GMA Network The release of the film adaptation of “50 Shades of Grey” has triggered not just controversy – but also a spike in BDSM-related searches at a pornography-oriented site. Pornhub, which claims to be the world’s biggest porn site, said it noted a “significant increase” in BDSM-related searches …
Des Moines Register by Courtney Crowder ” ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ came out and we just exploded,” said Jay, a founder of local BDSM group Central Iowa Power Exchange (CIPEX) who requested to be referred to by his first name. “We are growing left and right.” A pop phenomenon, “Fifty …
Huffington Post by Cassie Fuller As a lifestyle kinkster, educator and founder of Touch of Flavor, I understandably have mixed feelings about Fifty Shades of Grey. But with all the kinksters bashing the books, including here on the Huffington Post, (and here), it would probably surprise you that I think …
OC Register BY ERWIN CHEMERINSKY The phenomenal success of “Fifty Shades of Grey” – as a book and now as a movie – should provide the impetus to finally repeal federal and state laws that prohibit obscene material. It is long overdue for the Supreme Court to reverse its decisions …
The Moscow Times Residents of the Urals city of Yekaterinburg have flocked to local sex stores to stock up on whips, handcuffs and other S&M toys following the release of the erotic film “50 Shades of Grey,” a news report said Thursday. The U.S. film, which follows the foray …
The Federalist By Stella Morabito Sexual violence against women has never been so mainstreamed as it is now with the hype surrounding the film release of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” based on the bestseller by E. L. James. The publicity campaign is saturating the public square, exposing youth to its …
Rachel Maddow notes the irony that the film is the hottest ticket in Tupelo, Miss., home base of the virulently antigay American Family Association. The Advocate by DAWN ENNIS Rachel Maddow, MSNBC’s self-described “liberal TV lady,” could barely contain her glee in sharing the news with her cable TV viewers that …
NCSF has supported our Coalition Partner, Leather & Grace, as they have worked to gain greater tolerance for kinky members and staff of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Unitarian Universalists have a long history of courage in tackling issues around human sexuality, yet the UUA’s current leadership has not responded well …
The Business Insider by JESSICA ORWIG We all have at least one, and most of us have many: Sexual fantasies. In fact, it’s normal, and even healthy, to have sexual fantasies. What might not be normal is the type of sexual fantasy you’re daydreaming over. A new study is helping …
OZY BY NATHAN SIEGEL You go to a therapist. You dump all your neuroses out. The therapist prescribes antidepressants against your will, tries to get your children taken away from you and reaches for the phone to call the cops. Probably not what you bargained for. But it’s just …