Category Archives: culture

Safeword May Issue

The May issue of Safeword Magazine is now online. This month’s issue thrusts its literary hips deep into politics and sex, sizzling erotica, toe tapping music, and cutting edge photography. Featured in this issue is the DC area activist Isu … Continue reading

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New Safeword Trailer !

Check out this trailer for Safeword Magazine featuring Red Hot Georgia and Rockabilly Boy. Photography by Mike Estes Photography. Beware the follwing video may cause spontaneous hardening or moistening of certain anatomical regions. For less than the price of a … Continue reading

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Safeword Magazine !

If  you have not had  the chance to see the stylish periodical called Safeword Magazine then do yourself a favor and check it out now. It is a breath of fresh air in the play space of fetish media. A … Continue reading

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No Shortage Of Unicorns

I read it in profiles all over the Fetlife. The search for a single bi female, sought after in the same way BDSM groups seek play-spaces. Advertising this way never leads to a healthy threesome or the unicorn the couple … Continue reading

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The Sex Negative Public Good

The debate between pro/anti sex advocates of all vocations seem to orient their arguments about the cause/effect relationship of sexuality. More sex ed vs. less, prostitution decriminalization or legalization; pornography, good or bad for women ? A perpetual pissing contest … Continue reading

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Shaming Is A Distraction

Shaming, seems to drift in and out of culture like a fog, causing us to lose focus on the road.  Those of us who do not subscribe to state endorsed norms are confronted with this shame every day. Shame is … Continue reading

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Cool Costs Money

There was an IBM commercial that had a tag line that stated “Cool costs money”. Cool does cost money, and it can be emotionally expensive as well. How often have you  done something or wanted something because it was cool?  … Continue reading

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Non Consensual Submission

As this country slides towards a more robust and efficient form of fascism that makes the Nazis look absolutely bush league; the latest ruling from the California Supreme Court allowing police to rummage through your phone is another line item … Continue reading

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A Public Display

Tonight we are going to conduct a rope bondage performance at a local club. We are nervous excited since this is our first time doing something with this large of a crowd and setting. But late night practicing has produced … Continue reading

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The Usual Yakcast

If you have not already, go check out the latest Ropecast from Graydancer. His latest oration from the Allegheny plateau features an interview with The Usual Suspects about the latest kinky rope events happening across the pond in Europe. He … Continue reading

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