The success of Fifty Shades has opened a Pandora’s box of curiosity into edgier sexual practices, leading some in the kink community to argue that that it’s crossroads in a civil rights struggle The Guardian by Kim Wall Blindfolded on a chair, the woman tenses visibly as the knife flicks …
Huffington Post talks about the way kink is misrepresented in popular culture – with NCSF’s Susan Wright along with Robert Rubel, Nichi Hodgson and Ummni Khan. http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/fifty-shades-of-grey-bdsm-/54d5150078c90a4fc90005ad
NCSF’s 2015 Coalition Partner Meeting will take place in Baltimore, MD, on March 21-22. The Coalition Partners will meet to vote on the Board of Directors for NCSF, approve the 2015 budget, and brainstorm on NCSF’s projects and goals for the coming year. The CP Meeting will be …
Erotica stores and sex-freedom groups see a surge of interest when film version of best-selling book opens next month NY Daily News BY JUSTIN ROCKET SILVERMAN Bondage is the new black. Good news for those who made a New Year’s resolution to heat up the bedroom — 2015 is …
The Atlantic by MERISSA NATHAN GERSON Asking your partner to tie you to the bedpost, telling them to slap you hard in the throes of lovemaking, dressing like a woman if you are a man, admitting a fetish for feet: Just a few years ago, any of these acts could be …
NCSF Newsletter 3rd Quarter, 2014 edited by Julian Wolf In this issue 2014 Roundup NCSF Thanks! Incident Reporting & Response Daily Flogger Satire Guest Blog: Out To The Doctor? Are You Ready for 50 Shades? Media Updates Representing on FetLife NCSF’s 2014 Roundup 2014 has been a year of …
NCSF’s 2014 Roundup 2014 has been a year of progress for NCSF and for people who are kinky and nonmonogamous. The national conversation about gay marriage, consent, and even Fifty Shades of Grey are transforming mainstream attitudes. The change in the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 stating that BDSM is …
Adventures in Sexuality, a NCSF Coalition Partner, donated $500 at their COPE conference in October. CPI/The Mark, a Coalition Partner, donated $1,000 to NCSF in October. Behind Closed Doors, the annual conference by Baja Arizona Leather, a Supporting Member of NCSF, raised $300 by passing the hat at …
NCSF Newsletter 3rd Quarter, 2014 In this issue NCSF Mental Heath Survey Incident Reporting & Response NCSF Thanks! Merchant Services Question A Touch of Humor Media Updates Representing on FetLife NCSF Mental Health Survey Please take the NCSF Mental Health Survey! We would like to know more about your BDSM practices, mental health and relational violence experiences: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FZ2XDMP …
