Huffington Post By JamesMichael Nichols The origins of San Francisco’s legendary Folsom Street Fair may be much different than you think. When someone talks about Folsom Street Fair in 2015, the leather and fetish elements of the historic outdoor celebration of sexual diversity are likely what come to mind. However, …
Forget Fifty Shades of Grey. Here’s your real primer on all things kink. Buzzfeed by Casey Gueren 1. First things first: Here’s what BDSM actually stands for: BDSM includes bondage and discipline (B&D), dominance and submission (D&S), and sadism & masochism (S&M). The terms are lumped together that way because …
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
Business Insider by Megan Rose Dickey When you first walk in, you’ll be amazed by just how gorgeous the home is. Hardwood floors, modern-day appliances, black granite countertops, and a beautiful outdoor patio with a hot tub for up to several people. You may also be amazed by how …
Slate You can read about the origins of this series in the first entry. Today, the distinction between swingers and polyamorists—the groups overlap, but there are important differences—and a few neologisms invented by polyamorists to discuss their relationships. There are probably neologisms like these among swingers, too; I’m just not …
Posted on October 31, 2013 Eligibility *Adult, aged 18 or over, * have ever been in a Leather/BDSM/kink relationship in which you experienced intimate partner abuse, and * sought help from publicly available domestic violence/intimate partner abuse services, or * wanted to seek help from publicly available domestic violence/intimate partner …
Dirk Hooper Photography Last weekend Facebook removed dozens of BDSM-related pages from the site. The group BDSM Against Censorship lists nearly 100 groups affected by the ban, but there are unquestionably more groups and pages that have not made the list. Since last weekend a few of the groups have successfully …
NY Times On a recent Friday night, a small group of people lined up in a cinder-block hallway inside an unmarked entrance to Paddles, a club on West 26th Street. Two men in their 60s were discussing real estate and a few women in their 20s were sending last-minute texts …
Huffington Post Although media coverage of the Fifty Shades series has died down, the book remains at the top of bestsellers lists. But the readers driving the series’ popularity may surprise some. While shopping in a bookstore recently, one of us watched a mother and her young teenage daughter giggle …
Examiner As predicted and not surprisingly so, the book that’s sweeping the country is still smashing the competition on USA TODAY’s best-selling books list. Obviously I’m talking about Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James. The BDSM inspired trilogy has topped the list for the month of May, with …
