The beauty of dominant women
This makes for a nice contrast with the previous artwork. From modern and affectionate to old school and decidedly not affectionate. This is of course by the great Eric Stanton. I believe it’s the cover of a short run of comics that collect a few of his different illustrated stories together, published in 1997.
Something cute for the weekend. I like how he’s dripping in two different but related ways. The marked off wall calendar is another nice touch. I believe the artist is Mare (also sometimes known as Mare_Ten).
After the impressive bondage of the last post I thought I’d go in the other direction with this.
James Bond is notorious for escaping from many tight situations, but I don’t think he’ll be too taxed by this one. A good shrug would probably do it. Maybe the villainess has been looking at too much early bondage porn. That often featured a few randomly placed lengths of clothesline as a means of restraint. Of course if Karin Dor had tied me up, I probably wouldn’t be struggling too hard to get away either.
This is of course Sean Connery and Karin Dor in You Only Live Twice.
Ms Jadis Ives has published a really thoughtful article entitled kink, subculture, aesthetic, authenticity and the algorithm. As you can probably guess from that title, it covers a lot of complex topics, making it hard to summarize. However, I guess the nub of it would be the difference between authentic in person play and everything else that now makes up the wide kinky world.
In the past there were relatively well defined niches of lifestyle play, BDSM professionals offering sessions and (limited, rare) kink themed pornography. The boundaries were distinct. Now, thanks to a variety of technological, cultural and financial reasons, it’s a far murkier and more complex map. Mainstream overlaps with the kink subculture. The worlds of content creation, marketing and and in person play are harder to tease apart. Big tech and legal rules warp the discourse even further. What does it mean to participate in BDSM today?
There’s obviously the danger of nostalgia and gatekeeping here, but I don’t think Ms Jadis is heading in that direction. She’s calling out the dangers of losing sight of a key aspect of BDSM – that visceral, authentic in person connection. That’s not all it is, but it is a significant and important part. We shouldn’t let the performative aspects of the current culture overwhelm it.
Ms Jadis Ives is a Sydney based pro-domme. This image was sourced from her website. You can also find her on Bluesky. If you’re in the Sydney area and interested in experiencing a session in person then you can find details here.
It’s always important to start the day off with some healthy essentials. Orange juice, toast, yogurt, a big black cock. Starting the day as you mean to go on. Eating parts of it off the floor is obviously optional.
I’m not sure of the original source for this. I’d guess it’s a pro-domme with a room kitted out as a dedicated cell. It’s a hot concept, particularly with the dedicated anchor points in the walls. If you can help me attribute it correctly the please let me know via a comment.
Updated: Thanks to my helpful readers I can now attribute the image. This is Madame Key at the Warsaw Prison. Looks like a fabulous facility if you’re into imprisonment scenarios.
If only kink and femdom worked like this Oglaf cartoon. Given the amount of time I’ve spent getting thrashed by mysterious ladies, I’d have acquired no end of amazing talents. Kinky fun and I can finally master the guitar by the end of it? Whip away!
You can see more from Oglaf at his site.
I’m continuing the theme of pegging art by new (to this blog) artists. This piece is by Art Pegging aka Kinky Artist. They have a Twitter account but it seems to have been dormant for the last couple of years and, sadly, they don’t appear to have popped up anywhere else. This is pretty damn sexy, so fingers crossed the artist feels inspired to create/share more at some future point.
Here’s something cute from an artist I’ve not featured here before – Agreeable Swim 6551. Just because someone’s tall and handsome doesn’t mean they don’t like getting pounded into the mattress.
You can find more from the artist on their Patreon, Reddit and (ugh) Twitter.
This artwork is the first of a series by the artist Luen. It’s a very sexy set of drawings if you’re into heavy bondage, invasive toys and objectification. You know. All the really good stuff. You can find the first set of 4 drawings via Bluesky and more on Subscribe Star.
The Guardian has a new article on a subject dear to both masochists and sadists hearts – pain. Its basic premise is that the perception of pain is highly contextual and complex. Someone might have a serious injury but power through the situation. The same person on another day might stub their toe and spend 10 minutes hopping up and down and swearing about it. Pain is perceived in the brain and so our mental state is a big factor in how intense we think it is.
It’s an interesting article but I don’t think its conclusions will be surprising to kinky folk who play with pain. I know my tolerance varies significantly, depending on things like stress, arousal, uncertainty and past history with my play partner.
One thing I hadn’t thought about was the how the perception of risk can affect tolerance…
“If we think ‘this is terrible, this is awful, it’s going to do me serious damage’ – those types of people will have lower tolerance.” This includes people who tend to be anxious or who catastrophise pain.
The perception of the damage being done can have a substantial role. A violinist is more likely to report higher levels of pain when a pain stimulus is applied to their dominant playing hand than when their other hand is subjected to the same stimulus, Moseley says – because an injury to their dominant hand could end their career.
That makes sense to me and is a useful thing to keep in mind when planning sessions. If you want to play harder then being able to relax and not worry about the end result is important. If you’re stressing about marks or injuries it’ll hurt all the more.
I hope this gentleman is feeling relaxed and worry free, otherwise that’ll really sting. I’m not entirely sure of the source here, but it looks like something from the Cruel Punishments site.
