“‘Lick Ass’ is not your typical brand name, but it’s the English translation for Lambe Culo, the alias for genderfluid visual artist and fashion designer Roy Martinez. In Martinez’s artwork, clothing designs reclaim old school cultural terms like ‘Brown Pride,’ lucha libre masks substitute gimp masks in BDSM-inspired photoshoots, and harness sculptures are made with the traditional patterns of the Mexican serape…”

link: http://www.vice.com/read/lambe-culo-brings-queer-and-chicano-culture-together-with-nsfw-internet-art-456

“John Doe was a freshman at George Mason University when he started seeing Jane Roe, a student at a different university (both subjects have been anonymous in media accounts and court documents). The two young people formed a relationship and frequently met at Doe’s GMU dorm room to have BDSM sex, with Roe as the submissive partner…”

link: https://www.vice.com/read/we-asked-a-law-professor-if-bdsm-could-be-legally-bann

“Today’s Bad Bitch Award goes to Karmenife Paulino, a 22-year-old graduate of Wesleyan University. Raped at a fraternity during her freshman year, she reasserted her sexual agency in a photoshoot entitled ‘Reclamation,’ where she poses as a dominatrix on fraternity grounds…”

link: http://jezebel.com/wesleyan-alum-poses-as-dominatrix-at-fraternity-where-s-1764674590

“Growing up, Olivia Troy dreamed of being just like Xaviera Hollander—the high-class call girl who ran 1960s New York’s busiest brothel and wrote a best-selling memoir called The Happy Hooker. When parents and teachers asked her what she wanted to do when she grew up, she said madam…”

link: https://www.vice.com/read/this-bdsm-consultant-teaches-famous-actors-how-to-use-whips

“Gengoro Tagame makes gay manga, and it’s some of the best out there. His stories often involve characters in homoerotic settings or participating in BDSM scenes where the macho main character is transformed into a sub and finds his true calling in chains or fetish-gear…”

link: http://www.vice.com/read/inside-the-taboo-filled-mind-of-japans-best-bdsm-manga-artist

“Besides the interesting free speech and due process holdings, the federal district court’s decision in Doe v. Rector & Visitors of George Mason Univ. also discusses whether there is a constitutional right to engage in consensual BDSM sex. No, says, the court, rejecting the view that Lawrence v. Texas creates a general constitutional right to adult noncommercial sexual autonomy…”

link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/03/04/no-constitutional-right-to-engage-in-consensual-bdsm-sex

“Science fiction fans keen on Star Trek will know a different version of subspace than what we’re talking about here, but, just like in the show, ‘subspace’ in BDSM refers to a specific kind of space with its own rules, texture, and properties — a kind of altered reality…”

link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandra-lamorgese-phd/submissive-sex-partner_b_9299134.html