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A black and white image shows the faces of three women who are lying on top of each with their arms wrapped around each other. One woman, who wears a bandana around her head and sunglasses, leans in to kiss a woman to the right. On the left, the third woman, who is wearing sunglasses and a denim vest, leans in towards the mouths of the kissing women.

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13 Photos of Dyke Culture Between 1988 and 2003, by Phyllis Christopher

Phyllis Christopher’s photos capture an underground dyke culture that was loud, ferocious, and teeming with sexuality.

Ro White —

Aug 15, 2022

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Needle Play Brings Me Back into My Body Over and Over Again

Editor’s Note: This essay includes descriptions of piercings with hypodermic needles and blood in a BDSM context and brief references to self-harm. Needles are an edge. They encompass many spheres…

kittenvalentine —

Jun 11, 2022

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Against a white background, a yellow cake with pink and white frosting sits on a white plate. The top of the cake is fully smashed.

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We Sat On Cakes to Find Our Joy

After months of holding ourselves back in order to keep ourselves and others safe from COVID, we were chasing abundance.

Trish Fancher —

Jun 6, 2022

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In the bottom right corner of the image, there is a black line drawing of two women with 1950s hairstyles whispering to each other against a pink background. In the upper left corner, there is a speech bubble. Inside the speech bubble, there is an image of black fabric restraints attached to long, black straps.

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Anonymous Sex Toy Review: Sportsheets Under the Bed Restraint System

No matter how much she begged, pleaded and yanked on the straps, she was securely held in place and entirely at my mercy.

Guest —

Apr 26, 2022

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consent

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Our Desire, Our Power: QTBIPOC BDSM and Consent

Without confronting the cycle of oppression, we reproduce trauma, even in spaces that try to focus on consent.

Noor نور —

Dec 7, 2021

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Sadomasochism & Mental Health: Fetish

I don’t really have a lot left from childhood, and after a while, I became very into certain tangible objects. The idea that you could fetishize a material object instantly…

Sloane Holzer —

Jul 2, 2021

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cutouts of black & white prints of collars and a stylized heart on a black leather background

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Sadomasochism & Mental Health: Boundaries

Kink is something that I can contextualize my life around, around eroticism generally, and that felt so at home in my brain. That I can have a container for a…

Sloane Holzer —

Jul 1, 2021

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pride 2021

Photo by Bromberger Hoover Photography/Getty Images. The photo is vintage, in black and white, and is of a person, o-ring around their neck, in front of the US capitol building, and pulling back their shirt to reveal an exposed breast. Autostraddle had to cover up the nipple to abide by social media guidelines, so we used a lavender star.

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Love (and Leather) Wins: A Kink at Pride Roundtable

“THAT! That is the kind of queer love I want!”

the team —

Jun 30, 2021

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cutouts of black & white prints of a flogger and a human hand on a black leather background

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Sadomasochism & Mental Health: Self-Expression

“When I was diagnosed, and realizing how it affected me outside of the way that I eat, it’s these processes throughout my day or the way that my personality functions.…

Sloane Holzer —

Jun 30, 2021

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A Black femme with a pink Versailles wig and hot pink thigh high stockings posing on a flowered chaise.

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Mondo Fetiche Doesn’t See Why Queer Porn Can’t Also Be Arthouse Cinema

Billed as artcore fetish film and “a creative love affair between modern kink and vintage cult cinema,” Mondo Fetiche’s popping color palettes and self-aware cultural pastiches add a fascinating new…

Rachel —

Apr 20, 2021

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you need help

A dispirited-looking woman holds her chin in her hand as she sits on a couch and looks off into the middle distance

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You Need Help: I’m Queer, Kinky, and Monogamous — Will I Be Alone Forever?

You need to find ways to happiness whether you remain single or whether you find your ultimate kinky monogamous life partner.

Vanessa —

Feb 9, 2021

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an illustration of woman in a pink sun dress lies suggestively on her side on a picnic blanket with an arm on her hip. she's sharing the blanket with a bottle of wine, a loaf of bread, a picnic basket and a peach.

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S L I C K: Constellations #5 A First Date Picnic With Bennett & Ella

Bennett raised their eyebrows, trying not to blush. They wanted it, they really, really wanted it. They’d made themself a promise because they didn’t want to get involved with someone…

Sinclair Sexsmith —

Nov 19, 2020

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