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September 27, 2013 by Snarksy

This Day On A.S.B.

Why, ahoy there. I am starting a new feature, called “This Day on A.S.B.” I realize that for many younger folks (especially under 30) Usenet is a relative unknown. Though many of us have a love/hate relationship with Fetlife, very few of my peers are really familiar with other ways the kink community has communicated […]

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September 25, 2013 by Snarksy

Actual Nice Guys

The other night I was hanging out half-naked in my bed and making a bit of the kissy-time with two folks I am fond of—let’s call them Rick & Dana.* Rick is a guy I have been on a few dates with, Dana is a lady I am very good friends with. Recently, I introduced […]

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September 24, 2013 by Snarksy

I’m Presenting at CARAS!

I will be at the 6th Annual Alternative Sexualities Conference this Saturday. The lovely folks at CARAS are letting my present my research on conversations around rape within the BDSM community! If you haven’t seen my Bitch Article, Safe Words, you can get a small taste of my what my research is all about here. I […]

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September 18, 2013 by Snarksy

I’m Not A Hallucinogenic Unicorn, But You Might Be An Asshole

So I think that by this point many people have seen this terrible and really insulting characterization of Gen Y’ers. I am just old enough to be an 80s baby but not old enough to remember the decade, so this article was targeting me and many people I know very specifically. This post isn’t going […]

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September 13, 2013 by Snarksy

A Brief History of Kink Online: Richard Kadrey shares Usenet with Wired Magazine

This might be one of my favorite “above-ground” bits of kink history from the ’90s. In 1994, freelance writer and novelist Richard Kadrey wrote an article for Wired Magazine about a fairly new and controversial meeting place for kinksters—the alt.sex.bondage newsgroup on Usenet. The tone of his article is humerus, investigative and—importantly—respectful. (Holy Mainstream Culture, Batman! […]