Playbox Review
I’m going to be honest: I’ve written about sex for the past decade. I’ve become a proponent of sexual freedom and expression. A champion of the rights of consenting adults
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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
Whoops I Forgot To Write! So Here’s News & Links!
Things have gotten super busy over the past few weeks, and though I am still planning to do more reviews of Trump-related porn parodies, I’ve been unable to find the time! So, whoops! I haven’t updated for a while! I hope to write again soon with more pertinent fare! But in the meantime, hey, here’s some interesting reading for you… … Continue readingWhoops I Forgot To Write! So Here’s News & Links!
A Dispatch from a Dark Corner: Lisa Vandever of CineKink
“I just wanted to find films that didn’t have that message. Films that showed that it was okay to explore these different, divergent paths.” … Continue readingA Dispatch from a Dark Corner: Lisa Vandever of CineKink
This Is How Not-Cool I Actually Am: An encounter at Cinekink
So last night, it finally happened. The inevitable. I walked out of a screening of Remedy, the quite-graphic film about a young New York woman who goes into professional BDSM
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Cinekink Lineup Announced
My short film “Society” will be screening as an installation throughout the festival, so no matter which day you decide to come to… you’ll see it! Happy birthday to moi!
A CINEKINK 2012 WRAP-UP, PART II!
Likewise, the short experimental film What Makes Us Queer, by Courtney Trouble and Tina Horn, juxtaposed the thoughts and words of queer porn personalities with footage from their films in
A CINEKINK 2012 WRAP-UP, PART I!
Well, dearest degenerates, Cinekink NYC 2012 has come and gone. Many have cum thinking about what they saw, and much debauchery has gone on at after-parties. The festival was, as
Reflections from Cinekink 2012: Part One
It’s that glorious time of year here in NYC when the Cinekink film festival returns to the Anthology Film Archives to entertain, educate, and bring oft-hidden communities of kinksters and
SEXPERT ADVICE — I want to get kinky!
Dear WHACK! This is going to sound really weird, but I have to tell someone about it because I just don’t know what to do. I’m in a great relationship