Download or read book Kink and Everyday Life written by Kylo-Patrick R. Hart and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributing to revised notions of inclusivity and acceptance, this interdisciplinary work deftly identifies both historical and current approaches to understanding and analyzing kink, and pinpoints avenues for future research.
Download or read book Kink and Everyday Life written by Kylo-Patrick R. Hart and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributing to revised notions of inclusivity and acceptance, this interdisciplinary work deftly identifies both historical and current approaches to understanding and analyzing kink, and pinpoints avenues for future research.
Download or read book Kink written by R.O. Kwon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander Chee, Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado, and more. A Most-Anticipated book of 2021 as selected by * Marie Claire * O, The Oprah Magazine * Cosmopolitan * Time * The Millions * The Advocate * Autostraddle * Refinery29 * Shape * Town & Country * Book Riot * Literary Hub * Kink is a dynamic anthology of literary fiction that opens an imaginative door into the world of desire. The stories within this collection portray love, desire, BDSM, and sexual kinks in all their glory with a bold new vision. The collection includes works by renowned fiction writers such as Callum Angus, Alexander Chee, Vanessa Clark, Melissa Febos, Kim Fu, Roxane Gay, Cara Hoffman, Zeyn Joukhadar, Chris Kraus, Carmen Maria Machado, Peter Mountford, Larissa Pham, and Brandon Taylor, with Garth Greenwell and R.O. Kwon as editors. The stories within explore bondage, power-play, and submissive-dominant relationships; we are taken to private estates, therapists’ offices, underground sex clubs, and even a sex theater in early-20th century Paris. While there are whips and chains, sure, the true power of these stories lies in their beautiful, moving dispatches from across the sexual spectrum of interest and desires, as portrayed by some of today’s most exciting writers.
Download or read book A Century of Spells written by Carolyn Elliott and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smart, sexy guide to embracing the repressed, tabooed, and often unwanted aspects of ourselves so we can discover our inner power and finally live the life we deserve. 'We always get exactly what we want; but often, though we may not be aware of it, what we most want is dark - very dark." Each of us has a dual nature: we are light (conscious) and dark (unconscious). The dark side of our personality - the "other," the shadow side - is made up of what we think is our primitive, primal, negative impulses - our "existential kink." Our existential kink also drives the dark or negative repeating patterns in our life: always choosing the abusive partner or boss, settling for less, thinking that we're undeserving, not worthy. But it also is the source of our greatest power. In Existential Kink, Carolyn Elliot, PhD, offers a truth-telling guide for bringing our shadow into the light. Inviting us to make conscious the unconscious, Elliot asks us to own the subconscious pleasure we get from the stuck, painful patterns of our existence. Existential Kink provides practical advice and meditations so we truly see our shadow side's "guilty pleasures," love and accept them, and integrate them into our whole being. By doing so, Elliot shows, we bring to life the raw, hot, glorious power we all have to get what we really want in our lives.
Download or read book Sadomasochism in Everyday Life written by Lynn S. Chancer and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Reflecting on a Set of Personal and Political Criteria 1 Pt. 1 Expanding the Scope of Sadomasochism Ch. 1 Exploring Sadomasochism in the American Context 15 Ch. 2 Defining a Basic Dynamic: Parodoxes[sic] at the Heart of Sadomasochism 43 Ch. 3 Combining the Insights of Existentialism and Psychoanalysis: Why Sadomasochism? 69 Pt. 2 Sadomasochism in Its Social Settings Ch. 4 Employing Chains of Command: Sadomasochism and the Workplace 93 Ch. 5 Engendering Sadomasochism: Dominance, Subordination, and the Contaminated World of Patriarchy 125 Ch. 6 Creating Enemies in Everyday Life: Following the Example of Others 155 Ch. 7 A Theoretical Finale 187 Epilogue 215 Notes 223 Index 231
Download or read book Creative Families written by Jana Mikats and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection brings together two strands of current discussions in gender research through the concept of creativity. First, it addresses creativity in the context of the family, by exploring changing and newly emergent family forms and ways of creating and maintaining intimate relationships. Creativity here is understood not as just “newness or originality,” but as that which, in the words of Eisler and Montouri (2007), “supports, nurtures, and actualizes life by increasing the number of choices open to individuals and communities.” One aim of this book, therefore, is to investigate the social, collaborative, and creative interactions in contemporary family and kin formations in Europe. Second, the volume examines how new media and technologies are entering and shaping everyday family lives. Technological transformations and adaptions have not only enabled the creation of new forms of families and ways of family living, but also challenged the established constellations of gender and family arrangements. The present volume addresses these issues from multiple perspectives and in different contexts, and explores the involvement of different actors. By problematizing the creativity of becoming and “doing” family and kinship, the authors acknowledge the increasing fluidity of gender identities, the evolving diversity of relationships, and the permeation of technology into daily life.
Download or read book 365 Days of Kink a Journal of Sexy Self Discovery written by Kink Academy and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to unlock the keys to your biggest BDSM fantasies? Then this kink journal is for you! Designed to be used at any time of the year, these 365 questions and prompts are the perfect roadmap to build intimacy and take your kinky relationship to the next level. You can go through them daily or skip around to the ones that speak to your specific fetishes and kinks. Dive deep into topics like service submission, role-playing, BDSM titles, impact play, figuring out your kinky persona, aftercare and so much more. Maybe you have topping or bottoming fantasies, but haven't been sure how to live them out in the real world. Maybe you know what turns you on, but aren't sure where your boundaries are. Maybe you want to go deeper in your kinky play but are looking for a little guidance. This insightful journal from Kink Academy, the web's leading resource for adult sexuality education, helpfully addresses every aspect of BDSM, from specific acts to incorporating your kinky identity into your daily life. This journal has something for everyone-newbie or long-time kinkster, dominant, submissive or switch. You can use your answers to help guide you toward your next scene or simply to get clear on what you want out of BDSM. You'll come away from these exercises with a deeper understanding of your erotic wants and needs. Your sex life will be all the hotter. Give yourself a roadmap to kinky pleasure every day of the year!
Download or read book 365 Days of Kink written by Princess Kali and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to unlock the keys to your biggest BDSM fantasies? Then this kink journal is for you! Designed to be used at any time of the year, these 365 questions and prompts are the perfect roadmap to build intimacy and take your kinky relationship to the next level. You can go through them daily or skip around to the ones that speak to your specific fetishes and kinks. Dive deep into topics like service submission, role-playing, BDSM titles, impact play, figuring out your kinky persona, aftercare and so much more. Maybe you have topping or bottoming fantasies, but haven't been sure how to live them out in the real world. Maybe you know what turns you on, but aren't sure where your boundaries are. Maybe you want to go deeper in your kinky play but are looking for a little guidance. This insightful journal from Kink Academy, the web's leading resource for adult sexuality education, helpfully addresses every aspect of BDSM, from specific acts to incorporating your kinky identity into your daily life. This journal has something for everyone-newbie or long-time kinkster, dominant, submissive or switch. You can use your answers to help guide you toward your next scene or simply to get clear on what you want out of BDSM. You'll come away from these exercises with a deeper understanding of your erotic wants and needs. Your sex life will be all the hotter. Give yourself a roadmap to kinky pleasure every day of the year!
Download or read book Part Time Perverts written by Lauren Rosewarne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an erudite yet highly accessible exploration of the presence of sexual perversion in popular culture and its manifestation in everyday life. An interdisciplinary exploration of sexual perversion in everyday life, Part-Time Perverts: Sex, Pop Culture, and Kink Management starts from the premise that, for better or worse, everyone is exposed to a continual barrage of representations of sexual perversion, both subliminal and overt. Our involvement, Dr. Lauren Rosewarne contends, is universal, but our management strategies cover a spectrum of behavioral possibilities from total repression to total immersion. It is those strategies that she examines here. Drawing on her own experience, as well as on pop culture and a multidisciplinary mix of theory, Rosewarne shifts the discussion of perversion away from the traditional psychological and psychiatric focus and instead explores it through a feminist lens as a social issue that affects everyone. Her book examines representations of perversion—from suppression to dabbling to full-body immersion—and proposes a classification for perversion management, and charts the diverse strategies we use to manage, and perhaps enjoy, exposure.
Download or read book My Other Self written by Angela Lewis and published by Bookpal. This book was released on 2010 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `My Other Self¿ is an intrepid anthology of the secret and sometimes bizarre sexual lives quietly practised by millions of everyday people. As these ordinary folk tell their stories it becomes obvious that the world of kinky sex is far from the exclusive domain of rock stars, movie goddesses and politicians. Angela Lewis spent four years researching a diverse range of websites, forums and online communities catering to devotees of all kinds of sexual peccadilloes. These are the stories of the people she met along the way. They live in ordinary neighbourhoods, have jobs, careers and children just like the next person, but very quietly lead far from ordinary sex lives. The result is an absorbing guide to the secret lives of those enjoying a wide range of interests from latex, leather, teeth and diapers, to spanking and hairy armpits and opens the conversation around a wide range of sexual practices in a way that is neither sensational nor confronting. The book covers an extraordinarily comprehensive inventory of fantasies and fetishes which it explains in both an informative and highly readable way. As well as real-life stories and insights, it contains explanatory background information, links to related interests as well as jargon and search terms. Lack of understanding and tolerance for difference means that most people whose sexual interests are outside the mainstream need to hide their true selves from family, friends and colleagues. This book hopes to promote diversity and understanding and open the conversation around a wide range of sexual practices. The author wrote for an audience just like herself, an average person with a spouse, kids and mortgage who has never set foot in a bondage dungeon but wouldn't mind knowing what all the bits are for!
Download or read book Kink written by Dave Davies and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 1998-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a raw and riveting, completely candid autobiography, Dave Davies, co-founder of the legendary, ever-popular English rock band The Kinks, delves into the turbulence of his own amazing life: sex, drugs, and rock and roll; his famous feuds with brother Ray; and an insider's life in the steamy center of the music scene. of photos.
Download or read book Playing Well With Others written by Lee Harrington and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're a trembling novice or a jaded expert, there's always something new to be discovered in the endlessly changing, complex and titillating world of kink. While there are plenty of other books out there that explain how to give a spanking or tie a half-hitch, Playing Well With Others is the first book that explains kink *culture* -- the munches, parties, leather bars, conferences, workshops, fetish nights, exploratoriums and all the other gatherings of kinksters that turn BDSM and leather from a bedroom predilection to a lifestyle and a community. You'll learn to: • Examine your own motivations, needs, wants and desires • Ease your way into established communities • Understand etiquette in different adventurous sex communities • Familiarize yourself with the many types of events available to you • Care for your relationships as you explore new territory • Negotiate for play and aftercare • Go back to the “world at large” without ruffling feathers • ...and, of course, answer the all-important question: What do you wear?! The team of Harrington and Williams offers 30-plus years of experience in diverse kink communities: top, bottom and switch; gay, bi and straight; female, male and trans; white and POC. Both former titleholders and international educators, they are an unbeatable pair of "sexual sherpas" with an inimitable voice and a great deal of wisdom. Playing Well With Others is an unprecedented and essential guidebook for anyone who wants to explore or understand the "community" aspect of the kink lifestyle.
Download or read book The Little Vanilla Book written by Lux Alani and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lace up your corset and embrace your stiletto swagger with this unblushing guide to personal growth using the virtues of (gasp!) S&M. Offering mighty insights on everything from whipping negativity into submission to breaking the bondage of bad self-body image, The Little Vanilla Book gives you the tools you need to awaken the heroine deep inside and open your life to a scintillating new world of self discovery. Within the pages of this loving and bawdy exploration of all things you, former dominatrix Lux Alani uses her personal experiences and research to uncover the surprising truth that some of the primary lessons and practices found in the world of kink aren’t just for the kinksters—with the right mindset they’re for you too. But wait! If you’re nervous that you’ll need to buy a paddle and latex catsuit to get your transformation on, don’t worry! This isn’t about getting into the kink scene or practicing BDSM. Looking at five key aspects of every woman’s life: authenticity, confidence, body image, resilience, and fear, The Little Vanilla Book is truly about taking a unique journey to self-love and empowerment—one that shows you how to unchain your courage, reclaim your awesome self, and live your truth with gusto.
Download or read book Expanding the Rainbow written by Brandy L. Simula and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanding the Rainbow brings together cutting-edge empirical research with compelling personal narratives about the experiences and relationships of individuals of diverse gender and sexual identities, focusing on the experiences of bi+, poly, kinky, ace, intersex, and trans people.
Download or read book Women and Kink written by Jennifer Rehor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on original research from nearly 1,600 women from the kink community, this book takes you on a journey into the motivations, meanings, and benefits of kink, in these women’s own words. Women and Kink presents a diverse range of personal and intimate stories about life, love, relationships, kink, sex, self-discovery, growth, resilience, community, and more. The book offers insight into the breadth of the kink community, with chapters discussing different aspects of kink and forms of engagement, both individually and within relationships. Filled throughout with personal vignettes and examples, the authors provide commentary, reflection questions, and thought-provoking considerations to readers who are looking to explore a new area of their life. By exploring personal stories of love, alternative sexualities, and reasons for participating in the "unconventional," the book supports and empowers each reader to build a relationship and life that best suits their needs. It is also an illuminating resource for sex therapists, counselors, and other mental health professionals interested in developing a kink-affirmative practice.
Download or read book 365 Days of Kink a Journal of Sexy Self Discovery Special Edition written by Princess Kali and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to unlock the keys to your biggest BDSM fantasies? Then this kink journal is for you!Designed to be used at any time of the year, these 365 questions and prompts are the perfect roadmap to build intimacy and take your kinky relationship to the next level. You can go through them daily or skip around to the ones that speak to your specific fetishes and kinks.Dive deep into topics like service submission, role-playing, BDSM titles, impact play, figuring out your kinky persona, aftercare and so much more. Maybe you have topping or bottoming fantasies, but haven't been sure how to live them out in the real world. Maybe you know what turns you on, but aren't sure where your boundaries are. Maybe you want to go deeper in your kinky play but are looking for a little guidance.This insightful journal from Kink Academy, the web's leading resource for adult sexuality education, helpfully addresses every aspect of BDSM, from specific acts to incorporating your kinky identity into your daily life.This journal has something for everyone-newbie or long-time kinkster, dominant, submissive or switch. You can use your answers to help guide you toward your next scene or simply to get clear on what you want out of BDSM. You'll come away from these exercises with a deeper understanding of your erotic wants and needs. Your sex life will be all the hotter.Give yourself a roadmap to kinky pleasure every day of the year!This is the full color, special edition of original black and white edition of 365 Days of Kink: A Journal of Sexy Self-Discovery.
Download or read book Kink So Real written by Gloria G Brame and published by Moons Grove Press. This book was released on 2024-08-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kink So Real: Mistress Amazon Reinvented and Other Stories is the sequel to Amazon Hammer, Gloria's award-winning novel about the life of "Mistress Amazon," a successful professional dominatrix, and how she evolved from a teenage weirdo to a world-famous pro-domme. In Kink So Real, we meet Amazon (real name Jax) over a decade after she gave up working professionally and shifted her focus to her personal life and relationships. Now a wife and mother, Jax has formed a chosen family of diverse kinky people and dedicates herself to helping each member deal with their journeys through BDSM and the catastrophe known as COVID. The book is built on the love stories of different members of Jax's chosen family, their struggles and their unity in creating a strong foundation for their unconventional choices. Straight, gay, bi, queer, poly, trans and nonbinary, the family is an intentional community of adults who have found true kinship that sustains them through the worst -- and best -- of times together. Each story explores the complexities of the kinky lifestyle and its extraordinary diversity. From persuading her husband to work as a professional male dom to helping him break out of his artistic slump to ensuring the three elders in the family expand their horizons by choosing a permanent home, the book is packed with in-depth and touching stories of how they all built a vision of pride and devotion through their love for one another. Readers of the first two books in this series -- Champions of Pleasure and Amazon Hammer -- will recognize and rejoice to see characters they already know in a new and more beautiful light than ever before. About the Author: Legendary author, sex therapist, and long-time lifestyle dominatrix, Dr. Gloria G. Brame has been a pioneer of BDSM/fetish study, education, research, and advocacy for over 30 years. She founded the first online peer support forum for kinky people on Compuserve in 1987 and published her first bestseller, Different Loving (co-authors, William Brame and Jon Jacobs), in 1993. Since then, Gloria's maintained a passionate commitment to helping sexually non-conventional people overcome obstacles and find their joy. Gloria has authored 10 books in different genres to spread her gospel that sex and gender diversity is the true norm for adults. Kink So Real is the sequel to her award-winning novel, Amazon Hammer. Gloria Brame may be contacted through her website gloriabrame.com, and you can follow her on Facebook, X (previously Twitter), Amazon, GoodReads, LinkedIn, Alignable, and other social platforms.
