Yet another awesome image from the files at the Leather Archives.
Obviously, it’s from the cover a 1994 packet of materials from a group called Philadelphians MC. What’s not obvious is what exactly is going on in the picture … but whatever it is, I like it. And I think the lion secretly likes it too.
My latest Fun Finds ™ * while volunteering up at your friendly neighborhood BDSM museum, the Leather Archives:
1) Instructions on how to put on a condom, from Scat Dancer Brand Rubbers. These were pretty run-of-the-mill until step 4:
4. do not reuse. and for god’s sake men, know your limit.
2) Cards for “The Instigator” (what a great name):
The front. I think I may adopt “Low Morals, High Standards” as my new motto.
The back. I’m not sure what’s going on.
3) The cover of a 1984 pamphlet for Folsom Street Fair, the biggest BDSM festival in the world:
I think the sewer monster is my favorite part …. “Now, nothing can stop me” might be a better motto, now that I think about it.
* I’m not really trademarking that, but maybe I should.
Via Sex, Art and Politics, I have belatedly learned that today (well, yesterday now) — that is, Friday January 16 — was International Fetish Day!
I wish I’d come up with some clever celebration, but I didn’t know! — and now I’m all tired out from a long day that included, awesomely enough, Threat Level Queer Shorts. (The next Threat Level screening will be in March, and they’re super fun — don’t miss it!)
But here’s something I can offer you, gentle readers. One of the first files I organized when I started volunteering up at the Leather Archives was a file full of old Torture Garden fliers. The Torture Garden is one of the premier fetish clubs in the world — if not the premier fetish club — and I found some really incredible images in that box.
I’ve uploaded five flier scans to my Flickr account. Below are displayed small versions of two fliers I kinda like, but that aren’t much shocking. Below that, I link to larger versions, and also to the other three fliers — which are both prettier and far more scandalous! Be warned that the last two (“Milk Sex” and “Eyeball”) are particularly transgressive, and are probably not appropriate for all or even most audiences. So, seriously, don’t look at them unless you definitely like fetish imagery. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
I was going to save these for a special occasion, but really, what could be more special than International Fetish Day?
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Clarisse