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Kink Shaming, also spelled as kinkshaming, is the act of mocking or criticizing someone's specific sexual predilections. Originating in the social justice blogosphere, the term has been applied outside of its original context as a way of criticizing overzealous political correctness.

Origin

Although there is no clear date when the term "kink shaming" came into use, the first online mentions date from the Livejournal Kink communities, where some "no kink shaming" policies went into effect as early as 2008.^[7]

Spread

STFU, Kink Shamers,^[8] a Tumblr blog devoted to criticizing people who engage in kink shaming, began posting in July 2011. While some see the practice as legitimate discrimination, others, typically outside of kink groups, ridicule the idea that someone's kink can be discriminated against. Some of the earliest ironic posts^[1][2] about kink shaming come from late 2012.

An Urban Dictionary entry^[3] for "kink shame" was created in 2014. In June of 2015, Tumblr user skygosh^[4] created an ironic "kink shaming pride" flag (shown below); the post gained over 20,000 notes. The Tumblr blog Daily Kink Shaming,^[5] which reblogs ironic posts about kink shaming, was started in October 2015. The meme documentation Tumblr Meme Archives published a post about the "ironic" use of the word on November 8th, 2015.^[6]

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