There's an article about BDSM in the New York Times!
The New York Fucking Times!
And it doesn't totally suck! Yes, they sound like people talking about some strange breed of believed-extinct animal at certain points, and they mention That Book far too often, but still!
Plus, they've got comments in from Lee Harrington, which is just... icing on the cake.
The drippy, sweaty, perverted little cake.
(That's the second cake metaphor today... Maybe I need to bake more).
Anyway. Check it out, have opinions, but mostly, I think, just it's existence is pretty huge. We're not in Kansas anymore, kiddos. And fuck, what a big wide delicious world it is.
The article feels sympathetic to the community: it shows people in a variety of relationships (esp. including marriage), it suggests that it can be healthy, and tries to give it institutional support by showing it is okay at Harvard.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to have a mainstream article to point the curious but not-really-ready-to-have-a-toe-in-the-water-yet at.
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