Detroit Free Press by Elisha Anderson Bob Bashara lied to his wife about his whereabouts when he attended BDSM — bondage, discipline, sadomasochism — parties with his mistress. His wife, Jane Bashara, wasn’t into the lifestyle and wouldn’t understand or condone it, so he kept it from her. The …
Gawker by Monica Heisey Kinky sex is back. Again. As Laura Antoniu, author of popular erotica series The Marketplace puts it, “the mainstream media ‘discovers’ kinky sex every 10 years or so.” This time around, the discovery has been linked to more than a few sources: Rihanna, “the Internet,” …
Fox News 2 DETROIT, Mich. (WJBK) – Robert Godard was the first witness in the Bob Bashara trial for the murder of wife Jane on Tuesday. Godard was a former long-time friend of Bashara’s, who Bob had introduced to the BDSM lifestyle. It is an alternative lifestyle Wayne County Circuit …
The odd life and psyche of the man who invented her The Atlantic Wonder Woman did not grace the very first cover of Ms. magazine (spring 1972), although many remember it that way. That honor went to the many-armed Hindu goddess Kali, holding a frying pan, a typewriter, a mirror, …
New York Times By IAN URBINA LAST month it was California, this month New York. States across the country are trying to figure out how to address the problem of sexual assault more effectively, and more often than not, they are looking to redefine the scope of sexual misconduct. California’s …
Has your kinky group or business lost its ability to process credit/debit card transactions or has had (or currently having) trouble establishing any merchant service because of ties to kink? If so, please contact NCSF! We have been discussing this problem with the Free Speech Coalition (which is actively searching …
he radical 18th Century libertine left a profound mark on our culture. He’s everywhere – but why does he still scare us? Jason Farago explains. BBC by Jason Farago “Either kill me or take me like this, for I will not change,” wrote the imprisoned Marquis de Sade to his …
The Daily Beast by Steve Miller Bob Bashara was a married Rotary Club president who lived in a ritzy Detroit suburb. He also had a secret love for BDSM—and prosecutors say he had his wife killed over it. DETROIT—BDSM, an alleged killing-for-hire, street-level thuggery, and a life of privilege collide …
Huffington Post by Ariel Edwards-Levy Most Americans think there’s a problem with campus sexual assault, and nearly six in 10 approve of a California law intended to combat it, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. Americans are nearly four times as likely to say that colleges and universities do a …
ABC News 7 By Lauren Glassberg There is a commercial space in the heart of Lower Manhattan that looks like a plain old office building. But inside, there’s a sex club, and police and other tenants can’t do anything to stop it. Neighbors were shocked to learn that the wild …