Southwest Burlesque Showcase: Myspace - NMBurlesqueShowcase

I met two women on a Saturday morning. Over coffee and bagels and lox at a hippie synagogue where they referenced Freud as often as God, they offered to take me to Albuquerque to a benefit for Self Serve (SelfServeToys.com), a Sexuality Resource Center. It was between a sex toy party and going to The Ark, a spiritual bookstore, to learn about healing by numbers.

I went to Albuquerque to the sex toy party and was not disappointed in the least. Think giant warehouse gallery, tarot card readers and burlesque dancers; fetish outfit sales, an old lady making pornographic greeting cards, a giant penis doll and crafts, free massage and m and m’s to go around. There was even a clean-cut awkward older dude sitting alone coloring in a coloring book of a naked woman and a stick.

Lollies for the kiddies.

For those of you in search of new toys, rape crisis resources, handbags, earrings and/or a poster of hot women posing with their bulldogs, please see below.

Pitbulls and Pinups: TheBabesandBullies.com

Fetish Outfitting: FreeRadicalShq.com

Body Centered Talk Therapy: FoodBodyConnection.com

BDSM Coloring Books, thanks to http://www.UnseenGallery.com

Fantasy Art Prints: UnseenGallery.com

Or, for more of this lady's work, http://www.KinkySpot.com

Anie Lazuli, Passionate Empowerment and Entertainment
Including: Gypsy Dance, Tarot Readings, Past Life Regressions and
Cleansings. Find her by name on Tribe.net

Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski: Badass Earring Maker
Find her at AmmoArt.Etsy.com
FYI, her card reads: “Youth Worker, Poet, Performer, Muralist, Artist, Playwrite, Earrings, Paintings, Workshops, Shows.” No small feat.

Sex Questions and Discussion: KinkySpot.com

Handbags With Portraits of Serial Killers: WarningLabelCreations.com

Rape Crisis: RapeCrisisCNM.org
They have an anonymous 24/hr hotline at 505.266.7711
Or…go to Ask An Advocate on their website for online anonymous support.

And at the end of a long day I went to a hotel to poach internet. There was a dude in the hall searching for an escort for his friend. He wanted to use my computer and I said no. Fyi: SouthwestCompanions

Have a question? Or a resource to share? E-mail me anonymously at merissag[at]gmail[dot]com via www.send-email.org.