So you like the ponies, but you don’t gamble? There are many who do.  The Ponyplay, or indeed all animal role-playing, communities are very tightly-knit, and well organized.  There are even magazines devoted to the pursuit.

To feel the bit in your teeth, the reins controlling you, bridle, blinders, and boots.  Removing the humanity, with all its pressures, and substituting the simple, if trying, life of a beast of burden. As Samuel Johnson said, “He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”

Pony play is more than mere submission, I think. It is a complete capitulation of one’s being, beyond identity. It is complete redefinition as something not-human, less than human, at least as I understand it from the words of those in the scene.  Paul Reed, who publishes Equus Eroticus puts it this way:

 “What I find exciting about ponyplay is that I enjoy having the exchange of power: one person giving another the right and/or privilege and/or honor of being dominant. Women and ponies are probably the most beautiful creatures on earth. It’s a tremendous feeling of satisfaction and eroticism out of ponyplay. I have them do whatever I say. I can have them go left or go right, or I can get off them and just spend time grooming them or whatever. They are completely at my disposal.”

Here is an excellent, well-maintained and updated FAQ about tall aspects of the pony life.  It’s very comprehensive.  The Village Voice did a story about pony play awhile back. I’ve seen it featured on an episode of The Secret Lives Of Women.  It’s definitely skirting the mainstream.  The picture to your left, the headshot of the girl with the bit in her teeth, is from MySpace. Her name is Luna Taylor and she is a fusion dancer, designer, and artist, who recently put on a ponyplay piece entitled UNMATA. Check out her blogs on MySpace. They’re great.

There is a wonderful resource page at the Stampede, where one can find much in the way of ponyplay information. The Stampede is “one of the nation’s largest organized ponyplay and human animal roleplay groups”.   It is in the San Francisco Bay area, but has members worldwide.

 

   

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