Kink Is Dead! Long Live Kink! at MEL Magazine

I got to wondering: was the post–Fifty Shades kink bubble popping? Had pop culture’s obsession with fetish and BDSM and Ben Wa balls reached its high-water mark? Was mainstream kink in America over? I started hyperventilating and dreaming up picket-sign designs along the lines of “We’ll Never Go Back!” But then I righted myself and spoke to kinky folks from lifestyle consumers to the tippy top tops at FetLife and Kink.com about what the heck is going on. And I came away with a much more nuanced understanding of the situation. (Hint: The bubble may not have burst, exactly, but it has changed.) … Continue readingKink Is Dead! Long Live Kink! at MEL Magazine

Less Serious Links and Videos for Your Nude Weekend Coffee Sipping. Or Whatever.

Well this week’s return to the world has been pretty tough on me, so here are some awesome, bizarre, ultra-bizarre, and heh-worthy links and videos for you to enjoy and feel less-serious about as you sip coffee in the nude on your fire escape this weekend.

I mean. That’s what you do on weekends, right? It’s what I do on weekends…

Anyway. … Continue readingLess Serious Links and Videos for Your Nude Weekend Coffee Sipping. Or Whatever.