Kink Magazines: Read ‘Em And…Part 1

If you don’t think a particular portal, magazine or newsgroup is out there for people enjoying the same kink or fetish you enjoy, you are probably not looking hard enough. From Looners to people who enjoy dominas who smoke as they spank, to the large population of folks into tentacle alien porn to those who sprinkle their sex with various role play it doesn’t much matter. Have you a naughty desire, even one that is considered extremely niche, somebody else, and probably a whole bunch of somebody else’s, have the same thoughts and needs.

It's a great big world out there.

It’s also a great big world when it comes to the folks creating visual content, publishing blogs, articles, and even magazines about those non-vanilla needs and fantasies. Yes, even in the face of the old axiom that ‘print is dead,’ plenty of kink and fetish magazines are presently being produced to satiate the curious as well as the dyed-in-the-leather kinkster.

Here is Part 1 of our rundown of the current state of Kink Magazines

Publishing a mag

Anne Denbok, editor at HUSTLER magazine as well as the LFP Inc.'s two niche sexual magazines, TABOO and BARELY LEGAL, reacts to the idea of ‘print is dead,’ by saying, “I don’t believe that print is dead. We have a devoted audience who would rather hold a high-quality, beautifully printed magazine in their hands than scroll for adult content on their phone or computer. It is a much different experience, and I believe it to be more gratifying. And of course, print is also collectible.”

The UK’s Darkside Magazine, a “sexy magazine aimed at BDSM/fetish lovers,” as its editor, Paul Donnelly calls it, reveals that print-on-demand versions of Darkside have always been available, but up until now, they have proved to be fairly expensive. “Now,” he proudly declares. “We are able to offer Darkside as a beautiful print version every month for only £10 plus postage. As well as that, we are able to offer a 25% discount for subscribers who commit to a year.”

He also hopes to present print versions of Darkside in dungeons and sex shops in due course.

So, when it comes to magazines sporting a more niche sexuality theme, maybe indeed people do want to hold something (other than the obvious) in their hands.

More than a mag

From the many verticals Andy Markenson, entrepreneur, photographer, and publisher of NYC-based Kink Queens magazine controls, to the events and even a store, Tim Woodward, who publishes the iconic fetish magazine “Skin Two,” owns and publishes, the modern-day fetish/kink magazine is often secured to portals that offers lots to its readership. While Markenson says that Kink Queens looks to “empower women by serving as a bridge to connect them with like-minded individuals,” he oversees a studio, his own Kink Queen's shop, a ‘Manor’ as much to marry his two loves “writing and women,” as to promote a “sex-positive lifestyle, industry professionals, kink and fetish models, sexy destinations, fashion events and more.”  

Paul Donnelly also weighs in with his goals for the future, above and beyond publishing his magazine. “A dream of mine would be to eventually have a film production arm to Darkside,” Paul says.

END OF PART 1