The Washington Post New York politicians and parents are up in arms over new sex-ed curriculum required for sixth- and seventh-graders at city public schools starting next spring. The curriculum pushes for abstinence but also teaches condom use and alternative ways of having sex. At the focus of their furor …
GA Voice Update from Reese McCranie, spokesperson for Mayor Kasim Reed: “The new lawsuit claims that every named plaintiff was subjected to improper treatment, including persons the City cannot confirm were actually present at the Eagle during the time of the operation. At this preliminary stage of the lawsuit, the …
Creative Loafing Just in time for Pride: Yesterday, the City filed its response to a lawsuit recently filed by ten men who were present at the Atlanta Eagle the night it was improperly raided by the Atlanta Police Department. See, I say “improperly” because it’s been established several times over …
NY Post She’ll beat you. She’ll bite you. And she can get you locked up for 15 to life. Former state prosecutor Alisha Smith, a k a the feared dominatrix Alisha Spark, looked ultra-demure in a black pants suit accented by a coquettish pink blouse yesterday as she and her …
Gothamist In a press conference yesterday with high-powered attorney Gloria Allred at her side, Assistant State Attorney General and accused money-for-lashings dominatrix Alisha Smith resigned her post, but not before criticizing her employer for a breach of public decency. “All of [the AG’s] actions towards me have been deeply disturbing …
SF Weekly @WickedGrounds is closed today. We are very sorry for any inconvenience. That tweet went out two Wednesdays ago. It was at once cryptic and unsurprising. On the one hand, it might just mean what it said: Wicked Grounds was closed for the day. On the other, it could …
Huffington Post I believe most modern Americans have a very low capacity for pleasure. I don’t just mean sex. I mean being tactile, receiving touch, feeling the wind rush past your body, swimming, getting in bed at night and rolling around in your clean sheets for a few minutes. Tactile …
Feministe Every once in a while, someone will ask me a question about something BDSM-related that I feel “done with”; I feel like I did all my thinking about those topics, years ago. But it’s still useful to get those questions today, because it forces me to try and understand …
UCSC – City on a Hill Press SPACES: Sex Positive Autonomous Coalition for Environmental Sustainability. The wordy acronym may not roll off the tongue, but with this project, former Slug Elias Martinez and current UCSC student Aaron White hope to create a buzz and get people talking. The work-in-progress is …
An enticement of the Mind, Body, & Spirit Coming Sunday, Oct. 9th (Columbus Day Weekend): Inspired by the beauty & intrigue of Cirque du Soliel, the DC Fetish Ball will bring together some of the scene’s very best DJ’s, Models, Fashion, Live Entertainment, & Nationally Recognized Talent – all accented …