The Week By Carrie Jenkins There’s no longer anything unusual about wanting an open relationship. Many who consider themselves progressive about sex, gender, love, and relationships know this. It’s just that almost nobody in an open relationship wants to be open about it. What’s surprising is that so many people …
People BY LINDSAY KIMBLE For many, the world of restraints and floggers was a total mystery before E.L. James’ erotic sensation Fifty Shades of Grey was published in 2011. The mega-hit quickly introduced aspects of kink to a wider audience, and now the second film chronicling the story of Christian …
Polyamory is not a character flaw, Rose Dawson writes, it’s simply the path we have chosen The Globe and Mail by Rose Dawson I have a boyfriend and he is married to someone else. When people find out that I am in a long-term relationship with a man in an …
Portland is spearheading the alternative sexual lifestyle. Willamette Week By Sophia June In Portland, you can take your coffee with a splash of semen. Well, kind of. Food and drinks aren’t actually allowed in the dungeon, as a paper sign informs visitors. But you can sit with a latte and …
Man’s best friend just might be a man in a puppy mask. Metro by JOSEPH DARIUS JAAFARI On the fourth Friday of each month, the first floor of The Eagle — a gay leather-themed bar in Chelsea — is crawling with puppies. At any given moment, a handful of puppies will …
If Christian and Ana inspired you to get kinky in the bedroom, experts say you’ll want to loop your doctor in, stat. Cosmopolitan By Michelle Konstantinovsky ix years ago, whips and chains were anything but mainstream. But thanks to literary juggernaut-turned film phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey, everyone and their …
Campus Reform by Anthony Gockowski The University of North Florida has cancelled several workshops that were to be held at its annual “Sex Week,” conceding that they only served to distract from the event’s original educational intent. Workshops discussing “ethical non-monogamy as an alternative to cheating” and offering sex toy tutorials …
Heat Street By Ian Miles Cheong For students looking for more “ethical” ways to cheat on their partners, the University of North Florida appears to have a solution: a workshop on polyamory. It’s all part of the school’s annual “Sex Week,” which also advertised sessions on kink and BDSM. Per …
Variety by Dani Levy Though the cast emphasized the dark tone of the next installment of the erotic romance series, Thursday night’s “Fifty Shades Darker” premiere was anything but. The mood was positively titillating on the Ace Hotel’s red carpet in Downtown Los Angeles, while screams and hollers filled the theater …
Groundbreaking new research challenges stereotypes about BDSM participants. Psychology Today by Michael Aaron, Ph.D. First, a caveat: We are not advocates of the ill-informed works of Sigmund Freud or E. L. James, author of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, nor do we consider them authorities on sex and sexuality. …
