That or if your partner is "ethnic" to the extent where their parents are fairly recent immigrants. I legitimately did not know what a registry was until somewhere in my very late teens because I had not gone to any traditional (read: typical white) weddings and I was like kind of appalled that people requested gifts…

I don't wanna defend this guy entirely, but I think it is much more "normal" in other parts of the world to leave the country geographically speaking due to size. The way passports/travel works makes it very cheap and efficient and it would almost be strange to have not atleast crossed one border by the time someone…

Have you seen the runaways "biopic"? It's not the greatest movie scriptwise, but Kristen Stewart is a hell of a Joan Jett and it was my first, WOAH GIRL moment with her as a actress.

This. Also this post forgets about how youth regressive /never grow up rave culture was and the iconic baby dummies people kept around your neck when you got really high so you would have something to stop yourself from devouring your lips

It's kind of debatably(?) weird? I mean, it's definitely less uncommon, but certain people do begin college at the tail end of 17, usually thanks to weird semester roll overs / educations outside the US with different timelines (this was me) and to me, hooking up with someone in the 25 range back then wouldn't have…

Agreed. Nathan was the awkward, cringe worthy but ultimately redeeming heart of the show and I was broken when he left. By the time I got back into it, nearly all of the original cast was gone and it kind of really just bummed me out because it wasn't a Skins, new generational thing.

I ship it.

I get you :(. Technically BDSM covers a whole lot, which does include lighter play because with D/s, it's all about the headspace, not the level of physical intensity and with the right person, cough *SO* cough, slow, romantic fucking where one is held in place tightly can be a hell of a kind game. That said, I'm…

They're kind of just "boudoir" photography - which is generally what the suggestive, often pin-up/mild S/M influenced aesthetic in couples photos are.

litho ugh, I'd've hadn't I have a sneaky suspicion that he wouldn't come off as jerky and espouse gross stereotypes about BDSM and the community that Dornan has, which at this point is putting me off more than the awful content of 50sog which is saying something

I think the population age is very relevant in Japan not only because old people = more conservative, but also because the population boom is in reverse thanks to a number of cultural factors around the modern Japanese work culture and there is a very big government push to try to get young people to have babies. …

Hate to be a downer on the South Korea front, but religion, specifically Christianity adapted for Korean customs is a immense cultural force over there.

You win the Internet today. If only all those poor repressed women furiously masticating to 50sog truly knew...

This! I felt truly bad for husband who does something with a shed (it was relevant in the one interview I read) when this came out because all the press was asking about their sex lives and this poor man was a bit like "uh we are very vanilla, we are not even the least bit kinky" and seemed both overwhelmed and…

Ok, so I don't know how to link images here but WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER GRANDE. He turned up in a metallic red brocade suit, with a rumpled white shirt with the top button undone AND HIS GELLED UP HAIR TIPS MATCH THE SUIT. It is like seeing a very special magical hotwheels come to life. Please someone help…

I don't particularly like Kelly, but I am kind of stoked that she's killing it in the fashion stakes overall. I remember the days of unhappy, pudgier Kelly who was always terribly dressed and looked mega uncomfortable for whatever her personal reasons are and I don't wanna be like "getting skinny made her happy"…

I was never seriously smacked as a kid, maybe on account of two times for being seriously out of line and very emotionally hurtful to familial adults and I kind of get what he was going for. Not to say you should automatically clock anyone one when they upset you, but there is something about being able to…

I recently found out what the end of the first book was and I was so fucking infuriated for days. From a purely physical standpoint - good lord 6 belt swipes are really not that bad. From a actual play standpoint - you never ask your dom to "lose it completely" - that puts everyone at a huge fucking risk and my SO…

As a minority, I think maybe we do also because there is no other alternative. I mean, there are "authentic alternatives", TV shows from whatever ethnicity your parents happen to be but they are often not reflective of the values/the sense of humor/relevance to PoC who grow up outside of their ethnic origin and have…

I feel weird about the idea that anyone should need to feel threatened by porn in a relationship, or need to "go behind their partner's back". It's kind of like if you feel like you are not with the right person, gtfo you know? If you haven't even considered discussing this with your partner, then I really have no…