Thorsten On social media, we are increasingly taking part in the lives of many people, some of whom we only know briefly or not at all. We are confronted with an abundance of ideas, lifestyles and activities that can sometimes stress us out and make us unhappy. The more you participate in social networks, the more …
How do you touch the soul? By love or by lust? Can you touch the soul like a body and vice versa? “Eleven Minutes” by Paulo Coelho is a provocative modern fairy tale about the alchemy of love. Maria, a young woman from the Brazilian hinterland, finds her way to Europe out of a thirst …
What is right and what is wrong when it comes to fetish and BDSM? The question “Did we do everything right?” recently posed to me in this connection was on my mind for quite some time. Can there be a clear answer to that? “As long as we enjoyed it, everything was right” was my …
Gonzalo Leather, host of the live Leather Talks on Instagram, invited me on March 28, 2021, to talk with him about my leather journey, my ideas and thoughts about our fetish community as well as about my blog kinkinsight.com. Here you can find our Leather Talk on IGTV and make sure you also browse through …
In our daily interaction with others, which unfortunately is currently neglected, socializing, good behavior and a dexterous appearance are fundamental. In our community, etiquette is quite helpful from time to time. In the USA, the Old Guard movement emerged from the end of World War 2, which defines clear structures and understanding of roles within …
There is almost no literature on the persecution of homosexuals during the Hitler regime. Only little information is available about the discrimination, humiliation and murder of homosexuals during the years of the Third Reich. While in concentration camps Jews had to wear the Yellow Star, for homosexuals the Pink Triangle was the visible sign. Tens …
In the USA, bootblacks have become an indispensable part of the leather and fetish community. They are an integral part of the diverse scene and there are even Mister elections for bootblacks. Here in Europe, boot cleaners are not much present and, if at all, then not at public events to offer their services. While …
February is LGBT History Month, which is significant in fighting discrimination against queer people. In his novella “Confusion”, created in 1925 and considered a classic of homosexual literature, author Stefan Zweig wrote about the homosexuality of one of the main characters. At that time, homosexuality was still a taboo subject and was punishable, by the …
The third Friday in January is International Fetish Day. This day was created in 2008 to raise awareness of the fetish scene as well as to support the BDSM community and has been celebrated in January since then. Fetish: abnormal, perverted, bizarre or exciting, divers, liberating? The word fetish comes from the Latin ‘facticius’ and …
The Copper Horse: Fear by K.A. Merikan Gay Dark Romance BDSM, published 2018 Independent Publishing ISBN: 978-1-98526-073-3, 336 pages London 1907, twenty years into the zombie plague: Reuben is a baker living in the slums of London, sharing a room with his father and an extended family of cockroaches. Poor, uneducated, and repressing all …