The Watchlist I Don’t Recommend and Thats the point
I was talking with a friend recently someone open, but unfamiliar with many of the films that quietly shaped my entry into BDSM and alternative
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A Dream of the Forgetten Orgy
Last night, I woke up from a dream and felt like I needed to write something before it slipped away. In the dream, I was
The Price of Staying Close
Sometimes being close to someone costs more than it’s worth. That isn’t just romance. It shows up in families, friendships, jobs, groups you
Embodied Rituals
Not all kink is equal. Some of it is performance. The hitting of beats. The following of scripts. The meticulous choreography of boxes to check.
No One Breathes for You
The tension between responsibility for oneself and the creeping trend of infantilization, “safety-ism,” and universalizing one’s own perspective over another’s consent and choice
Unbound and Untamed
They only crave what they cannot taste. They only hunger for what does not beg to be devoured. The moment you stop offering yourself as
Reimagining Sexuality
I don’t buy the lie that sexuality has to fit in somebody else’s box. Gay, straight, queer—those labels don’t define the
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg Review
seriously this book is casting out spirits disguised as a communication manual. Marshall Rosenberg didn’t just hand me a tool, he handed me a
Romance, Brought to You by Late-Stage Capitalism: Fromm, Freud, and the Marketplace
Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving critiques several prevailing—yet deeply flawed—conceptions of love in contemporary Western society, often presenting them in a
Accountability is messy.
Anyone who tells you it’s simple probably hasn’t lived through the complexity of it. The truth is, two people can live through the