Mail & Guardian by Kagure Mugo When people think of bondage, domination, sadism and masochism (BDSM), they either have visions of 50 Shades of Grey or scenes from Criminal Minds. This is caused by the mass misunderstanding of what kink as a sexual practice is, with few being privy to …
By Dick Cunningham In its major project on revising the criminal laws on sexual assault, the prestigious American Law Institute is taking a hard look at consent as a defense in BDSM-related prosecutions. And NCSF is providing important input to that project. As many of you are painfully …
What are We Raising Funds For? We Need to Re-Open! After 12 years of CPI successfully running The Mark as a private membership club with no issues or concerns, we were the target of a salacious “investigative news” story by a local television station this past July, which led …
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and The TES Association present the Consent Summit, an all-day event of workshops and discussions on consent in New York City. Attitudes are changing about consent, and it’s time to join in the conversation. Consent and the law, consent in power exchange relationships, and …
Consensual non-monogamy comes naturally for some, and others not so much. Either is cool and normal, and no one is more or less enlightened for feeling one way. The only thing true non-monogamy should be is consensual and ethical for all parties involved. “It isn’t for everyone,” says Kyle, a …
Dayton City Paper By Claire D. Lune According to another member of both FetLife and the Dayton community, it’s incredibly important to be involved. “If you are not going out and letting people see that you are real then you aren’t making connections,” a self-employed, single mother says. “That’s what …
The Real Deal by Christopher Cameron “I’m building community living environments under the brand HACIENDA,” he writes. “Through these projects, I seek to inspire change by raising the visibility of the sex-positive movement in mainstream society. I like to think of the real estate I develop as building blocks, or …
AutoStraddle by Danielle For Anna, another self-identified brat, this plethora of options allowed her to find her place in BDSM. “I started out identifying as a submissive, but I was always so frustrated in scenes!” she told me. “I started to think that maybe I was a dominant, but I …
GQ BY SOPHIE SAINT THOMAS “Spanking must have a terrific PR person. Though frowned upon as a punishment for children, spanking is currently a super-popular, super-sexy method of “punishment” between two consenting adults. The spanking spectrum covers a lot of ground. At one end are the playful taps you do …
