Simon Sheppard, Monday, August 2, 2010 - 11:58am
I was dyspeptically hanging around the Dore Alley Fair, the second-largest annual leather-oriented event in San Francisco with my pal Larry-bob, the genius behind the seminal 'zine Holy Titclamps...
Sinclair Sexsmith, Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 10:00am
Masculinity is not essential to the recipe of being a dominant sexual partner. And yet, this identity alignment assumption, the assumption that masculinity and dominance go together and are always...
Nell, Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 12:00am
When I arrived in San Francisco a year ago, one of the greatest draws to the city for me was its well-established kink community, which I'd heard so much about. I was eager to dive into the local...
Jiz Lee, Friday, July 30, 2010 - 5:50pm
I can't say enough good things about Lyon-Martin.
Lyon-Martin is where I've gone for my personal gyno visits, and where I've gone with poly lovers for STI testing. It's at the heart of one of my...
Suzanne, Friday, July 30, 2010 - 2:06pm
On July 27th Violet Blue received an email from Facebook informing her that the 3,000+ member sex-positive women's empowerment community she founded on her "Our Porn, Ourselves" page had been...
Chris Hall, Friday, July 30, 2010 - 1:27pm
Apparently Hitler thought so. In this interview with The Daily Show's Jason Jones, Scott Lively, president of Defend the Family, reveals the real reason that the United States can't afford to let...
Suzanne, Friday, July 30, 2010 - 1:07pm
Here at CarnalNation we LOOOOVE Alexander Skarsgård—especially as Vampire Eric on HBO's True Blood, now in its third season. Here's a clip from his affecting performance as a troubled transvestite...
EditrixAbby, Friday, July 30, 2010 - 11:33am
I met Adrian Buckmaster at a One Leg Up party. He and his friend stood out in a room full of bland corporate types. He was wearing a floor-length linen skirt and an interesting mustache; his friend...
Chris Hall, Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 5:41pm
In the video report below, The Nation's Laura Flanders speaks to Gabrielle Prisco, Director of the Juvenile Justice Project at the Correctional Association of New York and journalist Daniel Redman...
Eve Minax, Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 1:40pm
There are some key differences between professional domination and sex work in Australia versus America. For instance, prostitution is decriminalized in Australia, which undoubtedly influences the...
Suzanne, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 5:58pm
I am personally a huge fan of Angelina Jolie. I celebrate her as a woman who's spoken openly about her own issues and kinks at the cost of significant harassment from the press, and helped a great...
Chris Hall, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 5:48pm
Some people cling to their ignorance with the determination of a three-year-old who just won't let go of his or her teddy bear. This Wednesday The View's Elisabeth Hasselbeck, gave a good example...
Kitty Stryker, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 2:32pm
I'm going to start today with the photo below, which is meant to illustrate the body weight ideal women have for themselves, men have for women, and the national average.
I also want to mention...
Theresa, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 1:34pm
It’s hard for me not to assume a person is incredibly open-minded with their views on sexuality if when the first time they meet me I am spread open masturbating for charity, and yet they...
Miss Eva von Slut, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 1:31pm
I have to admit, I hate a lot of books about burlesque.
Most books I have read completely miss the mark about burlesque; some seem so dry and historical, they miss the fun of it. (Full disclosure...
Angie Dell, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 12:30pm
Before beginning this book I had the chance to review Hotel Sex Stories, another anthology edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel that focuses instead on the sexual possibilities of rented rooms. Having...
Charles Gatewood, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 12:00pm
On a hot August day in 1966, I moved into a $52 tub-in-kitchen tenement apartment on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The building was a wrec, but it was filled with fun-loving artists and hippies. I...
Amy Marsh, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 10:00am
I'm in the Puna district of Hawai'i island—and all night long the neighbors were having noisy sex. Group sex. Lots and lots of sex in the fitful humid night. So here I am, sleep deprived at dawn,...
Violet Blue, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 12:00am
If you’re a girl who has never really seen pornography, admitting to yourself that you want to watch porn or explicit sexual imagery may take some — or a lot of — forethought. And if you think that...
