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Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

238 - Jenny Nordbak (Mistress Scarlett)

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Chris Ryan

Society & Culture, Arts

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2017

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Jenny spent a year and change working for a construction company during the day and moonlighting in a dungeon at night, where she learned a lot about men, sex, power dynamics, and herself. Her book about the experience is called The Scarlet Letters: My Secret Year of Men in an L.A. Dungeon.



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0:00.0

Radiomano PA PAPATCHANA

0:02.8

Yeah, that's right.

0:31.2

And so as I was explaining, I'm Chris.

0:34.5

Welcome to another wonderful episode.

0:37.8

This is episode 238, I think.

0:41.6

We're getting up there.

0:43.3

This episode is with a young woman named Jenny Nordback.

0:47.0

She has written a fantastic book called The Scarlet Letters,

0:51.0

My Secret Year of Men in an LA Dungeon.

0:55.5

We talk about the trials and tribulations

0:59.4

subtitles and how generally it's the publisher that comes up with the subtitle,

1:03.4

much to the chagrin of the author. Because in fact, she spent more than a year in LA Dungeons

1:10.9

as Mr. Crimson, I think that's her name, her dungeon name. She's a dominatrix. Interestingly,

1:22.7

it's, but the subtitle doesn't really do it justice because she spent more than a year.

1:27.0

She was not only with men, there were other women involved that were important characters

1:31.9

in her story. And she was also a sub for the first six months. So she was submissive for

1:41.3

six months and then she was dominatrix for the rest of the time. So as usual, it's far

1:47.7

more, it's a far more nuanced story than the subtitle tells you, but that's life.

1:53.1

So anyway, the book is out this week. If you're interested in that world, you're interested

2:00.4

in sort of alternative sexual communities, I recommend it. I haven't read the whole book.

2:07.2

I hadn't read it when she came here the other day, but I've been looking at it in a few

2:12.7

days since then. I pick it up and read a chapter here and there. It's organized as most

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