Word: also
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...Easing the flow of credit, especially to small businesses, has also been a major policy push - and a tricky one to size up. The efficient reallocation of capital is key to any economy but especially to one like the U.S.'s, which counts on dynamism as a competitive advantage. Lending to businesses is down; that much is true. But is that because banks are overly cautious and asset-impaired or because businesses are uncertain about the future - or just aren't creditworthy borrowers? A recent survey by the National Federation of Independent Business found that companies that couldn't borrow...
...already had it in my mind that I wanted to be a dominatrix. It represented the potential for a double life and I'd always been drawn to that. In the beginning, I thought of myself as a cultural anthropologist - a student of human behavior. I was also sick of making lattes...
...hard was it to balance school and domming? Surprisingly, it wasn't. I mean, in terms of pure time management, I worked less hours at the dungeon than I would have had to in a lower-paying gig. I often did homework at the dungeon. I'd also had practice juggling different lives, seemingly disparate lifestyles; I enjoyed it. The exhilaration of it gave me a lot of energy...
...domme quickly became part of your identity. In what ways did it translate to your personal life? Well, I borrowed a lot of confidence from my persona. I've always been pretty gregarious, extroverted, but secretly shy. I felt a lot less shy when I was a domme. It also gave me the power to compel anyone, at any time. People were so curious about it, and because I was approachable and seemed so unlike what they would imagine a dominatrix to be like, they felt safe asking me about it. All I had to do was mention...
...also always felt different, and suddenly I had this tangible, social way of expressing it: an alter identity, membership in a private world that not everyone could have or would want entry to. There is also a psychological phenomenon particular to sex work - which domming is, even though there is no actual sex - in which you start to feel as if you aren't qualified to do anything else...