Authentically Kinky (formerly known as What Women and Other Wonderful Humans Want)

Key Barrett is the pseudonym of a published author. What is not a pseudonym is the M.Sc. He has a Masters of Science in Anthropology. Key has studied sexual subcultures across to Europe and North America. He has legally investigated a diverse set of subcultures spanning from female sexual dynamism and aggression in medieval European texts to the bondage and submission clubs of New York to the transgender burlesque cultures of the Deep South before turning his attention to Female-Led Relationships and specifically what makes the good ones so strong.

He writes both non fiction and fiction with a female-leadership bent. All works are judgment-free and always between consenting adults.

Proud to announce that 'Surrender, Submit, Serve Her' has been nominated for the BDSM Writers Con 2017 Golden Flogger Awards for BEST BDSM Book of the Year in our Non-fiction category.

You can follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/KeyBarrettMSc 

the Shamanatrix is local to Denver CO. She leveled up to Pro status in January of 2020. She believes in the practice of compartmentalized kink and loves helping others get started in pursuing some of their deepest darkest fantasies. (Hence the “Shaman” part of her name.) In addition to her work as a pro, she does kink consulting—a service to help advise others on their journey and exploration—and lifestyle matchmaking. She has created “The List” which is a confidential play partner referral list that helps other kinky friends feel comfortable connecting.

Basic Witches is a comedy spirituality podcast, hosted by Leah Knauer & Rachel Laforest, as they interview comedians, artists, musicians, and fellow witches about life, manifestation, positivity, and love/sexuality. In closing, Rachel & Leah give their guests a Goddess Oracle Card Reading.
Recent guests include Margaret Cho, New York Times Best-Selling Author Alex Banayan, Gala Darling, and more! Basic Witches was recently mentioned in Cosmopolitan, Astrology.com, and nominated for "The 2020 Witchies" for Most Exceptional Podcast of the Year.
Listen on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you stream podcasts!
Follow your intu-witchin' by following our coven on Instagram: @BasicWitches 

Sunny Megatron is an award-winning sexuality educator and media personality. She’s the host and executive producer of the Showtime original television series, SEX with Sunny Megatron, plus co-hosts American Sex Podcast and Open Deeply Podcast.


Voted XBIZ 2021 Sexpert of the Year, Kinkly’s Sex Blogging Superhero of 2017, and named one of the 6 most savvy sexologists in North America, Sunny has been featured in Cosmo, Playboy, Buzzfeed, CNN, and more. She is also a contributing editor of XBIZ Premiere Magazine and a regular columnist for Sexual Health Magazine.


In her sell-out sex and kink workshops, Sunny’s unique brand of “edutainment” seamlessly combines her humorous lecturing style, interactive exercises, and the latest sexuality research. Sunny’s passion is helping people become their authentic, sexual selves by learning to overcome shame and shed inhibitions. As a lifestyle BDSM enthusiast, much of her work centers around normalizing alternative sexual practices and ending sexual stigma.

Established in 1993, The Baroness—New York’s premier designer of elegant, provocative latex clothing—was one of only three latex designers in North America. Working from home, she taught herself to work with this unique material through trial-and-error. She first sold her latex garments at events, to private clients, and through a wholesale rep. 

In 1995 The Baroness launched Baroness.com, her award-winning website with the world’s first online Fetish Clothing Catalog.

After a decade of steady growth in both sales and fame, The Baroness moved into a combination boutique and atelier on East 13th street in New York City’s East Village in 2004.

The Baroness’ clientele included Lady Gaga for the Grammys, Victoria’s Secret for their fashion show, and Beyonce for the Met Gala. Her creations were worn on stage by Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and many others.

Determined to bring latex out of the closet and into the mainstream, The Baroness spread her gospel of latex and the power of clothing through her writings, lectures, interviews and television appearances on ABC America, E! News and Real Sex, among others. She became the sought-after spokesperson and authority on all things fetish. She wrote and/or was interviewed for The New York Times, Vogue, Interview, Visionaire and countless other publications.

For fifteen years, The Baroness’ monthly fetish party, The Fetish Retinue (“a Safe Place to do Dangerous Things”) provided a play/performance/social space where she held court and encouraged many, many curious newcomers to explore their desires. For those seeking something more exclusive, she hosted eight annual Royal Amusements (an exclusive and very formal dinner and play party). She was also a popular performer, speaker and MC at many other fetish events such as Smack!, The Black and Blue Ball, Click’n’Drag, Diabolique, Erotic New York, Miss Rubber World, The Montreal Fetish Weekend, and The Texas Latex Party.

As fetish was released from the bonds of secrecy and shame, the “scene” became a colorful, boisterous celebration of once-taboo desires and proclivities. That evolution produced a brief, colorful, fascinating piece of history over the last 30 years, and The Baroness was one of its driving forces. She is determined to preserve that history for all to see.

The Baroness has archived her fetish collection—garments, magazine articles, video, notes and more. You can now research The Baroness’ and New York's fetish scene history at The Leather Archives in Chicago, The Fetish Archives in the UK, and at The Texas Fashion Collection; and soon at The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York.

The Baroness will realize her lifetime dream of moving to France, where she will continue to document and archive her years in the fetish scene through writings, short video histories of fetish luminaries, and possibly podcasts. She will return to designing latex clothes and making clothing as art once a new workshop is established at her new home in France.

Whether you know her from the wrestling ring, the fitness stage, the big screen or the pages of Playboy Magazine, April Hunter has developed a career that is body positive and shows that a strong woman in today’s media can not only succeed but thrive. 

Her work in professional wrestling with WCW, TNA and ROH may have put her on the map, but it is her writing and acting work that has kept her in the spotlight. 

She has won top awards for her fitness work, as well as been a spokesmodel for the MetRX brand.

She has been featured as a model in MuscleMag international and Flex, as well as Playboy, Penthouse and Maxim.

On the screen, she has appeared in numerous music videos, MTV, MSNBC, TBS and the Howard Stern show as well as commercials including Toyota

Currently blogging on relationships and more, modeling for her own site and her new podcast called the A Show is putting this amazing woman front and center on the page and on the screen. 

Mistress Snow is a writer, researcher, professor, and dominatrix. She recently received her PhD in the humanities and is best known for her essay “I Told My Mentor I Was a Dominatrix,” published in the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2019, about the intersections of academic labor and sex work. Her research analyzes power and labor under capitalism, and she has most recently shifted her focus to the deplatforming and shadowbanning of sex workers on social media. In addition to her teaching and research, Dr. Snow advocates for sex workers and sex worker rights. In her free time she enjoys chilling with her dog, practicing embroidery, and ignoring men. 

Articles referenced in show
Chronicle link: https://www.chronicle.com/article/i-told-my-mentor-i-was-a-dominatrix/
Daily Beast link: https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-the-college-professor-who-moonlights-as-a-dominatrix 

Chronicling her real-life sex adventures as well as giving sex and dating advice on her popular radio show “The Dirtiest Girl in the World” on SiriusXM 415, Cruz is a former adult actress. In 2003, she broke into adult entertainment, when she was 18 and a sophomore in college. 
Multi-award nominee and winner for AVN, XBIZ and XRCO, she has delivered countless notorious performances on film, ranging from typical gonzo to BDSM as a Domme. She was also ranked 22 in the top 50 hottest Asian porn stars of all time by Complex Magazine. Other appearances include Howard Stern, MTV, Viceland, Showtime, Cinemax, various music videos and independent films, including the film, “Mope,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019. An avid comic book collector, video gamer, horror fanatic, and self-proclaimed Batman enthusiast, she has also been building her own props and cosplaying for over a decade. 
There was a short period in which Cruz helped run a dating and lifestyle coaching company, where she and her partners coached men from all over the world on how to not only talk to women and date, but how to be better men. Determined to overcome the stereotypes of her erstwhile profession, she’s given lectures on sex positivity at universities and conventions. Breaking the stigma surrounding sex is something she strives to continue doing even after having left the industry 5 years ago. 
In addition to her radio show, she also currently co-hosts a wrestling podcast called “Wrestle Fetish” talking all things wrestling and streams on Twitch, playing video games and using her real name. She has also returned to school to study Psychology. 

Mistress Justine Cross is a professional BDSM consultant and lifestyle Dominatrix based in Los Angeles. She is the owner of both Dungeon East and Dungeon West, Los Angeles’s premiere dungeon studios, which have been used for high-profile photo and video shoots.

With over 10 years’ experience as a lifestyle Dominatrix and BDSM consultant, Mistress Justine’s expertise and creativity has been called on for dozens of radio and video productions.  She has appeared as herself on Funny or Die’s Five in a Row, A&E’s Sex Life, Lifetime’s Little Women and VH1’s Hip Hop Hollywood.  Justine has acted as a consultant for GQ,  the film Bound and Janelle Monae’s “Make Me Feel” video.  She has appeared on numerous podcasts including Savage Love, Dear Prudie and American Sex and for a number of campaigns and projects for major brands such an educational intro to BDSM series for Yandy. Internationally recognized and followed, she keeps a dynamic travel schedule (pre-COVID) and has consulted with clients, appeared in photo shoots, and overseen projects all over the world.

With the mainstream growing more aware of BDSM, Mistress Justine’s opportunities to educate and correct the kink curious have expanded, and she’s been invited to be a guest speaker or teach classes on BDSM, safer sex practices, consent, and more at places like UCLA, Los Angeles LGBT Center and Clexacon. She has donated her time and talents to participate yearly in events benefiting LA Pride and The Keep a Breast Foundation.

Extensively interviewed and profiled, Mistress Justine has appeared in Los Angeles Magazine and Playboy, and been featured in Nylon, LA Weekly, Time Out Los Angeles, Buzzfeed, Salon, Vice, Huffington Post and The Guardian. As busy as she is, she’s open to considering new projects, appearances, and clients, always entertaining another opportunity to bring collaborators and audiences to their feet, and her fans to their knees. 

Fiona and Bean are not real, but they think they are