Pink Orchid: Story Event for Women-Centric Erotica - Official Support Thread

[gunhilltrain]

"Coffee tastes terrible to me, likewise beer. (Yes, including the "but you'll like THIS beer" beer. And that other one too. I have tried.)"

Supposedly, Ben Franklin said, "Beer is proof that God loves us." Sound like an apocryphal quote to me.

 

[gunhilltrain]

LOL, if I can, I get out of the car and go to a convivence store. After all, I had a partner. If I can't, we had a pot to piss in and window to throw it out. On one, we were in the country, near a filed and the barn where the guy had horses. I just went natural in that setting, and hid behind a tree.

Not a bad question, guys use bottles. To small a target for me.

for the other, the largest size zip bags if there wasn't a bathroom handy somewhere and wet wipes. But honestly, guys, we worked in pairs so one could run to the nearest handy quick stop or 7-11. After all, 7-11 name comes from the fact they are every 7 to 11 blocks.

Since you went into so much detail, I will too. In 1978-79, I didn't have a bottle with me; I don't know why. But there were cab stands all around Manhattan where one could legally park a yellow cab. There were always Penn Station, Grand Central, and the Port Authority Bus Terminal nearby, plus the Staten Island Ferry terminal and even, in those days, the PATH station under the World Trade Center.

I did have to pee in the street at times, which was easier to do on the night shift than the day shift. I remember peeing into a snow bank in Queens around eleven o'clock in the morning.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Since you went into so much detail, I will too. In 1978-79, I didn't have a bottle with me; I don't know why. But there were cab stands all around Manhattan where one could legally park a yellow cab. There were always Penn Station, Grand Central, and the Port Authority Bus Terminal nearby, plus the Staten Island Ferry terminal and even, in those days, the PATH station under the World Trade Center.

I did have to pee in the street at times, which was easier to do on the night shift than the day shift. I remember peeing into a snow bank in Queens around eleven o'clock in the morning.

I had a guy partner who somehow, didn't realize he had to pee until it was next too late. He dove into the back seat, and couldn't find his bottle. I said use the bowl, he said he'd find the bottle. Only, when he did finally find the bottle, it was about ten second to late.

He called his wife for a change of everything a washcloth and soap and she showed up and hauled him to a truck stop, where showed and changed. We had to have the car detailed and I was every so glad it was his and not mine.

Until our relief showed up, 20 hours later, I had to keep the window down, despite it being about 30 degrees. He was embarrassed he asked to be reassigned saying he doubted I would ever be comfortable working with him again. I told him it didn't bother me, he said it did him. A year later we had a good laugh about it, but we never worked together again.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I had a guy partner who somehow, didn't realize he had to pee until it was next too late. He dove into the back seat, and couldn't find his bottle. I said use the bowl, he said he'd find the bottle. Only, when he did finally find the bottle, it was about ten second to late.

He called his wife for a change of everything a washcloth and soap and she showed up and hauled him to a truck stop, where showed and changed. We had to have the car detailed and I was every so glad it was his and not mine.

Until our relief showed up, 20 hours later, I had to keep the window down, despite it being about 30 degrees. He was embarrassed he asked to be reassigned saying he doubted I would ever be comfortable working with him again. I told him it didn't bother me, he said it did him. A year later we had a good laugh about it, but we never worked together again.

I'm trying to remember now. Were you a private investigator or a police officer during this?

 

[LilyWaters]

I'm posting this thread to officially kick of the "Pink Orchid: Story Event for Women-Centric Erotica"

Stories are to be posted in February 2022, and the story list will be published on the International Women's Day, March 8th.

Theme of the event: sex positivity, female empowerment, women as the subjects of their own lives. Women in control of their own pleasure and passion. Erotic tales where women make sense and have agency. The aim is not to turn tables and write femdom, male-bashing or revenge stories, but produce sex positive stories of women existing for their own sake and living, loving and lusting on their own terms.

This event is open for absolutely everyone. Stories are not limited by anything other than Literotica's standard rules - you can write in any category.

Rules:
1. Write a story in which a female character has agency and makes sense on her own terms.
2. Include text "Pink Orchid" in the Note to Admin-field
3. Post your story in February of 2022

That's it! Now go forth and write! If you have any comments, questions or ideas, post on this thread.

Ohhhh, I love this! Very excited to start thinking about this. Thank you!

 

[Thefireflies]

Great idea

I think this event is a great idea and the moment I read it an idea popped into my head where suddenly I had at least two characters, an introduction scene and a rough idea for follow-on scenes. Just a spark with no idea if the flame will take or where it wants to go, so it may or may not happen.

I hesitate with one reservation which may be completely misplaced, that is one of my initial thoughts was this is an event for female authors to shine without male authors like myself taking away some of the gloss. At least I thought perhaps some women may feel this way? Of course I am aware we can't be certain of the gender of any given author anyway, and I'm sure most, if not all, who enter will do their utmost to make their stories women centric.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I think this event is a great idea and the moment I read it an idea popped into my head where suddenly I had at least two characters, an introduction scene and a rough idea for follow-on scenes. Just a spark with no idea if the flame will take or where it wants to go, so it may or may not happen.

I hesitate with one reservation which may be completely misplaced, that is one of my initial thoughts was this is an event for female authors to shine without male authors like myself taking away some of the gloss. At least I thought perhaps some women may feel this way? Of course I am aware we can't be certain of the gender of any given author anyway, and I'm sure most, if not all, who enter will do their utmost to make their stories women centric.

I'm all for men participating in this event. Encouraging men to write sex positive, women centered erotica is a good thing, imo.

 

[rescatooor]

I think this event is a great idea and the moment I read it an idea popped into my head where suddenly I had at least two characters, an introduction scene and a rough idea for follow-on scenes. Just a spark with no idea if the flame will take or where it wants to go, so it may or may not happen.

I hesitate with one reservation which may be completely misplaced, that is one of my initial thoughts was this is an event for female authors to shine without male authors like myself taking away some of the gloss. At least I thought perhaps some women may feel this way? Of course I am aware we can't be certain of the gender of any given author anyway, and I'm sure most, if not all, who enter will do their utmost to make their stories women centric.

As an individual with a uterus, i do not mind either way. But the odds are there may be some argument what is or isn't women-centric. If feminists can't agree on what womanhood is like, why would people on Literotica.

 

[gordo12]

I think that'd run counter to any medical advice

Can we dump them all in Loving Wives afterwards?

Ha! I think that would cause the Earth to derail from its orbit.

Can we dump them all in Loving Wives afterwards?

Thank you. I think it’s a wonderful theme, too. I know there are stories on this site that follow this theme already, but I think it’s worth promoting, and I also hope to find more stories and authors for myself to read and follow.

I think that's a wonderful idea. Empowered women vs the Incels. The clash of the Titans.

BlackRandI1958 has organized a few LW events and all have done well
there.

Female empowerment is not a keyword or tag I would have ever thought of using. Strong women or woman comes to mind first. I like writing stories like that though. I do have one half-finished that would qualify. I had other plans for it but if it doesn't work out I'll throw it in. So half in, half out!

 

[MillieDynamite]

I'm trying to remember now. Were you a private investigator or a police officer during this?

PI never been a police officer, never tried to become one, never wanted to. Just a PI and fugitive recovery agent for about 4 and half years.

 

[Omenainen]

We now have an announcement on the story side! Here (edited the first post to add the link)
What a wonderful pic Laurel came up with! Also, this event will probably overlap with Valentine's Day event, and since this is not a competition it will be possible to enlist a story in both. If you want to do that, please note that then the normal contest rules apply, ie. it has to be a standalone story.

Thank you for everyone who's expressed their support, no matter if you're sure if you'll come up with a story. I appreciate it. I also know many of you are already writing stories that follow this theme, and for that I salute you.

I have an idea... One I've been chewing on for a while but afraid to write. I think it would fit the tone of this concept well.

Yay!

This sounds like all of my stories. lol

I can contribute.

Yay!

It sounds exceptionally broad.

I'm working on a Lesbian story which will hopefully be ready around February.

Yay! Yes, the theme is exceptionally broad on purpose. Good women-centric erotica is so hard to find I didn't want to add any extra hurdles.

Uh huh. Some stories feel like the text equivalent of a guy mashing two Barbie dolls together.

This is an excellent way to put it.

I think this event is a great idea and the moment I read it an idea popped into my head where suddenly I had at least two characters, an introduction scene and a rough idea for follow-on scenes. Just a spark with no idea if the flame will take or where it wants to go, so it may or may not happen.

I hesitate with one reservation which may be completely misplaced, that is one of my initial thoughts was this is an event for female authors to shine without male authors like myself taking away some of the gloss. At least I thought perhaps some women may feel this way? Of course I am aware we can't be certain of the gender of any given author anyway, and I'm sure most, if not all, who enter will do their utmost to make their stories women centric.

Glad you're in! As to your concern, thank you for being thoughtful. If anyone is interested in organizing a female-only event, or an exclusively lesbian story event, I'm all for it. We could have a whole string of orchid events! Purple orchids for lesbian stories, and female only would be... white? Red?

However, this is my event and I'm not excluding anyone. The only thing I ask is erotica where female characters make sense. Anyone willing and capable to write that is welcome. For anyone willing but unsure if they're capable I've offered my help.

Female empowerment is not a keyword or tag I would have ever thought of using. Strong women or woman comes to mind first. I like writing stories like that though. I do have one half-finished that would qualify. I had other plans for it but if it doesn't work out I'll throw it in. So half in, half out!

Half yay!

"Female empowerment" is not a very sexy tag for sure. I think all my stories feature empowered women, but the two where I used the tag were specifically about becoming empowered. Again, I don't think it's a tag anyone would use when searching (with the exception of me), so to talk about that is a little misleading. I don't know if there is a tag that would unite these stories. It would be wonderful if there was. It would make them so much easier to find.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

. I don't know if there is a tag that would unite these stories. It would be wonderful if there was. It would make them so much easier to find.

'Realistic female POV'?
Though I searched for 'realistic' a couple times. The search results generally weren't. Probably an ever greater divergence in content from the label than anything labelled as 'this is a true story'. Aye, right...

 

[Thefireflies]

I'm all for men participating in this event. Encouraging men to write sex positive, women centered erotica is a good thing, imo.

As an individual with a uterus, i do not mind either way...

...As to your concern, thank you for being thoughtful. If anyone is interested in organizing a female-only event, or an exclusively lesbian story event, I'm all for it. We could have a whole string of orchid events! Purple orchids for lesbian stories, and female only would be... white? Red?
However, this is my event and I'm not excluding anyone...

Great, excellent, these are the responses I expected. Not committing, but I’ll try and write something if I get time.

Strangely, the etymology of Orchid is from Latin Orchis and Greek Orkhis, meaning testicle, because of the shape of the root of the Orchis genus, not flower obviously. Though, there is also a naked man orchid…

 

[rescatooor]

'Realistic female POV'?
Though I searched for 'realistic' a couple times. The search results generally weren't. Probably an ever greater divergence in content from the label than anything labelled as 'this is a true story'. Aye, right...

Except they don't necessarily have to have a female focalizer. "Strong female character/protagonist" might lead to some confusion about whether we are talking of a physically strong muscle mandy, so i'm not sure that would work either. There's the option of "female gaze" in some cases, I guess.

It's a sticky issue. Can't use "female empowerment", since people don't seem to be able to agree what is or isn't empowering. Can't use "real" or "realistic" because that can be extremely subjective: one encounters stories here by female (?) authors that include characters that are so cartoonish they could have been ripped straight out of an 80s porno. But if that's what gets them and the readers off, and they think it speaks for some form of reality in their lives, who is anyone to argue?

Could maybe used something like "Bechdel-approved" but that would set the bar kinda high when speaking of erotica. I'm not sure any of my stories would apply.

 

[NotWise]

Laurel posted the official announcement with dates and rules.

She announced it as "Pink Orchid 2021 for Women-Centric Erotica." Shouldn't that be 2022? It's being announced in 2021, but the event itself is entirely in 2022.

Edit: Whoop! She fixed it.

 

[Lovecraft_lore2]

This is a great & wonderful & long over due theme for this site.

I have no idea what the stories are going to look like but the result should be fun.

I am not even sure how to do female POV, let alone a story in which a female character has agency and makes sense on her own terms.

Thank you to Omenainen for creating this theme.


Also, the "Please see the Official Pink Orchid 2022 Support Thread if you have questions" link seems to be linked to the Amorous Goods, A Literotica Anthology Series - Season Two support thread instead.

 

[SisterJezabel]

I was so excited when I saw the announcement pop up from Laurel. I have an IWD themed story (sort of!) on the go that has been like pulling teeth- I will try and get it finished. Someone asked me to write a story about a feminist discovering 'not all men' and I have twisted it because I suspect the person who asked doesn't perhaps totally understand toxic masculinity and that which binds the behaviour of many men, so have been exploring things! It's been hard going.

 

[Ian_Snow]

Great idea for an event and I'm really looking forward to reading what you folks come up with. Best of luck!

 

[Lovecraft_lore2]

"Coffee tastes terrible to me, likewise beer. (Yes, including the "but you'll like THIS beer" beer. And that other one too. I have tried.)"

Supposedly, Ben Franklin said, "Beer is proof that God loves us." Sound like an apocryphal quote to me.

I don't think it is apocryphal quote. Ben Franklin wrote the book 'Fart Proudly' while a US Ambassador. He would troll his own newspaper with strange, really off kilter, strawman arguments against his own news stories in a letters to the editor section of his newspaper while using a pen name.

I believe it comes from a Farmers Almanac where he was also writing things like 'a stich in time saves nine'.

 

[Jake_Raazor]

It's not as straightforward as writing from a female POV. I would hope that most stories with female POV would apply, but I feel like that is a very optimistic view. I have read stories that are from female POV, even lesbian stories, that very much oppose what I'm searching for here. And it is not in any way impossible to write a women-centric story from male POV.

Discussions about male gaze and different POVs have been widely covered in the forum and I won't go into that here. What I'm searching for is an accepting, sex positive attitude towards women, and for female characters to have agency and make sense on their own and not just in relation to the male character(s).

I think I'm preaching for the choir here, meaning I think that the authors that don't understand this approach won't even read this thread, but that would be one tip I would give to someone who didn't know how to get started. Write from female POV; if it feels difficult to write a woman that makes sense, write only the women; write a lesbian story or maybe a story with only one woman. See where that takes you.

I'm on board with this idea. Love it in fact. My output so far is invariably based around a female central character(s) and one series is first-person female in her early twenties.

But I'm a straight bloke in my late fifties, so am I writing female characters or writing what my straight male brain, calcified by age, thinks are female characters? I mean what the hell do I know about being a young woman? Answer. Sod all

Am I empowering the women in my stories or just writing women characters that appeal to my very male brain? The latter obviously plays a part. How much of a part - I don't know.

I guess I can't judge because I lack the necessary life experience and perspective. Also, I'm biased by vanity.

Great idea, though and it's made me think.

 

[NotWise]

We have a theme, and I think a lot of my stories probably fit the theme. Writing a story specifically to fit the theme feels like a new challenge. I have a theme. I have characters. I have conflict. I don't have a plot, but it might be coming to me.

I spent time this afternoon googling (without actually using Google) what "female empowerment" means. My first finding was that the subject is commercial, and the articles I found mostly promoted condoms, lube, and vibrators. The second thing I found was that articles written by men were clinical, odd, and useless.

I wonder, as I plan my story, how much a woman can be empowered by a man.

 

[TxRad]

Omenainen, I sent you some reading material.

 

[Omenainen]

This is a great & wonderful & long over due theme for this site.

I have no idea what the stories are going to look like but the result should be fun.

I am not even sure how to do female POV, let alone a story in which a female character has agency and makes sense on her own terms.

Thank you to Omenainen for creating this theme.

Thank you for your interest and support! You're welcome to join in, if you want. Stories don't need to be from the female POV, but of course they can be.

I have to say, I'm also waiting to see the results of this

Also, the "Please see the Official Pink Orchid 2022 Support Thread if you have questions" link seems to be linked to the Amorous Goods, A Literotica Anthology Series - Season Two support thread instead.

Oh, right. Sent a message to Laurel. I don't know how many people come in through that, but just in case.

I was so excited when I saw the announcement pop up from Laurel. I have an IWD themed story (sort of!) on the go that has been like pulling teeth- I will try and get it finished. Someone asked me to write a story about a feminist discovering 'not all men' and I have twisted it because I suspect the person who asked doesn't perhaps totally understand toxic masculinity and that which binds the behaviour of many men, so have been exploring things! It's been hard going.

Yay! Welcome! I'll look forward to that.

Great idea for an event and I'm really looking forward to reading what you folks come up with. Best of luck!

Thanks!

I'm on board with this idea. Love it in fact. My output so far is invariably based around a female central character(s) and one series is first-person female in her early twenties.

But I'm a straight bloke in my late fifties, so am I writing female characters or writing what my straight male brain, calcified by age, thinks are female characters? I mean what the hell do I know about being a young woman? Answer. Sod all

Am I empowering the women in my stories or just writing women characters that appeal to my very male brain? The latter obviously plays a part. How much of a part - I don't know.

I guess I can't judge because I lack the necessary life experience and perspective. Also, I'm biased by vanity.

Great idea, though and it's made me think.

This thought process right here is kind of the point of this event.

You're welcome to participate, and if you want, I'll beta read your story and give you my comments.

We have a theme, and I think a lot of my stories probably fit the theme. Writing a story specifically to fit the theme feels like a new challenge. I have a theme. I have characters. I have conflict. I don't have a plot, but it might be coming to me.

I spent time this afternoon googling (without actually using Google) what "female empowerment" means. My first finding was that the subject is commercial, and the articles I found mostly promoted condoms, lube, and vibrators. The second thing I found was that articles written by men were clinical, odd, and useless.

I wonder, as I plan my story, how much a woman can be empowered by a man.

I'm looking forward to your story! I don't have a story for this myself yet, but I'm working on it. Luckily, there's still plenty of time.

I don't think anyone can be empowered from the outside. But other people can very much stand in the way or, on the other hand, help things along.

Omenainen, I sent you some reading material.

Thanks for your interest in the event! Welcome! It's not necessarily about strong women, but of course it can be.

 

[Omenainen]

Also, the "Please see the Official Pink Orchid 2022 Support Thread if you have questions" link seems to be linked to the Amorous Goods, A Literotica Anthology Series - Season Two support thread instead.

This has now been fixed. Thanks for pointing it out.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I have some ideas for a How-To on this.