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The Toy Box
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Previous issues of The Toybox are achived here.
Welcome to the toybox.
Something Sadian
- June 2nd is the anniversary of the Marquis de Sade's birthday. He began his life in a palace and ended it confined to a lunatic asylum.
- Few have read the Marquis de Sade, yet few are unaware of his nature, which has become embedded in the language -- sadism, sadist, sadistic
- Sade lived under three regimes, Monarchy, Revolution, Napoleon, he was unacceptable and beyond the pale under all three and spent twenty-seven years in prison for mentioning the unmentionable.
- When Sade died, at the end of 1814, his will dictated that he be buried in an unmarked grave, allowed to grow wild, so that 'all trace of of my resting-place should disappear from the surface of the earth as I flatter myself that my memory will disappear from the minds of men.'
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The Marquis de Sade
The following links represent the same life through varying points of view
Nonconsensual, Unsafe and Insane
Cautionary examples of individuals, who use their position of trust to abuse those hapless ones, consigned to their care.
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Marquis de Sade Awards
Special awards in the ect.org Hall of Shame,
the Marquis de Sade Awards for sadism in psychiatry.
Photographers of the Week
Because sometimes the best teaching tool is to observe, we offer a selection of fetish photographers. These demonstrate a different approaches to light, color management, composition and the moods which result.
- Photos by Corwin
Startling and stylish images
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Luis Durante
There is a sultry passion in this colaboration of photographer and model.
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Steven Speliotis With a background in dance and portraiture, his b/w photos are classically lit and composed.
Photo by Corwin
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