By Eric Jett, NCC, LPC Working crisis intervention with adolescents was an area as a counselor I grew to love because of the diversity of clients I would get to interact with on a daily basis. Several years ago my passion for working with children and the area of crisis/trauma …
The Daily Beast by Aurora Snow The James Franco-produced documentary Kink, which provides a glowing portrait of the BDSM porn site Kink.com, is now in theaters. But for some performers, working for Kink can be terrifying. “WHORE.” Her cold, thin fingers wrapped around my jaw like a Vise-Grip. I could …
Maybe it’s just the cold, clean mountain air. BetaBeat by By Jack Smith IV Next time you’re on a trip to a romantic mountain getaway, a ski vacation, or just a trip to that little cabin in the woods, don’t forget the bondage tape, ball gag and OhMiBod. Turns out, people …
Huffington Post By Katherine Brooks Forest McMullin has spent a significant portion of his photography career snapping photos of what he calls “fringe social groups.” With his camera, he offers an intimate glance into the lives of everyone from incarcerated men in New York to members of religious supremacist …
First Showing by Ethan Anderton With the forthcoming adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey on the way, if you don’t know much about the world of BDSM, then you might be interested in checking out the documentary Kink, produced by James Franco and directed by Christina Voros. The film debuted …
by Jillian Keenan Slate It’s summertime, so of course the anti-sex crowd has decided to cool down with a fresh wave of sexual hysteria. The latest panic is that kinky people will lure vanilla children into our sexual hellscape through trendy pop cultural depictions of BDSM, such as Fifty Shades of Grey. This …
The College Fix by Jennifer Kabbany Some University of Chicago students may need to add whips, collars and handcuffs to their back-to-school shopping list. That’s because the elite private college’s Risk-Awareness Consensual Kink student club, affectionately known around campus as RACK, has plans to take field trips to the local …
In case you’re only ready for 25 Shades of Grey. Cosmopolitan by Frank Cobola When you’re venturing into the world of BDSM and kink for the first time, it can feel overwhelming and frightening, like when Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion all ventured into the Haunted Forest except with …
By Jonathan Garcia and Richard Parker Sexual rights are said to embrace human rights that are already recognized in national laws, international human rights documents and other consensus documents. These include the right of all persons, free of coercion, discrimination and violence, to: the highest attainable standard of health in …
Autostraddle by Jennifer Hanks Just let me take care of you,” the hero whispers, choking back a growl as he pushes the heroine down face first on the bed. “You are what we call a natural sub,” he says, tracing the paddle across her ass. “Are you ready to submit …