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The History of BDSM
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Documenting my research into the history of consensual sadomasochism.

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The History of BDSM @historyofbdsm.bsky.social · Nov 29
My book A Lover's Pinch: A Cultural History of Sadomasochism (2018), winner of the NLA Geoff Mains non-fiction award.

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Leather community organizers and friends Peter Fiske, Coulter Thomas, Shadow Morton, and Sky Renfro at International Mr. Leather 1991. Photo from the Colt Thomas collection at the LA&M. #LeatherCommunity
Four people squinting in the sun. One man on the left, wearing a leather vest and chaps over jeans. A taller blonde man wearing a T-shirt and chaps over jeans. A trans masculine person wearing a leather vest over a torn tank top and jeans and a leather jockstrap. Trans Masculine person wearing a denim vest over a T-shirt with sunglasses and a large horn nose piercing. All white and butch.
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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The Story Of O (Kink In Pop Culture- movies, movie posters, 1975)

Story of O Comes to America week

50th Anniversary of the US release of the movie

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The Story Of O movie poster (1975) Story of O Comes to America week 50th Anniversary! The English language version of the book's film adaptation was released in the United States on November 14, 1975. Book info https://www.tumblr.com/theakandrewscollection/799839336175648768/story-of-o-first-american-edition-60th?source=share Original 1975 American one sheet and half sheet movie poster designs are credited to artist Herbert Reade. . A French-German production, the movie was directed by Just Jaeckin and starred Corinne Clery and Udo Kier. The Story of O was the director's follow up to his movie adaption of the erotic novel Emmanuel in 1974. Just Jaeckin would go on to direct adaptations of Lady Chatterley's Lover in 1981 and the work of fetish artist John Willie in Gwendoline, aka The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak, in 1984. The film follows the plot and events of the book but the ending is different. More info- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_O The translation from page to screen did produce additional, possibly unintentional, differences - https://www.goodnovel.com/qa/key-differences-book-story-o-film-adaptation Mature Film stills- https://www.tumblr.com/theakandrewscollection/800201484966952960/the-story-of-o-movies-movie-posters-1975?source=share Continue reading- https://www.tumblr.com/theakandrewscollection/800201734401179648/the-story-of-o-movies-movie-posters-1975?source=share #KinkInPopCulture #kink #bdsm #fetish#Story Of O #Movies #1975 #1970s #Anniversary #Movie Posters
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Fetish art isn't new.

Reason No. 1,376 why comprehensive history and sex education is important!
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#sexeducation #arthistory #CharlesGibson #entomology #giantess #fetishart #tinyman #sizefetish #mserinireland #femdom
A black & white drawing of four early 20th century ladies examining a small specimen with a hat pin and a magnifying glass. The text above reads "Modern Prude: You never used to see major artists publishing their obvious fetish art.", then "Charles Dana Gibson, 1903: the Young Man Imagines Himself the Latest Victim of Some Fair Entomologist".
October 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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PATRIARCHY "LASH ME" (Kink In Pop Culture- promotional video, 2021)

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LASH ME - PATRIARCHY
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November 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Wonder Woman TV show- 50th Anniversary (Kink In Pop Culture- television, comic books, 1975-1979)

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Photo of Linda Carter in the pilot for the Wonder Woman TV show (1975) 50th Anniversary The pilot movie starring Linda Carter that led into the Wonder Woman TV show premiered on November 7th, 1975. True to the series source material, the show would have a bit of bondage Just a smidge The series would run for three seasons over two different networks Continue reading- https://www.tumblr.com/theakandrewscollection/799689992127578112/wonder-woman-tv-show-50th-anniversary?source=share #KinkInPopCulture #kink #bdsm #Bondage #DamselInDistress #fetish #Wonder Woman #Television #1975 #1970s #Anniversary
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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National Lampoon, "O comes to America" (Kink In Pop Culture- art, magazines, 1972)

Story of O Comes to America week

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National Lampoon magazine interior illustration, "O comes to America" (1972) Story of O Comes to America week In the November 1972 issue of National Lampoon magazine, issue #32, "O Comes to America" was published, featuring this full page interior illustration by the late [Jeffrey Catherine Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Catherine_Jones) It was accompanied by a three page text story postulating O's American adventures by Anne Beatts, who would go on to write for Saturday Night Live and create the television series, Square Pegs. Continue reading- https://www.tumblr.com/theakandrewscollection/799948628284391424/natiinal-lampoon-o-comes-to-america-magazines?source=share #KinkInPopCulture #kink #bdsm #fetish #NationalLampoon #StoryofO #Magazines #1972 #1970s
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Story of O, illustrated version by Guido Crepax (Kink In Pop Culture- graphic novels, art, books, 1978)

Story of O Comes to America week

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Story of O, illustrated version by Guido Crepax graphic novel cover (1978) Story of O Comes to America week 1978 would see Grove Press publish the first American edition of the graphic novel version of Story of O. Illustrated by legendary Italian comic artist Guido Crepax, it was originally released in Europe in 1975. Grove Press had published the first American edition of The Story of O in 1965. I remember seeing ads for subsequent printings of this adaption, now broken up into separate volumes, solicited in Preview movie magazine in the early 1980s. Guido Crepax's version of the tale would be reprinted throughout the decades to follow and continues to be influential and inspirational to this day. Story of O graphic novel, interior page by Guido Crepax Continue reading- https://www.tumblr.com/theakandrewscollection/800020537424445440/story-of-o-illustrated-version-by-guido-crepax?source=share #KinkInPopCulture #kink #bdsm #fetish #Story of O #Story of O Illustrated Version #Guido Crepax #Graphic Novels #comics #comic books #1975 #1978 #1970s
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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leatherarchives.bsky.social
Roger Mays aka RFM was a writer and the owner of RFM Products, a leathercrafting company that also sold custom bondage furniture, toys, art, books, and more in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Cover of leather and things the RFM catalog with an illustration of men wearing leather caps and arm, cuffs and belts, otherwise naked.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Could you imagine being so "alpha" that you're salivating at the prospect government telling you what you can and can't watch?

I guess "Choke me daddy" is what conservatives say to politicians controlling access to the internet.
Headline from the European Conservative UK Becomes First Western Country to Ban (Some) Porn featuring drawing of a white womans face being covered by black hands with long fingernails
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Story of O, first American edition- 60th Anniversary (Kink In Pop Culture- books, 1965)

Story of O Comes to America week

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Photo of the first American edition of the book, Story of O (1965) . Story of O Comes to America week 2025 marks the 60th Anniversary of "Pauline Réage's"* 1954 French erotic novel, Histoire d'O, first being published in english in 1965. The translation was released first in Europe by Olympia press then America by Grove Press in the same year. For the uninitiated, in the book a Parisian fashion photographer, "O", is introduced to the joys of domination, submission and sadomasochism by her lover, Rene`. The book details O's progressive journey and adventures ever deeper within a secret society of BDSM enthusiasts. An incredibly influential book, Story of O inspired; at least seven filmed adaptions, an "official" sequel, multiple unofficial sequels, the work of subsequent authors, a seminal comic book adaption, an international magazine, parodies, documentaries, fashion, fetishwear, a cultural conversation, an unknowable amount of various people's personal -and sometimes public- fantasies and more. More info (warning- story spoilers) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_O Info about first American publication https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Story-First-American-Edition-Pauline-R%C3%A9age/31325724914/bd *footnote- "Pauline Réage" was a pen name of "Dominique Aury", which turned out to be a pseudonym of the true author, the late Anne Desclos. "The free publication of Story of O in this country is an event of considerable importance.... The artistic inter-est here has precisely to do with the use not only of erotic materials but also erotic methods, the deliberate stimulation of the reader as a part of and means to a total, authentic literary experience." -Eliot Fremont-Smith, The New York Times newspaper review (1965) Continue reading- https://www.tumblr.com/theakandrewscollection/799839336175648768/story-of-o-first-american-edition-60th?source=share #KinkInPopCulture #kink #bdsm #fetish #StoryofO #PaulineRéage #1965ce #1960e #Books #Anniversary
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Ellen Willis was a feminist theorist, cultural critic, professor of journalism, and an unapologetic defender of sexual freedom and diversity.
Ellen is a white woman with thick wavy hair and sunglasses, reading a book, titled no more fun and games.
November 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Paraphernalia clothing print ad, "The story of O dress... Oh?" (Kink In Pop Culture-fashion, magazines, ads, 1966)

Story of O Comes to America week

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Paraphernalia clothing magazines ad, "The story of O dress... Oh?" (1966) Story of O Comes to America week "Pauline Réage"'s 1954 French novel, The Story Of O, made it's way to America in the mid 1960s and the effects of this seminal work continue to be felt all these decades later. This week will feature some of the "O" inspired items that made it to American shores. "Paraphernalia was a boutique and clothing line that was started in 1965 by Puritan, a conservative dress manufacturer that wanted to cash in on the exploding youth market of the mid-1960s. Paraphernalia employed some of the most innovative designers of the 1960s — Betsey Johnson, Deanna Littell, and Diana Dew. They imported from England the designs of Mary Quant and Foale and Tuffin.The store was very successful, so they began to franchise. Within three years there were 44 Paraphernalia stores in the US." -source https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/item/label/paraphernalia/ Copy of the ad taken from the 0ctober 1966 issue of Glamour magazine archived at the University of Illinois https://www.library.illinois.edu/adexhibit/fashion.htm Continue reading- https://www.tumblr.com/theakandrewscollection/799748744834875392/the-story-of-o-dress-oh-paraphernalia-ad?source=share #KinkInPopCulture #kink #bdsm #fetish #ParaphernaliaClothing #StoryofO #advertising #magazines #fashion #Ads #1966ce #1960's
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Madonna "Justify My Love" (Kink In Pop Culture- album covers, 1990)

35th Anniversary
Single released November 6, 1990

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Madonna "Justify My Love" album cover art (1990)
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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The Celluloid Dungeon asks, how do you combine chemotherapy and golden showers in Dying for Sex S01E05 #dyingforsex historyofbdsm.com/2025/11/dyin...
Man in dog costume on all fours, before standing woman, in a bedroom.
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Terry Thompson was a leatherman and manager of The Plunge, the Arena, and the SF Eagle where he organized parties and founded the Bare Chest Calendar in 1984, a fundraiser that raised over $260,000 for HIV/AIDS charity in 2024 alone.
Grainy closeup. Terri is white and has a mustache. Text: [Popular San Francisco Eagle Manager Terry Thompson Dies. Terry Thompson, former manager of the Bare Chest Calendar, died on Saturday, November 5. He was surrounded by some of his closest friends.]
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Before the movie, there was the 1978 book of Nine and a Half Weeks. Why did anyone think this was a romance? historyofbdsm.com/2025/11/nine...
Cover of first edition (1978) of Nine and a Half Weeks by Elizabeth McNeill, showing a riding crop laid across a silk scarf, on a white background.
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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From Cabaret (1972)
Silhouettes of a woman whipping another woman, with audience watching.
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Quote from On Civility and Incivility in the Scene by Chris M (in The Petal and Thorn May-Jun 1999). Photo from Restraint No 24 (1993).
Black woman, with her elbows tied to a horizontal bar placed between her arms and her back with rope. She has curly hair almost reaching her shoulder blades. Text: [Because BDSM practices are intensely personal, we are sensitive about them, and quick to take offense. Because these practices are incredibly diverse, we frequently find ourselves in the occasional presence of activities that make us uncomfortable.]
October 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Cover of Lou Kagan's Glamour in Bondage, published by House of Milan in the 1980s. Do you have other issues of Glamour in Bondage? Donate them to the LA&M community library. 🎁
Woman with big 1980s style blonde hair, holding handcuffed wrists up to her face and gasping. Text Reads: exploring the dark side of Gina Carrera. Also, in this issue with Terri Lloyd, Michelle letteau , Alice Gaynor, Belinda Wani, Lorene lovegoode, Ladon, Donna Wilde. Plus a peek at sweet things to come.
October 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Sadie Bonfils aka Sensuous Sadie was a writer, author of Spiritual Transformation through BDSM, member of the New England Dungeon Society, and founder of Vermont Rose & Thorn.
Sadie is white and wearing a silver dress, silver head, dress, silver eyeshadow, with chains around her neck and body, and holding an orange snake. Text reads: spiritual transformation through BDSM. Stories and submissions from fellow travelers featuring essays and interviews by Deborah Addington, Joseph Beane, Patrick, Califia, Chris M, Cleo DuBois, Dossie Easton, Janet Hardy.
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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"Topping is a sacred skill" in Dying for Sex S01E04 in The Celluloid Dungeon: historyofbdsm.com/2025/10/dyin...
Blonde woman, wearing open white blouse, black corset and black stockings, stands at open door
October 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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The Celluloid Dungeon asks if there's such a thing as a "mistake orgasm" in Dying for Sex S01E03: historyofbdsm.com/2025/10/dyin...
October 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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I return to the @masocast for another interview. www.masocast.com/2025/10/05/m...
More History of BDSM - Masocast
Peter Tupper is back to talk about the history of BDSM, his observations of our political moment and depictions of kink in recent years in media.
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October 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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John Siracusa was a member of Trusted Servants and titled International Drummer Boy 1990-1991. He met his partner Clive Platman at the contest. Siracusa worked for Desmodus, Inc. for several years.
Two white man, one standing and wearing spiked forearm cuffs, a leather harness and jockstrap, holding open a hinged metal helmet on the head of another man kneeling in front of him.
October 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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#Pillion #A24
The “kinky” film stars the True Blood actor as the leather-clad biker daddy Ray, who entices the meek traffic warden and barbershop-quartet fan Colin (Harry Potter‘s Harry Melling) into a dom/sub relationship.
Alexander Skarsgård’s “Pillion” Ignites Excitement with Bold BDSM Queer Romance | EDGE United States
The new British film “Pillion,” starring Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling, is making waves across the LGBTQ+ community and film world for its unapologetic portrayal of a gay BDSM relationship.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM