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Originally Posted by C0LLETTE

I was at the first MWMF in 1976. We were a few hundred women, with the largest group (us) being from Canada ( Ontario and Quebec). I was 30 years old. When they celebrated 20 years, I was there again except this time I was 50. I thought the sky-diver was in my honour.
I remember the moment the shirts/tops first came off, the cries of "Man in the woods", the local men setting up lawn chairs in pick-up trucks to watch us shower. I remember the music but most of all, I remember getting laid a "gazillion" times.

I've been to fest over 30 times, however I didn't start going until 1982 when they moved to the land they now occupy near Hart.
Fest has changed in lots of ways, and usually had some sort of controversy going on such as the "leather dykes" vs women who did not participate or approve of that lifestyle. I myself was going to the "big tent" where there were scenes going on, and let me tell you...you did not get to that place by "mistake" because you were asked along the path if you understood what was going on in there several times before you could enter.

The length of fest, the cost, the stages and even the food has changed. I mostly don't like the food. Nut loaf and burrito nights I'll eat, and breakfast is OK, the rest I bring my own food including meat.

I have met the best ever friends, ones I stay in touch with mostly on a daily basis and gather with at other times during the year whenever any of us can get together.

On the "land" I have been hurt deeply, fallen in and out of love, and healed. I have laughed until I couldn't breathe, cried until I hyperventilated, stayed up most of the night, slept half the day away, and heard some of the best music I have ever heard in my life.

The security is much better than it was in the early years and now the only time you'd see a man on the land would be the guys who come into empty the portajanes (portajohns) and this is always done in the wee hours of the morning.

The showers are mostly back enough from the "internal road" through fest that not much can be seen if one is looking for naked bodies.

Used to be more women would go topless, or completely naked if they wish, now not as much. Among my friends, it's more a fear of cameras/phones and social media....they don't want to show up in the background of someone's photo and end up having their naked/topless body out there for their boss or family to see.

As far as sex, yes you can find it I'm sure...I haven't been one to really look for it specifically, but it has happened a couple times when I was single. It won't happen for me anymore that way because I have a partner and she'll be with me next year.

I love fest, and I missed it this year...I'm still sad about it. I'll be there next year, and if you haven't been there at least once and are inclined to go, please do it...and if you've been there and been turned off by it for some reason try it once more and see if it's changed for you.

I know the trans inclusion thing is a big deal, and I really hope this thread does not end up going towards the controversy...I want to tell and hear of the good that this festival is for thousands of women and their children.

I have 2 friends who brought their mothers and daughters this year for the first time, and they all loved it and will return next year.

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