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Taking Ownership: I Collared Myself To Celebrate My Growth and Wellbeing
Summer Tao writes on the significance of collaring in BDSM — and how that led to self collaring and taking ownership of herself — for Cashmere Magazine.
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Cult Classic: The Movie “Secretary” Made An Entire Generation Kinky
Cashmere contributor Megan Hennessey writes on Secretary — what about the movie gets right, and wrong, about kink and BDSM.
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Aftercare Isn’t Just Important in BDSM — It’s Essential
“Moments of checking in with yourself and your partners are vital. More importantly, they foster the kind of intimate, clear communication that maximizes the pleasure of BDSM.”
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Breathplay: The Risks, Rewards, and Science of Fetish Asphyxiation
“Breath play is not limited to choking, despite being the most prevalent way the kink is explored.”
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Not So Vanilla: Breaking Down the Basics of BDSM
“BDSM must be built upon a culture of consent, without it BDSM is simply an avenue for abuse.”
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A Black Dungeon Party Reaffirmed My Inner Kinkster
“Marginalized people deserve contrasts of hard and soft, control and surrender–to their wills.”
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Not as seen on TV: NYC dominatrix Melody Mars sets media misconceptions about BDSM dungeons straight
“The reality is that BDSM, both as a subculture and in its representation in film and television, is seen with a growing level of acceptance is due to the hard-laboring, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC sex workers and activists who put in the work of protesting and fighting for our right to exist without fear or persecution.”
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After years of stripping, I felt burnt out from sex work. Kink reignited my flame
“The first time I walked into a man’s living room in my 8-inch heels and a strap-on harness as he looked up at me with eyes full of anticipation and nervousness, something fell into place.”
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I was a professional dominatrix in Ukraine. Then, the war came to my home.
“Even though the war has retreated from Kyiv, it is impossible to forget about it. Ukraine has changed, and so have I.”
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‘It’s not easy money’: Digital dominatrixes set the record straight on financial domination
“The reason I prefer FinDom is simply the rush of sending to a superior.”
