New Jersey.com The handcuffs are flying out the door. So are the floggers. Whips and rope? Forget about it. “Things that were selling out in a week are selling out in a day,” said Nick Smerecki, manager of Adult Playtime Boutique in Edison, where sales are up 400 percent over …
The NY Post There’s a run on rope — and not the camping kind. White-hot read “Fifty Shades of Grey” has left unassuming New York women so feverish, they’re snapping up all the tools and toys that bondage and S&M hunk Christian Grey introduces to “unexplored” young heroine Anastasia in …
PC Gamer As reported by IGN, Hitman Absolution game director Tore Blystad has apologised for the controversy caused by the Attack of the Saints trailer, which featured Agent 47 brutally killing a group of assassins dressed – as Tom put it at the time – as BDSM nuns. “We’re sorry …
The Daily Astorian I would be remiss as a bookseller if I did not mention the phenomenon of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy currently abroad in the land. Yes, it is a BDSM opus which has sold over 5 million copies in 37 countries. I think that BDSM covers …
E! How’s this for a scary situation? Horrormeister Clive Barker has been slapped with a breach-of-contract suit by a former male lover, who, among other accusations, claims that Barker gave him HIV amid a salacious backdrop of sadomasochism and drug use. According to documents obtained by E! News, David Armstrong, …
The Baltimore Sun All the fuss about the Harford County Public Library’s director, Mary Hastler, choosing to keep “Fifty Shades of Grey,” an erotic novel with generous gobs of sadomasochism, by British author E.L James, from off the shelves has met with condemnations of censorship. But library heads have broad …
XBiz Twenty-four-year-old BDSM and fetish gear manufacturer The Stockroom is reporting a surge in business inspired by “Fifty Shades of Grey.” “In recent weeks, we’ve received literally hundreds of calls thanks to this book,” Stockroom President Mike Herman said. “About 90 percent of them are middle-aged ‘soccer mom’ types who …
A Facebook-like site for kinksters stops users from naming alleged abusers, sparking debate over justice and safety Salon The accusations range from “he told me I didn’t need a safe word” to “[they] inserted a knife into my vagina without getting my permission.” In recent months, allegations of sexual abuse …
AZ Central Jennifer Quinn had spent about a year working at a Fascinations adult store surrounded by toys, fashions and accoutrements, but it was the best-selling romance “50 Shades of Grey” that inspired her to buy a riding crop. It wasn’t the Chandler mother’s first purchase from an adult store …
Huffington Post It seems that no one is immune to E L James’ controversial novel, 50 Shades of Grey. Television shows, magazines, popular blogs, even side conversations outside the school pick-up line are filled with talk about how hot it is — and how it may be solely responsible for …
