SF Blog By Melody Gutierrez As if politics isn’t sexy enough these days, San Francisco Supervisor David Campos will hold a ”kinky” fundraiser Monday night at a place that bills itself “the largest fetish porn company in the world” to raise money for his race to represent San Francisco in …
Medical Daily By Sabrina Bachai Two summers ago, women were glued to Fifty Shades of Grey, and the novel had women asking their partners to explore unchartered sexual fantasies. Many claimed that the racy BDSM novels helped them to explore their sexuality and be more open with what they desired …
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 …
NCSF at AASECT On behalf of NCSF, Jim Fleckenstein and Susan Wright attended the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) Annual Conference on June 8-10th in Austin, Texas. The NCSF booth in the Exhibit Hall featured free copies of NCSF’s newly refreshed guide: “What Psychology Professionals Should …
New Jersey.com The handcuffs are flying out the door. So are the floggers. Whips and rope? Forget about it. “Things that were selling out in a week are selling out in a day,” said Nick Smerecki, manager of Adult Playtime Boutique in Edison, where sales are up 400 percent over …
The Grio E L James’ novel 50 Shades of Grey has become a mainstream hit, in part by shining a spotlight on the world of sadomasochism, otherwise known as S&M. It’s a sexual practice that combines bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, role-play, and pain to foster mutual pleasure between two consenting …
CBS The erotic book, “Fifty Shades of Grey” is now a best-seller because women who can’t put it down are sharing it with just about everyone they know. The novel by British author E.L. James tells the story of a virginal college student seduced by an older chief executive officer. …
