Authors
We are proud to have brought together a long (and constantly growing) list of regular and guest contributors who will share their resources, opinions and experiences.

As a solo attorney practicing in Western Massachusetts, Aimee is a polyamorous, kink, and queer friendly professional who focuses on child welfare, domestic relations, and basic estate planning. She is a member of the bar in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. Aimee is also on the board of Transcending Boundaries INC, an education, activism, and support group for persons whose sexual orientation, ...

I completed my Master's Degree in Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University. Prior to attending graduate school, I graduated from UC Berkeley in 2007 with a double major BA in English Literature and Anthropology while raising two young sons as a single parent. At Cal, I was President of the Student Parent Association.
I am a regular contributor to the Sex Positive Photo Pr...

I'm fond of saying . "I'm the Domme you can take home to your mom." I've spent my personal & professional lives focused on learning what makes people tick as well as how to influence their behavior. Successfully navigating the vanilla and BDSM worlds via these insights, I've been an active part of the public kink scene since 2006. I have found the friendships and relationships I've made in the BDS...

Amethyst Wonder was spawned from the mind and libido of a then-32-year-old kinkster and self-proclaimed slut as she surfed the internet looking for kindred spirits.

Amy Shiner is an active twenty-five year old who identifies as a Gender Queer Polyamorous Pansexual Submissive. She has been active in the lifestyle for seven years as both a practitioner and a presenter. Amy.s experiences include service submission, pain and sexual submission, gender bending, long distance relationships, spirituality and kink, and mentoring new members in the community. In the pa...

Bendyogagirl is a shamanic, flexible, kinky, masochistic, subversive, submissive with slave-like tendencies who lives to serve. She has extensive experience with body/mind disciplines including several forms of meditation and yoga, as well as cognitive therapeutic techniques, all of which she has studied for decades.
Currently based in Boston, Bendyogagirl is the Director of Programming ...

Sacred pagan prostitute, married pansexual polyamorist, and kinky sex-positive feminist, I have always had a deep desire to change the world through the spread of sexual empowerment and alternative loving. I am a passionate 30-something Canadian author (both fiction and non) offering up a fresh, open and frank look at sexuality and gender through the lens of the spiritual seeker and sage, encourag...

Brian has worked as a librarian for almost 20 years, which is why when he walks into bookstores customers immediately ask him for assistance. He specializes in researching law, sex, and where the two meet. He has taught classes in topics as diverse as legal research and strap-on sex, and has written on topics equally diverse. For years he has done it for himself, now he does it for a few close fri...

Lifetime Catholic, adult-life kinkster; work in education and nonprofit worlds

Deirdre is a gender studies major at Rhode Island College. She considers herself a sex-positive feminist, writer, and activist. Deirdre is an advocate for talking openly about sexuality, and revolutionizing the way sex education is taught to young people today. She also believes in normalizing many of the hush-hush components of sexuality with her open and assertive nature, as this perspective all...

Desmond Ravenstone is an openly kinky and polyamorous Unitarian Universalist lay leader, writer, educator and organizer living in Boston, Massachusetts.

Kinky physician, lifestyle submissive owned and collared by a fantastic Dominatrix.

I've been working in the sex field for nearly 30 years, predominately as a therapist. During that time I've been involved in all sorts of sex education and sexual enrichment projects. One such outlet is my online sex advice column that I've been writing for the past 12 years. During that time it has been syndicated on a number of sites. About five years ago I decided to create my own site to give ...

Erin Fae is an artist and an activist. She makes books, zines, and prints, and loves talking about art and sex. Erin Fae is a femme, a feminist, and a professional queer. She has devoted her life to making the world a safer place for orgasms.

Erin is a student studying sociology. She is also a social justice activist who has worked on many projects, including Youth 360 at the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, a media campaign with Scenarios USA and her own non-profit project ReStyle. In addition, she is an active blogger/vlogger who makes videos and writes articles about various social science topics. During her free time, she can be foun...

Heather grew up in the middle of cow country in a rural, traditional family. She learned how to bake pies, muck out stalls and sew at an early age. She also discovered sex. Once she entered college, Heather began exploring her sexuality in earnest. It wasn't until she was living on her own, a young professional in a big city, that she discovered kink. Or rather, it tied her up and beat her ass unt...

I'm a fem black queer dyke who is new to the world of kink. I have a background in Elementary/Early Childhood Ed but shifting focus on teaching the arts and adult sexual education. I am also a poet and a writer, recently starting my own sex blog entitled "Indigo's Theory". I am about liberating every woman's experience of themselves so that they feel comfortable in their chosen identities. I am al...

After having been born and raised on Catholicism, neuroticism, and Filipino food, JJ recently moved from the cultural confines of the white-suburban Jersey Shore to the somewhat less trashy, more multi-culturally dynamic streets of Hollywood, California.
While on her path to self-discovery, she ventured along to become a Marriage and Family Therapist only to eventually realize her true pa...

Dr. Rix has come a long way to be a sex expert. Growing up as a Southern Baptist, he was taught that spirituality was heavenly but sexuality was from the devil. He went to great lengths attempting to change his sexuality from gay to straight in an ex-gay ministry . to no avail. Now, as an ex-gay survivor, the experience has set him on a journey of discovery that ultimately resulted in Jallen becom...

Jason Hairston has always been a curious soul. His undying curiosity led him to new information and spiritual experiences that broadened his view of the world and its people. From this broadened perspective, a new life emerged for Jason anchored in peace and tranquility. Since his transformation, he has been very passionate about helping people find their inner strength so they too can live in ...

Jay has spent his life assuming a variety of roles learning a skill then teaching others. He is now applying that to rope bondage and the kink lifestyle. Jay feels he has a mission to demonstrate to committed monogamous couples how empowering exploring kinky sex in a healthy manner can be for a relationship. He dispenses advice to couples searching for that missing spice in the sensuous dessert of...

Julian Wolf discovered the world of kink at the turn of the century and quickly found a continuing passion for play and education. In addition to teaching frequently around the country, Julian still serves as advocate, producer and organizer for their local and regional community and is the author of Carnal Conundrums, a Sex Positive Alternative Advice Column running at SaucySW.com. Julian is part...

Katie Diamond is a radical queer comic artist who fuses art with politics, graphics with sex, and education with visuals as a method of altering societal norms and breaking down preconceived notions of gender and sexuality. Her work throughout New England, and across the country at large, has been called "imaginative", "ambitious", "fresh", and "creative". Her dogmatic approach to comics and art a...

Hi, my name is Leah Shapiro, and I am the Head Rabble Rouser at www.DefytheBox.com and a champion for your non-conforming soul. I help you create a life that gives you the freedom and flexibility to be your .freaky. self while making money doing what you love.
I have always identified as a "freak". I have been part of the BDSM and Kink community since 1997. My tastes and ideas have always...

Lucy Lemonade is a Sexuality Consultant and Educator determined to help individuals get in touch with their sexuality and work through sexual problems. Always a proponent of incorporating toys and kink into intimate relations, Lucy presents workshops on choosing the perfect toy and what to to avoid. She participates in gender panels and enjoys discussing gender identity and play. Lucy loves all th...

I.m luna, KnyghtMare's submissive since 2004. I'm a SSBBW (super-sized big beautiful woman) with brown hair and blue eyes. I've been married, separated, divorced; and now engaged and living with my Master. I am a full-time stay-at-home submissive.
I started blogging when I was exploring Domination/submission online in 2003. I used it primarily as a way to get my thoughts together and hope...

Mako Allen knows fetish erotica and alternative sexuality from the inside out. He's been in the BDSM community for more than fifteen years. He.s polyamorous, a switch, an age player, a community advocate, and an erotic author. He and his poly partners have taught classes about age play at several BDSM organizations including Black Rose and RODS. He.s written short fiction for the erotic e-zine Rut...

Megan Andelloux is the founder and director of The CSPH. She is a nationally certified sexuality educator through The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists and a board certified sexologist through The American College of Sexologists.
Ms. Andelloux worked for nin...

Mia Martina began her podcast, I Want Your Sex, in March of 2008 as an erotic chronicle of her adventures in the New York City sex party scene. Her short stories detail sexual exploration, relationships, love, and kink in a sexy and honest manner. As one listener raves, "Mia walks the listener through the door and into a bedroom of complex physical bliss and intense emotion."
After 10 yea...

I'm a poly, kinky, pagan, heteroflexible, sex-positive, pro-feminist, almost-forty white male. I've done a lot of different things in my life, but right now I am a full time graduate student. When I'm done with my program I'll either be a teacher somewhere or a world famous writer. Or possibly asking you whether you want a "Tall" or a "Venti". Hopefully not that third one.

First thing you should know about me is that leather and community are part of my soul: not a game, a hobby, or a lifestyle (Styles come and go).
Labels help define us when we first start out in this life and when first meeting someone new. However, I hate to place spirits in cages so I do not feel labels are all defining on who you are. But for those who desire to know some of mine (in n...

Paying the bills requires a day job, but her real passion comes out on the weekends. Over the last decade Morghan has worked in areas including employee training, coaching, sales and education. By bringing these skills to the promotion of kink she has the best of both worlds. You'll find her supporting balanced BDSM through workshops, discussions and the retail side, vending. Prior ventures includ...

Savannah Sly is a Pro-Dominatrix by trade and seeker of the spice of life by nature. Sly is ever intrigued by the incredible spectrum of human sexuality and strives to investigate its various practices via hands-on learning, listening, and beholding.
I'm a Toppy kinkster who loves to dish it out. Despite my capacity to be a cruel and commanding, I'm generally a very friendly, polite and p...

Ms. Minx is a lifetime kinkster, with a passion for deep psychological play. She has been featured in numerous magazines and tv programs, including HBO's Real Sex and Sex Bytes, Leg Show, <O>, Instep, Reason, New Witch, Spheres, Gothic Beauty and Marquis. She has inspired photographic artists such as Eric Kroll, Michael Helms and Ken Marcus, and even had a book published about her exploits a...

N is an multi-form, multi-media artist who is a jill of all trades. As an award winning burlesque performer, she has traveled throughout the country to bring her queer performance artistry as "The Only Letter In Burlesque!". She has performed everywhere from the New York Burlesque Festival all the way to reading at the Sex Worker Literati reading series. In addition to co-founding the queer burles...

Diva, Educator, Princess, Activist, Fashionista for the rest of us... Nina Love.
Like many of us, I woke up one day to realize that I didn't know who I was. I was pretending to be a corporate trainer on the fast track to career success and a slow heterosexual, monogamous death by boredom. So, in 2006 I left behind my cushy but confining corporate job at Johns Hopkins to become a full time...

With Bachelor's degrees in English and Drama, a Master's in Journalism and Mass Communication, a PhD in Cultural Studies, and a soon-to-be conferred PhD in Communications, Ohh is an overeducated but down-to-earth intellectual and kinkster. She considers herself a kinky, semi-radical, sex-positive, poly-friendly, womanist scholar though most people mistake her for the girl-next-door. When she's not...

Rayne's kind of a hippie, often talking about how her dream is world peace, and wanting to help her fellow man. She believes in .Live, and let live.. and tries to keep an open mind about everything. But she'll freely admit she hasn't always been this way.
Rayne is owned by Melen, and has been his live-in slave since 2002. Although not yet active in the public community (Here's to changing...

Robin is a sex educator and advocate based in the Washington D.C. area. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Women's Studies from Queen's University in Canada and has studied professional and technical writing with Washington State University. She has an unrelenting passion for words. Through her blog, Robin's Toy Nest, Robin is committed to making pleasure-based sex education fun, comprehensible, and...

Sarah Sloane is a sexuality & relationship educator from the Washington DC metro area. She has taught literally hundreds of classes for Sex-Positive, BDSM, and Relationship-oriented organizations and events throughout the US, Canada, and overseas for 9 years; she also works with individuals & small groups to learn skills and techniques to enhance their lives. Additionally, she is a popular guest o...

Sea has been aware of his interest in BDSM since early childhood. He has been a BDSM gypsy of sorts for over 13 years and regularly attends social and educational events across BDSM, leather, and fetish communities in multiple cities including Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington DC. He is proud to call home Austin, a city where a homeless crossdresser i...

Sexquire is a complete sex-positive business services company. We provide legal, accounting, web design and other solutions for sex-positive businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals. Sexquire was formed to provide a one-stop shop for adult industry businesses and professionals to find business professionals who understand their business and share their sex-positive values. Sexquire's f...

Shanna Katz, M.Ed, ACS is a queer kinky disabled femme and board certified sexologist, sexuality educator and professional pervert. From topics like relationship communication skills to non-monogamy, and oral sex to how sexuality and dis/ability intersect, she talks, writes and teaches about the huge spectrum of sexuality, both from personal and professional perspectives. She's using her Master's ...

Sinclair Sexsmith writes the award-winning personal online project Sugarbutch Chronicles: The Sex, Gender, and Relationship Adventures of a Kinky Queer Butch Top at sugarbutch.net. She has contributed to more than a dozen anthologies, including four Best Lesbian Erotica collections, Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch/Femme Erotica, Visible: A Femmethology Volume II, Persistence: Still Butch and Fem...

T.M. is a top-rated writer of sex, love and relationships, with a special emphasis on the soulful side of intimacy. From sacred and eco-sexuality, erotica and feminism, to advice for couples who want to deepen intimacy, T.M.'s articles can be found at a variety of online resources, including Kink Academy, Sharewik.com, Examiner.com, and Greenprophet.com. She loves to discover new artists whose wor...

Life-time pervert, newbie practitioner . with a very dirty mind and a passion for language, kink, kinky language, and all questions of sexuality.

For several years i attended graduate school studying anthropology and spent nearly twenty years researching at a prominent academic institution in the Boston area. i retired early so that i may devote myself full-time to the needs of the Princess.
Princess Kali is the One i adore, worship and serve with complete submission. She has granted me the freedom to enslave myself to Her and to b...

Viola is a queer femme dyke with a penchant for pearls, thick leather-bound books, and the current state of queer theory. Her first kinky experience was in the 4th grade, when she developed a literary crush on Miss Trunchbull, the headmistress in Roald Dahl's Matilda. This sapphic revelation caused pigtails to be her hairstyle of choice for much of her young life, as well as the cultivation of a d...

Widow Centauri studied creative writing at Antioch University, improvisational comedy at The Second City and is currently studying sociology as a graduate student at San Diego State University. Widow has over a decade of experience in ethnographic field research in the area of professional BDSM. Through this experience she has created a forthcoming book and a one-woman show about her life as a pro...
