Sharing Your Interests Versus Giving a Script

Periodically, when someone requests a session with Me they will give Me a detailed description of exactly how they expect Me to run it. I immediately feel objectified and angry. I feel like they don’t trust My knowledge, My skills, … continue reading “Sharing Your Interests Versus Giving a Script”

Article: BDSM as Harm Reduction

“As I’ve indicated in a number of other articles, recent robust research has found no correlation between BDSM and pathology, and indeed the research that attempted to connect BDSM to trauma often had underlying deeply flawed and biased methodologies,

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Article: “The Thrilling, Messy Lives of New York’s Freelance Dominatrices”

I find most of this article problematic, but there is one part I did very much appreciate.

What I had issue with were that the examples they use of “freelance” (i.e. independent) Dominatrices are kind of odd, and ironically paint … continue reading “Article: “The Thrilling, Messy Lives of New York’s Freelance Dominatrices””

‘Taboo’ Photos Reveal The Dual Lives Of Everyday People Who Practice BDSM


“‘When it comes to sexuality, the discussion can become much more complex,’ McMullin admits. ‘We may describe ourselves as male or female, straight or gay, bisexual or transgender. At their core, these descriptors may define, to some degree, sexual

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This Kind of Sex Can Create an Altered Mental State

Article: This Kind of Sex Can Create an Altered Mental State (Time.com)

Aside from the ad for the new 50 Shades movie at the top, I also have a criticism about:

“The researchers randomly assigned a person in each pair

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