Reuters BY PIYA SINHA-ROY A U.S. grassroots movement is urging people to send $50 to women’s shelters rather than see “Fifty Shades of Grey,” while a Midwest child protection league argues the film blurs the lines of what is healthy or harmful in sex. With its whips and chains …
Medical Daily by Lizette Borreli It’s no secret the trilogy and impending release of the movie Fifty Shades of Grey has sparked our curiosity of the taboo 6-for-4 deal acronym: Bondage, Discipline, Dominance, Submission, Sadism and Masochism, also known as BDSM or S&M. Kinky sex has been defined not by what …
The success of Fifty Shades has opened a Pandora’s box of curiosity into edgier sexual practices, leading some in the kink community to argue that that it’s crossroads in a civil rights struggle The Guardian by Kim Wall Blindfolded on a chair, the woman tenses visibly as the knife flicks …
The blockbuster fantasy has become a movie. What happens now? The Atlantic by Emma Green What is a fantasy? From Freud to Ludacris, it’s been an elusive idea, suggesting both an escape from reality and an expression of hidden desire. In culture, fantasy works like a mirror: It reflects who …
Huffington Post talks about the way kink is misrepresented in popular culture – with NCSF’s Susan Wright along with Robert Rubel, Nichi Hodgson and Ummni Khan. http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/fifty-shades-of-grey-bdsm-/54d5150078c90a4fc90005ad
Live Science by Stephanie Pappas Could you juggle multiple romantic relationships at one time — if each of your partners knew about the others? How about setting up your household as a triad, rather than a couple? And what do you think of people who do such things? …
The Daily Beast by Mélanie Berliet The 50 Shades movie trailers show restraints and sex dungeons, but why do BDSM-themed books and films get the practice so wrong? What do Altoids, Axe deodorant, Ikea furniture, Dannon yogurt, and Bass Ale have in common? At some point in the last two …
Edge Boston by Christiana Lilly To some, the world of sexuality is a black and white one, a place where you’re either straight or not. But it’s far from that — the LGBT movement’s symbol has long been the rainbow flag, including shades of varying sexual orientations and identities. Taking …
How many people are into it—and why? Psychology Today By Brad Sagarin, Ph.D. “A pervert is anybody kinkier than you are” (Wiseman, 1996, p. 23). The novel “Fifty Shades of Grey” introduced BDSM into polite public discourse. Since then, hallowed papers such as the New York Times have published …
NY Magazine By Roni Jacobson The B in BDSM is having a moment. Fifty Shades of Grey, the film version of which is opening on Valentine’s Day, has sparked a loud cultural discussion about kinky sex. FKA Twigs is into bondage, too, and HBO’s new show Togetherness has also dabbled. …