In December while visiting his family for the holidays, Charles and I stopped by the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago. The LA&M is a small, but scrupulously kept museum nestled in with a bunch of apartment complexes. The museum is identifiable by its sign bearing a gigantic boot, as well the resemblance of the [...]
The Story of Us
June 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Adult Summer Camp Options Range From Innocent to Very Grown-Up
June 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. Annie Scudder has selected a few of the best summer camps for the 18+ set.
“Too many people use BDSM as a license to abuse. They’re not dominants, they’re abusers.”
June 13, 2012 By 2 Comments
This is a comment by I.G. Fredricks on the post “Why I Don’t Believe in the Domme Deficit”.
“There seems to be a lack of appreciation that submissive individuals have needs and desires.”
June 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This is a comment by James on the post “Why I Don’t Believe in the Domme Deficit”.
Spelling Queer with L, G, B, & T (and A, I, P…) Part 3
June 11, 2012 By 12 Comments
HeatherN offers the final installment of a “Queer Dictionary” to help understand the terminology surrounding sexuality and gender.
Diary of a Submissive Man at NY Magazine
June 10, 2012 By 4 Comments
What does a magazine article about a sexually submissive man tell us about gender roles?
“I think it’s sad that those interest groups push to limit people’s freedom of expression.”
June 10, 2012 By 4 Comments
This is a comment by Valter Viglietti on the post “Boycott Successful: You Can No Longer Buy Porn Coupons at Groupon”.
Boycott Successful: You Can No Longer Buy Porn Coupons at Groupon
June 6, 2012 By 14 Comments
Is BDSM porn amoral? According to a press release for the group Morality in the Media, a two-month long boycott of Groupon that had 20,000 Groupon members canceling their accounts, has ended with Groupon severing ties with Kink.
Feminists Shouldn’t Be Shaming John Edwards
June 6, 2012 By 33 Comments
Shaming anyone for engaging in any kind of non-exploitative, consensual sex—even if it makes you queasy—is a slippery slope. Lynn Beisner explains why tolerance is best.
The Mainstream and the BDSM Bubble
June 2, 2012 By 1 Comment
Something that is true about people in kink[1] is that, almost universally, we are afraid. We are socially afraid of what will happen if our friends or family members figure out what it is that we do for fun. We are financially afraid of losing our jobs if our predilections come to light. Some of us [...]
“Society coaches women to aspire to unattainable romantic relationships while telling them that all they have to do get sex is open their legs.”
June 1, 2012 By 2 Comments
This is a comment by Kim on the comment of the day: “Women’s erotic fiction is perfectly acceptable, no matter what the fantasy, but men’s pornography is controversial and borderline misogyny.”
“50 Shades of Grey,” “Fight Club,” and the Complications of Male Dominance
April 24, 2012 By 28 Comments
Clarisse Thorn sees nothing new in eroticized images of male dominance and violence, but she sees plenty that’s thought-provoking.
“I always thought that sub roles disproportionately appealed to men with a lot of power”.
This is a comment by wellokaythen on the post “Why I Don’t Believe in the Domme Deficit”.