BDSM
Culture

On TikTok, vanilla-shaming is the new kink-shaming
Knife play, choking and rough sex have found a home on FreakTok, but the line between sex positivity and sexual violence is becoming blurred.
Lucy Robinson
2.3.21
Photography

Welcome to the (very NSFW) world of Instagram's wedgie community
Meet Benjamin Fredrickson, the ‘wedgie artist’ redefining eroticism.
Abby Moss
3.10.20
Fashion

Yeha Leung is the BDSM designer making celebrity fashion hardcore
Rihanna, Lizzo, FKA Twigs, Arca and Megan Thee Stallion are all big fans.
Jenna Mahale
2.20.20
Photography

The Brazilian photographer mixing fetishism with flowers
Fabio DaMotta is making bondage a little more poetic. NSFW!
Luke Smith
2.3.20
Photography

photographing moscow’s latex fetish scene
After connecting on Instagram, Eugene Shishkin shot Moscow’s prolific latex dominatrixes, Mistress Tabu and Latex Angela, and their subs.
Ryan White
8.15.19
Culture

5 dominatrices explain the rules of consent
"People can learn a lot from the BDSM and sex work community about consent and talking about sex in an open and supportive way without judgement."
Mary Retta
5.30.19
Fashion

why the dominatrix has made a whip-cracking return to the runways
From Christopher Kane to Alexander McQueen, it seems that kink is on the mind.
Liam Hess
5.16.19
Culture

does this netflix show remove the stigma around bdsm and kink?
New TV show 'Bonding' earnestly, if not unproblematically, attempts to debunk some of the myths attached to this variety of sex work.
Megan Wallace
4.29.19
Photography

muted fawn photographs her friends in bondage gear
The LA-based, Iran-raised artist has also captured St. Vincent.
Alexandra Weiss
3.15.18
Culture

'eco-fetishism' explores bdsm through a queer feminist lens
The performance artists behind Sacred Sadism, a new line of 'eco-fetish' sex toys, are changing BDSM's archetypal studded leather aesthetic.
Michelle Lhooq
3.6.18
Fashion

chaps, leather, and cowboy hats: strateas carlucci has arrived
Designer Mario-Luca Carlucci tells i-D about the label's surprising, sexy reinvention.
Isabelle Hellyer
4.17.17
Culture

vivian fu photographs the sexy fetishes of the folsom street fair
Each year, San Francisco's thriving BDSM community comes together to celebrate kinks of all shapes and sizes at the Folsom St Fair. Photographer Vivian Fu shoots a few of the city's most creative kinksters as they sound off about life, love, and...
Vivian Fu
10.2.15
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