New Times’ MasterMind Awards Now Accepting Submissions

You can stop turning tricks to buy your resin and tempura paint. The Miami New Times wants to give deserving artists some cash. Yes, we’re still striving for that Utopian society where we all wear seashell brassieres and use the barter system. But in the meantime, making art ain’t easy…

Spanking with Spatulas: Five Best Kitchen Utensils for BDSM

Don’t know which hand to hold the whip in? Get sex, love, relationship advice from Mistress Lera by emailing askadomme@miaminewtimes.com. Read more about Mistress Lera at Notes From a Miami Dominatrix.  Dear Mistress Lera, As you know, S&M toys are very pricey, and I’m just starting out and not quite…

Who Hogtied Bettie Page?

Don’t know which hand to hold the whip in? Get sex, love, relationship advice from Mistress Lera by emailing askadomme@miaminewtimes.com. Read more about Mistress Lera at Notes From a Miami Dominatrix.Dear Mistress,I’m totally obsessed with retro pin-up Bettie Page and have been sporting her blunt bangs for years. But when…

Bumpy Times: Sexy Disney Stars Who (Allegedly) Ride the White Horse

Mickey Mouse is one shady rat. We think he’s running a cocaine operation under our bleeding noses and using hot Disney employees–both current and former–to run around Hollywood and make booger sugar look cool. OK, so maybe Mickey’s not responsible, but nevertheless, we found three skinny broads with an affinity for…

Is My Fiancé a Perv for Visiting a Dominatrix?

Don’t know which hand to hold the whip in? Get sex, love, relationship advice from Mistress Lera by emailing askadomme@miaminewtimes.com. Read more about Mistress Lera at Notes From a Miami Dominatrix.Dear Mistress Lera, I’m engaged to a very successful corporate lawyer. He went to Harvard Law, has been banking six…

Gay and Lesbian Walking Tour of South Beach Starts This Month

With the overturning of the gay adoption ban in Florida and Proposition H8 in California, the momentary repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy (for shame, Obama), and Pink’s new music video, it’s a great time to be gay. Celebrate your fabulousness by embarking on the new Gay and Lesbian Walking…

Are Polyamorous Girls Easy?

Don’t know which hand to hold the whip in? Get sex, love, relationship advice from Mistress Lera by emailing askadomme@miaminewtimes.com. Read more about Mistress Lera at Notes From a Miami Dominatrix.Dear Mistress Lera, I met this chick who says she’s polyamorous. I’m not savvy when it comes to stuff like…

Body Painting with CJay from Americas’s Next Top Model

The human body is his canvas, but he’s no tattoo artist — anymore. His work is more temporary, elusive. He is CJay, one of the most prominent body painters in Miami, if not the top airbrusher around. Born and raised in the Bronx, CJay moved to Miami 12 years ago…

Floggers to Strap-Ons: Five Must-Haves for the Novice Kinkster (NSFW)

Don’t know which hand to hold the whip in? Get sex, love, relationship advice from Mistress Lera by emailing askadomme@miaminewtimes.com. Read more about Mistress Lera at Notes From a Miami Dominatrix. Dear Mistress Lera, I’m a 19-year-old female who is slowly breaking into the BDSM scene. I have to admit…

Score Free Jewelry from Fashion Site My Fox House

We’re a little embarrassed. When we see the words fox and house in the same sentence, we immediately think of the snarky TV dramedy House. But now, there’s a Miami connection, and it has nothing to do with a sarcastic doctor who loves poppin’ his pills. My Fox House is…

Why You Should Hire a Hooker

Dear Mistress, I am a single, good-looking guy. I just moved to Miami Beach, and I can’t find a girlfriend. Women down here don’t have a brain in their head or they’re stuck-up gold diggers. It’s almost as if they expect to see your tax returns and bank statements before…

Who Wants Free Tickets to Buried Alive?

​Did you hear the one about the Chilean miners? Yeah, they hadn’t found that many miners in one place since raiding R. Kelly’s house. Of course, we’re only allowed to joke about being trapped in the earth now that all the victims are safely above ground (and in trouble with…

Why It’s Great to Be Gay on National Coming Out Day

Flickr See-ming Lee​It’s National Coming Out Day! And with all the recent sad news about gay teens being bullied into suicide, we wanted to remind one and all why it’s great to be gay. Why? Because the last thing this world needs is less gay people. Yes, teen pricks are…

Inked Productions Makes Custom Gear in the Bird Road Arts District

For every Rick Ross, there’s a Rudy Mage. That means a creative professional hustling work in the County of Dade. For Mage, that means running Inked Productions, a graff writer-founded printing company that started out of an efficiency apartment selling “dead rapper tees at the flea.” Now the company does…

Five Reasons Why You Should Date a Thickette

Flickr CC JingDianMeinvWho you calling big-boned?​A lot of us look like pears. We have thin torsos, wide hips, and thighs that can crack a walnut. That’s because our bodies are full of pears, walnuts, and, on occasion, alright, we’ll admit it, peanut M&Ms. And burritos. For those of us who…

Who Wants Free Tickets to House of Horror? Yeah You Do

​Scared to go the mall? You should be. The threat level now extends beyond the roaming droves of sticky tweens, credit card-sucking price tags, and stomach-churning, food court cuisine. At the Miami International Mall, yes that place in Doral, heathens have taken over the parking lot for the month-long House…

Unrequited Love Turns Me On and Bums Me Out

For the past several months I’ve been feeling unrequited love towards a woman that I’ve been good friends with for some time. Despite both of us constantly trying to repair our friendship, I keep slipping off of the wagon and falling for her again. I suspect that the reason why…

MAC Cosmetics and Disney Conspire to Make You Look Evil

​MAC Cosmetics is known for their bold colors, haute hues, and edgy looks. Their latest Venomous Villains collection, a years-long Disney collaboration set to launch today, is no different. While most brands would choose to get their inspiration from the bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked princesses, it seems only natural that MAC would…

Is it Book Smart To Come Out of the Closet?

Sex, love, relationship advice from a professional dominatrix. Got questions? Drop an e-mail to askadomme@miaminewtimes.com, you naughty boys and girls. Read more about Mistress Lera at Notes From a Miami Dominatrix. Dear Mistress Lera, I have a real problem. I am a young female who happens to be, well, a…