Beauty in Darkness: the history of BDSM

In response to: "Shifting to a new site: historyofbdsm.com" 385 days old
by ptupper72 [Member]

Done. more…

In response to: "Shifting to a new site: historyofbdsm.com" 385 days old
by Coolkitty [Visitor]

Please add an RSS email subscription option to your new site! Thanks. more…

In response to: "Fetish recognition, classics and cliches" 556 days old
by Custom Leather [Visitor]

I have talked to many fetishists. I have found that most of them can go back in time and say when it began. I have heard many stories about some beautiful affectionate and attention-giving woman (friend, teacher, neighbor, baby sitter, especially aunts...) who stood out by dressing in a certain outstanding fashion that made them appear special or u more…

In response to: "Rise and fall of a fetish: quicksand" 556 days old
by Custom Leather [Visitor]

I met a man on AOL (America On Line) that had a quicksand fetish. I told him that I had seen on mythbusters that they built a quicksand pit. I suddested that he make one. I assume he has already. It's been a few years since I last chatted with him. He said he got this fetish and his other fetish (Scuba Suits)came from watching Gilligan's Island (Th more…

In response to: "Punish Me. A film by Angelina Maccarone" 561 days old
by Bondage [Visitor]

well, I think any movie talking about sex, and even kinky sex is better than war movies.

Shame we allow war and death to be so popular but sex is still taboo.
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In response to: "Punish Me. A film by Angelina Maccarone" 587 days old
by Ranai [Visitor]

Glad you find it interesting to read. The film can be a good starting point for further reflections.

A malesub-femdom love story would be so against the grain of culture's rules about love, sexuality and gender that it might be illegible as a love story. People would look at it and scratch their heads, unable to understand it. more…

In response to: "Kink film festival in Germany" 665 days old
by Florian [Visitor]

I went last year (my "Venus" screened there), and will go again this year. Very nice event indeed! Wish you could come! more…

In response to: "Men (and women) in black uniforms" 685 days old
by DasBoots [Visitor]

The Waffen SS stopped wearing the black uniform before WWII (except on parade). The Allgemeine SS continued to wear black throughout WW2. more…

In response to: "Ann Coulter vs. Conversio Virium" 737 days old
by mayamy [Visitor]

I left a comment on the MasoCast episode page you may find interesting:

<blockquote>Huh, I just listened to this episode and recently wrote a blog post about some of my own experience with Conversio Virium fr more…

In response to: "Foucault: "Will they or won't they?" vs. "How will they?"" 753 days old
by Castclass [Visitor]

"If there's an intellectual patron saint of BDSM, it's..."

Dr. Ernst Schertel ;)

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In response to: "Farewell, Wicked Grounds" 789 days old
by Lily Lloyd [Visitor]

Sad -- I visited one afternoon last summer and had a lovely time there. Not a great location; perhaps in another it might have thrived. more…

In response to: "Goodbye Uncle Tom: the facts and myths of slavery" 830 days old
by ptupper72 [Member]

The Monty Python reference was more about the "smashing film" part, using historical events as the basis for exploitation film and video. more…

In response to: "Goodbye Uncle Tom: the facts and myths of slavery" 830 days old
by Azrael Arcangel [Visitor]

I guess that the Monty Python quote on the Spanish Inquisition has to do with the big difference between myth and fact. Spanish Inquisition had on its favour that its love for bureucracy kept its activities well documented, ando those records still exist and have been well researched during the last decades:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik more…

In response to: "The psychosexual development of Adolf Hitler" 851 days old
by psychosexual clinic [Visitor]

Not sure what you mean by "does spur the imagination". Surely if its just fabrication, it shouldnt spur any associative thoughts that would apply a negative perspective - since they are just lies? more…

In response to: "The history of the Other World Kingdom in Second Life" 868 days old
by MissPlease [Visitor]

So THAT's where OWK went! I know they dissolved. I just didn't know they went 'virtual'.

I suppose it was time to go back to fantasyland. Reality rules. Got to give OWK credit. They made a reality out of a fantasy on a grand scale. more…

In response to: "Late 70s European kink: No secret handshakes, just cash" 877 days old
by ptupper72 [Member]

I don't read German, alas. I'm reporting what Violet Wanda posted.

I'd love to find evidence of heterosexual, non-commercial BDSM culture in Europe in the late 70s period. more…

In response to: "What price virginity in 2011?" 877 days old
by ptupper72 [Member]

I expect she already approved the three guys, and which one actually did the deed, whatever that means, didn't matter much. more…

In response to: "What price virginity in 2011?" 880 days old
by Parrynutsquash [Member]

Very well written, very well said.

Supposed that it must be Blue's own choice to have this done in a ritualistic fashion, but I do find it personally unsettling that it's her fans who are choosing the partner. more…

In response to: "Late 70s European kink: No secret handshakes, just cash" 881 days old
by mllesatine [Visitor]

Sorry but just because VioletWanda didn't experience non-commercial SM (or just doesn't mention it) doesn't mean it didn't exist.

I don't know if you can read German Peter. There is a chronic of SM available here.

It lists the first meeting more…

In response to: "Midori on Japanese BDSM slang" 912 days old
by Ayzad [Visitor]

You should try Master K's book about Japanese bondage. Given the identity between kinbaku and BDSM in that country, it gives the best research information about it I've ever found. more…

In response to: ""Extreme values": Use of BDSM and transpeople in political attack ads" 928 days old
by Reive [Visitor]

Unbelievable! The Folsom Street Fair is a huge tourist draw, I believe exceeded only by Pride in S.F.

On a note aside from the BDSM, I can't believe that this ad is portraying Newsom as being SOFT on deportation! This guy (as part of an effort not to look soft on juvenile crime) is for the deportation of juveniles! The S.F. city counci more…

In response to: "Men (and women) in black uniforms" 966 days old
by Roger [Visitor]

"Fussel is a snob, a crank and a square (he refers to "skate-board enthusiasts and other pseudo-degenerates"), and he would probably agree with all those adjectives."
It may be snobbish, cranky and square (isn't calling someone square a little...square, nowadays?) to point it out, but I think you mean he would probably agree with all those n more…

In response to: "Late 70s European kink: No secret handshakes, just cash" 1009 days old
by Ayzad [Visitor]

The one thing that always amazes me when this kind of talk comes up is how to an American mind Europe is as alien as Jupiter. Sorry to break the news, but Europe is in fact just behind the corner and a pretty normal place: having a historical past doesn't mean we act all crazy out here! Usually, coming over and having a look is enough to clear your more…

In response to: "High fashion trafficking" 1054 days old
by Clarisse Thorn [Visitor]

Hey Peter -- I love this post but I notice that the images are now broken. Do you still have them? more…

In response to: "Carrying off white women" 1078 days old
by Wayne [Visitor]

That would be the elusive "forth" figure my dear... more…

In response to: "Tibetan nights" 1119 days old
by ptupper72 [Member]

Maybe. And thanks for the tip. more…

In response to: "Tibetan nights" 1121 days old
by Citizen Kinkster [Visitor]

Perhaps this is from the Ken Anger attempt to film the novel? more…

In response to: "Future of this project" 1136 days old
by Ranai [Visitor]

Among other factors, a book written for the general interested public while based on documented research, vs. a thesis mainly for an academic audience have different writing styles. You can consider your intended audience (broad/narrow), which style you want this particular book to be in, and in which style your existing bulk of text is written. more…

In response to: "Future of this project" 1140 days old
by Mistress160 [Visitor]

It's such a hard decision.

I ended up taking the self publishing route a few years back. Did my own editing / layout and image copyright research and permissions (LOTS of images). It took time, but having that extra control was great and the final product was pleasing.

Only regret: wish I'd done a larger print run, the da more…

In response to: "The Last Two Centuries of SM" 1140 days old
by Ayzad [Visitor]

Hrm.

Latex in the '20s?

I guess Bienvenu research wasn't so thorough - or the writer was very approximative. more…