by Beyond Safewords | Apr 14, 2016 | Challenging narratives, Common Myths, education, Gender, harm reduction, Mental health, Sex Therapy, Sexuality
So, I was getting ready to finally get off my tail and write my last Sound Relationship Dungeon entry, when a dear friend messaged me on Facebook Chat. He said: Aww, man! Gottman is hating on porn. He also linked to this open letter from Gottman’s blog. Gottman...
by Beyond Safewords | Jun 16, 2015 | Challenging narratives, Common Myths, education, Gender, Sexuality, Uncategorized
The Rachel Dolezal story has a lot of people shaking their heads. I’ll let Jon Stewart explain: http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/9pxi9w/whaaaaaaat—–black-ish-ish In the wake of this story breaking, pundits and bloggers of all political stripes have...
by Beyond Safewords | Mar 2, 2015 | Challenging narratives, Common Myths, education, Gender, Power Exchange, Sexuality, storify, Uncategorized
Whenever healthy kink is discussed or explained to people outside the “lifestyle,” the primary focus is on consent. According to prevailing wisdom, so long as everyone involved is a functioning adult, and all parties consent, everything is kosher. While...
by Beyond Safewords | Jan 12, 2015 | Challenging narratives, Common Myths, education, Gender, Sexuality, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, This article came across my Facebook feed. In the wake of Ferguson and the Eric Garner shootings, the author Britt Bennet wrote a very powerful piece about her complicated relationship to privilege and race. I often hear good white people ask why...
by Beyond Safewords | Jul 28, 2014 | Abuse, Challenging narratives, Gender, Pickup Artists, Power Exchange, Seduction, Seduction community, Sexuality, Uncategorized
In one of my more masochistic moments, I made the mistake of reading up on the world of pickup artists (PUAs) and related online communities. Two sites in particular caught me like a deer in headlights: a reddit post about using operant conditioning to...
