
There’s laughing at the sex party
In culture, kink clubs are a somber business. In practice, people trade barbs between whippings. Kawai Shen takes us beyond the BDSM aesthetics and shows us why laughter is an erotic release.
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Kawai Shen has written for Extra Extra, Smutburger, Vestoj, and various literary journals. Her first book, Wavering Futures, is a hybrid collection forthcoming with Metatron Press in 2026.

In culture, kink clubs are a somber business. In practice, people trade barbs between whippings. Kawai Shen takes us beyond the BDSM aesthetics and shows us why laughter is an erotic release.