First Showing by Ethan Anderton With the forthcoming adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey on the way, if you don’t know much about the world of BDSM, then you might be interested in checking out the documentary Kink, produced by James Franco and directed by Christina Voros. The film debuted …
by Jillian Keenan Slate It’s summertime, so of course the anti-sex crowd has decided to cool down with a fresh wave of sexual hysteria. The latest panic is that kinky people will lure vanilla children into our sexual hellscape through trendy pop cultural depictions of BDSM, such as Fifty Shades of Grey. This …
The College Fix by Jennifer Kabbany Some University of Chicago students may need to add whips, collars and handcuffs to their back-to-school shopping list. That’s because the elite private college’s Risk-Awareness Consensual Kink student club, affectionately known around campus as RACK, has plans to take field trips to the local …
In case you’re only ready for 25 Shades of Grey. Cosmopolitan by Frank Cobola When you’re venturing into the world of BDSM and kink for the first time, it can feel overwhelming and frightening, like when Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion all ventured into the Haunted Forest except with …
Autostraddle by Jennifer Hanks Just let me take care of you,” the hero whispers, choking back a growl as he pushes the heroine down face first on the bed. “You are what we call a natural sub,” he says, tracing the paddle across her ass. “Are you ready to submit …
Anchorage Press by Katie Medred Slave Elizabeth stared into my face with unwavering brown eyes “You’ve been to a bar, right?” “Yes,” I answered. “And you’ve had alcohol, right?” She looked me up and down. “Of course.” “And if a random guy hit on you, you wouldn’t just go home …
Philly.com Jimmy Fallon played a rousing round of “Mirren, Mirren on the Wall” Monday, which resulted in Helen Mirren endorsing some light BDSM. “Whips and chains are not my style,” the Oscar-winning actress said when asked about “Fifty Shades of Grey.” “But who doesn’t love a jolly good spanking once …
The Week By Damon Linker Polyamorists believe their time has come. But the fact is that Americans continue to see infidelity as an evil. When the fight for gay marriage began to gain traction back in the early years of the last decade, social conservative critics usually went beyond denying …
The Chattanoogan A man told police a woman who had agreed to take $2,000 in exchange for taking part in an explicit video in which her head would be shaved took off with the cash before the cameras rolled. Daniel Robertson said the woman had answered a Craigslist ad and …
As a professional dominatrix, I tie people up, spank them or humiliate them. Their joy is to submit to me; mine is the power rush of that control The Guardian I’m grateful for Fifty Shades of Grey. It is low-grade, escapist smut, filled with misconceptions and wildly inaccurate portrayals of …
