Brit + Co BY KELSEY NELSON Relationships come in all shapes and sizes. There’s the myriad online dating apps to check out for romantic prospects, long engagements and, if we’re really lucky, we’ll have a chance to uncrown America’s longest-married couple. But what about the relationships that fall outside the …
The Toronto Star By Jen Kirsch When lying in bed with a guy after a recent date, he brought up Jian Ghomeshi. I wasn’t surprised; we’d both been following the courtroom drama tweet by tweet every day for weeks. He wrapped his hands playfully around my neck and kissed me. …
SF Weekly By Siouxsie Q It was rounding 1 a.m. as I teetered my way across a tiny stage, covered in damp dollar bills. Daisy Ducati was tugging at the leash attached to the leather collar around my neck, pulling me down to my hands and knees. A small …
Bleeding Cool by Rich Johnston Ask Me About Polyamory is the first print collection of the webcomic Kimchi Cuddles by polyactivist Tikva Wolf that got an Indiegogo boost last year and considerable Patreon support, currently at $1255 a month. Publishing from Thorntree Press in September, it has had a strong …
Huffington Post/50 by Sandra LaMorgese Science fiction fans keen on Star Trek will know a different version of subspace than what we’re talking about here, but, just like in the show, “subspace” in BDSM refers to a specific kind of space with its own rules, texture, and properties — a …
Refinery29 by SAMIA MOUNTS Here’s how it normally goes down. I meet a guy who has something special in his face, a soulfulness that resonates with me. There’s this firecracker moment when our eyes connect for the first time and bing — we want each other. It’s more than …
SF Gate By Daily Dish DAILY DISH Carmen Electra: ‘I like a little S&M” By Daily Dish on February 25, 2016 at 10:03 AM 4 Actress Carmen Electra attends the eighth annual Fighters Only World Mixed Martial Arts Awards at The Palazzo Las Vegas on February 5, 2016 in …
Los Angeles Times by Alison Bass In early January, law enforcement in the Seattle area seized thereviewboard.net, a website where local sex workers posted advertisements and clients reviewed their services. In related police raids, people who ran and moderated the site were among those arrested and charged with promoting prostitution, a …
The New York Times By ZACHARY WOOLFE The OkCupid message Mollena Williams received in December 2013 was, in some ways, standard. It was complimentary: “Wow — your profile is great.” It was confident: “I am an artist, very successful (probably member of the top 10 or 20 in my genre …
Comics Alliance by Elle Collins This past Saturday, February 20th, would have been the 123rd birthday of Elizabeth Holloway Marston. She’s not exactly what you’d call famous, but you’ve probably guessed who she is from the headline and illustration above. Elizabeth Holloway Marston was a psychologist, and the wife of …
