A few years ago I commissioned several original CP illustrations from spanking artist Jay Em, who hailed from a legendary party city down south. (Way, way down south.)

When the shipping envelope finally arrived in my mailbox, I found that Jay had slipped an extra drawing into the packet — his way of saying “thanks for the business,” I guess.

Jay’s bonus panel illustrates a challenge that many spankos face: Getting a vanilla spouse to fulfill or even simply accept his or her life partner’s needs. 

I’ve met a number of spanky people over the years who felt forced to seek out secret play partners, because their spouses could not or would not deal with their fetish. I think that’s tragic all the way around.

On the other hand, I’ve also met vanilla folks who attend spanking parties with an open mind, and even participate in the festivities, because they want their partners to be happy.  I believe that’s what sex-advice columnist Dan Savage refers to as “good, giving and game.”

So, a tip of the hat to all the GGG vanillas out there. We know you don’t fully understand our obsession, but we greatly appreciate the acceptance.

I think it’s curious that for decades science fiction writers, artists and filmmakers have giddily presented all kinds of semi-edgy subject matter that would have been strictly verboten outside of the genre, at least up until recently.

Let’s take the Space Amazons or their Earthly cousins, the Barbarian Women, as an example.

Think of all the trashy pulp novels and B movies that have featured these strong female archetypes, and all the alternative lifestyle actvities they apparently participate in:

Bisexuality, bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, catfighting, muscle fetishes, leather, edge play — not to mention good, old-fashioned nudity and wild sex.

When these activities are portrayed in a fantasy setting — on a distant planet or an exotic island lost in time — apparently they’re safe for the public to view as titillating entertainment.

But portray those same acts in a serious book or film about real-world characters and their desires, and that still makes most people uncomfortable.

Interesting.

(Illustration courtesy of Planet of the Amazons. Used with permission.)

Colorado Spankers has officially moved to better digs. Make yourself comfortable while I fire up the margarita mixer.

When I launched the first Colorado Spankers site more than seven years ago, it was quite a project for a guy who still doesn’t know HTML. I had to find an adult web hosting company, teach myself FrontPage (now defunct), build a website and fill it with enough spanking content to make it a useful resource. People must have liked it though, because over a million spankos visited over the years. Probably more, but my primitive hit counters kept failing, so the actual total is lost to history.

These days a popular spanking blog can rack up a million uniques in single a year, but back then I felt it was a significant milestone. Even more gratifying, many visitors emailed me to say ”Thanks for the site. I thought I was the only one who had these fantasies.” So whatever else I do or don’t do in my life, at least I lit the way for some fellow travelers. I hope it helped.

The old Colorado Spankers site was something in its day, but it became less relevant after the blog revolution. I recently compared the site to an obsolete space station,  hurtling crew-less through cyberspace in an ever-increasing state of disrepair.

So to celebrate the new decade, Colorado Spankers now has a new home and a new web address. Some relics from the first site have been carried over, some have been given to friends and some have been retired. For instance, the old tagline A Beginner’s Guide to OTK Fun doesn’t really apply anymore, as this site will be a bit more personal and less informational than the last. Today’s spankophiles have more online and real-world resources than ever before anyway. They don’t need me telling them where to buy a paddle.

Still, I’ll try to make an interesting contribution to the spanking blogosphere. Stop by when you feel like it, and don’t be shy about commenting or sending me an email. It’s always nice to hear from fellow deviants.

Cheers,

Cody