Mistress Matisse

To entertain you... My new Stranger column is on the site, about Seattle's pro domme houses. (Or, the lack thereof.) Also, a podcast I ...

Special People Dear Mistress Matisse, I am contacting you for some advice about getting started as a courtesan. I've been trying to navi...

Archives I went back through the blog archives to see what I was writing about around this date in years gone by. I found an entry talking a...

Letters To The Mistress Dear Mistress Matisse, I am in a poly relationship with a man I’m engaged to. We’ve been together almost three years...

Online translators are responsible for a lot of unintentional comedy in the world of email. I got this note recently, and I will preface my ...

In my last column, I talked about sex (or at least, dating) without BDSM. In the new Stranger column: a discussion of BDSM without Sex .

Wow, a lot has happened! Which is pretty much always the case with me, so let me try to catch you up. The Naked Girls Reading? Much fun. I w...

As God is my witness, I am going to blog again soon. Like, within 48 hours. Highlights will include: My thoughts on performing at The Naked ...

I am being bad about writing this week, because I'm busy reading bits of books out loud, in preparation for my appearance here on Sund...

TwistedMonk and I recorded what I am calling a "Quick and Dirty" podcast last week. We didn't have access to our usual sound-s...

From The Image Vaults Another one from the self-portrait file: Nude With Bars, circa 2001. I was experimenting with single-light set-ups, w...

After a slight delay: My new Stranger column, in which I discuss the difficulty with dating normal people.

Quick And Dirty Podcasts Monk and I have been so busy the last month, we have had no time to get down to the studio where we usually record ...

Photo Archives I was looking through my photo files the other day and found a bunch of images I took of myself some years ago. I'd forgo...

An announcement for some cool people I know… Please re-post this anywhere you like, I’m trying to help get the word out! Starting in June, t...

I'm still getting caught up with Real Life. So, a look back at some of Mistress Matisse's Greatest Blog Hits. From the last few year...

A new column in The Stranger, which poses (and, to some degree, answers) the question: so what are all the freshly unemployed strippers in S...

Letters To The Mistress (Edited for length, and for identifying details) Hello Mistress Matisse, I recently attempted to make a foray into t...

For those who want to see me soon, some schedule updates… I’m in town this week until Thursday, although my time is filling up. In general, ...

People like to ask me hierarchy questions. “What’s the most extreme thing you’ve ever done? What is the BDSM activity you like better than a...