![]() ![]() “But if I see them on my page, I block them for my safety. “I’m an advocate for education without participation when it comes to minors in kink,” Scorpio explains. The number of minors on TikTok and the inability to add an age block or sufficient content warning to videos is a problem that many KinkTokers face. ![]() Outside of the KinkTok community, there are conflicting views about whether this kind of content should exist on an app that is largely by and for teenagers. I’m glad to see that my community feels more comfortable being open about their interest in the lifestyle.” I’m one of few Black male doms on the platform and it’s something that gets brought up in my comments. “I made one risqué video about rougher sex rather than kink and it did rather well,” he says, “So I decided to see if it would happen again and made another video about kink and it went from there. Scorpio got into KinkTok after a popular creator contacted him saying she was happy to see another kinkster of colour on the platform. You’ll find creators with all body types, races and sexualities enjoying, educating and living their best kinky lives. KinkTok shows that anyone and everyone can explore kinky sex. But this is far from being the case for every BDSM relationship. Thanks to films and books like Fifty Shades of Grey, in the mainstream imagination, BDSM is between a man and a woman, both white and able-bodied, with the man as the dominant and the woman as the submissive. KinkTok is also helping to accurately reflect what a kinky relationship really “looks” like. KinkTokers do their best to educate around red flag behaviours and questions to ask a potential dom before engaging in any kind of relationship. Creators with large followings can seem trustworthy, which makes it easier for them to manipulate young, impressionable followers who may not be as experienced when it comes to kink. But KinkTokers are a powerful force to be reckoned with, calling out abusive behaviour where they see it and holding abusers accountable in their videos. No matter the platform, the kink community will always have to deal with its share of fake doms and abusers. We’ve normalised kink more than anything and with all of the safety we’ve talked about, we’ve helped people avoid or potentially leave abusive situations.” “The way TikTok can match people with common interests is why we have flourished so much. “I decided that, given my prior experience teaching at my university, it was important to share more information, specifically safety information, about kink,” he explains. Since then, he’s had 19-year-olds, people in their 70s and everyone in between asking questions, sharing videos and divulging intimate details of their life with him. Sex educator Nate decided to start making KinkToks after seeing an instructional shibari rope video on the app that failed to mention safety measures. While there’s a lot of useful advice on KinkTok, it shouldn’t be used on its own as a complete educational resource. Inhibitive character counts and video lengths mean that in depth information has to be sought elsewhere. From there I was able to go and do my own research and cross-reference information.” TikTok is similar to Tumblr in its ability to connect people, but its content format can be more limiting. “It’s probably the platform that really helped introduce me to BDSM and understand what I enjoyed and how I identified. ![]() “As I’m sure is common for a lot of people in the kink community, Tumblr was a mostly safe space to learn and explore the world of sex, kink and BDSM,” she says. In her early years of self-discovery, before the adult content ban, Pixie-Pie used Tumblr to find information about kink.
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