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SEX MACHINE

Welcome to the Kinky World of AI Financial Domination

It seems as though no job is safe from artificial intelligence as it comes for the kink community too.

Ryan S. Gladwin

Heide Bos, a dominatrix whose slave Stuart Lindsay Heron murdered her partner, Nick Cameron, in Melbourne, Australia.
‘COVERED IN BLOOD’

Dominatrix’s ‘Slave’ Jailed for Murdering Her Boyfriend

Stuart Lindsay Heron had planned to merely scare his victim. Then he snapped.

Dan Ladden-Hall

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HUGE CRUSH

Inside the Freaky World of Spotted Lanternfly Fetish Videos

An ecological nightmare has gone viral on the internet and is now being spun into an opportunity for some users to make money.

Maddie Bender

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OVERREACH

Tech’s Harsh Censorship of Porn Is Hitting Close to Home

Even adult sites are booting performers for “violating” vague “codes of conduct”—with little to no explanation as to what they did wrong.

Valerie Webber

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KILLING IT

Heléne Yorke Saw Her Feet Pics Online and Knew She’d Made It

Talking the farce of millennial dreams, reckless confidence, and foot-fetish fame with Heléne Yorke, the hilarious breakout star of HBO Max’s ‘The Other Two.’

Kevin Fallon

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WORKING OUT THE KINKS

A Dominatrix on the Surge in BDSM During Coronavirus

Mistress Eva is one of the most in-demand Mistresses in the BDSM world. She writes about the large increase in sign-ups to her BDSM training website during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mistress Eva

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NSFW

The Sundance Movie About a Woman Who Sexes a Theme-Park Ride

The lyrical French Sundance indie “Jumbo” focuses on a little-known condition called objectophilia in which people develop romantic feelings for inanimate objects.

Natalia Winkelman

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Too Restrained

How Did ‘Bondage Dressing’ Become So Boring?

On red carpets like the Golden Globes, the once-edgy corset, harness, or nipple tassle now just seems like business-as-usual. Can “bondage dressing” regain its titillating edge?

Alaina Demopoulos

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TIES THAT BIND

Medieval Sex Cult Key to German Crossbow Murder

Police now say a German sex guru specializing in medieval bondage directed lesbian sex slaves in bizarre murder-suicide.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

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WHATEVER WORKS

‘Extreme Love’ Takes Kink-Shaming to a Whole New Level

The WE tv reality show on “bizarre real-life love stories” (their words) is wildly condescending, and could learn a few lessons from its subjects.

Amy Zimmerman

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MECHANICAL LOVE LANGUAGES

What Does Consent Mean When One of You Is a Robot?

The law hasn’t exactly figured this sticky ethical question out—but the day is fast coming when it will have to.

Joelle Renstrom

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