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Victorian Shibari

My name is Willebald Smythee. I do historical research for a museum in Birmingham. I’m an expert on the Victorian period. That’s why, when I found this story about Victorian[…]

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Sleeping Beauty

And now, twenty years later, I find the pictures on the Internet. I can barely recognize myself. I have changed a lot in these years, for better and for worse.[…]

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I Saw the Friction Marks

We were in the middle of the biology class when it happened. Mrs. Garland, our teacher, arranged her skirt while she was sitting on her desk, following an exposition. The[…]

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Consent Is Mandatory

You can be vanilla, or you can be kinky; that depends on you. However, you should try never to be a jerk. And in the world of kink, this means[…]

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Sedated

You probably saw the viral clip about the woman who thought she had a BBC on her mouth while she was under the effect of some anesthetics. This kind of[…]

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Broken-Hearted

They say the only time you get to really know people is when you’re in trouble. And I think it’s true, at least for me. I always thought of July[…]

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Didn’t Include Ropes

My best experience with ropes… didn’t include ropes. I know it sounds like it doesn’t make sense. But let me tell you the story, and you will understand why I[…]

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Tied Up in Her Dreams

The first time I had that dream, I didn’t pay any attention to it afterwards. However, after dreaming the same thing two weeks in a row, I decided I had[…]

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Submit to the Hereafter

“Submission” must be the most misunderstood word in the whole BDSM vocabulary. People think that submit and surrender are synonyms. But that’s not the case. At least, not from where[…]

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