Category Archives: Welcome Kink

On Saturdays, we Welcome Kink: That which is related to a subculture; deviation from the norm— a twist, a curl, a sharp turn in something otherwise straight. We invite essays about wild, deviant, twisted behavior, sexual or otherwise. Edited by Antonia Crane.

Pin Me Up: My Boudoir Shoot

It is an odd thing, to sit in a hotel room and wait for someone to come take pictures of you naked. Continue reading

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Fat Eddie

In which Ray Shea earns every last cent of his $80 fee. Continue reading

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Gorillas

In which staples tear a relationship apart. Continue reading

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Postcards from Sex Camp #2: Much Ado About Butt Plugs

In the second installment of the series, it’s insertables time! Continue reading

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Peep Show

Sex, drugs, and telephone booths: Patrick O’Neil’s adventures in San Francisco’s North Beach, 1983. Continue reading

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A Spark in Search of Kindling

In pop-cultural fantasies of the apocalypse, there is always that moment when the protagonist must decide whether to rescue that injured stranger, whether to use that bullet to spare the suffering of a friend who’ll soon be dead anyway. Continue reading

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Rainbow, Baba Ram Wammalamma dingdong & the Garden of Earthly Delights

“Hey, someone wants to pay me to say Jerry Garcia is the physical embodiment of the Godhead, that’s Easy Money.” Continue reading

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