I knew I wanted to explore wax play for a long time, but never really knew how I would approach it: would it be a fetish for me, a one-time...
Category Archives: Kink
Kink and Custody by Naomi Hedonia
My ex and I were more like friends than romantic partners. We had our moments, but for the most part I think it would have been better if we had just...
Nerve Endings by Rob
Robnoxious lives in Minneapolis and works at the Seward Community Cafe where he is participating in a group show with comic art and photography running until February 15th. Rob is...
Vanilla Girl in a Non-Vanilla World by Coochie
I am a vanilla prude. There, I said it. Whatʼs that you say? I canʼt possibly be a vanilla prude with a moniker like “Coochie”, a volunteer position on a board that...
Sociopathic Behavior and Social Networks Don’t Mix: Safety in the Online Sex Community by Naomi Hedonia
I read an article years ago that said my generation was unique in that we are old enough to remember life before the Internet, but young enough to navigate through...
Finding Community by Laura Rad
Finding your Community Are you a member of a sexual minority group of some kind? Queer? Kinky? Poly? Swinger? The only sex-positive person in your group of friends and family? Then you, my...
BDSM, Pregnancy and Safety by Naomi Hedonia
One of the biggest concerns of pregnant women and their partners, regardless of their interest in BDSM, is whether or not the sex they’re having is safe for their unborn...
BDSM and Pregnancy: What to Expect When You’re (Kinked and) Expecting by Naomi Hedonia
Last November, I stood in my bathroom looking down at the third positive pregnancy test of my life. Being pregnant- again!- was a huge surprise. After the initial shock my...
Whose Old Leathers Are Those? by Sarah Sloane
2011 is, so far, a year of nostalgia for many of us. American culture has collectively been looking back at the progress we’ve made in the thirty years since AIDS...