But I have at least now heard of, if not actually met, my Waterloo — dogs I’m not interested in knowing. In last weekend’s New York Times Sunday Styles section, there was a story headlined, “On Leash or Off, We Run in Packs.” It was one of perhaps two stories in the entire monster paper that called to me. It was about “puppy play enthusiasts,” a subculture of the bondage, dominance, sadism and masochism (BDSM) community. At least one fellow (and the story identified most of the men quoted by their real and pup names) for a time asked his friends and colleagues at work to refer to him by “pup,” instead of a pronoun. The pup play enthusiasts should fill their boots, but they and the Times should shut the bedroom door.

Source: National Post April 29, 2019 19:29 UTC