New York Times A federal judge has struck down parts of Utah’s anti-polygamy law as unconstitutional in a case brought by a polygamous star of a reality television series. Months after the Supreme Court bolstered rights of same-sex couples, the Utah case could open a new frontier in the nation’s …
Santa Maria Sun We all have a body domination sadomasochist (BDSM) on our holiday gift list, right? Whether you’ve got a truly close friend or a family member who shares too much, there’s a perfect gift for those on the kinky side of things, and it’s crafted right here on …
Huffington Post The New York Post says that polyamory is having a fashionable moment. “Open relationships are becoming so common that when singer Robin Thicke gripped Lana Scolaro’s barely covered butt at a VMA afterparty at 1OAK last month,” the tabloid wrote in October, “his indiscretion reportedly didn’t get him …
Daily Sundial Bondage, discipline, domination, submission, sadism and masochism (BDSM) are occasionally practiced by 5-10 percent of Americans, according to a report by the Kinsey Institute. “Human sexuality helps us to recognize what makes us feel good. It’s about learning about one’s sexuality,” said psychology professor Gidget Brogdon at an …
Lehigh Valley Live By day, Kathy Kulig is a photo technologist who looks for cancer under a microscope. At night, she’s an author. But not just any author. Her characters fly to another planet to engage in a ménage a trois with a shape-shifting dragon. In “Emerald Dungeon,” erotic escapades …
Manitoban With all the recent hoopla about the Fifty Shades of Grey movies currently in the works, now is an important time to discuss some of the biggest problems with the E.L. James novels – specifically, their damaging misrepresentation of BDSM, (bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism). Never mind the laughable prose; …
Slate You can read about the origins of this series in the first entry. Today, the distinction between swingers and polyamorists—the groups overlap, but there are important differences—and a few neologisms invented by polyamorists to discuss their relationships. There are probably neologisms like these among swingers, too; I’m just not …
The Bold Italic After the Supreme Court’s Prop. 8 ruling came down in June, LGBT people in San Francisco were able to get married – for the third time. Amid the celebration, there were some wistful sentiments that maybe queerness was waning and all the gays were – as my …
Nightline Some married couples are opting for live-in lovers to spice up their love lives. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/polyamory-end-marriage-21013545
Washington Post Margo Kaplan is an assistant professor of law at Rutgers School of Law-Camden. Her article “Sex-Positive Law” will appear in the New York University Law Review in April. Emma Thompson recently declared that dancing with Prince Charles is better. Hunter S. Thompson wrote a book about how politics …
