“Fifty Shades is ‘changing bedroom habits’” The Times of India What’s driving independent successful women around the world to a tale of BDSM? Author EL James talks about how her erotic Fifty Shades trilogy is changing bedroom habits In the first of the trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey, the 21-year-old …
Huffington Post In last week’s Newsweek cover story, “Spanking Goes Mainstream,” author Katie Roiphe set the blogosphere atwitter with her commentary on the cultural trend of bright young women willingly engaged in BDSM relationships: 50 Shades of Grey, Lena Dunham’s HBO series Girls –even the wedding night of teen heart …
Man Makes Lurid Accusations In Lawsuit ABC News – RTV6 INDIANAPOLIS — A former executive of Indianapolis-based Royal Spa has filed a federal sexual harassment lawsuit against the company and its owner, leveling several lurid allegations against the owner. Kevin Roessler claims that when Robert Dapper, the company’s owner, discovered …
Huffington Post The boycott against Groupon has nothing to do with morality. It has to do with intolerance and sex-negativity. This blog is a direct response to “Groupon’s Latest Deal? Torture Porn,” by Dawn Hawkins, Executive Director of Porn Harm and Morality. Hawkins takes a hard strike at Groupon, kink.com …
InForum FARGO – For years, the only books Megan Riegel read were “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” and “Breastfeeding 101.” So when this 31-year-old Fargo mom of two and bank branch manager was looking for a little “me time,” a friend who’s an avid reader suggested she pick up …
CBS8.com SAN DIEGO – Sexually explicit website postings are linked to a person of interest in the murder of a young marine wife. News 8 has uncovered personal ads on bondage websites posted by 45-year-old Camp Pendleton Marine Louis Perez. Investigators say he is a person of interest in the …
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Hattiesburg American A poster promoting a show at a Hub City bar drew the ire of some University of Southern Mississippi students and faculty members as being “degrading to women,” prompting school officials to pull copies down around campus Friday. “There is a pervasive hatred of women in our culture, …
Huffington Post Thanks to its recent cover story, The Fantasy Life of Working Women: Why Sadomasochism is a Feminist Dream, millions of people can thank Newsweek for unfulfilling sex and a cynical undermining of feminism’s attempts to change that. Instead of substantively considering the gendered nature of shame in our …
As usual, Katie Roiphe misses the point. Women aren’t the only ones who find escape in submission Salon What about men? That was the first thought that came to mind after reading Katie Roiphe’s Newsweek cover story on the BDSM-themed “Fifty Shades of Grey” phenomenon, in which she controversially speculated …