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“Grosse Pointe Park’s Bob Bashara, accused of killing wife, returns to court”

Michigan Live by Gus Burns Robert “Bob” Bashara, 56, the Grosse Pointe Park real estate investor, landlord and BDSM enthusiast accused of killing his wife, Jane Bashara, 56, in January of 2012, returns to Wayne County Circuit Court for his final pretrial conference Thursday. Bashara is currently imprisoned for soliciting …

International Media Update: “Swinging may not be everyone but it’s great for some”

Daily Life by Matty Silver A client came to see me recently to talk about an issue that was upsetting her. She is 39 years old and has been married to a man the same age for about 15 years. Neither had had many partners before they got together. They’ve …

“Colorado swingers spice up sex life at Squirrel Creek Lodge”

Denver Post Lifestyles by Douglas Brown …How prevalent is swinging? It’s not something that is routinely tracked by academics with big budgets for data collection. The largest study, conducted in 2000 by Bellarmine University sociologists Curtis Bergstrand and Jennifer Blevins Williams, found that 84 percent of swingers are married couples …

“Erasing the Politics of Consent: What You Won’t Learn From ‘Fifty Shades of Grey'”

Truthout by Jill Weinberg There aren’t 50 shades of nuance about the book-to-movie Fifty Shades of Grey, which began filming recently in Vancouver, British Columbia. People view the saga as the guilty pleasure that reignited a flame in sexless marriages or as the glamorization of abusive relationships, all shrouded in the …

“Polyamory, the Right to Privacy, and Religious Freedom”

A federal District Court judge in Utah sides with the right to privacy and religious freedom. The American Prospect by Scott Lemieux Last week, a federal District Court judge in Utah struck down a law used to prosecute members of polyamorous relationships. Predictably, some conservatives immediately brought up the slippery …

“Furthermore: After gay marriage”

The Trentonian Gay marriage today, what next? Maybe polygamy. Maybe also polyamory — multiple-parties marriages. (Not to be confused with “swinging,” the polyamorists emphasize.) Religious conservatives, better take your tranquilizers. Gay activists — the religious conservatives’ nemeses — scoff at the prospect of such developments. A “red herring” aimed at …