2016 is when it finally became clear: Kink isn’t just for weirdo side characters anymore. GQ BY ERIC THURM At the end of Transparent’s second season, Sarah Pfefferman (Amy Landecker) is adrift. She’s left her fiancée at the altar, and is caught between her constant support roles for her children, …
By Inara de Luna, Guest Blogger We hope you’ve been enjoying our Featured Member series. Today, I’d like to introduce you to another member of the Kink Aware Professional Directory. When many people think of our directory, they think of lawyers and therapists, but our directory is for professionals of …
Kinkly by Anabelle Bernard Fournier Have you ever thought that you or someone you know may be addicted to sex? Maybe it’s because you or they watch too much pornography (“too much” according to whom, though?) or you or they seem to have problems saying no to an offer of …
Flipboard by Bruce Benderson As I get older, I come closer to an unpleasant but undeniable realization: there’s no such thing as progress when it comes to sex. This wasn’t how I saw things as I entered adulthood in the 1970s, a decade marked by the erosion of American religious superstitions …
KinkyCast.com This week Woody & the Beast chat with Susan Wright, on the topic of our kinky freedoms in the upcoming political climate. Susan founded the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom in 1997, and currently serves as spokesperson.
Some days, she’s a dominatrix in a catsuit; other days, she’s a 50-year-old woman in an open relationship Esquire By Holly Elizabeth Stephens I recently met a woman named Tanya* who makes $1,200 a month working part-time as a fetish chat room operator. No phone calls, cameras, or meet-ups necessary …
Medium by Michon Neal 5 Harmful Myths the Ethically Non-Monogamous Community Needs to Address With the rising interest in polyamory and other forms of non-monogamy, our community has a unique platform from which to speak and to possibly transform lives. But there’s also a bit of a problem. In my experiences …
NPR By JOSH NILAYA If there’s one thing we’ve never been good at, it’s limiting ourselves. We eat too much junk food, watch too much T.V., and engage in all manner of self-indulgence. So why then, do we continue to adhere to the limitations of monogamy? If love is so …
Now, more than ever, NCSF needs your support to protect people who are kinky and non-monogamous from discrimination and persecution. Please donate to NCSF to support our efforts. We are completely volunteer-run and our work has helped changed the way society views BDSM and polyamory. NCSF relies entirely on personal …
The Mary Sue by Elizabeth Coulson I lead a double life, which isn’t nearly as exciting as it sounds and doesn’t come with a cool cape. Most people know me as a successful, professional feminist woman with a strong voice that I’m not afraid to use to speak out against …