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California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban – New York Times

Woot! Now I can go and help my BFF and her girlfriend get married, LEGALLY! I must get ordained now. I’ve got a wedding to perform!
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Kiss and Make it Better – Thursday’s Child
“He wasn’t having any of it, though. Grabbing the base of my ponytail, high up on my head, he forced my mouth onto his cock, telling me to open my throat and take him deeper. I gagged hard, not artfully, not for show, and my eyes began to tear up from his brutal assault. He pulled my head off, pulled me close to him, and drew his fingertip up one of the wet trails on my face. He showed me the teardrop on the end of his finger, and then watching me, slowly licked it off, savoring it.”

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Blaming the Victim – Secret Confessions of a Smart Girl
“It shouldn’t take that much experience to realize that there are a lot of idiots and assholes out there on the Internet. Still, given a modicum of common sense, it’s reasonably easy to stay safe if you’re on one side of a monitor and they’re on the other.”

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BDSM Victim (Or not) – Shameful Secrets

“This question got me thinking:

So my question is, really: How can we stand up for ourselves as worthy people making a worthy and personal choice to do SM, D/s, B&D, whatever — while still honoring those abuse stories and the fear they speak to?

My answer: I would say we honor it by acknowledging it as abuse, not BDSM.”

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The Contract – Devastating, Yet Inconsequential
“Most contracts you find online are from One True Way boneheads, or are nothing more than hot wank material (at best). I bet most sane d/s couples don’t have contracts at all. If you were going to write a contract, you’d have to find your own style, because I doubt this one would be right for most people. But I’m excited for us to be finding our way to something that works for us – both in terms of a contract, and in terms of the relationship in general.”

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An Open Letter for You Who Troll Craigslist (For the Fellas) – JunkBuzzed
““o hai! lick mai taint plz i gots 12in srsly 420 kewl”

This is not the phrase one employs in the pursuit of True Love (or To Blave). It is not the phrase one employs even if one is trying to get one’s taint licked (South Carolina, I’m looking at you).”