Pityphuck and Michfest 2014

C0LLETTE · 08-13-2014, 10:41 PM

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.

fever · 08-14-2014, 12:39 AM

I am thankful for each and every account of the festival. I know a masseuse named Cairyl who goes each and every year and provides probably the best massage you will ever have. When I visit FR, I get Cairyl to work me over. lol

Perhaps this subject can continue to build interest, as it has to display the positive/energy/love/fest .
perhaps instead of being topless, I would be in one of my boustiers.

Another great goal for having my hip replaced.

I just went back to check how many times Collette said she got laid, and I shall come prepared!!! Oh my!

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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.

Happy_Go_Lucky · 08-14-2014, 06:40 AM

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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.

Hopefully you can make plans for the big Four Zero next year. The maelstrom of positive flow will be building and building until the line forms again. If you do not know this already, a great place to check in to see what is happening is the Michfest forum on their website.

As far as getting laid a banana-boat number of times? I never witnessed anything. Really. Promise. I swear. Nope. Nothing. Women holding hands, kissing. That's all.

Fuckfest, errr I mean Michfest is a wholesome place for wholesome women.........who enjoy the wholesomeness.

nanners · 08-14-2014, 09:35 AM

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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.

Amazon Womyn Rise!!

Femmadian · 08-14-2014, 01:25 PM

Ahhhh, I've never been but want to go so badly. It'd be a 2,500 km drive (one way!) or a very expensive 7 hour flight to get there from where I am, but dammit, I'm resolved to make it next year even if I have to pimp myself out as a femme-for-butch escort.

I read that Nedra Johnson piece on her blog a short while ago and thought it summed up perfectly why spaces like Michfest are so important. I just wish there were more of them!

I'm a bit nervous about the camping thing though... while I can appreciate nature in the abstract, I'm not exactly what you'd call an "outdoorsy girl" and I haven't been camping since I was dragged out unwillingly as a teenager. I don't even own a pair of shorts... Or jeans. Or flip-flops. Or flat sandals. Or a tent. Or, or, or... the list goes on.

Question for the femmes: how did you find the camping aspect? Are you a camper in general or is Michfest your exception? Are there any things you'd wished you'd known ahead of time or adjustments you've made over the years which have saved you time or frustration? Do most Festies tend to go "granola" for the duration of Fest out of convenience? Is there really no cell service at all?

Also, I'm a little confused as to what exactly the Twilight Zone is. Is it strictly for BDSM practitioners? Do you have like some bulldykes casually playing poker and downing a few beers while a few feet over there's someone being whipped and tied to a tree or what? It sounds very odd... and a little intimidating to a somewhat introverted chem-free gal who has little to no experience in BDSM. Is it like a giant kinky play party in the woods? I've read snippets about it elsewhere online and the doms made it sound like Varsity level kink where only Very Serious Players seeking Very Serious Experiences with Very Serious Skills should dare to venture. Lots of gatekeeping. Kinda turned me off. Vagina and Happy Go Lucky, you must have been really appalled considering your extensive in depth investigation.

How is it different from the rest of the "activities" that tend to go on throughout Fest? What's the crowd makeup like (numbers, ages, types of people, etc.)? Any things you liked or didn't like about it? Inquiring Festie Virgins need to know.

Happy_Go_Lucky · 08-14-2014, 06:34 PM

Femmadian

Firstly, my Canadian femme for Butch escort and entertainer extraordinaire, sooner rather than later, please check out the Michfest chat forum. Take that leap and create a user name and dive in!

Over these next nearly 12 months, get to know the long timers who have multiple visits to festie. Our own Ms. Nanners probably has panty-loads of tips and guidance for whomever would just inquire.

In the forum, you will more likely meet other Canadians from your neck of the far away woods and possibly start a plan for meet-ups and other way to pool your resources to get to Michigan. Trust me.

You can always return to your successful escort business at any time. K?

As you probably read, HGL does not tent or camp, I solved this challenge. YOU may be able to friend a woman or two, three, four, or five who drive their well stocked RV's and campers to the festival. They are stocked with lots and lots of red meat and liquor. Not all of us want a kibble burrito or kale stew night after dreadful night after night. Flash your pearly whites at them and you may get an invitation .... or 97.

"The Twilight Zone" is do whatever you want to do, need to do, want to do part of the land tucked securely far far away for the safety of all the other campers. The pearl clutchers will forever grumble about the noise of decadence and quizzical behavior, as well as unusual twitching of your olfactory glands. It is its own community, they party, eat, sleep and fuck together. (From what I experienced) They have a great time and make no apologies, I respect them a great deal.

You need to be 21 to attend the "themed parties" at The Zone, there are 20 somethings to 50 somethings who leave behind a few brain cells there. Depending on your goals for Michfest next year, such as do you want to sleep all day and not see too many performers or attend workshops the zone is for you. If attending the 9456 workshops and attending concerts are for you, well then.

Much success to you finding your path there. May I suggest a clothing optional car wash for us Butches on The Planet?

ProfPacker · 08-15-2014, 11:24 AM

Colette,

I was there too. Did we see each other? lol. I was hanging out with friends who were selling "Smile" jeans from NY and Indian kurta shirts. What a great experience then. (I was probably topless most of the time, lol)

Dapper, I hear what you are saying. It is very disturbing and I for one, I guess as a woman packing butch wonder if I would have to leave my cock at home to attend. So what does that say about a safe space for me? Is she advocating that safety is only possible in the absence of any kind of cock, butch, femme, whatever? I would suspect that these womyn are being sexual with one another....does that mean sexual behavior is limited to vanilla sex, as I change there are so many questions to think about.

DapperButch · 08-15-2014, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ProfPacker

Colette,

I was there too. Did we see each other? lol. I was hanging out with friends who were selling "Smile" jeans from NY and Indian kurta shirts. What a great experience then. (I was probably topless most of the time, lol)

Dapper, I hear what you are saying. It is very disturbing and I for one, I guess as a woman packing butch wonder if I would have to leave my cock at home to attend. So what does that say about a safe space for me? Is she advocating that safety is only possible in the absence of any kind of cock, butch, femme, whatever? I would suspect that these womyn are being sexual with one another....does that mean sexual behavior is limited to vanilla sex, as I change there are so many questions to think about.

I wasn't questioning the safety for anyone at this event. Please do not read that into my post.

I actually just got back online to see if I could edit out the P.S. It sounded snarky and I did not want to present this way in the post.

All I was trying to get across is that this event is intended for female born women and not people who are variant in their gender/sex. I was trying to say that some of our people here would not fit this guideline and I was wondering what people thought about that. I wonder if they ever thought about it before. I wondered if they want to support such an event and if they want to go if indeed they do not identity with who the event is "intended" for. My understanding is that butch women are very much welcomed as I am sure you witnessed!

That's all I was saying.

I am sure there are hella lotta dongs that are big and realistic!

ProfPacker · 08-15-2014, 12:12 PM

I wasn't talking about safety but was talking about presentation. What I mean by this is although I am sure there are many "dongs" there is their use still exceptable within the social constructed definition that MWMF has put forth as womyn and allowed to participate in the festival.

I guess it is coming from my own experience these days that except for this community, if I tell those in my "lesbian community in NJ" that I am packing they look at me now as if I was a freak. I appreciate this is an exeriental education for us me as well as those who I guess I see as "civilians" i.e. not BF community.

08-14-2014, 01:25 PM	#5
Femmadian Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Isla Nublar Posts: 385 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,296 Thanked 2,407 Times in 362 Posts Rep Power: 21474848	lol "pityphuck" - I love it! :-p Ahhhh, I've never been but want to go so badly. It'd be a 2,500 km drive (one way!) or a very expensive 7 hour flight to get there from where I am, but dammit, I'm resolved to make it next year even if I have to pimp myself out as a femme-for-butch escort. I read that Nedra Johnson piece on her blog a short while ago and thought it summed up perfectly why spaces like Michfest are so important. I just wish there were more of them! I'm a bit nervous about the camping thing though... while I can appreciate nature in the abstract, I'm not exactly what you'd call an "outdoorsy girl" and I haven't been camping since I was dragged out unwillingly as a teenager. I don't even own a pair of shorts... Or jeans. Or flip-flops. Or flat sandals. Or a tent. Or, or, or... the list goes on. Question for the femmes: how did you find the camping aspect? Are you a camper in general or is Michfest your exception? Are there any things you'd wished you'd known ahead of time or adjustments you've made over the years which have saved you time or frustration? Do most Festies tend to go "granola" for the duration of Fest out of convenience? Is there really no cell service at all? Also, I'm a little confused as to what exactly the Twilight Zone is. Is it strictly for BDSM practitioners? Do you have like some bulldykes casually playing poker and downing a few beers while a few feet over there's someone being whipped and tied to a tree or what? It sounds very odd... and a little intimidating to a somewhat introverted chem-free gal who has little to no experience in BDSM. Is it like a giant kinky play party in the woods? I've read snippets about it elsewhere online and the doms made it sound like Varsity level kink where only Very Serious Players seeking Very Serious Experiences with Very Serious Skills should dare to venture. Lots of gatekeeping. Kinda turned me off. Vagina and Happy Go Lucky, you must have been really appalled considering your extensive in depth investigation. How is it different from the rest of the "activities" that tend to go on throughout Fest? What's the crowd makeup like (numbers, ages, types of people, etc.)? Any things you liked or didn't like about it? Inquiring Festie Virgins need to know. __________________

08-14-2014, 06:34 PM	#6
Happy_Go_Lucky Member How Do You Identify?: OFOS Butch who desires femme company. Preferred Pronoun?: Handsome devil you. Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Anywhere I want to be Posts: 677 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,203 Thanked 3,362 Times in 627 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Femmadian Firstly, my Canadian femme for Butch escort and entertainer extraordinaire, sooner rather than later, please check out the Michfest chat forum. Take that leap and create a user name and dive in! Over these next nearly 12 months, get to know the long timers who have multiple visits to festie. Our own Ms. Nanners probably has panty-loads of tips and guidance for whomever would just inquire. In the forum, you will more likely meet other Canadians from your neck of the far away woods and possibly start a plan for meet-ups and other way to pool your resources to get to Michigan. Trust me. You can always return to your successful escort business at any time. K? As you probably read, HGL does not tent or camp, I solved this challenge. YOU may be able to friend a woman or two, three, four, or five who drive their well stocked RV's and campers to the festival. They are stocked with lots and lots of red meat and liquor. Not all of us want a kibble burrito or kale stew night after dreadful night after night. Flash your pearly whites at them and you may get an invitation .... or 97. "The Twilight Zone" is do whatever you want to do, need to do, want to do part of the land tucked securely far far away for the safety of all the other campers. The pearl clutchers will forever grumble about the noise of decadence and quizzical behavior, as well as unusual twitching of your olfactory glands. It is its own community, they party, eat, sleep and fuck together. (From what I experienced) They have a great time and make no apologies, I respect them a great deal. You need to be 21 to attend the "themed parties" at The Zone, there are 20 somethings to 50 somethings who leave behind a few brain cells there. Depending on your goals for Michfest next year, such as do you want to sleep all day and not see too many performers or attend workshops the zone is for you. If attending the 9456 workshops and attending concerts are for you, well then. Much success to you finding your path there. May I suggest a clothing optional car wash for us Butches on The Planet? __________________ Hair Pulling...... not just for preschoolers.

08-13-2014, 10:41 PM	#1
C0LLETTE Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Depends on the day. Preferred Pronoun?: "I" and "we" Relationship Status: Very good. Thank you for asking. Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 11,501 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,676 Thanked 15,177 Times in 4,341 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	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.

08-15-2014, 11:24 AM	#7
ProfPacker Member How Do You Identify?: butch/MOC Preferred Pronoun?: Hy/hym/hys but in circumstances like work and some other places she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: nj Posts: 1,365 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,023 Thanked 4,815 Times in 1,187 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Colette, I was there too. Did we see each other? lol. I was hanging out with friends who were selling "Smile" jeans from NY and Indian kurta shirts. What a great experience then. (I was probably topless most of the time, lol) Dapper, I hear what you are saying. It is very disturbing and I for one, I guess as a woman packing butch wonder if I would have to leave my cock at home to attend. So what does that say about a safe space for me? Is she advocating that safety is only possible in the absence of any kind of cock, butch, femme, whatever? I would suspect that these womyn are being sexual with one another....does that mean sexual behavior is limited to vanilla sex, as I change there are so many questions to think about.

08-15-2014, 12:12 PM	#9
ProfPacker Member How Do You Identify?: butch/MOC Preferred Pronoun?: Hy/hym/hys but in circumstances like work and some other places she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: nj Posts: 1,365 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,023 Thanked 4,815 Times in 1,187 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	I wasn't talking about safety but was talking about presentation. What I mean by this is although I am sure there are many "dongs" there is their use still exceptable within the social constructed definition that MWMF has put forth as womyn and allowed to participate in the festival. I guess it is coming from my own experience these days that except for this community, if I tell those in my "lesbian community in NJ" that I am packing they look at me now as if I was a freak. I appreciate this is an exeriental education for us me as well as those who I guess I see as "civilians" i.e. not BF community.