Following are two posts Ms. Armistead where she admits to having been involved in the BDSM (Bondage/Domination, Submission and Sado/Masochism) World

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On Wed, 8 Oct 1997 23:07:31 -0400, "Allan Smith"
<netsmith@mindspring.com> wrote:

>Cyn,
>
>Geez, and I was gong to suggest being in a safe place with someone you
>trust, saying "Take me", and relaxing and letting it happen.
>
>My fingertips and awareness of my partner are exquisitely sensitive without
>abrading away a couple of layers of skin, thank you.

Well, I've never found any need to do that either (in fact, I'm a real
wimp about my fingertips, which is my excuse for never learning to
play the guitar <G>). Neither have I ever felt a need to experience
pain to appreciate pleasure--but I was trying to make things a little
clearer for someone.

A former SO was very deeply involved in the BDSM scene. It's amazing
how much you learn just from being around that crowd--and there's a
lot of crossover between it and some of the other subcultures to which
I find myself exposed on a frequent basis (SF/F fans, poly folk,
Mensans, the size acceptance community, pagans, even--gasp!--lots of
computer geeks). I find/found the whole "but why?" thing to be
intriguing, so naturally I'm going to try to explain it as much as I
came to understand it. :-)

Cyn
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Subject: Re: Female FA's are they out there?
From: mobius@sky.net (David T. Warren)
Date: 1996/05/13
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In article <3197532a.1943488@news.mindspring.com>, cynthia@mindspring.com
wrote:
>
> Actually I've found a higher percentage of both female FAs and
> size-accepting people in general in SF fandom, BDSM groups, pagan groups,
> and (to a lesser extent) Mensa. There's a lot of crossover between all of
> them, of course.
>
> Cyn
> cynthia@mindspring.com

And the SCA: Society for Creative Anachronisms--don't forget them. MANY
of the women and some of the men are quite large; amazing how flattering
period garb is to the fuller figure!