The Daily Beast by Steve Miller Bob Bashara was a married Rotary Club president who lived in a ritzy Detroit suburb. He also had a secret love for BDSM—and prosecutors say he had his wife killed over it. DETROIT—BDSM, an alleged killing-for-hire, street-level thuggery, and a life of privilege collide …
The Duke Chronicle By Maximilian Tabet While tabling for my group, Alternative Sexualities at Duke, I had a conversation with a friend about sexual identity. “What is the purpose of your group?” they asked me, wondering what we covered that the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity did not. …
Edmonton Journal By Fiona Buchanan EDMONTON – An unusual Edmonton group is seeking to raise awareness about their unique formula for blissful romance. Polyamory Edmonton is a group of people that practise consensual, non-monogamous relationships. They are in the process of becoming a non-profit organization and want to educate …
Autostraddle by Jennifer Hanks Just let me take care of you,” the hero whispers, choking back a growl as he pushes the heroine down face first on the bed. “You are what we call a natural sub,” he says, tracing the paddle across her ass. “Are you ready to submit …
Westword by Cafe Society Denver swingers can’t catch a break. 3090 Eden, the members-only swingers’ club that opened for business just last March, has closed, as has the Downing Street Grill, which was located in the same building at 3090 Downing Street. “It was a lot of money spent, but …
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 …
Daily Californian This column is not about “Fifty Shades of Grey” because, frankly, reading that book pissed me off. Reading about how undeserving a woman thinks she is of a prototypical alpha-male is not sexually arousing. “Fifty Shades” did not provide any of the provocative mind-fucks I was anticipating. This …
Hollywood.com To call Fifty Shades of Grey a literary and pop culture sensation would be nothing short of an understatement. E.L. James‘ erotic trilogy about a young woman’s romantic and sexual entanglement with a wealthy, but complicated, business tycoon and their BDSM relationship has become a phenomenon of unexpected, unparalleled …
Opposing Views In Gone With the Wind, Rhett Butler tells Scarlett O’Hara he won’t be refused and carries her up a velvet staircase to thrust—err, drive—Ashley Wilkes out of her mind. This famous scene leaves many female readers with their hearts racing. But at the same time, many people hear …
What’s happening to the sex lives of American women when an erotic trilogy focused on kinky sex becomes a top seller? USA Today The books in question explicitly describe bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism (BDSM) as a relationship unfolds between recent college graduate Anastasia Steele and handsome young billionaire entrepreneur …
