No guarantees where this blog will go, but it is rarely safe for work and never appropriate for those under 18.
Themes of late include: naughty pictures that sometimes border on porn, bdsm, circus, feminism, and queerness.
“It’s easy for us to say that we don’t participate in the patriarchy because we are women, or because we have been women, that we have known what it’s like to be objectified, oppressed, fetishized….
“One male poet approached me after a performance and said, “I don’t mean to be rude, but do you ever write about anything other than the struggles of women?” I replied, “I don’t mean to be rude, but take your finger off the trigger and I’ll stop.” After all, who among us ever wanted to speak about these things? What little girl dreams of growing up to write ‘rape poems?’ About violence? About the muffled voices of women worldwide?” -Andrea Gibson
No one ever asks men why they write books, movies, games, TV shows, laws, text books, entire genres of media (games) without any female input or any females at all. It’s only a problem when women do it.
So, so glad people are finally speaking out about this.
If you claim to be an ethical business, it helps to actually follow through.
Who knows what is and is not true in this story. My guess, is that Kink.com, like any large company, has some satisfied employees and some unsatisfied employees. Someone loves how they are treated, someone does not. Regardless, if you claim to be an ethical business, you sure as hell better follow through.