Inside Gloria's Mind

2 animals acts: pushcart piglets and dogs (+ C-A-T)

You can't spend a day at the circus without seeing some animal acts. At least I can't.  Found these little animal actors of yore almost unbearably adorable.

 

 

 

Born Joined Together Sub Rosa

ca. 1880s, Josephene Myrtle Corbin, the Four-Legged Woman.

Born Joined Together in San Antonio

Snake Woman (1915)

I wonder if this circus snake-lady used those reticulated dummies in her act or real snakes.  Did she bother to straighten her wig on stage?  And finally, is she a she or just FABULOUS? 

Small, Medium and Large

Spider Web of Delights

 

Starting late and going long with diverse entertainments for ladies and gentlemen, and especially for the rest of you. 

All Style, No Substance

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Happy Memorial Day

 

The Vanishing Men

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Make your own dimples, doll-baby

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The Isolator (1925) - bizarre sensory deprivation device

Invented to help great thinkers concentrate, perfect for writers seeking that ultimate sense of isolation from the world...but, really, only practical when you want to scare the shit out of a submissive.

 

 

The Isolator, A Bizarre Helmet For Encouraging Concentration (1925) via laughingsquid.com

something tasty for you

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Hello Dominatrix!

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If you didn't hear tonight's show...

you can download it any time you like.

Cheeky Women Rock!

When faced with negativity, I just turn another's cheek

bend a little lower, girl...ok.

There are those who call me a ...

 

maybe even...

 

 

...it's a Good Thing.

I've been reflecting....

(1994)

Not all playgrounds are equal (some are bizarre)

Would everyone please stop looking for Jimmy Hoffa already.

 

 

You know there's child out there who is now petrified of clowns with penis chutes.

 

 

 

 

"No, little Johnnie, you may not go to Kiddie Kama Sutra park."

 

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To Be or Not to Be OUT and how not to be a media pawn 11pm tonite

Covering two big issues tonight.  First, the question of whether or not to be out and how out you should be, within your own community and in the outside world.  I'll be talking specifically about the BDSM community but the discussion about sexual identity and how to handle it in a sex-negative world is relevant to everyone who doesn't quit fit into the binary/vanilla mold.

Second, last week we talked about Dateline NBC's tawdry handling of a murder in a ritzy suburb of Detroit which exposed the BDSM community to some bad publicity. This week I want to talk about what you -- as a private individual or group leader -- can do to mitigate media disasters. As someone who's been on both sides of the fence, and who deals with media types almost daily, I know there are measures you can take to control damage before it occurs.

As always, my beloved sidekick Jennifer will be there to snark at me and misdirect the dialogue, share news, and otherwise make the show a merry enterprise, even as we fill your brain with delicious new ideas about sexuality.

Join us tonight, LIVE at 11 pm eastern on Seriously Sexual sex talk radio. Here's the official show description for tonight.

Is it time to put a realer, more human face on BDSM?  We're going to be talking about the difficulties and the rewards of being out, good and bad ways to do it, and why Gloria thinks it's time to put a realer face on the kink we love.  ALSO tonite: HOW TO NOT BE A MEDIA PAWN.  Following up from last week, Gloria's got some serious advice on how to get the respect you deserve from reporters.  With Jennifer Bangs,  faithful sidekick and spunky monkey, it's going to be a BDSM toughlovefest tonight. 

link to tonight's show: TO BE OR NOT TO BE OUT

Sears' Sanitary Department

I remember women using sanitary belts, but this vintage ad is full of stuff I didn't even know existed, like sanitary aprons and skirts (wtf?).  

 

get Seriously Sexual tonight at 11pm

Treat it roughly!

Break the whip and get a bike!

 

 

Cures, Quacks, and other fun ads

Has there ever been a time when women did NOT go to ridiulous lengths to look beautiful?

Nah!  People have done silly things to look sexier since time began!

 

Coming up, some more choice vintage ads...

 

 

Let's float away just as we really are

 

I'll make land some time tomorrow, hauling in vintage ads (got some awfully awful ones I've saved for you) plus some select kinky things to rev you up for Seriously Sexual sex talk radio with Dr. Gloria Brame (pssst, it'll be about BDSM again !)

Who's that lady?

(for P.)

No information about this utterly intriguing photo. Guessing ca. 1930s-40s.

The Suit Set (4 fantastic vtg. pix)

ca. 1930s.

 

 

 

 

the next two are c. 1910

 

A Perfect Lady (ca. 1920)

Woman in Uniform (vintage military)