The Joplin Globe JOPLIN, Mo. — When you say “romance novels,” you’re covering a whole lot of territory. From sweet to BDSM (which I looked up: It stands for bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism), romance books fly off the shelf faster than any other genre. You …
Huffington Post Crowds of fuzzy, cuddly bears will flock to Manhattan’s West Side this week, but not the kind that live in the woods. Urban Bear NYC will celebrate the subculture of gay men who refer to themselves as “bears” from Thursday through Sunday in the Meatpacking District, Greenwich Village …
Creative Loafing We met at a local bar on a Monday night, as friends do, to talk about the meaning of life and such. As we finished our second beer, he cleared his throat. “We should probably discuss what we like to make sure we’re on the same page,” he …
NY Daily News Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has claimed it is “normal” for him to have sex with six different women at orgies, Daily Mail reported Monday. The 63-year-old economist, once tipped as the next French president, gave the extraordinary explanation to magistrates probing claims he …
Huffington Post Dr. Marty Klein For thousands of years, every reasonable person knew that the sun revolved around the earth. After all, people could see it happen with their own eyes. And when Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler used science to show otherwise, people laughed at them. It took a century …
Ferndale Patch Have you read Fifty Shades of Grey yet? Do you plan to? The erotic New York Times best-seller has created a national stir and the local chatter shows that despite how controversial the novel is, it’s on high demand to either love or hate. The book is part …
“Fifty Shades is ‘changing bedroom habits’” The Times of India What’s driving independent successful women around the world to a tale of BDSM? Author EL James talks about how her erotic Fifty Shades trilogy is changing bedroom habits In the first of the trilogy, Fifty Shades of Grey, the 21-year-old …
Huffington Post In last week’s Newsweek cover story, “Spanking Goes Mainstream,” author Katie Roiphe set the blogosphere atwitter with her commentary on the cultural trend of bright young women willingly engaged in BDSM relationships: 50 Shades of Grey, Lena Dunham’s HBO series Girls –even the wedding night of teen heart …
Man Makes Lurid Accusations In Lawsuit ABC News – RTV6 INDIANAPOLIS — A former executive of Indianapolis-based Royal Spa has filed a federal sexual harassment lawsuit against the company and its owner, leveling several lurid allegations against the owner. Kevin Roessler claims that when Robert Dapper, the company’s owner, discovered …
Huffington Post The boycott against Groupon has nothing to do with morality. It has to do with intolerance and sex-negativity. This blog is a direct response to “Groupon’s Latest Deal? Torture Porn,” by Dawn Hawkins, Executive Director of Porn Harm and Morality. Hawkins takes a hard strike at Groupon, kink.com …
