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I Love what You’re Doing to Me

“I love what you’re doing to me.” These are the words that true first-class lovers want to hear. Some men will tell you that it’s “you’re so big” – the phrase that everybody wants to hear – but that’s incorrect. Someone can be big and hurt and have a selfish good time, while their partner…
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Psychological Benefits of BDSM

Mac Maclaughlin, Manager of the “Free the Kink” Facebook group, delivered a wonderful summary of the psychological benefits of BDSM. It is such an insightful text that we reproduce it with minimal editing. “BDSM is often seen as a taboo topic with a negative connotation. But what if embracing your desires can actually help you…
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Fear in BDSM

Even though kink is all about personal freedom, there is also fear in BDSM. In the “Free the Kink” Facebook group, Zadist HKM, a frequent contributor, shares his thoughts on the topic. Zadist begins by identifying fear as “the thing that often holds you back.” Fear is always an obstacle and it comes in many…
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Safe Spaces

Mac MacLaughlin is the manager of the “Free the Kink” Facebook group. Earlier this month, he published a brief but valuable statement about creating safe spaces in which a kinky relationship can develop. We consider it so insightful that we are happy to reproduce Mac’s text here. “Creating a safe and open environment for exploration…
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From Vanilla to Kinky

“Vanilla” and “kinky” represent two opposite poles of sexuality and, in a broader sense, of the lifestyle each person chooses. “Vanilla” is a term that describes conventional, socially accepted lifestyles, whereas “kinky” encompasses all the alternative lifestyles. Whether a person is “vanilla” or “kinky” is more evident in the way they live their sexuality. In…
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Ugly Hands

I don’t know why I love Lana. She’s shallow and vain. She’s an expert at telling you exactly what you don’t want to hear, and she’ll always find a way to irritate you. On the other hand, she’s got a spectacular body, she dances like a devil, and there’s not a single kink she’s not…
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First Time Doing Shibari

The other day, my friends and I were talking about our first time doing Shibari. For some, their first time with ropes was equivalent to the time when they lost their virginity; for others, it was barely a special day. Dave, for example, had already tried half a dozen other kinks before Shibari. So, for…
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Unforgettable Shibari

You’ve probably seen the “Arch at Land’s End” in Cabo San Lucas. If you haven’t, you can Google it, and you’ll see why it is so famous. Now, I’m a model, and I’ve done dozens of photo shoots, several of them at Los Cabos, but there is one unforgettable Shibari scene I took part in…
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Silk Shibari

We all have unwanted companions in our lives. Mine is this extremely sensitive skin that wraps my body. At first, it felt like a terrible punishment, for I felt everything, even the softest touch, with extreme accuracy, which frequently caused me pain. However, as time went by, I learned to use it to my advantage.…
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Trick or Treat

I said it without thinking: “Trick or treat.” We had been working really hard on the Philly project for three days in a row, and we had just finished. We were too tired to celebrate. Actually, we just stood there, each one at their desk, doing nothing, saying nothing, just staring at nowhere and enjoying…
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