Monsters & Critics I was a little girl when Gloria Steinem came on the scene. My mother was an early N.O.W. member in Massachusetts, and a subscriber to Steinem’s MS. Magazine. Gloria was the sexy feminist; the one with long back combed hair, nails and was always a chic understated …
Macgasm The rumors of Second Life’s demise are apparently somewhat exaggerated as Linden Labs, creator of the popular virtual world, announced that profits are comfortably over $100M per year and that Q1, 2011 was their best quarter to date. The online 3D community that looks like a game (but isn’t …
Bluffton News-Banner We get some great emails here at the News-Banner. One last week informed me that according to the website AlterNet.com, one of the smaller towns in Indiana has the distinction of being the kinkiest city in the United States. (And it was interesting to find out just who …
Indie Wire James Franco’s latest project is making a documentary about BDSM and fetish porn site Kink.com. [Warning: Link is oh so very NSFW]. On “Conan” to promote “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” Franco doesn’t mention the Kink.com site by name. However, he briefly describes the project: “I’m …
Tampa Bay Online ST. PETERSBURG — The Florida Boxing Commission has dropped a cease-and-desist order issued in April against the Shefights.net website that features women pummeling homeless men and other male volunteers. A spokesperson for the state Department of Business and Professional Regulation said investigators determined the “pugilistic events” depicted …
CBS News “They strapped me up like this in ropes,” says David Brezger, raising his hands over his head. “Put me up in a tree and whipped me with a whip…they kicked the crap out of me.” That’s how Brezger describes his “beatdown.” He is among an unknown number of …
STL Today Joe Kriegesmann believes he has a business model that can work in St. Louis — one that will fulfill a niche and be the only business of its kind in the state. Selling it to city leaders and residents might be a hurdle, though. Kriegesmann wants to turn …
Herald Sun A DALLAS man lost an appeal today to save his swingers and teen rave nightclubs after failing to convince a court that the two premises could be defined as churches. Glen Hudson’s clubs, The Playground and The Darkside, were both operating in areas zoned for a church, mosque …
“S&M Sex Case Returns to Court” Brooklyn Daily Eagle S&M sex master John Hopkins appeared in court this week and will proceed to trial next month. Hopkins, 45, was arrested in February after allegations arose that he had enslaved a 27-year-old woman who had responded to his Craigslist ad for …
“City grills would-be S&M club owner” StL Today A three-member city panel riddled a local businessman with questions about his proposed south city bondage club Thursday. South St. Louis County businessman Joe Kriegesmann described his business as a 46,000-square-foot warehouse at 3130 Gravois Avenue, in which he is already holding …
