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February 13, 2004   signage ready or not fun?  

PHOTO: Alexandra Huddleston
PHOTO: Tom McGann

DSM (Bondage, Discipline, Dominance, Submission, Sadism and Masochism) is one of the most widely censured forms of sensual activity. A frank look at New York City’s BDSM community reveals a world that is surprisingly organized and governed by a doctrine of safety.

 

n a frozen landscape of ice, snow and sand at Coney Island’s boardwalk in Brooklyn, NY, the human polar bears reside.

Every Sunday at 12:30 a.m. from October through March they can be found swimming in the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean, splashing and screaming in water that can fall to below 30 degrees.

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