The Toronto Star By Jen Kirsch When lying in bed with a guy after a recent date, he brought up Jian Ghomeshi. I wasn’t surprised; we’d both been following the courtroom drama tweet by tweet every day for weeks. He wrapped his hands playfully around my neck and kissed me. …
SF Weekly By Siouxsie Q It was rounding 1 a.m. as I teetered my way across a tiny stage, covered in damp dollar bills. Daisy Ducati was tugging at the leash attached to the leather collar around my neck, pulling me down to my hands and knees. A small …
Bleeding Cool by Rich Johnston Ask Me About Polyamory is the first print collection of the webcomic Kimchi Cuddles by polyactivist Tikva Wolf that got an Indiegogo boost last year and considerable Patreon support, currently at $1255 a month. Publishing from Thorntree Press in September, it has had a strong …
Non-Profit Outreach Education and Research Organization Center for Positive Sexuality is Pleased to Partner on Journal with National Coalition for Sexual Freedom! LOS ANGELES (March 1, 2016) – On the heels of celebrating the one-year anniversary of their Journal of Positive Sexuality, launched in February 2015, the Center for Positive …
Dear friends, colleagues, and community members: For many clinicians in the mental health field as well as much of the lay public, those who engage in intense sensation play of BDSM (bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism) are often co-mingled and conflated with behaviors of those who …
Huffington Post/50 by Sandra LaMorgese Science fiction fans keen on Star Trek will know a different version of subspace than what we’re talking about here, but, just like in the show, “subspace” in BDSM refers to a specific kind of space with its own rules, texture, and properties — a …
Refinery29 by SAMIA MOUNTS Here’s how it normally goes down. I meet a guy who has something special in his face, a soulfulness that resonates with me. There’s this firecracker moment when our eyes connect for the first time and bing — we want each other. It’s more than …
SF Gate By Daily Dish DAILY DISH Carmen Electra: ‘I like a little S&M” By Daily Dish on February 25, 2016 at 10:03 AM 4 Actress Carmen Electra attends the eighth annual Fighters Only World Mixed Martial Arts Awards at The Palazzo Las Vegas on February 5, 2016 in …
The NCSF Consent Summit is an all-day event of workshops and discussions on consent in Seattle. Attitudes are changing about consent, and it’s time to join in the conversation! 10am – 6pm on April 23rd @ the Center for Sex-Positive Culture, 1602 15th Ave W, Seattle, WA Register here: https://www.strangertickets.com/events/31789308/ncsf-consent-summit …
Los Angeles Times by Alison Bass In early January, law enforcement in the Seattle area seized thereviewboard.net, a website where local sex workers posted advertisements and clients reviewed their services. In related police raids, people who ran and moderated the site were among those arrested and charged with promoting prostitution, a …