Aug 022013
 
A DD/lg Relationship: Starting Out

DD/lg First Steps: BDSM Scene Negotiation Checklist, by Daddy Vinnie The stars have aligned, the sun shines brightly, joy and happiness are on the lips of all your friends and family, something tingles from the top of your head to the tips of your toes.   You’ve met a “Little,” someone with that innocent, tender mix […]

The Sacredness of Dirty Lovemaking

 Posted by on July 30, 2013
Jul 302013
 
The Sacredness of Dirty Lovemaking

T.M. Bernard

What if your love life depended on your ability to combine your need for safety and commitment with your need to explore your lust and urges? It’s a salient question from any way a person views relationship, but in this context, we will consider it from a tradition currently under the microscope (some might even say attack): monogamy.

Mr. Unintentional Irony

 Posted by on July 28, 2013
Jul 282013
 
Mr. Unintentional Irony

It may shock you to learn that I, who fancy myself a writer, appreciate words. Words have meanings, and using the right word helps us to communicate effectively. I’m also a huge proponent of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Among other things, my love and respect for language are right there in almost every online […]

DSM Revisions: The Impact on BDSM

 Posted by on July 26, 2013
Jul 262013
 
DSM Revisions: The Impact on BDSM

You may have heard that with the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (the DSM-5), the American Psychological Association had “depathologized kink;” that the paraphilias (Fetishism, Sexual Masochism, Sadism… all of the ISM’s close to our hearts)  are no longer necessarily diagnosable mental illnesses.  This is tremendous news for kinky folks – especially […]

Jul 242013
 
Erotic Art: A Market for the Likes of Dirk Westphal

By T.M. Bernard

Dirk Westphal is a German artist whose piece entitled ‘Acrobat on High Heels’ was the Master Award Winner in the Erotic Signatures Collection, Vol. 3. It’s an eye-catching piece

A Rose By Any Other Name…

 Posted by on July 22, 2013
Jul 222013
 
A Rose By Any Other Name…

By Shanna Katz

As of late, there has been a lot of discussion around the new Google+ policy of requiring “real names” from all of its’ users, which seems to have morphed into the requirement of “legal names.” There isn’t any exact and specific policy that defines a “real” name, and thousands of people have lost their profiles

Jul 202013
 
Female Masturbation: Why the Taboo Needs to End

Women aren’t really encouraged to get to know their bodies, especially when it comes to genitalia. They are taught from a young age that touching themselves “down there” is bad and that we shouldn’t touch, sniff, taste or even look at their genitals. Women are taught that our sexual pleasure and gratification doesn’t matter and […]

Clothing, Nudity & Sexuality

 Posted by on July 17, 2013
Jul 172013
 
Clothing, Nudity & Sexuality

I look back in the past fifty or sixty years, when kink was really starting to be documented for the Mainstream Average Joe, and there is a stunning amount of growth in different fetishes and kinks.  Even the most vanilla person uses the word “fetish” now in a joking way.  A few years ago, when I was […]

Why Talk About Sex And Disability?

 Posted by on July 12, 2013
Jul 122013
 
Why Talk About Sex And Disability?

A woman’s friends are incredulously  disbelieving when she tells them that she and her husband, who uses a wheelchair and has several medical conditions, have an active sex life. A young blind man, who has just realized he is gay, asks his trusted resource teacher to help him learn how he can join his high […]

Dangerously (bitter) Sweet Liaisons

 Posted by on July 10, 2013
Jul 102013
 
Dangerously (bitter) Sweet Liaisons

I first discovered Bailey because of his paintings of women from the waist down (I couldn’t help but look), but I was ultimately drawn in by combination of birds, beasts, lollipops and ladies. Eric Bailey’s work is sexy. It’s also sweet. These qualities exist above and below the surface. Flip through his portfolio and you’ll […]