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 …
NY Times By JEANNIE CHOI Last week, The Times Magazine published a challenging and intriguing article by Susan Dominus that explored marriages that were no longer monogamous, with both spouses’ agreement. For nearly a year, Dominus reported on couples engaged in consensual nonmonogamy (what some involved call polyamory), and returned …
Jezebel by Aimée Lutkin Romance, and negotiating the boundaries of monogamous relationships, are not new subjects. Humankind has been figuring out the rules about who gets to be with who and when for eons, but modern conversations about “staying faithful” have too long adhered to the notion that men want …
The bride — and her groom’s wife — wore white. People BY LANFORD BEARD On Saturday’s Say Yes to the Dress, Kleinfeld bridal salon welcomes its a first polygamous throuple: Jennifer, her fiancé Peter and Peter’s wife Ellen. In an exclusive clip from the episode, Jennifer explains to …
What the experiences of nonmonogamous couples can tell us about jealousy, love, desire and trust. NY Times by SUSAN DOMINUS When Daniel and Elizabeth married in 1993, they found it was easy enough to choose a ring for her, but there were far fewer choices for him. Daniel, then a 27-year-old …
Bay Area Reporter by Race Bannon We all know about the Golden Rule. “Do to others what you want them to do to you.” It nicely sums up most of the manners and civility guidelines that our society tends to honor and respect. Think about the other person before interacting …
Irish Mirror BY DEMELZA DE-BURCA A swingers club owner has revealed what Ireland’s kinky couples get up to at their events. Sex parties have been popular among adventurous lovers since the 1960s and conjure up images of partners mingling for a while before rifling through a bowl full of …
The one-night-only art installation and performance “Sexual Fragments Absent” transformed Manhattan’s oldest dungeon with emoji videos, disturbingly beautiful sculptures, and interactive play performances. Broadly by Larissa Pham On n a monitor high above the space glowing with red light, a woman cuts her tights open to reveal her shaved pussy. She …
