Category Archives: Femdom History

Bettie Page Immortal Fetish Icon

I noticed on Forbes Magazine’s lists and rankings of the world’s wealthiest people, that featured in the Top Earning Dead Celebrities of 2016 was Bettie Page. Her estate earned over 11 million dollars last year, ranking her no. 10, her … Continue reading

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Bringing Out the Gimp

A Brief History of Gimp The word ‘Gimp’ is thought to have originated as American slang in the 1920s meaning a crippled or lame person, thus someone with a limp. It later started to carry a broader derogatory connotation for … Continue reading

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Cuckolding Divas

As a lover of film noir I was struck by the femdom and risqué themes in three now famous movies: The Blue Angel 1930,  Gilda 1946 & Sunset Boulevard 1950 mainly that all of them centre around a cuckolding diva. Women who flirt … Continue reading

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Postwar Femdom Pulp

Do You Remember the First Time? Postwar Femdom Pulp The influence of postwar pulp fiction on BDSM & femdom In the the postwar era of the 50s & 60s men’s adventure pulp magazines were the mainstay of lurid, exploitative and these … Continue reading

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Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist This 1996 internationally acclaimed, award-winning documentary, directed by Kirby Dick chronicles the life and art of Bob Flanagan; an American performance artist, stand-up comic, poet and lifelong sufferer from cystic fibrosis. … Continue reading

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Sidonia The Sorceress: What’s in a Name?

Sidonia The Sorceress: What’s in a Name? What’s in a Name? When I first put up a prodom website, years before The English Mansion, anonymity was essential and I decided I would use a pseudonym. It was never a name … Continue reading

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