Dominance and Submission

Submission: My Health Choice

Amy Shiner | Posted 05.18.2012

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Amy Shiner

A part of my life I sometimes struggle with is my need of submission. I have had discussions more than once with people on this and have been told th...

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Am I Holding Back The Women's Movement?

Amy Shiner | Posted 04.16.2012

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Amy Shiner

If I understand my feminist friends correctly, choice is the primary right that the women's movement worked so hard to gain.

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Sexual Preference Is Like Ice Cream

Amy Shiner | Posted 04.04.2012

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Amy Shiner

A few weeks ago it reached the 80s for a few days, and a lot of the creemee (soft-serve ice cream) stands opened their doors. It reminded me that not only are my maple creemees with chocolate sprinkles only an arm's length away, but everyone has a different "flavor" sexually.

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A Kinky Family Reunion

Amy Shiner | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Monogamy, Polyamory, Kinky Sex, Kinky, Dominance and Submission, Kink Community, Fetish Fair Fleamarket, Gay Voices News
Amy Shiner

A few weekends ago I traveled to Providence for a "family reunion." The winter 2012 Fetish Fair Fleamarket is what I call a perfect reunion. One weekend a year, 3,500 members of the kink community gather for three days of workshops and panels.

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Communication: Struggles Between Poly Star-Crossed Lovers

Amy Shiner | Posted 04.02.2012

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Amy Shiner

I guess you could say that if two people communicate, share common bonds and emotions they are in a relationship. However, I don't consider my best friend from childhood to be in a poly relationship with me.

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Spirituality Meet Leather

Amy Shiner | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Unitarian Universalist Church, Bdsm, Unitarian Universalist Association, Kink, Spirituality, Dominance and Submission, Leather Spirituality, D/S, Gay Voices News
Amy Shiner

I'm pretty out about being pansexual at church. I am sure some of my closer fellow practitioners have picked up on the poly thing. So am I ready to take the next step and let my kinky flag fly free? I'm not sure there is a choice.

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Why Equality Is Essential To Marital Bliss

Dr. Fran Cohen Praver | Posted 03.07.2012

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Dr. Fran Cohen Praver

High in the skies of euphoric love, if any red flags pop up, you manage not to see them. Once you fall in love, parts of the brain go dormant -- the parts responsible for wariness, suspicion, discrimination.

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