Reading Time: 5 minutes or, S/M Isn’t What It Used to Be by Keith L. Kendrick, R.N., C.H. In major American cities today small groups of otherwise relatively normal people get together to discuss, and to a lesser extent …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: rarejewel To understand the power of submission, one must first understand what being a submissive means, where it comes from and how it is expressed. True submission is something that comes from deep within …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Copyright 04/2001 Ashtarot/BDSM Backroom http://www.bcwsd.com/backroom All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. TPE – “May the Force be with you” TPE – Total Power Exchange is a term for an extreme form of a 24/7 D/s …
Reading Time: 8 minutes There are as many ways to do D/S as there are people, so you really need to know what your partner wants, doesn’t want, is comfortable with, is afraid of, and so forth. A lot …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Online relationships Online relationships may seem as though they are empty and lacking a great many things, which they are. There are however a great number of positive things about them, especially for someone who …
Reading Time: < 1 minute The articles in this section were compiled by Raven Shadowborne and Aylissa Cair. However, each article remains the property of the individual authors and the author retains all copyrights to the work. Each articles are …
Reading Time: 16 minutes by Franklin Veaux All right, so what is “BDSM”? As Franklin Veaux reports…. BDSM PRINCIPALS: “BDSM” is an acronym of “B&D” (Bondage & Discipline), “D&S” (Dominance & Submission), and “S&M” (sadomasochism). “BDSM” refers to any or all …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Contributing Authors: Lady Green & Jay Wiseman © The following material is very closely based on the handout we give to the audience when we are invited to give an “SM For Beginners” presentation at …
Reading Time: < 1 minute [From a long-standing Wikipedia article worth reading] What Is BDSM? BDSM is a variety of erotic practices involving dominance and submission, role-playing, restraint, and other interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of …
Reading Time: < 1 minute [A great set of articles about BDSM issues from Veteran BDSM Player, Wizdomme] From WizDomme…. This is a collection of text files, many of which were originally posted on AOL message boards at various times …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sometimes people who are attracted by some aspects of SM worry that they will immediately go from enjoying spanking and light bondage to fisting and golden showers. Nothing could be further from the truth. SM …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Although it may seem through outward appearances that all the power in the relationship flows from the Dom or Master to the sub or slave, this is somewhat misleading. The players in a D/s relationship, …
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Re-Print from an FAQ about BDSM on the newsgroups. Old, but reliable information with many links to the source articles below.) Introduction Soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm is a Usenet discussion group, or newsgroup, about various topics including sex and …
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Rachel Kramer Bussel “Do you have sex with your glasses on?” my friend Lex asked me at a party recently. I laughed before answering; I most definitely remove my specs before even kissing; they’re …
Reading Time: 7 minutes By Clarissa Thorne A lot of us kinksters use vocabulary similar to the kind of thing people are accustomed to hearing from LGBTQ folks. “Coming out” is a great example of this: a lot of …
Reading Time: 5 minutes BDSM and a Vanilla partner (essay by Nala) BDSM is a part of me, therefore a part of my life. It’s just a part, not my whole life, but it is a part deep inside. …
Reading Time: 5 minutes While fetish fashions like leather corsets and collars are fairly common in mainstream culture, BDSM — the subculture that created these fashions — remains a mystery to most people. Our reader questions range from “Doesn’t …
Reading Time: 23 minutes This part of the resources section is for anyone getting ready to take their first bite of the forbidden fruit. The world of bdsm can at times seem a bit scary, or silly, at first …
