Welcome to our glossary! We believe BDSM is customizable. There's no one size fits all for relationships, sex, or kink. Here you can explore, share, and learn about the many ways these things are practiced.

Welcome to our glossary! We believe BDSM is customizable. There's no one size fits all for relationships, sex, or kink. Here you can explore, share, and learn about the many ways these things are practiced.

Our Definition

BDSM acts that are considered particularly intense or dangerous, such as breath play.

Common Practices & Experiences 

Everyone is different! You'll see this repeated throughout our website and glossary. Common practices and experiences involving edge play include, but certainly aren't limited to:
  • Variation between individuals, (ie, some people will consider a specific activity to be edge play, others will have had enough experience with that specific play that they do not consider it edge play) 
  • A high degree of care towards learning specific skills needed.
  • Attention to precautions and plans for safety in case of accident or emergencies. 
  • Lengthy and involved discussions when approaching a new kind of play or a potential new partner. 
Louisa likes it when her partner beats her with a two handed ball-mace, which is a heavy melee weapon and could injure someone seriously if handled improperly. 
Harry enjoys blood play, but only with one partner who has medical training.

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