{"id":428,"date":"2025-10-10T20:48:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T20:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?p=428"},"modified":"2025-10-10T20:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T20:48:58","slug":"alicia-walker-and-arielle-kuperberg-on-lessons-from-bdsm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/2025\/10\/10\/alicia-walker-and-arielle-kuperberg-on-lessons-from-bdsm\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicia Walker and Arielle Kuperberg on Lessons from BDSM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode we are joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouristate.edu\/sag\/sociology\/profile-display.aspx?p=AliciaWalker\">Alicia M. Walker<\/a>, Associate Professor of Sociology at Missouri State and <a href=\"https:\/\/saph.umbc.edu\/ftfaculty\/person\/lx28251\/\">Arielle Kuperberg<\/a>, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Alicia and Arielle discuss their co-authored book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/bound-by-bdsm-9798881803032\/\">Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons in Building a Happier Life<\/a>, reflect on some of the methodological and writing choices they made along the way, and share some life lessons from the study.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-291\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2975\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-428-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC70_Walker_and_Kuperberg_on_BDSM.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC70_Walker_and_Kuperberg_on_BDSM.mp3\">http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC70_Walker_and_Kuperberg_on_BDSM.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC70_Walker_and_Kuperberg_on_BDSM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?powerpress_pinw=428-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC70_Walker_and_Kuperberg_on_BDSM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"GTaC70_Walker_and_Kuperberg_on_BDSM.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode we are joined by Alicia M. 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