Yahoo News by Gwynne Watkins Fifty Shades of Grey has everyone in America talking about bondage and sadomasochistic relationships. But how well do Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele reflect the realities of the BDSM lifestyle? To find out, we turned to Em and Lo, a.k.a. Emma Taylor and Lorelei Sharkey, the …
Law enforcement investigating fetish business in residential area WKMG Local News by Mike DeForest On her website, self-proclaimed dominatrix Judith DeLucenay promises customers they will reach their “pain threshold” while being subjected to activities such as flogging, torture, electrical stimulation and corporal punishment. Those fetish activities are conducted in …
CBS About 60 students say they will attend the initial BDSM club meeting at Mount Holyoke College, an all-women college in Massachusetts. Sophomore Caedyn Busche founded the organization, which will educate those who want a safe place to talk about BDSM. BDSM is a variety of erotic practices involving dominance …
The 19-year-old bio-nuclear engineering student allegedly tied his victim to his dorm-room bed with belts. The Patch By Dennis Robaugh A 19-year-old Chicago college student raped a freshman classmate after he was inspired to re-enact scenes he saw in the movie “50 Shades of Grey,” according to police and prosecutors. …
The Stranger by Dan Savage A woman lost her job after her employer—a social services org run by the Catholic Church—found out that she was polyamorous. She sued, claiming that poly is a sexual orientation and that her firing amounted to illegal discrimination, but the court found against her. Sydney …
GMA Network The release of the film adaptation of “50 Shades of Grey” has triggered not just controversy – but also a spike in BDSM-related searches at a pornography-oriented site. Pornhub, which claims to be the world’s biggest porn site, said it noted a “significant increase” in BDSM-related searches …
OC Register BY ERWIN CHEMERINSKY The phenomenal success of “Fifty Shades of Grey” – as a book and now as a movie – should provide the impetus to finally repeal federal and state laws that prohibit obscene material. It is long overdue for the Supreme Court to reverse its decisions …
The Moscow Times Residents of the Urals city of Yekaterinburg have flocked to local sex stores to stock up on whips, handcuffs and other S&M toys following the release of the erotic film “50 Shades of Grey,” a news report said Thursday. The U.S. film, which follows the foray …
The Federalist By Stella Morabito Sexual violence against women has never been so mainstreamed as it is now with the hype surrounding the film release of “Fifty Shades of Grey,” based on the bestseller by E. L. James. The publicity campaign is saturating the public square, exposing youth to its …
Rachel Maddow notes the irony that the film is the hottest ticket in Tupelo, Miss., home base of the virulently antigay American Family Association. The Advocate by DAWN ENNIS Rachel Maddow, MSNBC’s self-described “liberal TV lady,” could barely contain her glee in sharing the news with her cable TV viewers that …
