Further Resources
Demasque Magazine
Brilliant Melbourne-based quarterly magazine featuring kink related information and interviews, fetish photography and a round up of upcoming local BDSM/kink events.
Family Jewels: A Guide to Male Genital Play and Torment by Hardy Haberman
CBT is a BDSM activity that either makes men cringe with fear or lights up their faces with delight. This book is a 'guide' to this form of play with excellent info about the following topics: basic male anatomy, negotiation and safewords, play benefits and risks involved, safe sex play and cleaning CBT toys, and also descriptions of various CBT toys.
Playing Well With Others by Lee Harrington and Mollena Williams
While plenty of other books explain how to give a spanking or tie a half-hitch, Playing Well With Others is the first book devoted to kink culture - the munches, parties, leather bars, conferences, workshops, fetish nights, exploratoriums and all the other gatherings of kinksters that turn BDSM and leather from a bedroom predilection to a lifestyle and a community. Both former titleholders and international educators, Harington and Williams are an unbeatable pair of “sexual sherpas” with an inimitable voice and a great deal of wisdom.
Radical Ecstasy by Janet Harding and Dossie Easton
For millennia, seekers have used physical and emotional extremes to achieve transcendence and exaltation. Today, many BDSM practitioners are discovering the potential of SM practice to reach personal, interpersonal and spiritual goals. In Radical Ecstasy, bestselling BDSM/sexuality authors Easton and Hardy document their own journeys into the transcendent realm of kink.
Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns by Philip Miller & Molly Devon
If there is one comprehensive book on BDSM which stands out above the others, this is it! It is easy to read, puts fun back into the BDSM scene, and uses plenty of illustrations. This is the book we recommend the most in store for people starting out because it is so well written and so far reaching, and it's a lighthearted take on the subject.
Shibari You Can Use by Lee Harrington
Japanese rope bondage and erotic macramé look complicated and intimidating, but you can learn the basics of this beautiful and sexy art form today. Bondage artist and educator Lee "Bridgett" Harrington takes you step-by-step through a variety of concepts and ties, giving you the tools to make aesthetically rewarding rope work.
SM101 by Jay Wiseman
With chapters on everything from partner-seeking to afterplay, including step-by-step guides to bondage, spanking, flagellation, roleplay, erotic torment and much more, Jay Wiseman's SM 101 has taught the fundamentals of safe, exciting SM to tens of thousands of people of all genders and orientations!
The Ethical Slut by Janet Hardy and Dossie Easton
For anyone who has ever dreamed of love, sex, and companionship beyond the limits of traditional monogamy, this groundbreaking guide navigates the infinite possibilities that open relationships can offer. Experienced ethical sluts Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy dispel myths and cover all the skills necessary to maintain a successful and responsible polyamorous lifestyle.
The Mistress Manual by Mistress Lorelei
In 1994, The Mistress Manual was born as a simple pink guidebook self-published by an experienced dominant woman. She moved on to other efforts, and the book fell out of print - much to the disappointment of thousands of eager submissive men and dominant women. Now, Greenery Press has brought this classic back to life in an updated new edition.
The New Bottoming Book by Janet Hardy and Dossie Easton
Almost a decade ago, the first `Bottoming Book` taught tens of thousands of people that bottoming - being a submissive, masochist, slave, `boy` or `girl,` or other BDSM recipient - is as much an art as topping. Now, the completely updated revised `New Bottoming Book` gives even more insights and ideas, updated for a new millennium, about how to be a successful, popular bottom!
The New Topping Book by Janet Hardy and Dossie Easton
Tens of thousands learned the emotional and ethical skills of BDSM topping from the first `Topping Book.` Now, in addition to the sage advice and good humor that made the first edition a classic, the authors tackle some of the issues that have come up for tops in recent years: online domination, the challenges and rewards of `lifestyle` relationships, ensuring our own and our partners` safety, and more.
When Someone You Love Is Kinky by Dossie Easton
Many, many people have sexual interests or practices that are in some way unusual. These people may enjoy bondage or spanking, erotic role-playing, dressing in special clothes that turn them on, or a host of other activities that place them outside the sexual mainstream. Your mechanic might have an alternative sexuality, or your librarian, or your kids' teacher, or your boss…. If someone you love has a sexual kink and you want to know more about what that means to them and how you can deal with what it means to you, this book is for you.
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