Friday, September 07, 2007

The Mainstreaming of Rubber

As a rubberist, latex holds a special place in my heart.  It's comforting, soft, warm.  The scent of it makes me feel safe and protected.  It's liberating, in it I can be free.  While this appears extraordinarily strange to many, it brings me a great deal of joy.  This is why seeing latex becoming more mainstream makes me happy.  I know there are many who feel that something special to them is being degraded by this.  I have never seen it this way.  To me, it means that many who may never have even considered latex for clothing will be trying it.  Some of them will find in it the same joy that I do.  An intrinsic part of something making you happy is the desire to share it with others.  Rubber becoming mainstream can only benefit the rubberist, making fetish gear cheaper than ever and more readily available.  It can even help to wash away the stigma associated with having a fetish.