DC’s latest “Wonder Woman” movie forms a constellation from Scythia to Trump Salon by EMILY JORDAN Pop culture traces the mythic question of what makes a civilized beast. Teetering on this fulcrum of meat and mind is the goddess figure, who must hold her precarious position, bring home the bacon and …
The Center for Sex Positive Sexuality is celebrating their 10th Anniversary along with NCSF’s 20th Anniversary on July 15th! You don’t have to attend to support both organizations. 40% of funds going to this party will be donated to NCSF. Remaining funds will go directly towards Center for Positive Sexuality’s …
NCSF is proud to announce its affiliation with KinkKnowledgeable.com, the first comprehensive online academy for kink curious professional counselors, social workers and psychologists. The Kink Knowledgeable Program came out of the publication of Becoming a Kink Aware Therapist. Recognizing a vacuum in the therapeutic training community for clinical professionals working …
Glamour BY EMILY GAUDETTE  Though Wonder Woman has existed since 1941, no one seems to agree on what she prefers sexually. She’s dated Superman and her primary boyfriend, Steve Trevor, and she’s flirted with Batman; in recent comics, she’s alluded to sexual relationships with other Amazons. She wears bondage-style …
WTTW – Chicago Tonight by Erica Gunderson A 2016 study by the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy suggests that as many as one in five single Americans report having engaged in consensual non-monogamy, or the practice of having two or more romantic partners.  Indeed, non-monogamy is experiencing a cultural …
OPB by April Baer Comic book stores are pulling out the stops for next weekend, offering any number of events and special issues to coincide with the premier of the new Wonder Woman feature film.   One store in Portland will peel back the curtain on Wonder Woman’s secret …
Qualitative studies show that kinkophobia is pervasive in the mental health field Psychology Today by Michael Aaron Last week, I published an interview with Portland-based psychotherapist Galen Fous on the nature of the unconscious, mythology, and Jungian archetypes as they relate to sexuality and specifically, kink-related expression. While I would …
In 2007, a battle with Indianapolis authorities over the legality of her basement fetish dungeon drove Melyssa Hubbard to political activism, and founding the Indiana Tea Party. Daily Beast by VINCENT CARUSO “On top there is the Goddess Diana,” she had finally revealed to me. Having just picked me up from …
NPR – All Things Considered by NEDA ULABY Let’s look at some of the buzziest shows on television in the past year or so, shall we? What do House of Cards, Girls, I Love Dick, Orphan Black, Transparent and The Magicians have in common?  Every one of them has featured …
International Business Times BY LEIGH CUEN Financial domination, aka findom, a bondage-discipline-dominance-submission (BDSM) fetish where the submissive, often called a “cash slave,” gets erotic pleasure from relinquishing financial control to a dominatrix, has gained significantly in popularity in recent years.  “Findom is currently the most popular category,” Sarah, the …
