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Sociologists Reclassify BDSM As “Leisure Activity” In Bid To Remove Stigma

IFL Science by Katy Evans The researchers suggested that reclassification was important because if BDSM was understood and recognized as a “legitimate leisure experience with important personal benefits, similar to engaging in skiing, hiking, photography, or painting,” it could remove the stigma associated with so-called sexual deviance.

Best Of Both Worlds? What it’s like being bi and polyamorous…

Curve BY CHARLOTTE DINGLE Nicole is 31 and in an open triad relationship with a woman and a man. “I am poly because it is in my nature,” she tells Curve. Nicole doesn’t necessarily believe that her polyamorous nature is connected to her bisexuality, but accepts that it’s possible. “For …

Film Review: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

Wonder Woman gets a real-life origin story in the bold, compassionate, sexy ‘Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.’ Film Journal International By Rebecca Pahle  To clarify, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is less about Wonder Woman herself than the man who created her—Professor William Moulton Marston (Luke Evans)—and the …

Polyamory: Polyamorists Talk Experiences, Fears, Philosophies

The Rainbow Times By Al Gentile “I found out I had feelings for my current girlfriend and this other person. That’s when I started to consider it,” Martini said. “Growing up, I didn’t know it was a thing that you could love other people. I started to realize there were …

Inside the Koreatown Dojo Dedicated to the Art of Japanese Rope Bondage

LA Weekly by Lila Seidman “It should ultimately be about love and care for your partner, which sounds kind of ironic as you’re tying them up and hitting them,” Zetsu says. “But that’s the whole point: you only do that to people who need it and crave it and love …

A genius real estate broker, Burning Man and a scandal in NYC’s sex-positive community

Leon Feingold stepped down from polyamory leadership positions The Real Deal By Konrad Putzier Feingold — a man with an IQ of 168, former professional baseball player, trained lawyer, current real estate broker, Burning Man enthusiast, Freemason, three-time participant in the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest world championships in Coney …

From Hedonism to KinkBNB, Sex-Themed Vacations Are Going Mainstream

Fortune By Chris Morris “I think this generation is more sex-oriented than the one before them in the Reagan years,” says Lange. “Kids were more conservative then, but … kids in their 20s are seeing more freedom again. We’re seeing several young groups coming each year.”

Fear of flying

by cathyreisenwitz Things got interesting as he brought me down. Tears began to well up. I felt ashamed, and embarrassed. I felt bewildered. I fought with it. What I felt as he took me down was vulnerable. First, physically vulnerable. But mentally, there’s something about putting yourself in a very …