The History of BDSM
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Documenting my research into the history of consensual sadomasochism.
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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...
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Celluloid Dungeon asks, how do you combine chemotherapy and golden showers in Dying for Sex S01E05 #dyingforsex historyofbdsm.com/2025/11/dyin...
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...
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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...
From Cabaret (1972)
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
From Cabaret (1972)
"Topping is a sacred skill" in Dying for Sex S01E04 in The Celluloid Dungeon: historyofbdsm.com/2025/10/dyin...
October 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"Topping is a sacred skill" in Dying for Sex S01E04 in The Celluloid Dungeon: historyofbdsm.com/2025/10/dyin...
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
The Celluloid Dungeon asks if there's such a thing as a "mistake orgasm" in Dying for Sex S01E03: historyofbdsm.com/2025/10/dyin...
The Celluloid Dungeon examines Pillion (2025) and the problem of the fantasy of the perfect dominant. #pillion #film #bdsm historyofbdsm.com/2025/10/pill...
October 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Celluloid Dungeon examines Pillion (2025) and the problem of the fantasy of the perfect dominant. #pillion #film #bdsm historyofbdsm.com/2025/10/pill...
The Celluloid Dungeon reviews Red Shoe Diaries' exploration of femdom-malesub, "How I met my husband" S01E13. historyofbdsm.com/2025/09/red-... #tv #bdsmِ
September 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Celluloid Dungeon reviews Red Shoe Diaries' exploration of femdom-malesub, "How I met my husband" S01E13. historyofbdsm.com/2025/09/red-... #tv #bdsmِ
The Celluloid Dungeon explores the lost world of 1990s direct-to-cable softcore in Red Shoe Diaries S01E03 "You Have the Right to Remain Silent" historyofbdsm.com/2025/09/red-...
September 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The Celluloid Dungeon explores the lost world of 1990s direct-to-cable softcore in Red Shoe Diaries S01E03 "You Have the Right to Remain Silent" historyofbdsm.com/2025/09/red-...
Press release for Devil Girl From Mars (1954, UK), prominently featuring Patricia Laffan as Nyah in her fetishistic costume.
September 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Press release for Devil Girl From Mars (1954, UK), prominently featuring Patricia Laffan as Nyah in her fetishistic costume.
"The slave girl", 1904, oil on board, by Charles Wilda (Austrian, 1854-1907) #orientalism
August 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"The slave girl", 1904, oil on board, by Charles Wilda (Austrian, 1854-1907) #orientalism
New DVD haul for the Celluloid Dungeon.
August 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New DVD haul for the Celluloid Dungeon.
From the Kinsey Archive, the Marburger List is a typewritten catalog of femsub bondage scenes in TV and film pre-1975 #vintagebdsm historyofbdsm.com/2025/07/the-...
July 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
From the Kinsey Archive, the Marburger List is a typewritten catalog of femsub bondage scenes in TV and film pre-1975 #vintagebdsm historyofbdsm.com/2025/07/the-...
Ramon Novarro and Myrna Loy in The Barbarian (1933)
July 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Ramon Novarro and Myrna Loy in The Barbarian (1933)
Review of Rachel Garrett's #book John Willie: A Bizarre Life (2024) #bdsm historyofbdsm.com/2025/07/john...
July 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Review of Rachel Garrett's #book John Willie: A Bizarre Life (2024) #bdsm historyofbdsm.com/2025/07/john...
#damselindistress Allene Ray in #bondage in silent serial The Fortieth Door (1924).
July 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#damselindistress Allene Ray in #bondage in silent serial The Fortieth Door (1924).
Chane, by Norman Gant (pseud. of George Wolk), pub. New English Library, 1975 (Part of NEL's slave-sploitation line)
"Chane-a giant of a man, born a slave but so powerful he drove fear like a stake into the heart of the men who opposed him. Chane-filled with a lust and passion that drove women mad"
"Chane-a giant of a man, born a slave but so powerful he drove fear like a stake into the heart of the men who opposed him. Chane-filled with a lust and passion that drove women mad"
July 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Chane, by Norman Gant (pseud. of George Wolk), pub. New English Library, 1975 (Part of NEL's slave-sploitation line)
"Chane-a giant of a man, born a slave but so powerful he drove fear like a stake into the heart of the men who opposed him. Chane-filled with a lust and passion that drove women mad"
"Chane-a giant of a man, born a slave but so powerful he drove fear like a stake into the heart of the men who opposed him. Chane-filled with a lust and passion that drove women mad"
Vengeance of Chane, by Norman Gant (pseud. of George Wolk), pub. New English Library, 1975 (Part of NEL's slave-sploitation line)
"Chane was dead - the magnificent stud slave who had lived to breed was gone. His sons survived but under a hideous curse...."
"Chane was dead - the magnificent stud slave who had lived to breed was gone. His sons survived but under a hideous curse...."
July 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Vengeance of Chane, by Norman Gant (pseud. of George Wolk), pub. New English Library, 1975 (Part of NEL's slave-sploitation line)
"Chane was dead - the magnificent stud slave who had lived to breed was gone. His sons survived but under a hideous curse...."
"Chane was dead - the magnificent stud slave who had lived to breed was gone. His sons survived but under a hideous curse...."
Review of the biography of fetish artist, photographer and publisher John "Willie" Coutts, by @fethistory Reveals the network of eccentrics and entrepreneurs who created the #bdsm world.
historyofbdsm.com/2025/07/john...
historyofbdsm.com/2025/07/john...
July 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Review of the biography of fetish artist, photographer and publisher John "Willie" Coutts, by @fethistory Reveals the network of eccentrics and entrepreneurs who created the #bdsm world.
historyofbdsm.com/2025/07/john...
historyofbdsm.com/2025/07/john...
From The Danny Thomas Show (aka Make Room For Daddy) S11E28 "Call off the hounds", released April 13, 1964 #bdsm #vintagebdsm
July 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
From The Danny Thomas Show (aka Make Room For Daddy) S11E28 "Call off the hounds", released April 13, 1964 #bdsm #vintagebdsm
Article on Nancy Grossman and her leather bondage head sculptures, by bondage artist Brian Tarsis.
June 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Article on Nancy Grossman and her leather bondage head sculptures, by bondage artist Brian Tarsis.
History of BDSM Midwest America Tour, 2025 historyofbdsm.com/2025/06/hist...
June 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
History of BDSM Midwest America Tour, 2025 historyofbdsm.com/2025/06/hist...
Pilgrimage destination reached!
May 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Pilgrimage destination reached!
Morgan Lofting in Joysticks (1983)
May 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Morgan Lofting in Joysticks (1983)
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April 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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