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Bottoms Up: You Are Not My Dom

Somehow, self-identifying as a submissive makes some potential doms think I am their sub.

Ari March 7, 2017 15 Comments
Sex

View From The Top: Is Kink The New Vanilla?

You just have to be honest about what you’re looking for, and keep going after it.

Sinclair Sexsmith February 28, 2017 25 Comments
Sex

Bottoms Up: About Last Night

“I guess I had a lot of opinions that night because you told me that I was especially chatty. I told you it was because you weren’t giving me anything to keep my mouth busy.”

Ari February 21, 2017 30 Comments
Sex

A Balance In Subspace

Sometimes, being in kinky subspace opens old wounds from an abusive relationship — but sometimes, it can give you the power to close them.

Guest February 15, 2017 17 Comments
Sex

View From The Top: The Thing About Sadism

I want to break things — holes, walls, people. I want to feel the begging in my pelvis and let it ignite the fire under me to burn bright up my spine and light up all my colors.

Sinclair Sexsmith February 14, 2017 43 Comments
Sex

Bottoms Up: I Dream Of Collars

I imagine being a collared submissive as a physical manifestation of my and my dominant’s commitment, a symbol around kinky folks and a public secret around vanilla ones.

Ari February 7, 2017 13 Comments
Sex

View From The Top: I’ll Take That Risk, And That Knife Play

“He’d asked me about it before, saying it was something he’d always wanted. And now, he was quivering on the floor, looking up at me, handing me an open knife with both hands.”

Sinclair Sexsmith January 31, 2017 14 Comments
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Bottoms Up: Denial

I don’t always play to get off. Sometimes denial is exactly what I want.

Ari January 25, 2017 7 Comments
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Sex

You Need Help: Why Don’t I Like Going Down On My Girlfriend?

“I really really want to like going down on her, but I don’t. It feels overwhelming — the smell, the taste, the trouble breathing.”

KaeLyn January 18, 2017 59 Comments
Sex

View From The Top: Palette of Permission

In the beginning checking in all the time was useful. But after six months of it, Sarah was getting annoyed.

Sinclair Sexsmith January 17, 2017 16 Comments
First Person Sex

Why I’m Unapologetic About My Sensuality as a Black Trans Woman

“For me, as a Black Trans Woman, to find her body not only as something worthy and magnificent (as it is), but to find someone to share that magick with, may very well be one of the only moments she has to enjoy a trying and very taxing life — one that’s always trying to kill her.”

Vita E. Cleveland January 16, 2017 36 Comments
Sex

Bottoms Up: Ch-ch-changes

As my gender expression changes, so does who I’m attracted to.

Ari January 10, 2017 10 Comments
Sex

View From The Top: From Physical to Psychological

“But when we changed the game a little, and added just a few little things, our play soared to new mountain summits I hadn’t even known we could reach, or let alone want.”

Sinclair Sexsmith January 3, 2017 13 Comments
Sex

Bottoms Up: Kinky Resolutions

As I grow more into the submissive I want to be, I grow to love myself more.

Ari December 28, 2016 6 Comments
Sex

View From The Top: Five Favorite Protocols

Within D/s relationships specifically, protocols are explicit, negotiated with the needs and best interests of everyone in mind, subject to change based on reflection and consent.

Sinclair Sexsmith December 21, 2016 30 Comments
Sex

Bottoms Up: Holistic Masochism

“Holistic masochism recognizes that I’m not just a sex machine, but a whole person who has to exist before and after play.”

Ari December 13, 2016 9 Comments
Sex

View From The Top: It’s Protocol

We thrive on these everyday tiny moments where we both get to be reminded of our agreed-upon power differential.

Sinclair Sexsmith December 6, 2016 28 Comments
Sex

View From The Top: Aftercare For Tops

“Perhaps trust is my biggest kink. That would explain a lot.”

Sinclair Sexsmith November 22, 2016 55 Comments
Sex

Bottoms Up: Be Your Own Submissive

“When I’m alone, and the world feels like it’s ending, for whom do I do service?”

Ari November 15, 2016 7 Comments
Sex

View From The Top: Tops Have Limits, Too

“I knew she wanted it, I trusted her to know she could take what she asked for, and I wanted to give her what she wanted. But I couldn’t do it.”

Sinclair Sexsmith November 8, 2016 10 Comments
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