A shiver up the spine

The tag line for this blog is ‘The beauty of dominant women.’ I like to think that I interpret the idea of this beauty in the broadest possible way. It might be an attitude, an action or an emotion that I find beautiful. And when I started this blog I deliberately set out to avoid making each post an endless succession of hot women in exciting fetish gear. However, sometimes a post of straightforward physical perfection is exactly what’s called for.

I know a lot of people will see this and be captivated by the rather tight dress and her impressive chest. Both of which are very nice. But as usual for me, it’s her face, her stare and in particular her eyes that make this image work. Even now, after having looked at it numerous times, it still gives me a frisson, a delicious shiver up my spine.

Image from Fetish Boudoir by Josselin GuichardThis is taken from the Fetish Boudoir site. The model is called Kay and the photographer/designer is Josselin Guichard. The skirt and top are available for purchase, as are signed prints of the photograph.

Rice Torture

Rohosub posted about an interesting form of punishment that I’ve never heard of before. I’ll let him tell it in his own words:

Here is a photo visualizing one of my wife’s favourite forms of discipline……I usually receive this form of discipline when I’ve failed to do my household chores to her satisfaction. Usually the kitchen chores and the disciplining then typically happens in the kitchen.
She just lays out a decent amount of rice on the floor, tells me to undress and sit or kneel in the rice. It’s ok for a short while but it’s pure torture after a while.

This strikes me as a particularly effective and nasty punishment, as it would seem hard to either sexualize it or get any endorphins flowing. It’d just be boring, then uncomfortable and finally painful. I often read about “punishments” that in other circumstances people pay good money to have inflicted. I can’t see anyone paying a pro-domme to spend an hour kneeling on some of her rice.

Rice TortureTaken from this post by Rohosub.

Humbler

Believe it or not, this post was actually inspired by my previous one on Underling’s artwork. Whilst there might not seem much of a connection between spanking art and intense CBT, his blog is called Underling’s Humblings, and that got me thinking about the other type of humbling frequently seen in a femdom context. As I haven’t posted many humbler pictures to date, this seemed like an opportune time for one.

This is a particularly nasty variation on the standard humbler, as it not only has the cross bar that pulls the testicles back, but also a vice-like component for crushing them. They’re already looking pretty red, and she hasn’t really started tightening the vice yet. Here’s a second shot from another angle that shows it in a little more detail. I’m not sure where the rope goes, but if it is attached to his hands via an overhead pulley, and she’s forcing him to slowly straighten up, then it’s an even more wonderfully sadistic set-up than it appears at first glance.

I’m afraid I don’t know the source of this image, but I recognize the domme as a Simone Kross. She’s a pro-domme working out of Nashville (having just moved from LA) and has been featured on this blog in the past. I’m not sure whether to be proud of the fact I recognized her immediately, or slightly concerned about what that implies about the amount of femdom material stuffed into my brain.

Simone Kross with Humbler

Pensive Domme

This is the kind of image that needs a caption competition. If she pondering the inherent contradiction in the idea of freely given slavery and the nondualism of pain and suffering? Or is she trying to remember if she needs to buy more milk on the way home? Whatever she’s thinking, it’s rare to see a BDSM image of someone looking thoughtful, pensive and maybe a touch sad. It makes for an interesting change.

Pensive DommeThis is from the Sub Miss fetish photography site. You can find a number of other intriguing galleries there, including a large version of this image and its sequence of asssociated images.

Chastity blog

I’ve added the ‘Denying Thumper’ blog to my blogroll. It’s written by a married man living with a chastity device and experiencing prolonged periods of orgasm denial as part of an evolving D/s relationship. I only discovered it in the last couple of days, and it turned into a real page turner (link clicker?) for me. It’s written with a refreshing sense of honesty that I find uncommon in the majority of sex/kink blogs. His about page is a good place to start for the backstory. I particularly enjoyed the article on the reality of living with a chastity device. The fantasy descriptions so rarely involve using one of your wife’s socks to manipulate your cock into place within the restraining tube.

Given the chastity topic, I thought I’d honor it with a suitably themed image. Here’s a two for one deal – a little cock constraint and ball bashing all at once.

Chastity And TrampleI found this particular picture on the ‘Following Blindly Again’ tumblr site (which appears to have begun posting again after a recent hiatus).

Showing off her pet

Just for a change, a little Femdom/Femsub material. Perhaps a little eye bleach for some people, after the last rather graphic post.

The big pump gag and blindfold are kind of fun. But it’s the proprietorial arm around the shoulder and on the chest that I really like. There’s an element of comfort and reassurance there. But also an element of ownership and of showing off her pet to the camera.

Mistress with female petSadly I’ve no idea of the names for this cute couple, or where I found this.

Did someone call for a plumber?

This image is taken from a gallery entitled ‘Psych Ward’. A better title might have been ‘Plumbing and pipe fitting around the home – it’s easier than you might think.’ That is one large sound. And, without meaning to give offense to the model involved, not a particularly enormous penis to accept it. Although its possibly just being dwarfed by the hardware deployed.

Using a sound in the psych wardThe image is taken from this image and clip collection on the k is for kink site. The domme wielding the sound is Mona Rogers.

Lydia with whip

I spent a happy but painful few hours earlier this week on the receiving end of Lady Lydia’s whips and canes. So in honor of that, here’s a nice shot of her doing what she does so brilliantly. Despite the watermark text, this is taken from a men in pain session that she filmed for them in 2007.

Lady Lydia with WhipLady Lydia has a session space is Seattle if you want to see her in person, or a good collection of clips if Seattle isn’t in your travel plans anytime soon.

Reading an expression

Of all the many erotic elements found in bdsm and femdom pornography, the one I find consistently most interesting and compelling is the expression on people’s faces.  Forget fetish materials, intricate bondage, taut naked bodies and exciting instruments of torture. An interesting expression, or the lack of it, can make or break a picture.

Take for example the image below. She has nice legs, but it’s fairly standard as far as femdom foot fetish porn goes (not a phrase you find yourself writing everyday). But I do like her expression. It seems to be a blend of amusement, patience and just a touch of condescension. I picture her giving him a few minutes to enjoy the situation before she gets bored, and then sending him off to make himself useful around the house.

Foot LickingI found this on ‘The New Bootblack’s Oubliette’ tumblr site.