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Guest Blog: “Disclosure and Outness as a Therapist with Intersecting Atypical Identifications”

by Dulcinea Pitagora   Prior to starting my practice as a therapist, I was confronted with contradicting perspectives on the therapist’s disclosure of personal information to their clients.  The prevailing thought behind this in the mental health field is that the therapeutic environment is not a place for therapists to disclose too …

International Media Update: “BDSM community fear they will be demonised”

Independent by Kirsty Blake Knox   From the beginning, it was apparent this was a court case like no other.   The jury was informed on the first day that “acts of stabbing” were an “essential part” of Graham Dwyer and Elaine O’Hara’s sexual relationship.   For many, “knife play” …

Guest Blog – “Consent: Not actually that complicated”

by rockstar dinosaur pirate princess http://rockstardinosaurpirateprincess.com/2015/03/02/consent-not-actually-that-complicated/comment-page-5/#comment-1185 A short one today as my life is currently very complicated and conspiring against my preference to spend all of my days working out what to blog. But do you know what isn’t complicated?   Consent.   It’s been much discussed recently; what with college …

Guest Blog – BDSM: Traditional Values and the Imperative of Safety

Guest Blogs do not represent NCSF but are the opinion of the blogger. NCSF provides space for activists to post their opinions in order to get feedback from the kink and nonmonogamous communities on the work they are doing and the information they are providing to the mainstream. Please leave …

International Media Update: “Sex Toys Craze Sweeps Russian City After Release of ’50 Shades of Grey'”

The Moscow Times Residents of the Urals city of Yekaterinburg have flocked to local sex stores to stock up on whips, handcuffs and other S&M toys following the release of the erotic film “50 Shades of Grey,” a news report said Thursday.   The U.S. film, which follows the foray …

International Media Update: “Fifty Shades of Grey and the legal limits of BDSM”

The Conversation by Thalia Anthony Christian Grey knows exactly his hard limits in sadomasochism and he may also know a thing or two about his legal limits. The Dominant character Grey in the fantasy fiction Fifty Shades of Grey is bent on alluring his coprotagonist, Anastasia (Ana) Steele, to become his …