Each year, the legendary International Ms. Leather event celebrates leatherwomen and all the people who love them. What's a leatherwoman? Glad you asked — it's any woman who digs the lifestyle of leather, kink, fetish, BDSM or related interests, "...regardless of age, religion, race, physical ability, sexual orientation, relationship status or gender," according to the event's website.

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Comments (3) | Posted: January 30, 2009

As you know, some of the kinkiest people in the world can be found wandering through the hallowed halls of the Armory — Doms, Dommes, subs, switches, and just about everyone in between. So we decided to take advantage (so to speak) of our proximity to these countless dirty minds by launching a new series called "Profiles in Kink." Each episode will give you the chance to get to know a kinky character a little bit more intimately. We have decided to start the series with the super sexy sadist, Maitresse Madeline, a formidable Dominatrix who has lately been giving Kink.com's subs a convincing reason to behave.  Read More

Comments (20) | Posted: January 29, 2009

Eyebrows went up all over town this week when Tom Myer's editorial cartoon in the San Francisco Chronicle featured a wry reference to the goings-on at Kink.com. Here at the Armory we had a few laughs ourselves at the use of the building for political satire — we guess this means we've become a recognizable icon. Is any person or institution really famous until they've been satirized in political cartoons?

View Tom's cartoon here.

Comments (11) | Posted: January 28, 2009

As Director of Kink.com's TheTrainingOfO.com, James Mogul displays an intensely psychological approach to dominance, tailoring the four-day training program to each female applicant's particular strengths and weaknesses. Mogul uses extensive interviews, a complex questionnaire, and even a little sneaky research to get inside each woman's mind. It's the sort of thing that only a dedicated and trained psychological dominant can do, which is why through The Training of O's eighteen-month history, Mogul has been the site's only full-time top. But recently he's taken on an apprentice: Maestro, who's quickly learning the ropes of this complex and challenging form of domination.  Read More

Comments (10) | Posted: January 27, 2009

The bondage on Kink.com's sites may seem complicated, but with a few kinky bondage fundamentals you can get tying and playing in minutes. To show you how easy it can be, Hogtied.com director and rope educator Lochai enlists the aid of Bella Rossi, the busty newcomer who's been wriggling, writhing and squirting her way across a half-dozen Kink.com sites in recent months. Lochai utilizes Bella's fetching form to demonstrate two simple, sexy and practical ties: the Texas Handcuff and the Double Column Tie. Grab a length of rope, a willing victim or two, and then watch and learn. And hey, if tying rope gets your juices flowing, more power to you! Who said school can't be fun? For questions about the two ties seen here visit the Behind Kink Forums.

Comments (11) | Posted: January 23, 2009

The legendary Citadel is San Francisco's own community dungeon, hosting a wide range of social, educational, and play events. Their monthly Men's Parties feature some of the hottest man-on-man public play in town, offering hot guys and one of the best-equipped dungeons anywhere.

On Friday, February 13, Citadel Men is holding a special BoundGods "BOGO" party — Buy one, get one. Bring your fresh meat, er, play partner with you and get one guy in for free with every paid party admission. They'll also have Bound Gods T-shirt & DVD giveaways, and a chance to check out some smokin' hot Bound Gods videos. Come get involved and find out how The Citadel earned its place in leather history!  Read More

Comments (8) | Posted: January 23, 2009

When you're head honcho at a company like Kink.com, you greenlight a lot of unusual projects sight unseen. But sooner or later every CEO wants to know what his employees have been up to, and Peter Acworth is no exception. FuckingMachines.com director Tomcat lures Peter into the Machine Room for a hands-on tour of the most devious devices that Kink's crew of mad scientists have designed and built over the last year. The pair gets up close and personal with an arsenal of innovative machines: There's the undulating, hole-stretching Octopussy, the 1800-stroke-per-minute Satisfyher, the ultra-programmable Titan and the blinking tentacle pleasures of Pandora's box. Come behind the scenes at the Armory to see just how much fun can be had with heavy machinery and a little AC power. As Tomcat puts it: "You can't really go wrong with hot girls and hot machines."

Comments (12) | Posted: January 22, 2009

Having so many talented directors at our disposal, we decided to take full advantage of their dirty minds by trying to learn a little more about what makes them tick. The first director that we approached was Cyd Black, the notoriously sinister mastermind behind DeviceBondage.com. Find out what it takes to coax a smile out of this intimidating evil genius.

Comments (12) | Posted: January 16, 2009

Stigma is a Kink.com Editor/Photographer/Assistant — or EPA — which means he's a jack-of-all trades par excellence. Our EPAs are the veritable backbone of Kink.com. They boast dozens of duties from editing video and shooting professional quality photos to washing dildos and carrying heavy equipment up and down the Armory's many flights of stairs. EPAs move fast and they learn faster, picking up new talents as they get down-and-dirty with the complicated tasks of producing fetish entertainment. Shortly after he started here, Stigma realized that his job at Kink was teaching him much more than just practical skills. He decided that he wanted to take his education one step further, and became an apprentice rigger, a top-in-training and, ultimately, an onscreen submissive.  Read More

Comments (6) | Posted: January 15, 2009

Whether you are gay, straight or bi – a man, woman or transsexual – you no doubt have an asshole – and most likely, at some point or another in your life, you have even considered or experimented with it sexually. Anal Sex, butt-fucking, sodomy – whatever you want to call it, you can't say it doesn't intrigue you. But unfortunately, using the 'back door' or 'tossing someone's salad' can be the kind of sexual activity that many people consider taboo or make incorrect assumptions about. But while naysayers might fear that taking it up the poop-chute is painful, unsanitary, immoral or even barbaric, Hogtied director Lochai was determined to prove to them that it's anything butt. So he recently gathered a sexy group of authentic anal aficionados together for a test shoot, whose aim was to celebrate and explore the ass in all its glory and splendor. So if you've ever been curious about that holiest of holes, now's your chance to probe a little deeper.

Comments (26) | Posted: January 8, 2009