4 Fetish Stags
To follow up on expanding the collection Stag Movies, here are a few more. Lessons of the Strap This first short stag reel, circa late-1950s is about a woman being punished by a jealous girlfriend. The footage show bondage and non-stop hand spanking. Similar to Irving Klaw’s films.View on Archive.org Family Spirit Family Spirit from 1940s (or earlier) is a French hardcore stag film with … Continue reading 4 Fetish Stags
Cuckold
The term “cuckold” might sound like a relic of a bygone era, but its legacy lingers in art, literature, and even modern slang. Historically, a cuckold was a man whose wife was unfaithful, often mocked with the symbolic imagery of horns sprouting from his head. From Renaissance theater to 18th-century sketches, cuckoldry has been a source of satire, comedy, and cultural fascination. But where did … Continue reading Cuckold
Riding the Human Pony Girl
Irving Klaw’s Riding the Human Pony Girl (1950s) is one of the earliest cinematic explorations of pony play fetishism. The short film features intricate bondage, light spanking, and girl-on-girl pony riding, showcasing the era’s experimental approach to erotic cinema. Midway through, the two dominatrices pause to adjust the submissive’s arm positioning, leaving viewers to speculate whether this was a deliberate artistic choice or an oversight in staging. … Continue reading Riding the Human Pony Girl
Key Scenes from Rent-A-Girl
This trio of pivotal moments comes from Rent-A-Girl (1965), one of the more accomplished low-budget New York “roughies” of the 1960s. Directed by William L. Rose, who also served as cinematographer for The Defilers (1965), a classic Hollywood roughie produced by David F. Friedman and directed by Lee Frost—this film stands out for its clever integration of exploitation tropes into a coherent narrative. Rent-A-Girl follows the sordid operations of a … Continue reading Key Scenes from Rent-A-Girl
Fetish Stag Films
A stag reel or stag party film is an erotic, often explicitly pornographic, film reel produced from the 1900s to the early 1980s. The term stag refers to single men (“to go stag” = “to go alone”). Some pornographic shorts made in the 1930s even had a fictitious “Stag Films” company logo showing the head of a male deer. These “blue movies” were originally shown in brothels, … Continue reading Fetish Stag Films
Mystical Power Plays
Orientalism and BDSM: A Fusion of Fantasy and Power In art history, literature, and cultural studies, Orientalism describes how Western writers, designers, and artists imitated or depicted aspects of the ‘Eastern’ world—spanning the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. This lens was steeped in romance and mysticism, projecting power, sensuality, and exoticism onto these cultures. Edward Saïd’s groundbreaking book Orientalism (1978) revealed how this Western … Continue reading Mystical Power Plays
Perceptions Diverge
The 1877 engraving “Warua Slave-Driver and Slave” from Across Africa portrays a slave-driver with a spear leading a bound slave across a sparse landscape, their minimal attire,loincloths and a headscarf, highlighted by detailed linework. It was published in the book Across Africa in 1877. A book by Verney Lovett Cameron (1844 – 1894) who was an English traveller in Central Africa and the first European to cross (1875) equatorial Africa from sea to … Continue reading Perceptions Diverge
Ernst Schertel, Pioneer of BDSM Research
Ernst Schertel (1884 – 1958) was a multifaceted German figure: a writer, historian, scholar in religious studies, and specialist in the occult. He was also a dance pedagogue, an early promoter of nudist culture, a liberal free thinker, and a researcher of human sexuality with a particular interest in paraphilia, fetishism, and sadomasochism.SpankingArtWiki & Wikipedia Early Life, Education, Career and Contributions Schertel studied history and … Continue reading Ernst Schertel, Pioneer of BDSM Research
Rowlandson’s Satire
Thomas Rowlandson ( July 1757 –1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. Rowlandson was a prolific artist and printmaker. He produced both individual social and political satires. He also created a large number of illustrations for novels, humorous books, and topographical works. Like other caricaturists of his age such as James Gillray, his … Continue reading Rowlandson’s Satire
Exotic Vaudeville dancers Grisha and Brona
Grisha and Brona, the electrifying dance duo of the 1930s and 1940s, lit up vaudeville stages with their captivating performances and stunning costumes. Known for their exotic flair, their outfits, like the iconic tulle overlay with a plastic-like sheen, likely crafted from rayon or nylon for its stiffness and affordability. These outfits, captured in rare 1940s publicity photos, evoke the allure of BDSM aesthetics, blending … Continue reading Exotic Vaudeville dancers Grisha and Brona
Weird Tales
Weird Tales first hit newsstands in March 1923, founded by J.C. Henneberger and published by Rural Publishing Corporation. Its early struggles with financial woes nearly ended it, but the magazine found its footing under editor Farnsworth Wright, who took the helm in 1924. Wright’s vision shaped it into a haven for the weird and wonderful, featuring tales that defied convention.The magazine’s pages were graced by … Continue reading Weird Tales
Madam Satan
Cecil B. DeMille’s Madam Satan (1930) is a cinematic fever dream. It blends boudoir comedy, musical extravaganza, and disaster epic. This blend creates a singularly bizarre pre-Code artifact. For fans of boundary-pushing art, this film offers a treasure trove of risqué innuendo. It features lavish costumes and explores desire and deception in a devilish manner. Madam Satan has been called one of the oddest films … Continue reading Madam Satan
