In a most predictable move, once BDSM became a topic most American’s had heard about, abusers co-opted its language to justify their...

Four years ago I posted about the difficulty of navigating BDSM and racism. The language we use (Master/slave) and many of our practices...

The presence of non-binary gendered folks is becoming more known. Some groups in the kink and queer worlds are starting to recognize that...

Sex positive has become a new catchphrase in the professional word of sex educators and writers and body-positive movement folks. I am...

I have been called out on this blog several times for referring to myself as a “girl.” There are people out there, mostly women, who hate...

The timing of this post is prompted by a discussion currently occurring on Fetlife (major social network site for the kink community). A...

I experience language differently than a lot of people. Words have sound and meaning, and I can see them written on a page as other do,...