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Home » kink

Tag: kink

Posted inNews & Politics

Kinky or killer?

by Adam M. Rhodes October 15, 2021October 15, 2021

During a trial over a grisly murder, prosecutors and journalists alike traded in homophobic, sex-negative tropes that some say do a disservice to the victim and the BDSM community.

Posted inArts & Culture

LA&M’s dirty 30

by Adam M. Rhodes June 9, 2021August 18, 2021

A reflection on the museum’s storied past and more inclusive future

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Why get married?

by Dan Savage August 10, 2020August 18, 2021

On commitment, ultimatums, and masturbating into your wife’s used panties

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Don’t freak out because he wants to paint your toenails

by Dan Savage August 4, 2020August 18, 2021

He’s not asking you to be turned into a mummy or used as a urinal.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

This isn’t some underground kink thing

by Dan Savage April 14, 2020August 18, 2021

Apple-polishing, trouble swallowing, and a soft return to “normal.”

Posted inColumns & Opinion

I pegged my boyfriend and now he wants to be ‘the girl’

by Dan Savage February 11, 2020August 18, 2021

Kinky sex can be wonderful, but it won’t fix your relationship.

Posted inArts & Culture

‘Restrain’ appears static, but the works (and the viewers) dance

by S. Nicole Lane December 20, 2019August 18, 2021

Brendan Fernandes’s bronze sculptures congeal pain and pleasure.

Posted inArts & Culture

Super Tasty brings sex education to Constellation

by S. Nicole Lane October 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Learning about your bits just got a little bit more fun.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

‘Am I just bipolar and kinky? Are the two related somehow?’

by Dan Savage November 30, 2018August 18, 2021

Advice on avoiding a hypersexual state. Plus: Embracing hyperfeminine presentation, and more.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

‘I’ve always wanted to tie girls up, but I can never convince a woman to let me’

by Dan Savage November 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Tips for getting into bondage without being a menace or a creep. Plus: Dan issues the fastest DTMFA ever!

Posted inColumns & Opinion

How to get your groove back after giving birth

by Dan Savage November 1, 2018August 18, 2021

A pelvic floor physical therapist comes to the rescue. Plus: Dan gives advice to a straight woman in love with a gay man.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

She’s bi herself. Why is she so threatened by her boyfriend’s bisexuality?

by Dan Savage February 21, 2018August 18, 2021

Dan calls on experts to address insecurity and biphobia. Plus: what to do if kink’s not for you

Posted inColumns & Opinion

When SPH invites DTMFA . . .

by Dan Savage November 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a man whose partner wants to “humiliate” him about his “small pee-pee, and more.”

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The most dangerous form of breath play

by Dan Savage October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

A guide to choking: Don’t. Plus: the case of the Underpants Pervert, and more

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Of medical fetishes and the ‘degradation pool’

by Dan Savage July 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Dan Savage advises a doc in training who has a thing for enemas, and more.

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