NY Times Consent, the Dividing Line There is a bright line between pain caused by unwanted sexual or domestic violence and pain that can come during some kinds of consensual sexual activity among willing participants. “If it’s not consensual, then it’s not ‘rough sex.’ It’s abuse,” said Susan Wright, the …
by Kevin A. Patterson  Keira: Again, so, firstly, I am a female, I am queer, I am married. Those three, being polyamorous is constantly intersecting with them. Being a female, it means that I’m dating and dealing with dating tends to have its own special lovely issues in and …
Kinky Cast This week Woody & the Beast have their annual talk with Susan Wright of the NCSF. With all the news of high profile men, finally having to admit the sins of their past and as the result, they loose their jobs. High profile jobs, news anchors, senators, movie …
Bay Area Reporter by Race Bannon We all know about the Golden Rule. “Do to others what you want them to do to you.” It nicely sums up most of the manners and civility guidelines that our society tends to honor and respect. Think about the other person before interacting …
KinkyCast.com This week Woody & the Beast chat with Susan Wright, on the topic of our kinky freedoms in the upcoming political climate. Susan founded the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom in 1997, and currently serves as spokesperson.
VICE By Neil McArthur American family courts—a series of state courts that specifically deal in family law, from child custody cases to divorce proceedings—are a distinctly unsung part of our judicial system. They are rarely discussed in the media and largely absent from the Hollywood spotlight; as a result, few …
Note from NCSF on the following story: Dangerous Insiders are kinky people who tip off the media or local authorities about a kink event to try to shut it down. They are the worst of the worst, using the stigma against us that keeps us afraid of exposing ourselves, and …
VICE by Neil McArthur John Doe was a student at George Mason University (GMU) when he met Jane Roe, a woman with whom he formed a BDSM-based sexual relationship that culminated in an assault on or around October 27, 2013. Roe, who played the submissive role, alleged in court documents …
Broadly by Steven Blum A new study suggests our nation’s children would be better off learning about consensual sex from dungeon masters than their awkward gym teachers. After measuring rates of “hostile sexism, benevolent sexism, rape myth acceptance, victim blaming, expectation of sexual aggression, and acceptance of sexual aggression” in …
Substance.com by Rachel Kramer Bussel When women in pop culture stray from the prescribed “good girl” into the most extreme bad girl—the sex addict—their interest in BDSM is typically equated with their addiction. By contrast, men are usually portrayed as hopelessly addicted to XXX images, preferring porn to people. Are …
