The NY Times By WILLIAM VAN METER A sign on the front door warns: “Must be 21 to Enter.” It doesn’t portend a traditional shopping experience. Yes, the Leather Man carries an array of intimate adult devices and ephemera, and is not for the uptight. But it is far …
A case study in polyamorous relationships in the capital city 614 Columbus BY COLIN HANNER A couple sits at a high-top table near a bar at the Courtyard Marriott hotel on the west side of Columbus. I met Andy the previous day, and he introduces me to his wife, Megan. They’ve …
You know you’re curious… Women’s Health Magazine BY ALLISON BERRY Remember witnessing #thatawkwardmoment on Girls when Allison Williams’ butt was motor-boated? Or what about watching Christian Grey tease Ana Steele with a flogger for the first time? There’s no denying it: We’re seeing more adventurous sex acts in pop culture…and …
WCPO By Bryce Anslinger HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Two activist groups are taking aim at an A&E show centered on a Tri-State community. The new show “Neighbors with Benefits ” is being shot in Warren County and not all residents are pleased. The show is billed at …
The Daily Mail By GEORGINA BISVAL On September 6, 2014 Melinda Phoenix was overjoyed to welcome her first son Oliver into the world. But it wasn’t just her husband Jonathan Stein, 32, from Oakland, California, who shared her joy in the delivery room. Incredibly his second wife Dani, who …
The market for Christian sex toys. AlterNet By Carrie Weisman When we talk about Christianity, the conversation doesn’t usually jump right to sex. At least not fun sex. If we do touch on the subject, it’s probably in reference to that scene from the Exorcist with that possessed girl…and what …
By protecting the identities of people with a history of abusive behavior, FetLife.com leaves members of the BDSM community vulnerable to harm. The Atlantic by DAVID Z. MORRIS The Fifty Shades of Grey books have unleashed a wave of mainstream interest in kinky sex since their arrival in 2011. The …
Fifty Shades of Grey sparks wide interest in erotic subculture Global Times By Li Lin “I love being dominant, and the feeling of power I have in our sexual role-playing games,” says 28-year-old Ada Ling, a certified nurse who lives and works in Beijing. “[And] I love being trampled …
“It was like, here I am, outed as a supposedly sexually impulsive rich girl who’s into kink.” Cosmopolitan At 17, Alissa Afonina was a bright, studious college student. But that year, on a drive with her mother and her mom’s then-boyfriend, the car she was riding in sped around a curve and flipped three times; Afonina hit …
Inside Miss Vera’s Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls, where anything goes except for your real name. Out BY CHADWICK MOORE Behind Manhattan’s Port Authority Bus Terminal lies a grimy, litter-strewn block of brownstones where a half dozen bums have camped outside an abandoned storefront. The tableau …
