How is it that BDSM play is deeply connecting? What can we learn about how people in general construct intimacy with others in their lives by analyzing sadomasochistic communities? On this special episode of Kink On Tap, sociologist Dr. Staci N

Kink On Tap 69: Trinity of Sex Education

Feb 4th, 2011 1h 56m

Government censorship of Wikileaks highlights decades-long repression of sexual speech, Australian censors feed the labiaplasty industry, the MPAA thinks subtle cunnilingus should be rated NC-17, backlash against the TSA’s security theatre is o

Kink On Tap 68: Transgender Day of Remembrance

Dec 10th, 2010 1h 10m

At the initiative of Maaya Hitomi, a University of Windsor student and transgender activist, we discuss the recent Transgender Day of Remembrance and some of the news stories about it with friends of the show xMech and Shanna Katz.

Kink On Tap 67: Fuck Your Health

Nov 20th, 2010 47m 51s

Kelli Dunham and Jessica Halem discuss Fuck Your Health, a queer healthcare advocacy project. Also, a special, albeit sad, announcement about the uncertain future of Kink On Tap from maymay.

Kink On Tap 66: Salacious Magazine

Nov 12th, 2010 55m 13s

Katie Diamond was on this show. She talked about Salacious Magazine. (My friend James also joined the conversation.)

Kink On Tap 65: Sexy Pumpkins

Nov 6th, 2010 1h 20m

Halloween dates are fungible if you’re a religious majority, while costumes are not. Exhibit A: sexy pumpkins advertised in the most stereotypical way possible. Also, Australia’s porn laws make traveling a non-consensual exhibitionistic experie

Kink On Tap 64: Boobs Don’t Kill People

Oct 31st, 2010 1h 11m

Australian prosecutors lose an illegal abortion case despite proving their case, a 13-year-old girl in Peru is denied an abortion despite an attempted suicide, Apple touts dumb new “anti-sexting” technology, Yale frat boys chant their own sexua

Kink On Tap 63: This is Africa!

Oct 23rd, 2010 1h 40m

The Libyan government seizes a URL shortener branded as sex-positive, an Ontario judge rules anti-prostitution laws are more harmful to prostitutes than the activities the law criminalized, the US Department of Justice appeals the courts to ret

Kink On Tap 62: The CSPH 2nd Annual Conference: Talking About the Taboo

Oct 14th, 2010 1h 9m

The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health‘s 2nd Annual Conference was held in Pawtucket, Rhode Island last Sunday, October 10th. The conference, called Talking About the Taboo, brought together sexuality educators, activists, and community memb

Kink On Tap 61: Zygotes of the World, Unite!

Oct 6th, 2010 1h 42m

Anti-choice activists in Colorado want a constitutional amendment to obliterate the rights of the living despite a new study that demolishes a pillar of anti-choice propaganda, the media finally pays attention to the horrific rates of GLBT yout

Kink On Tap 60: It’s a Cootie Epidemic

Oct 3rd, 2010 1h 38m

Horrific headlines of nonconsensual torture and abuse of a young woman in Missouri has some people mistaking those activities for typical BDSM relationships. But in every important way, that’s not what we do. Due in large part to the widespread

Kink On Tap 59: It’s Funny ‘Cause She Hates Sex

Sep 25th, 2010

In a major political upset, a Republican Tea Party anti-masturbation, anti-choice, anti-civil liberties, anti-women-in-the-military, anti-gay, anti-science, sexist self-proclaimed feminist English major who doesn’t seem to have a grasp on the E

Kink On Tap 58: Craig’s Un-list

Sep 14th, 2010 1h 49m

Evil anti-trafficking organizations turn to scapegoating Craigslist for political gain, Google has a not-so-secret censorship list, DADT is unconstitutional (duh), sex workers want to know what police consider prostitution, and US evangelicals

Kink On Tap 57: Peak Gender

Sep 11th, 2010 1h 31m

US-based sex selection clinics make a pretty penny treating gender like a disease, medial students numbed to ethical issues of nonconsensual pelvic exams, Apple betrays a much wider anti-sexuality stance by hiding pro-GLBT celebrity tweets, the

Kink On Tap 56: Hymen On A Budget

Sep 2nd, 2010 1h 31m

Resentful feminists give New Zealand’s first male brothel a (ahem) hard time, China’s trendsetters take “cosmetic surgery” to new vaginal depths, American conservatives applaud activist judges for stemming stem cell research, and a German pop s

Kink On Tap 55: Old, Crotchety Communists

Aug 29th, 2010 1h 39m

Context gets critical as Wikileaks’ founder is accused of rape, British taxpayers pay for a virgin’s Amsterdam prostitute, mainstream media misreporting muddies a youth sex study, sex-negativity and censorship, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G,

Kink On Tap 54: Recessive Rainbow Genes

Aug 19th, 2010 1h 29m

The US military is shooting itself in the face using DADT, a gay Florida cop gets fired for a 14 year old, 15 minute role in porn, Indonesia’s anti-porn zealots accidentally censor online news portals, a Russian dairy goes nutty with religious

Kink On Tap 53: How To Stay Safe When You See a Penis (GUN!)

Aug 12th, 2010 1h 22m

A U.S. federal court rules Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, which Arizona conservatives say “jeopardizes the democratic process,” so they’re really lucky gay couples will probably still opt to save their lives from burning buildings. Also, a

Kink On Tap 52: Less Stupid, More Awesome

Aug 7th, 2010 1h 53m

Homophobia (like Jesus) isn’t just for Christians, the government can but promises not to prosecute you for sharing your sexy pics, U.K. and U.S. gay men think differently about “having sex,” the Chinese government wants to end the “tradition”

Kink On Tap 51: Harmful Social Norms

Jul 31st, 2010 1h 36m

An Israeli woman cries rape after consensually sleeping with an Arab, stripper-chic comes to security-theater with Flying Pasties, blowback against Malaysian sex education efforts are a mirror on American paranoia, “no” means “pull down my top

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