Winner of the MLA's 2016 Alan Bray Prize for Best Book in GLBTQ Studies How BDSM can be used as a metaphor for black female sexuality. The Color of Kink explores black women's representations and performances within American pornography and BDSM (bondage and discipline, domination and submission, and sadism and masochism) from the 1930s to the present, revealing the ways in which they illustrate a complex and contradictory negotiation of pain, pleasure, and power for black women. Based on personal interviews conducted with pornography performers, producers, and professional dominatrices, visual and textual analysis, and extensive archival research, Ariane Cruz reveals BDSM and pornography as critical sites from which to rethink the formative links between Black female sexuality and violence. She explores how violence becomes not just a vehicle of pleasure but also a mode of accessing and contesting power. Drawing on feminist and queer theory, critical race theory, and media studies, Cruz argues that BDSM is a productive space from which to consider the complexity and diverseness of black women's sexual practice and the mutability of black female sexuality. Illuminating the cross-pollination of black sexuality and BDSM, The Color of Kink makes a unique contribution to the growing scholarship on racialized sexuality.

A New York Times Notable Book Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander Chee, Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado, and more. A Most-Anticipated book of 2021 as selected by * Marie Claire * O, The Oprah Magazine * Cosmopolitan * Time * The Millions * The Advocate * Autostraddle * Refinery29 * Shape * Town & Country * Book Riot * Literary Hub * Kink is a dynamic anthology of literary fiction that opens an imaginative door into the world of desire. The stories within this collection portray love, desire, BDSM, and sexual kinks in all their glory with a bold new vision. The collection includes works by renowned fiction writers such as Callum Angus, Alexander Chee, Vanessa Clark, Melissa Febos, Kim Fu, Roxane Gay, Cara Hoffman, Zeyn Joukhadar, Chris Kraus, Carmen Maria Machado, Peter Mountford, Larissa Pham, and Brandon Taylor, with Garth Greenwell and R.O. Kwon as editors. The stories within explore bondage, power-play, and submissive-dominant relationships; we are taken to private estates, therapists’ offices, underground sex clubs, and even a sex theater in early-20th century Paris. While there are whips and chains, sure, the true power of these stories lies in their beautiful, moving dispatches from across the sexual spectrum of interest and desires, as portrayed by some of today’s most exciting writers.

The A to Z of Kink Fetish Compendium and Coloring Book is a titillating collection of images and mini-sonnets dedicated to the kinky things grown-ups love most! Black and white illustrations are prime for colouring and enjoying with equally perverted company.

Tristan Taormino can tell you everything you want to know about the world of kink, and more! Operating on the pleasure principle 50 Shades of Kink is a truly helpful how-to that is a perfect beginner's guide into the realm of kinky sex and can also serve as a wonderful refresher course. Whether you want to get up close and personal with blindfolds, crops and paddles or just looking for some inspiration to keep your love life fresh, 50 Shades of Kink is just the book for you and your lover(s). • techniques and creative ideas for bondage, spanking, flogging, sensation play, rough sex and more • lessons on how to eroticize power, cultivate deeper connections and incorporate kink into your sex life • role-playing fantasies from the popular to the taboo

Over 50 photographs showing the beautiful side of submission in BDSM. The power exchange dynamic is still a taboo subject in the American main stream, even with the popularity of recent books and movies about kink. These striking photos by kink photographer Tom Taylor are part action and part portrait, all in color.

A collection of smouldering wisdom and frank essays from legendary fetish diva Midori. Includes writing on public sex; pleasure, pain, dominance and submission; ritual, ceremony and protocol; erotic humiliation; objectifying; trust and vulnerability; aftercare; chastity; rope bondage; and slave selection.

From the play dungeons of New York City, an insider's wild ride into the unknown and unbelievable pleasures and pains of the real BDSM and kink scene. A raunchy but informative exploration of fetish, role play, domination, and submission, Kink Test is an unflinching look into the lives of novice and master players who color the scene. Deeply researched, Kink Test lays bare the real rules and regulations of BDSM and teaches the curious the ropes, literally, of the kink scene. Proof positive that everyone has a sexual secret, Nikki Adams sheds light on the scene that has been kept secret and misunderstood by the mainstream. Kink Test will arouse your interest in kink and encourage you to rethink everything you thought you knew about sex.