Torture Garden has been going on for 30+ years, and since the last one I attended was before I started blogging… I thought it was time for another one!
Event review: Halloween at Torture Garden
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Kink community: Meet the Kink Shrink
Time for an interview with a therapist, a BDSM and sex educator that’s been in the industry for the 20+ years!! I love my little hobby 🙂
Just for fun: miracle cures in the 1800s
We were always kinky. We just needed an excuse to do kinky things to cure *insert random reason*. Read to know more…
JTKC part 4: pick a kinky party that works for you
You want to go to your first kinky party… how do you find the right one for you? Welcome to part 4 of joining the kink community 🙂
Podcast review: The Naked Truth by KK
It has been a while since I wrote reviews about KK parties or workshops so I thought of writing about their podcast, published during our first lockdown.
Kink community: a London-based Dominatrix
Time for an interview with a Dominatrix that’s been in the industry for the 20+ years!! How exciting!
Podcast review: Hot Money
This podcast is hosted by the Financial Times. It’s about porn, power, and profit. I recommend a listen if you want to hear the real story, full of surprises!
Book review: 101 Kinky Things by Kate Sloan
Need some inspiration? That’s the book for you! This book is simple, short, and direct while covering all the essential that you might need to start.
When an Italian porn actor stars in a documentary…
‘Rocco’ is a 2016 French documentary film, co-directed by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai. About a porn-star, who made history in Italy.
Happy BDSM Day!!
Did you know that July 24th is International BDSM Day? YAY! How are you celebrating? I am going to browse some cool IG accounts (and do some NSFW stuff).
Podcast review: Glow West
Glow West is a series of interviews with academics, sex educators, sex workers, activists, and more, discussing sex, sexuality, and the body.
Latex news: Gimp masks at the Stock Exchange?
What has gimp masks and takes place at the Stock Exchange?
Event review: La Clique
Do you love circus? Live performers? Great cabaret? Pimms? That’s definitely the place for you (and for me, I am a sucker for a good Pimms)
JTKC part 3: meet kinksters online and take a good dick pic
Welcome to part 3 of joining the kink community! Bonus content: 5 tips to take a good dick pic because I’m tired of seeing penises in tiny cages
Just for fun: Kink Map!
Have you ever wondered how many kinks and fetishes are out there?
Just for fun: skimpy undies for men? yes please!
I would kill for a sexy man in sexy undies (I would kill a spider, and I am stupidly scared of spiders).
Podcast review: Off the Cuffs
Off the Cuffs: a Kink & BDSM Podcast, for those in the lifestyle and those who are curious.
Party review: Thirst Friday
I don’t know about you, but I am a sucker for 90s rock. And even if you are not, at Thirst there is something for everyone!
Party review: Valentine’s Noir by Nude Noir
Nude Noir events are said to be playful and seductive, in refined and decadent venues around the world. Let’s take a closer look.
Just for fun: collection of dreadful messages from FetLife
Here are some messages I have received on FL that are simply dreadful.
Party review: The Fox Den Winter Wonderland
Following the Social I reviewed last time, THE FOX DEN organised its own very first party – Victoriana – and it was just beautiful ♥ ♥ ♥
JTKC part 2: online messaging
You decided that you’re ready, and want to join the kink community. What’s next? Recently I wrote about creating a profile on FL. Welcome to part two 🙂
JTKC part 1: creating an online profile
You decided you want to check out your local kink community… Now what? Some steps about joining FetLife.
Social Review: Munches in London
After my last post on Munches: dos and don’ts, where I covered what a munch is and where to find them, I wanted to review some of the London munches.
Are we getting kinkier?
The other day I came across a very interesting article by Vice about how demand for UK fetish clubs is now higher than ever, and thought… why is that?
Party review: Club Pedestal
Pedestal is a FemDom club, and it’s defined as the London’s playground for dominant women and those who worship them.
Party review: Black at The Mansion
This year I managed to get tickets to one of my most-loved event organisers: The Mansion! Theme: Black. Have you ever been at a Mansion party?
Munches: dos and don’ts
Right. Let’s start with a couple of basic things: What is a Munch? and What is FetLife? Here are some basic non-written rules to follow…
Ghost stories this Halloween
We are talking about ‘ghosting’. Urban Dictionary definite as: When a person cuts off all communication with their friends or the person they’re dating, with zero warning or notice before hand. You’ll mostly see them avoiding friend’s phone calls, social media, and avoiding them in public.
Party review: Fox&Badge Sin
Fox&Badge have been running sexy parties in London for over six years. They bring parties to life with their hedonistic blend of music, art, and vulnerability. With a sort of tribal twist.
Type of Plays in BDSM
But what is play? Play means different things to different people. Today, I wanted to share my personal perspective on the different types of PLAY…
Sex education for all
Sex Education is a feel good, wholesome, and honest show about a bunch of students at this fictitious American-looking school in the middle of the British countryside.
Podcast review: Safeword
Time for another podcast review!! Safeword: A Podcast with Mistress Eva and Dirk Hooper
Workshop review: Domming 101 by KK
Killing Kittens and Lola Jean present: Domming 101
Party review: The Fox Den Victoriana
Following the Social I reviewed last time, THE FOX DEN organised its own very first party – Victoriana – and it was just beautiful ♥ ♥ ♥
Podcast review: S&M Chronicles
I started going back to the office again, which means that I have more time to listen to kinky podcasts on my commute! YAY! The S&M Chronicles: A Kink Podcast
Social review: The Fox Den Skulk
There is a new sex-positive community in town. THE FOX DEN CLUB
The Fox Den was founded in 2021, but don’t let the year fool you.
Diary of a sex worker
I was chatting to a friend recently, and she mentioned a tv show from the ’00, about a sex worker, that I hadn’t heard of before: The Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
More about pegging!
Today I wanted to cover pegging in a little more details, with all the steps, so I present you: MORE ABOUT PEGGING! Enjoy
What if superheros were fucking diabolical?
What is The Boys? The Boys is a comic book series set in the mid ’00, in a world where superheroes exist, and a big corporation called Vaught International monetise their services and “protection”
Latex news: Billie Eilish wearing Atsuko Kudo and Alexander McQueen
It was 2019, when I heard bury a friend on youtube for the first time. I was randomly browsing random music, and I got so engrossed in it.
The coming of age show that mocks coming of age
Quick one, have you watched Big Month? You know, the one that openly talks about porn, underage drinking, and sex?
Why I feel safer in a fetish club than a bar
It took me a long time to write this post. It’s a collection of personal experiences before I discovered (read: acknowledged I was into) kink.
I hope you enjoy the different point of view, I’ve never shared this much before.
3 words: men in kilts
Watched this the other day, and I can comfortably say I now have a kilt fetish. Uh.
Podcast review: Proud to be kinky
Proud to be kinky is a fun podcast covering the social and interpersonal side of kink, BDSM, fetish and alternative sexualities, all seasoned with some very cool banter.
Season 2 of BONDiNG is out!
Last Christmas, I got a present I didn’t know I wanted ?
♥ BONDiNG – Season 2!!! ♥
Latex news: How to look after your own latex
Here are three steps to look after latex: WEAR IT, WASH IT, and STORE IT.
Sex and the City – Millennial Edition
They live in NY, they work for a fashion magazine, and … they are bold.
The ABC of BDSM
In my description, I say I blog about kink, fetish, and BDSM. So, I thought, let’s break these down a little, and provide some definitions.
More chilling adventures!
I decided to binge-watch Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Also because it felt more realistic than today’s real life.
Workshop review: Dirty Talk by KK (and so much more!)
Happy New Year! YAY, 2020 is over! Now that’s out of the way…
Let’s start the new year with a kink!
What is Dirty Talk?
COVID-19, Only Fans, sex, and some Bella Thorne drama
At the early stages of lockdown here in the UK, I wrote about the sex toys industry and how COVID-19 affected it. Then not long ago, I wrote about the sex work industry and how COVID-19 changed it.
Pride and Eurovision
This 2020 saw the cancellation of both, Eurovision and London Pride (damn you COVID). And this December, I felt a little nostalgic, and wanted to spend some time reminiscing on both.
Happy Birthday RuPaul
Just wanted to say congrats to RuPaul, who after being the first ever Drag Queen to make the cover of Vanity Fair, now made the cover of Cosmopolitan too!
The category is… Live, work, POSE!
What are you looking at? uh? uh?? I’ll tell you what you are looking at.
You are looking at the largest cast of transgender actors in TV history. That’s what you are looking at.
How much do you know about the UK sex industry? – PART 2
I think I promised you an interview, didn’t I? ?
I thought I would look into a Brighton and Hove based charity, with 20+ years’ experience in providing support to women.
How much do you know about the UK sex industry? – PART 1
In Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland), the act of engaging in sex as part of an exchange of sexual services for money is legal.*
Podcast review: Ginsult
Whether you are going for a walk, running errands, or doing something I would never do (like exercise for instance), it’s always good to have a podcast to listen to.
Latex news: does YSL AW20 reminds you of Club Kids too? or is it just me?
Honestly, I don’t know about you, but Saint Laurent Autumn/Winter 20 collection tastes like BDSM, Club Kids, and women empowerment… mixed with some tartan.
Book review: Pro-Domme by Aleta Cai
Aleta Cai is a NY-based healer and dominatrix who, through Sacred BDSM, helps her clients process trauma, and leads them to a path in pursuit of peace, purity and integration.
Latex news: Latex for Gaga – UPDATED
Like everyone else (right?), I love Lady Gaga. So I thought I would share some of my fav outfits she wore recently ? starting with…
Would you like to get to know me?
UK Leather & Fetish Archive is an IG channel documenting and providing open access to the history of fetish, kink & BDSM in the UK.
Art & Fashion: Bob Carlos Clarke
16 years have passed since Bob Carlos Clarke’s last exhibition in 2004 at The Little Black Gallery in London. Two years later he committed suicide.
Latex news: Inflatable trousers
I think it’s been a while since I last posted about latex…
Earlier this year Harikrishnan was walking his dog, and a strange thought came into his mind: how does he see me?
Workshop review: Introduction to Shibari by KK
I joined Introduction to Shibari by Killing Kittens, hosted by Gregg Hiigara and Mili-fecent ?
Men dominated the sex toys industry.. I feel change cumming
With a global pandemic in progress, and many of us at home full-time, it’s no surprise sex toys made the news on multiple occasions.
Workshop review: Pegging 101 by KK
I recently attended the Pegging 101 online workshop run by Killing Kittens (see their Hedonism party review here), and hosted by Lola Jean. What can I say… It was informative, unashamed, and highly practical, simply awesome ♥
Emma Watson talks about kink culture
Emma Watson is an English actress, model and activist. We all know here as Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter film series, but she also has played leading roles in My Week with Marilyn, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (available on Netflix), The Circle (Netflix Original), the fantastic Beauty and the Beast (major Disney fan here), and the coming-of-age film Little Women.
Fashion (& life): Apply #doesitsparkjoy to more than just things
Since it looks like we are all going to be home for a little while longer, I thought I would write a different kind of fashion blog post today!
Countdown to Halloween with Christine
So I re-watched the whole TV series ‘The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell‘ – available on Netflix, 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Latex news: Lockdown edition
As we are all doing the social distancing during lockdown, I thought I would share some interesting and amusing news…
Burlesque: Some History
Today I thought of writing about Burlesque!
Burlesque, which derives from the Italian ‘burlesco’ meaning joke, ridicule or mockery, is a performance art intended to make you laugh, by turning pretty much anything into a parody.
Wonder Women & BDSM
It’s 1945, and a representative from the Child Study Association of America is interrogating Dr Marston.
This is the opening of Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, an American biographical drama about psychologist William Moulton Marston and the women who inspired him in his life.
Party review: Hedonism by KK
Last night I have attended my first Hedonism party by Killing Kittens (KK).
Before I tell you all about my three-ways with two other girls, let me tell you more about KK.
Art & Fashion: Tim Walker edition..
Following my last blog of the Alexander McQueen exhibition, now it’s Tim Walker‘s turn ?
Party review: Another AWESOME Rumpus event!
Last Friday, I popped over to the The Islington Metal Works for the first Rumpus of the year, some of the absolute best adult-fancy-dress parties!
First Drag Queen to ever be on the cover of Vanity Fair!
It’s official, 2020 started with a BANG and with RuPaul (12 Seasons on Netflix here) as the first ever Drag Queen to make the cover of Vanity Fair ♥
Happy National Fetish Day!
Fetish is simply a small (or large) obsession with an object – say handcuffs, latex, ropes, or anything that meets your fantasies – or a specific body part – boobs and bums here reign above all, but of course also feet, hands, eyes, tummies and so on.
Chilling adventures awaits us this 2020
Some people are doing vegan or dry January, others are Marie-Kondo their house, and I am planning on re-watching Seasons 1-2 of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina before Season 3 is out on Friday 24th January.
Fashion: What did I learn this 2019?
2019 is coming to an end, and the new ’20s are about to start… What did I learn this year? mmmmh… definitely that harnesses are THE thing!
When Gucci does invites..
Fashion: Reminiscing over Alexander McQueen…
Alexander McQueen is always been such an eccentric and charismatic artist, threading on the edge between the unconventional and the unthinkable.
The love of a 17 yo me, 17 years ago…
Fell in love with Christina in 2002 with her album Stripped, and yet I have to say I am still in love with her..
Latex news: What does a car wearing latex look like?
Did you see that audacious Autumn/Winter 2016 Fashion Campaign and Film by Mercedes-Benz?
The one shot by American photographer Jeff Bark featuring Russian supermodel Natasha Poly with the new SL both wearing latex (yes, the car is wearing latex too)?
Party review: Wilderness Festival 2019
What a festival that was… still buzzing!! Recommend a go with your mates; at least one in your life ?
Scarlett Johansson wears Atsuko Kudo
Just watching Ghost in the Shell online and realised that Scarlett Johasson is wearing an Atsuko Kudo outfit, 15 mins in to the movie.. what else did you notice?
Eurovision goes BDSM…
BDSM landed at Eurovision 2019!
The Icelandic band Hatari joined the world’s longest-running televised song competition with their latest song: ‘Hate will prevail’.
Latex news: Thought I saw this dress before…
Was flickling through the issue of Bazaar mentioned in my previous post, and saw this dress. I could swear I saw it before and guess what?
I saw it on the gorgeous Rachel Weisz at the Oscars back in February
Latex news: Bazaar cover girl Sophie Turner
Have you heard of BONDiNG?
When I saw this, I could not believe my eyes! How amazing is this?
Finally a TV Show that is not scared of openly talk about kinks, BDSM, and the fetish scene! This 3 hours gem (it’s only 6 episodes, of about 15-18 minutes each) is available on Netflix and it’s absolutely worth a watch.
Katy Perry and her love for latex
Just a bunch of videos of Katy Perry wearing latex 🙂 enjoy!
Do you read comic books?
Wondering about Deviantart I came across this rather interesting comic book, and it literally captivate me… fancy a read?
We all know Rihanna is cool.. but this?
Literally MIND-BLOWN.
Party review: What I did last Friday…
Last weekend, I popped over to the The Islington Metal Works to bid farewell to 2018 in style. Theme? Jingle Bells & Bats Out of Hell by Rumpus Parties.
This total badass… Ezra Miller on Playboy. Oh yeah.
Shall we talk about how sexy this guy is?
I admired him in ‘We need to talk about Kevin’, then I adored him as Credence in ‘Fantastic Beasts’, and now, after this photoshoot (and interview), I’m in love.
Can Bad Blood improve your fashion taste?
CAN BAD BLOOD IMPROVE YOUR FASHION TASTE?
The answer is duh-uh! And Taylor Swift proved it with this video:
Queen meet Queen
Because if there was someone who could have gotten away with wearing latex when meeting Queen Elizabeth, that’s the other Queen (of Pop!).