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BDSM

A burlesque performer with a medusa headdress lifts her skirt

Dances of Vice’s Halloween Voyage into the Underworld

Soaring sphynxes, Dionysian dance, Arachne's weavers and more than a little modern kink were on display at this fantastical and fetishistic Halloween happening.
By Payton Selby
Anna Petukhova

VR & Sex: How This 27-Year-Old Created One of the Hottest Virtual Reality Franchises

Is a VR sex club franchise in your future?
By Brittain Ladd
Mark Agnifilo

NXIVM Trial: How to Defend a Sex Cult-Leading, Slave-Owning Monster

Start by saying "social group" instead of "sex cult."
By Lucien Formichella
Many of us are looking for validation that we aren’t ‘weird’ or undeserving of love.

I Talked to 1,400 Strangers About Their Sex Lives—Here’s What I Learned

By Jared Matthew Weiss
Adult film actor/director James Deen attends the 2015 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on January 22, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Premature Ruination: James Deen Deserves His Day in Court

By Cathy Young
Hanging out: During spring 2014 finals week, some members of Conversio Virium unofficially held a “rope bomb”—a playful introduction to the CV world akin to a circus performance—on Columbia’s campus.

50 Shades of Ivy: Kink on Campus

By Rachel Shteir
Mistress Dee cashes in (Photo: Emily Assiran/New York Observer).

Yes, There Is Such a Thing as a ‘Financial Dominatrix,’ and It’s as Bizarre as You Think

By Abby Ellin
Countries that love BDSM the most? Germany and Austria, obviously. (Photo via Kris Krüg)

Pornhub Study: Isolated Loners of Wyoming, Alaska Love Bondage Porn

By Jack Smith IV

Tweet Dirty to Me: The 24 Sexiest Twitter Accounts

By Molly Mulshine
If all the members look like these two, sign us up. (Screengrab: NautiNinja.com)

Another Sex-Oriented Social Network Launches in Case You Still Can’t Get Any

By Molly Mulshine

The Story of ‘No’: S&M Sex Clubs Sprout Up on Ivy Campuses, and Coercion Becomes an Issue

By Rachel R. White

E.L. James and Fifty Shades of Grey Come to the Suburbs: Long Island Ladies-Who-Lunch Lap Up Lusty Lit

By Rachel Kramer Bussel
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