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“A tale of two lovers (or three, or four): the truth about polyamory”

The Guardian by Emer O’Toole Last summer, at a friend’s birthday, a man sat next to me, explained that he’d heard I was polyamorous and asked if we could talk about it. He proceeded to explain that he’s a poly person at heart, but that his partner would never go …

“Kinky Competitor To AirBNB Lets Travelers Rent Out Dungeons”

Huffington Post By David Moye AirBNB can get you a cheap deal on a room, but it’s a lousy place to find a sex dungeon. So says Darren McKeeman, the San Francisco-based co-founder of KinkBNB, a “sex positive” alternative to AirBNB set to start business on May 1. “The business was …

“Kink and fetish has much to teach mainstream design culture”

de zeen magazine by Sam Jacob Though we might try to frame it in more rational, objective terms, design culture is really nothing more than a highly complex, super-developed system of driven-by-object fetishism. It’s a world where objects take on meanings and significances far beyond the sum of their material form. …

“Jian Ghomeshi scandal leads to CBC ‘severing ties’ with ex-head of radio, HR director”

Report concludes that “management knew or ought to have known” about inappropriate behaviour by former radio host. The Toronto Star By: Jacques Gallant CBC said it had “severed ties” with two senior executives Thursday as it released an independent report that said management “condoned” inappropriate behaviour by former radio host …

“BDSM and beheading videos: The evolving role of the librarian”

Libraries change, but librarians keep helping people find the weird information they need. The Washington Post By Hammad Rauf Khan No job is without its perils, and for a college librarian today, one of those just might be having an associate dean overhear you explaining to a student how to …

“He hopes to make ‘fringe’ less frightening”

Des Moines Register by Rekha Basu Elton Davis is a 53-year-old farm-raised Iowan, a separated husband and father of two, a self-described cultural worker and job coach. And he’s a member of Des Moines’ bondage, domination, sadism and masochism or “kink” community.   I’ve known Davis in different contexts, but until …