Fetish magazine

A fetish magazine is a type of magazine originating in the late 1940s which is devoted to sexual fetishism. The content is generally aimed at being erotic rather than pornographic. Fetish magazines are usually devoted to a specific fetish, such as leather fetishism, rubber and PVC fetishism, cross-dressing, bondage, sadomasochism, female domination, sexual roleplay, corporal punishment, etc. Much of the content in fetish magazines is baffling to people who do not share the particular fetishes discussed and depicted.

The most well-known early examples are Bizarre (1946-1959) published by John Willie and Leonard Burtman's Exotique, Masque, Connoisseur, Bizarre Life, High Heels, Unique World, and Corporal.

An early study, The Undergrowth of Literature by Gillian Freeman (1967), concluded that such magazines provide a catharsis for those whose sexual needs are otherwise unsatisfied: she identified rubberwear magazines as the most popular at the time.

Rubberist magazines

 * AtomAge
 * Dressing for Pleasure&thinsp;
 * Marquis
 * O
 * Pussy Cat (UK, N.A. Burton, 1964-1989)
 * Shiny International&thinsp;
 * Skin Two
 * Bedeseme&thinsp;

Bondage magazines

 * Bizarre
 * Bizarre Life (Consolidated Publishing Inc., 1966-1971)
 * Exotique
 * Bondage in the Buff (House of Milan, 1982 - 1999)
 * Bondage Photographer (House of Milan, 1982 - 2000)
 * Captured (House of Milan, 1975 - 1999)
 * Hogtie (House of Milan, 1972 - 1992)
 * Hogtied (House of Milan, 1993 - 1999)
 * Knotty (House of Milan, 1971 - 2002)
 * Secret (1991-2008)

Spanking magazines

 * Blushes (UK, c. 1980s)
 * Corporal (Consolidated Publishing/Eros-Goldstripe, 1960s-70s)
 * Februs (UK, 1994-2003)
 * Janus (UK, 1971-2007)
 * Kane (UK, 1982 to present, ed. Harrison Marks 1982–1997)
 * Over-The-Knee (Lyndon Distributors Ltd., 1980s-90s)
 * Phoenix (UK, 1980-1991)
 * Punished (House of Milan, 1978-2001)
 * Roué (UK, c. 1978-1988)
 * Spank Hard (Lyndon Distributors Ltd., 1990s)
 * Stand Corrected (Shadow Lane, 1990s)

Femdom magazines

 * Black and Blue&thinsp;


 * Capitulation
 * Cruella
 * Dominant Mystique&thinsp;
 * Domination Directory International
 * Fetish World
 * Forced Womanhood
 * Obey
 * The Vault&thinsp;
 * Whap!

Cultural magazines

 * Bizarre (UK, Dennis Publishing, 1997–2015)
 * Fet-X
 * Fetish Times (UK, editor Mark Ramsden, 1994–?)
 * KFS Magazine&thinsp;
 * Demasque Magazine&thinsp;

Other

 * Splosh! (UK, 1989–2001) – wet and messy fetishism
 * Girl in the Fishnet! – fishnet fetishism
 * Leash Magazine (Canada) – fetish and BDSM magazine
 * Whiplash (Canada) – fetish and BDSM magazine
 * Smoke Signals – smoking fetishism magazine
 * Wet Set Magazine (Australia) – omorashi magazine
 * Modern Dungeon Quarterly (Perverted Imp Productions, 2012– ) – fetish, kink and BDSM magazine
 * Von Gutenberg (Canada) – fetish fashion, fantasy and lifestyle magazine
 * Bedeseme Magazine (Spain, 2009) – alternative lifestyle, fetish and kink magazine