This sex researcher has interviewed hundreds of people with peculiar erotic tastes. Here’s what she’s learned Men’s Health BY DEBRA W. SOH You might think that fantasizing about being swallowed by a large animal sounds weird. But a new study in the Journal of Sex Research finds that paraphilias—unusual …
Mashable by Chelsea Frisbie Sex, we’re often told, is supposed to be mysteriously fun. Doing anything to ruin the mood, such as actively seeking your a partner’s consent, is not always considered “cool.” Emily Best, founder and CEO of the indie film crowdfunding company Seed&Spark, wants to help change that …
Psychology Today By Michael Aaron The field of sexology is still in its infancy, and so its application is uneven and rife with regional and individual biases, largely due to general sex phobia and a subsequent lack of empirical research within the field. A few years ago, an online debate …
Romper by MARGARET E JACOBSEN Monogamy has been the standard for relationships, especially ones that are “true” and built upon “love.” I grew up internalizing this, seeing this in all the relationships around me, and trying to believe this. As an adult though, I’ve struggled with the idea that I wouldn’t …
Refinery29 by HAYLEY MACMILLEN From time to time, The Bed Post features other voices opening up about what gets in the way of good sex. This week, I speak with relationship coach Effy Blue. Effy Blue does not believe that one relationship size fits all. It’s a belief that …
Thrillist by Erin Kennedy Polyamory may sound sexy on Saturday night. But on Tuesday morning, you still have multiple relationships to maintain with multiple humans with multiple real-life feelings. Polyamorous relationships can be astonishingly fulfilling, exciting, and fun. But they’re also incredibly challenging. There’s no one-size-fits-all for figuring out whom …
Hi-Fructose Charles Gatewood, the prolific San Francisco based visionary and photographer who was called “the family photographer of America’s erotic underground” died early this Thursday morning, April 28th. He had been in the ICU at SF General Hospital after suffering complications from a three-story fall that tragically ended his life …
Science of Us By Debra Soh Kinky sex has been around for eons, since long before Richard von Krafft-Ebing popularized the terms “sadism” and “masochism” in 1886 with his seminal work, Psychopathia Sexualis. But for a long time, it hasn’t really been spoken about in polite company. Only recently, with …
CKNW by Charmaine de Silva It looks like a controversial RCMP officer is no longer with the force. In a statement to Global BC, RCMP Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens says Corporal Jim Brown’s carrer with the RCMP is over. Brown is best known for sexually explicit photos of himself …
Huffington Post Entertainment by Cole Delbyck If “Fifty Shades of Grey” was meant for the “mom” crowd, then Showtime’s new scripted mini-series “Submission” is for the more adventurous type. From the mind of acclaimed adult film director Jacky St. James, the six half-hour episodes debuting May 12 dive …
