Motherboard Violet Blue, a journalist, author, and Patreon creator who also signed the letter, agreed. “They purposely positioned themselves as a progressive alternative to the discrimination faced by adult content creators,” she told me in an email. “This instance is especially disgusting because Patreon is a bespoke Silicon Valley/San Francisco …
GQ A is for Aftercare Aftercare is the practice of checking in with one another after a scene (or “play session,” a.k.a., the time in which the BDSM happens) to make sure all parties feel nice and chill about what just went down. The dominant partner may bring the submissive …
Vancouver Courier “Shadow emotions — like jealousy, fear, envy and anger — are all clues to something else going on inside of ourselves,” Cassidy said. “It’s really good practice to get used to identifying those things and then sitting down with your partner and then communicating them.”
Men’s Health BY MEAGAN DRILLINGER Matt: The only rule is to not hurt each other. Don’t do anything you know would upset anyone else. Don’t be sneaky. We base all of this on openness, honesty, and communication. When you have that freedom to speak your mind and heart, there’s no …
Huffington Post By James Michael Nichols Philly Cashion, a Facebook user currently in a polyamorous relationship, was unhappy that she couldn’t connect her partners on her personal Facebook account and signify that all three of them are “in a relationship.” This led her to start a Change.org petition, currently with almost 3,000 …
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.
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 …
NCSF Newsletter 4th Quarter, 2016 Edited by Julian Wolf In this Issue NCSF Annual Coalition Partner Meeting Stay Connected! Update on the American Law Institute Project NCSF Table at Beyond the Love 2016 Incident Reporting & Response Improving Consent Culture at Events with IRT NCSF Thanks! A New Book: His …
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 …
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 …
