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Guest Blog: “Disclosure and Outness as a Therapist with Intersecting Atypical Identifications”

by Dulcinea Pitagora   Prior to starting my practice as a therapist, I was confronted with contradicting perspectives on the therapist’s disclosure of personal information to their clients.  The prevailing thought behind this in the mental health field is that the therapeutic environment is not a place for therapists to disclose too …

Guest Blog – “Consent: Not actually that complicated”

by rockstar dinosaur pirate princess http://rockstardinosaurpirateprincess.com/2015/03/02/consent-not-actually-that-complicated/comment-page-5/#comment-1185 A short one today as my life is currently very complicated and conspiring against my preference to spend all of my days working out what to blog. But do you know what isn’t complicated?   Consent.   It’s been much discussed recently; what with college …

Guest Blog – BDSM: Traditional Values and the Imperative of Safety

Guest Blogs do not represent NCSF but are the opinion of the blogger. NCSF provides space for activists to post their opinions in order to get feedback from the kink and nonmonogamous communities on the work they are doing and the information they are providing to the mainstream. Please leave …

“Des Moines kink community welcomes ‘Fifty Shades'”

Des Moines Register by Courtney Crowder ” ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ came out and we just exploded,” said Jay, a founder of local BDSM group Central Iowa Power Exchange (CIPEX) who requested to be referred to by his first name. “We are growing left and right.”   A pop phenomenon, “Fifty …

“Dear BDSM Community: Your Fifty Shades of Complaining Isn’t Productive”

Huffington Post by Cassie Fuller As a lifestyle kinkster, educator and founder of Touch of Flavor, I understandably have mixed feelings about Fifty Shades of Grey. But with all the kinksters bashing the books, including here on the Huffington Post, (and here), it would probably surprise you that I think …

“Beyond 50 Shades Of Grey: Are Kink And BDSM Following In The Footsteps Of The LGBTQ Movement?”

Collectivity by Lindsay Schrupp I watched 50 Shades of Grey last night, and all I could think about through that long, sloppy, and ultimately failed orgasm was Gigli. Oh, you remember Gigli. How could anyone forget Ben Affleck as a disgruntled hornball in a leather jacket who holds hostage and verbally …