PQ Monthly by Ginger Millay Hey Ma! I’d like you to meet my boyfriend…and my girlfriend…and my slave. There was a time when coming out as any shade in the queer spectrum was a terrifying prospect. It still can be for many, but deviating from the heterosexual norm is more …
Daily Mail by By Ted Thornhill A dominatrix who whipped cross-dressing men while they were chained up and gagged has been fined for a serious breach of health and safety rules. But it’s nothing to do with the way she physically treated her clients. Lorraine White, 41, was fined £8,000 …
Metro By Edward Thompson People are more tied up than ever these days, and we’re not talking about the pace of life — oh no, Metro’s referring to bondage. The sexually active and liberal are getting into knots over BDSM (Bondage & Discipline, Dominance & Submission, Sadism and Masochism) and …
Albawaba Sitting outside a coffee shop in Sassine, Ziad gestures to himself and says, “Look at me. Who could guess I like to whip women? ”It’s a fair question, like other members of the clandestine Lebanese BDSM community with whom the Daily Star spoke, Ziad comes across as an average, …
In an exclusive conversation with Salon, Stanford’s kinksters talk about seeking university approval Salon by Tracy Clark-Flory The bad news came in late February. An application to have Stanford University officially recognize a 60-member student kink club was rejected — for now. In an email, a representative for the …
Wisconsin Gazette by Michael Muckian Why is it OK, and even complimentary, to refer to a man with many sexual conquests as a “stud,” while promiscuous women are labeled “slut”? The question has long interested Madison-born actor and filmmaker Ben Fritz. It drives the philosophy and narratives behind The …
Philly.com by Ellen Babay Upper Dublin school officials are apologizing for not having fully vetted the background of a self-billed “life coach” whose past came to light when students started searching his name online during an assembly at which he spoke. Turns out, the speaker, Jason C. Jean once ran …
By Race Bannon In a recent article in Modern Poly written by Saul-of-Hearts, a writer, musician and videographer based in Los Angeles and Portland, the idea that polyamory is an orientation, at least for the writer, was put forth. I posted the article titled “Polyamory As Orientation (And Why It …
Globe and Mail by Leah McLaren I n many ways, Catherine Skinner is a typical stay-at-home mom. The 37-year-old former actress lives with her family on a 30-acre farm in rural Ontario where she spends her days cooking, knitting and caring for three children. She even has a mommy blog …
Huffington Post By Arin Greenwood Elisabeth Sheff’s interest in polyamory isn’t strictly academic. Or it wasn’t, anyway. “When I was 22 I met a man who wanted to be non-monogamous and it scared me,” Sheff told The Huffington Post. As an academic and “an intellectual, l intellectualize things that frighten …