The Power of BDSM: Play, Communities, and Consent in the 21st Century

About

Brandy L. Simula (she/her/hers) is a queer feminist sociologist who studies identities interactions and inequalities. Her work appears in Sexualities Journal of Homosexuality Journal of Bisexuality Sociology Compass Social Currents and Social Sciences. She is the lead editor of Expanding the Rainbow the guest editor of the Gender & Identity special issue of Social Sciences and a special issue of Sexualities on BDSM. Robin Bauer (he/him/his or they/them/theirs) is a professor for Epistemology and Theories of Difference at the Faculty of Social Work Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart Germany. He has published widely in the fields of transgender studies BDSM sexuality non-monogamies queer theory and queer-feminist science studies and epistemology. His work has been published in Sexualities NORMA WSQ Graduate Journal of Social Science Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung Journal für Psychologie and Cahiers du Genre and in numerous edited volumes. His book Queer BDSM Intimacies was published by Palgrave in 2014. Liam Wignall (he/him) is a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Brighton. He explores the identities and experiences of non-heterosexual individuals related to kink BDSM and fetishes; pornography consumption; drag subcultures; non-exclusive sexualities; and sexual consent. He draws on theories from psychology sociology and cultural studies focusing on the impact of the internet and the role of community participation for these individuals. His work has been published in Archives of Sexual Behavior; Journal of Sex Research; Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity; and Psychology & Sexuality. He is currently editor for the Psychology of Sexualities Review and Associate Editor for Psychology & Sexuality and the Journal of Positive Sexuality. His book Kinky in the Digital Age was published by Oxford University Press in 2022.