Youth Ki Awaaz by Shambhavi Saxena “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me,” croons Rihanna on her 2011 single, “S&M”. The song alludes to a variety of practices like bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, and masochism. Or “BDSM” for short. These practices have existed …
Your Tango by Miko Technogeisha Whether you’re poly or just want to give them a view of a bigger world. There are many of you who, like me, are trying to raise children in a society that often is not particularly accepting. Society, books, and movies haven’t exactly …
The Mary Sue by Teresa Jusino Being a professional dominatrix is completely and totally 100% legal (though laws regulating it vary from state to state). This is an important fact to remember as we look at the case of New Jersey sheriff’s officer, Kristen Hyman. **CW: Brief description of consensual …
NJ Journal BY MICHAELANGELO CONTE Should a former dominatrix who appeared in bondage movies for pay be allowed to work as a Hudson County sheriff’s officer? That’s a question that is expected to be answered when newly sworn-in sheriff’s officer Kristen Hyman, of Bayonne, attends a disciplinary hearing on …
So says the largest study on polyamory to date. Flipboard by Justin Lehmiller People seem to be more interested than ever in polyamorous relationships: Google searches for the subject are on the rise, there are headlines about it on a regular basis, and it’s all over television, from reality shows …
Queerty By Graham Gremore Actor Victor Hugo Prada and his two partners, sports instructor John Alejandro Rodriguez and journalist Manuel Jose Bermudez, just signed papers making them a legally married throuple. “We wanted to validate our household… and our rights, because we had no solid legal basis establishing us …
Archer By: Kyle Bissell I‘ve known I was pansexual since I was sixteen. It was never an issue in my family. At eighteen, I got involved in the kink community and later got a job as a joiner, making hardwood windows and doors. Looking back, there was homophobia, sexism and …
Queerty By Graham Gremore Actor Victor Hugo Prada and his two partners, sports instructor John Alejandro Rodriguez and journalist Manuel Jose Bermudez, just signed papers making them a legally married throuple. “We wanted to validate our household… and our rights, because we had no solid legal basis establishing us …
Vice Around 82 percent of people in monogamous relationships said they were satisfied with their sex lives, while only 71 percent of polyamorous people said the same. Stepping into an open relationship can often times help people survive long-distance relationships or work through jealous feelings, but according to a …
The rules do not apply. The Fresh Toast By: Maria Loreto The modern world is obsessed with love and with finding a partner with whom you can spend forever with. Every movie, book and TV show tricks us into believing in soulmates and one true loves, in finding that one …
