Welcome to the Kink Academy!

Welcome to our one-year anniversary extravaganza! Last September we launched the hottest sex-ed resource on the web, and for the last 12 months, word has been spreading fast. Now we’ve made some major improvements to the navigation so you can find all of our kinky content faster and easier. Whether you’re a total novice or have been in the BDSM Scene for years, there is something new to learn. We also have LOTS of contests and super hot prizes that include one of the most coveted sex toys available, the NJOY Eleven! You can also win an NJOY Purewand, goodies from Leather by Danny, and so much more!

Our current members have a special chance to win, just by doing what you’re already doing: watching clips and learning sexy new skills! When you watch a video, simply make a comment in the section below about something you have learned. Once a week, a comment will be chosen at random … and its author will win something from one of our featured vendors.

We’ve also expanded our web presence with a new magazine-style site called FearlessPress.com that is as “Safe For Work” as we get It’s text based with a slew of monthly contributors writing about the intersection of sex & life, including spirituality, relationships, style, community and art. Additionally, we’ve jumped on the YouTube train and now have our own channel featuring some fun promo videos.

We’ve featured them before, but it’s worth mentioning again. This time we call attention to their fabulous whip, “The Rat,” which is a personal favorite of HeadMistress Kali. It is made of high quality leather, is reasonably priced, and packs a lot of bang for the buck. In fact, all of their items are extremely high quality, so you won’t go wrong no matter what you pick from DeTails Toys! Check out their unique rose floggers too!

A project that has taken off in the last couple of years is the Sex Blogger Calendar, which started off as a NYC tribute, but has gone National this year. We are happy to be a sponsor for the 2011 edition, especially since all the profits go to an incredible organization called the Woodhull Freedom Foundation. As their website states, the organization uses “strategic advocacy campaigns…to affirm sexual freedom as a fundamental human right by protecting and advancing freedom of speech and sexual expression.” That’s a goal that we can definitely support!

Question: I’ve heard the term kinky plenty of times, but I don’t really know if it applies to me. How can I tell if I should try some of this kink stuff out?

Coming from one of the most respected sex educators out there, we figured that Tristan Taormino’s book, Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships, would be good, and we weren’t disappointed. The book is “full of helpful information, practical tips and great ideas” about options outside of monogamy including “swinging, non-monogamy, polyamory or polyfidelity.”