VICE By Sophie Saint Thomas Anyone into kinky sex invariably ends up with “battle wounds,” so to speak. Marks on your wrist if you’re into restraint play, bruises if you’re into flogging, flesh wounds if you and your partner are into more extreme BDSM acts such as branding, scarification, or …
Bustle by HEATHER E. NEWMAN On a late summer night a number of years ago, I watched my then sort-of boyfriend kiss his other girlfriend. I stood there in the dark as he pulled her close and made out with her a moment, before stepping away and flashing me a …
Rumpus BY MITSU From 2002 to 2008, I worked as a professional dominatrix at three commercial dungeons in New York City. I was still a teenager when I started. A few of the things I learned—and also a few of the things I had to un-learn—as a dominatrix, have proved …
Essence By Abiola Abrams Bored with the same old sex routine? Abiola Abrams digs deep into the world of BDSM for beginners to teach you how to make your sex life more adventurous right now. Black women are ready to feel more sexually adventurous. We are learning that life is …
The Frisky by Rosebud Baker My boyfriend and I have been together for approximately three years. Since we started sleeping with one another, a large part of our fantasy life has included the idea of sleeping with other people, infidelity, swinging, and dissolving the rules of monogamy. A few weeks …
Marieclaire by SOPHIE SAINT THOMAS mplete honesty ahead: I’ve been with my live-in boyfriend for a year now, and while our sex life is certainly fulfilling, it’s not necessarily…kinky. We know what we like, what we don’t like, and, with our insane work schedules, sticking with the simple stuff comes …
Broadly by Kari Paul Snce it first launched in 2008, kink-centric social networking site Fetlife has amassed more than 3.5 million users and established itself as the most prominent platform on the Internet for BDSM forums, dating, and local meet-ups. So, when the site closed its doors to new members …
VICE By Neil McArthur Melissa Marie Legge always knew she was different—she just felt it, even before she knew how to talk about that feeling. “Wherever this part of me came from, it has certainly always been there, even before I had words to describe or explain it,” she told …
They’re bringing plants, oils, and crystals into the bedroom. Broadly by Sophie Saint Thomas In the intersection of kitchen witchery and kink, magical women are brewing balms, ointments, potions, and lotions, which they bring into the bedroom for BDSM purposes and in lieu of mainstream oils and lubes. While Judeo-Christian …
Connections.Mic By Leigh Cuen There are two reasons why Tara Indiana, 48, is running for president. “I’m more honest than Donald Trump and have less skeletons in the closet than Hillary Clinton,” the sex worker and independent presidential candidate said in a phone interview. “I’m running to bring attention to …
