Manitoban With all the recent hoopla about the Fifty Shades of Grey movies currently in the works, now is an important time to discuss some of the biggest problems with the E.L. James novels – specifically, their damaging misrepresentation of BDSM, (bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism). Never mind the laughable prose; …
Slate You can read about the origins of this series in the first entry. Today, the distinction between swingers and polyamorists—the groups overlap, but there are important differences—and a few neologisms invented by polyamorists to discuss their relationships. There are probably neologisms like these among swingers, too; I’m just not …
The Bold Italic After the Supreme Court’s Prop. 8 ruling came down in June, LGBT people in San Francisco were able to get married – for the third time. Amid the celebration, there were some wistful sentiments that maybe queerness was waning and all the gays were – as my …
Nightline Some married couples are opting for live-in lovers to spice up their love lives. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/polyamory-end-marriage-21013545
Washington Post Margo Kaplan is an assistant professor of law at Rutgers School of Law-Camden. Her article “Sex-Positive Law” will appear in the New York University Law Review in April. Emma Thompson recently declared that dancing with Prince Charles is better. Hunter S. Thompson wrote a book about how politics …
WIFR.com SOUTH BELOIT (WIFR) – A South Beloit club is fighting to stay open after the city claims the business is a sex club. The owner of that bar says the allegations aren’t true. The Emerald Lounge in South Beloit is a very unassuming place. The jewel on the door …
Philly Inquirer Same-sex marriage is now legal in 14 states and Washington D.C. An estimated six million children are being raised by gay or lesbian parents. More than twenty million are growing up with a single mother or father. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the traditional nuclear family – …
Concord Monitor A Merrimack County Superior Court judge yesterday stared down from his bench and addressed perfunctory questions to the lawyer for Pembroke business owner Larry Preston. “Could these handcuffs be used for anything else?” Judge Richard McNamara asked, his voice stern. And later, “Where else would whips be sold?” …
The Indian Express In a predominantly dark photograph, a young man raises his arms as if to fight off an approaching horror. His fingers are fanned out, his wrists handcuffed, and his torso bare. This could be an image of hostility — except that the man’s look, even in the …
Huffington Post The one thing you don’t expect to see in any of the Bible Belt states (most of which have amended their constitutions to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman) is an organization promoting polyamory. Last month at Atlanta’s pride parade, the group Atlanta …
