The role-play scenario is increasingly popular—and fraught with peril. From a wife’s recent Portland-area mishap to an unwitting attack in Wyoming, the fantasies, when poorly executed, have shattered lives, ended careers and put people behind bars Vocativ In the end, Elizabeth Renee Martinez will fork over a $5,000 fine, perform …
Out and About Nashville by James Grady … Indeed, at this point the clinic cannot possibly be sustained completely by offering transgender services. The IHC’s model will instead be to reach out to other groups facing healthcare disparities. In addition to alcohol and drug treatment services, particularly for those with …
Stanford Daily by Lily Zheng In high school, I probably wouldn’t have predicted that polyamory would have any part in my time as a Stanford student. I figured that maybe I’d find someone I’d like, we’d date and then we’d presumably either break up or marry — only two options, …
Adultery, polyamory, and Psychology Today By Cecil Adams Psychology Today advocates multiple partners and open marriages and offers “evidence” that monogamy isn’t possible. Comparing man to animals is weird to me—we’re supposed to be separated out by reason and morality, right? —The Good Wife, Austin, Texas Psychology Today, ever …
And RT Readers Get A Discount! RT Book Reviews Floggers, whips, canes and cuffs are certainly fun to read about, but how exactly does it all work in the real world? This year marks the third annual BDSM Writers Con in New York City, August 21-24 — an event that …
Dallas Observer by Lauren Smart He loops the mustard yellow rope into knots, strong fingers pulling it tight around her skin. One hand grips her shoulder, the other drapes the rope around her chest, pulling it into the first of several harnesses for a full-body “takate kote.” It’s taken him …
Social News Daily by Kim LaCapria Facebook and Twitter are social networking standard names, but maybe you’ve got a bit of an interest in kinky social media — and sites like FetLife are quietly, discreetly growing in prominence amid the more vanilla social networks. Of kinky social media options, you’ll find …
Is S&M dangerous? Let’s look at the evidence. Slate Earlier this year, I wrote two articles about BDSM—bondage, dominance/submission, and sadomasochism. I argued that BDSM, unlike homosexuality, was inherently problematic and wasn’t an orientation. Defenders of BDSM—Dan Savage, Jessica Wakeman, Clarisse Thorn, Jillian Keenan, and dozens of Slate commenters—wrote back, …
NY Post By Naomi Schaefer Riley “Poly-Cocktails,” I learned last week, doesn’t refer to tropical drinks or even complicated ones. Rather, it’s the name of a Lower East Side party for people who are done with monogamy. This revelation, care of a Rolling Stone article that’s been making the rounds, …
Wallace Prize Third Place Nonfiction Yale Daily News By Isabel Ortiz A few weeks ago, Lady Elizabeth had her pain slave over for coffee and a “medical scene.” He had brought his camera with him, and, lying supine on the operating table, he managed to snap a few pictures of her …
