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PTSD and BDSM: Empowering Trauma Healing Through Kink
By Adora Horrible AKA Shira Behal, LCPC, AT The structured vulnerability of BDSM creates space for pleasure, healing from trauma, healthy confronting of shame, and deep connection…when practiced alongside therapy with...
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How to Have Better Kink Scenes: Autism in BDSM
By Adora Horrible AKA Shira Behal, LCPC, AT Why are there so many Autistic people in the kink community? In short, it plays to our strengths. BDSM provides STRENGTHS BASED...
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20th Anniversary Interview: How It All Began part 1 of 3
As told to Rose DeYott and Ryn Pfeuffer Many business success stories don't follow the typical narrative. The road to entrepreneurial fame is often paved with headaches, hang-ups, and setbacks—especially...
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How to Be an LBGTQ+ Ally During Pride Month—and the Rest of the Year
Every June, like clockwork, brands roll out rainbow logos, highlight LGBTQ+employees on social media, and make bold statements of inclusivity. Yourneighbors may hang a rainbow flag—but only during June. Your...
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How to navigate rope practices—and BDSM at large—when you're in a non-monogamous relationship
In a consensual non-monogamous relationship, many opportunities exist to explore kinky play with multiple partners. And like any relationship model—navigating BDSM and rope practices requires communication. steeltown_dyke (her FetLife...
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Who says you can't do shibari? 🐂 💩
Have you heard or read something like this before? Or maybe you’ve said this or thought this: "I can't do shibari because… it's a complicated traditional Japanese art form requiring...
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Playing to Learn
The most valuable lesson I’ve learned during my rope journey has not been a special knot or unique tie, it’s the power of connection rope has to offer: whether that’s...
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Cinch with Gusto
Emotions lead to motion. Motion leads to emotions. Rhythm and expression color the narrative of a scene, while movement and gestures punctuate it. The body moved confidently, inspires confidence. A...
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Tying in Playspaces: A Primer
Tying at a play party can be exciting and nerve-racking, especially if you've only tied privately. Watching others engage in intimate rope play or having others watch you may feel...
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Drill - How to Tie Your Shoelaces (or: the extraordinarily mundane act that will improve your shibari)
Serialized exclusive excerpt of Midori’s new rope bondage book in progress, only at Twisted Monk and Midori’s PatreonBy Midori www.planetmidori.com An exercise in sequence. This is not a speed drill....
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Green Flags for Rope Partners
Whether you’re new to kink, new to rope, or just looking for new playmates, it can be tricky to evaluate potential partners before playing. And that’s equally true whether you’re...
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Undo!
Undo. Undo well. Undo is the act of removing the rope from a person or untying a knot. It might be during a scene in progress, as positions change and...
