computer science. In the sparetime I'm
working as a free-lance programmer, author, photographer, graphic
designer and musician (keyboards).
I've been into fetish fashion for most of my life, but left the
'closet' about 7-8 years ago and began to attend fetish and BDSM
oriented gatherings.
I'm male, 29 years of age, living in Ballerup which is about 10
miles west of Copenhagen in Denmark (Northern Europe).
English is not my primary language but I understand, speak, read and
write it fairly fluently. You are welcome to write to me in either:
Danish, swedish, norwegian, german, french or english/american. Expect a
reply in danish (for the scandinavian langauges) or english otherwise.
Please keep submissions for the FAQ in english, please!
Warning: Anything sent by snailmail to me unsolicited or without
proper return postage should not be expected returned!
Bodypainting isn't really considered to fall into the category
of bodyart for the purposes of rec.arts.bodyart, unless you're talking
about something like henna that will last for a long time (weeks?).
Part of the enjoyment of bodyart is the permanency, and involvement of
either the pain or ritual of getting a permanent piece done on your
body.
(Maintainer of the FAQ for rec.arts.bodyart)The Picture Policy
Following a poll made in August/September 1994, posting of
pictures (binaries) to alt.sex.fetish.fashion is no longer allowed!
How to reach me:
You are always welcome to contact me for whatever reason related
to this newsgroup. There are lots of ways to reach me - Feel free to
use one of them!:
If you call me on the phone, please do not forget that Denmark is in
timezone GMT+1 (or UTC+1). Calls to the GSM number will be routed to
an answering service if I'm not reachable at the moment or has the
phone turned off. The outgoing message is in danish but all it really
says is: Leave a message after the beep. Please do!
Kornvænget 22, 1.th.
DK-2750 Ballerup
Denmark
(+45) 4059 2969 (GSM, 24h)
Xenobyte @ Auggie BBS (bbs.augsburg.edu)
Xenobyte @ ISCA BBS (bbs.isca.uiowa.edu)
Per_Goetterup@p10.f20.n235.z2.fidonet.org