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Looks like it's going to rain outside & @lifetimetv is currently airing a kink-friendly movie about open marriages. So, now I know exactly what I'm doing for the next 2 hours. 🍿
Couple A about Couple B's #OpenMarriage: "I didn't think they were the type." Well, sir, that's the thing ... You never really know who's kinky and who's vanilla. 👀
Everything is contextual anyway. I'm considered ...
✅ Vanilla AF among kink-friendly friends
✅ Kinky AF among vanilla crowds
#OpenMarriage
OMG!!!! I am screaming. The wife from Couple A just admitted to her coworker that she & her husband are considering "opening open." The coworker responded: "Opening what?! A lemonade stand??" 🍹 #OpenMarriage @lifetimetv
Commercial break. Lemme guess how this develops ... jealous, rage & death. Because:
(A) Lord forbid we depict healthy, happy kinky couples.
(B) More importantly ... It's @lifetimetv. Love 'em. Even straight, vanilla, heteronormative couples = jealous, rage & death. ❤️
If you're interested in learning more about #nonmonogamy, I recommend my friends Mark & Patricia's book "Designer Relationships: A Guide to Happy Monogamy, Positive Polyamory, and Optimistic Open Relationships." #OpenMarriage @lifetimetv amazon.com/Designer-Relat…
If you're watching #OpenMarriage on @lifetimetv, I also recommend @Jenny_Block's book Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage. amazon.com/Open-Jenny-Blo…
If you're in the DMV, once everyone can breathe on each other safely again, check out The Crucible. They call themselves "Washington DC's Only Alternate Lifestyles/BDSM Private Club." #OpenMarriage @lifetimetv #WDC the-crucible.com/front.htm
For the @guardian, I've written about the need to include #BDSM in #SexEd curricula. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Disclosure: I've also written for @lifetimetv.
I've been writing, teaching, speaking, and/or performing one-woman theater shows, etc. about sex & dating for the better part of nearly two decades. If you're interested, here are a few of my articles. twannahines.com/writing/
On the other side of the FUNKY BROWN CHICK house, we're helping nonprofits grow their audiences & raise money for various social justice causes — including sexual & reproductive health. Here's more info about my #womanowned, #BlackOwned #SmallBiz funkybrownchick.com/about
Just saw your tweet, @rockrichard. The movie is called Open Marriage. It's airing on @lifetimetv right now.
"To save their struggling marriage, Becca & Ron reluctantly agree to an open relationship with their friends Mindy & Max. Though their passion is rekindled, they don't expect the jealousy, heartbreak & betrayal that soon follow." — @lifetimetv mylifetime.com/movies/open-ma…
If you'd like to follow these folks on Twitter, @lifetimetv film #OpenMarriage stars: @TilkyJones, @NikkiLeighxo, @KellyDowdle, & @TheJasonTobias. mylifetime.com/movies/open-ma…
How the fuck is this single dude being allowed into the club on his own. Maybe this is a new thing but, IRL, single men aren't usually allowed into alt / kink / BDSM clubs on their own. You'd have to arrive with a (woman) partner.
The 1st time I went to a kink club, I was still living in NYC. The place was called Le Trapeze. The guy I was sleeping with at the time, a Russian man who was 7 yrs my junior, wanted to check it out. pagesix.com/2017/08/03/bui…
I mean, technically — prior to that — when I was still living in Amsterdam, I'd gone to places to watch live sex. But, somehow, those didn't seem like "kink clubs". Sex isn't as stigmatized in The Netherlands as it is here.
Hell, in MOST countries considered our GDP peers, sex isn't as stigmatized as it is here.
Have you seen the #NewZealand government's #KeepItRealOnline campaign for #SexEd? It's great! I ❤️ what your folks back home are doing, @NZembassyUS. 🇳🇿🇺🇸
Good for folks to know, thanks! 💋
Um, this coworker would NOT have your back.
Hubby: "Hey, can I speak to Becca?"
Coworker: "Hi, Ron! She's not here."
Hubby: "She said she was working late tonight."
Coworker: "Nope. She left exactly 3 hours ago."
FWIW, lying and cheating isn't #nonmonogamy. Lying and cheating is just lying and cheating.
In my experience, kink couples are much better at actually discussing & negotiating boundaries than vanilla couples.

Kink couples: "How are we going to handle it when we're attracted to — and/or want to sleep with — other people?"

Vanilla couples:
There's this great movie ... ahhhh, shit, I can't remember the name ... that depicts how vanilla couples are piss-poor at discussing this stuff in their relationships. Ahhh ... Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Jude Law and that British dude with brown hair ....
Clive Owen!!! Yes, CLOSER!! It's a Mike Nichols (The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Birdcage, etc.) film based on a play written by Patrick Marber.
By the way ... For my new followers from last week who may be thinking: "WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?!?! I came here for #NatSec tweets." Here are a few things to remember about me & national security ...
1) Tremendous overlap exists between #NationalSecurity & #SexualHealth communities. They're hardly mutually exclusive.
2) FWIW, WDC is much kinkier than NYC
3. Read this: "Giselle and Beth shared a love of national security, wine, gender fluidity & BDSM." washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogi…
About that last piece, I'm glad @joshrogin wrote it (and the filmmakers created the film highlighted in the piece) because it does a great job sharing a story about how we need to challenge conventional wisdom (read: stereotypes) when it comes to various communities.
Kinksters are everywhere — even in national security. Hell, did you REALLY think a community overrun with politicos & military folks wouldn't like power plays during sex?!
Alright, that @lifetimetv movie just went off. I've gotta jump on a call with a friend. If you enjoyed this thread & want more sex stuff from me, check out my site: twannahines.com . (And, if you know book agents, I #amquerying books about ... you guessed it ... sex.) Image

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