NCSF thanks AASECT for allowing us to produce A Taste of Kink with the AASECT Alt Sex SIG at their annual conference this past weekend in Minneapolis. 109 members received 3 Continuing Education credits for attending the event which showed demonstrations of BDSM activities and allowed participants to “taste” the …
WAMU By: Kristen Sorensen I’m not quite sure how to say this, so I’ll just come right out with it: Washingtonians are kinky. Based on a 2014 report, more than 11,000 residents in D.C., Maryland and Virginia participate in BDSM. Based on population size, this makes Washington, D.C., the …
Ball State Daily by Kara Berg Some people expressed concern about the definition of sexual consent within Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, Sadism and Masochism following the recent release of the film adaptation of the “50 Shades of Grey” series. BDSM is a type of sexual relationship where …
NCSF Newsletter 1st Quarter, 2015 edited by Julian Wolf In this issue Mid-Atlantic Region Hosts the Coalition Partner Meeting NCSF Thanks! Daily Flogger Satire Dommes of the DC Sub Club Do it Again! Guest Blog: Disclosure and Outness as a Therapist Incident Reporting & Response Media Updates Representing on FetLife …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
OZY BY NATHAN SIEGEL You go to a therapist. You dump all your neuroses out. The therapist prescribes antidepressants against your will, tries to get your children taken away from you and reaches for the phone to call the cops. Probably not what you bargained for. But it’s just …
