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Who Weekly
21/06/2010
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'day, Srrry I'm not in uniform," caid &thi
Jennie, antiwertrij; the dauar it all FsyrlhailI. e
CM Sydnlty's North SI1OCL!, where journalist
,Stephanie CtittordSntirh had arrived to
research h,:r N ,uli akbxit sexual frtishcs.
htstead of c}'caringwhire iowdlirtg nappies,
as she'd exliec'rd, hr.r ]surly interviewer
it dressed ill it pink-and-white striped
-i-shirr, whitepibardinc ilinrisand pink
ankle socks, is Irh his black hair pilIle(I
hack in a pink Alice harm. "Come on in,"
hc said, snlding. And this is BaIss Angel:.,t."
"B.alw AngeIiea" [urii d,-lit t11 htit man m histhirties,
who vvhisprreiI hello in a soh lisp and curtsied before
haippinf; upntn a "change table," wlit're., felltadr
"helper" fined Itiin vvir11 .r fruit pink nappy. 'Fhcn
:\ni;elic;] 4a muN anti sits at me fc!er, sippllLL tiiitll a ]laby's
butt[e,° recalIs Clifford -Sniit h. vvhLFA-1LII tslr hc was
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Wile person K01 E19 along with,I I ,e ;iii Ihev ha tie re',?"
'X1,lhrn days, shed placed a brief ad in her ]meal paper:
"Turned on by sortacrllt,tl ultll;Lt: ? Ilttrrwieu .auitijects
requited for ultratanfidcntial rcecarch It was the
be inninl; LOF A onifrc][Iring, Fuuuy, cr -epv and occasionally
dangerous adventure fur C hffurd-Smith, who wi1
rler'cr forge[ when all appotntntenr with an inrer' tcct cc
turned sinister. After m(ecLnF, the man at a Snl7nrbnn
shopping strip, he asked to speak instdc his car. Clifforcl-
`irnith rrfus+r& but suggested they sit vi her sum car, though
her skin crawled at the idea, "]ie was tint very creepy guy
.gild re'] he sitring so close to him in my car was an insanciv
srL]pld sihltttii)ri u] ]gate Peer myself inrn." die sa};, As
`bean" sat in htr past ng rr Sat dixusringhis pens hanr
For Ii&D, the author smelt alcohol on his breath and
noticed how Ili ticluirnted :lld ] e iii tti sound hrearliless as
his srory unravelled. When he sugf;cetcd a demonstrattun
of his sexual reslxm%e to being controlled and watched,
drinking. "He aid. 'I0, Clicu-Lobo with a little hit of Clifford-Smith swiftly wuurid up the interview.
Scrutherit Ca+ntfort mired in.' I nearly Of all the hair-raising moments
died Iaughing!' "..\ii lh-erllOOfl WEth during leer research, 'this was when
It was hardlt I,rur t]slraJ -afterniPUn
two ad i l t babies
[e;i, colio,des Clifford-Smith, 47,
whine hook Kink {Alien dC IIrvxw,
.$29.991 invrsrig-alts k-nshes and rht:tr
place in eetr}day rclarinnshi frt. "I had
1ii
I felt most in peril- Jr was quite terri{yir]g,
to the point of feeling nauseous
II
Ii E' t }j therwarris," she retlects- "He could
cave phlox, is knife or a gun and forced
tepmem Ftt1iCIIfiOrd-Strilth
drive us somewhere remote.
to many cyc-pnppi1grt4,,:nrnst's through the.ouri t,f Looking back. I sill know why [ did it, tI i ii ht I did]i t
writing rile ]ttti]k, lath an ttcrnoon with two adult Ixahies waits to lose the lntervirw.''
wits tatty full-0]1," says the aniluir, explairriill; I hat
through writing her hook, Clifford-Smith snuck
infantilism-a tenth Forwwearll g nappies and/or behaving into a secret world where ti vast 94,eclru11, of unirsuat]
likea hallw- :o,nr tindertht umbrella of BDSN1, sexual sexual proclivities play a big part in the lives of everyday
practices involving bandage, dlsclph te, s 1di,rn tncl tacos pctple, She stet folk with fetishes for feet, shoes,
maso>lhisnt- In the coat OF 16hv _lemlie, a successful profcs- sewing needles, spcstttcks and ten ampntanon Stultlp,,
stnual in hl} forties, his kink '-Icd to several divorces." :end she cites daminationisuhmisston scenarios among
pair (.lifford-Sntirh, a,ethics-h;ierd rrlvvl and food the most cIliluitrtn kink .she encountered- At :t Iertsh
writer, the dtcisiasir tai e..eplrirr the often sordid world of parry she attended in Scdntv's seaside C:luvclly, rnrn
e-[hilts w:,, slrlucn b) her curiosity ahnur their role iii :arid winnen wearing leather and latex stood around
relationships, User ILIIII II wail, it friencl in 101)4, 1 we discussing, how their kids were going ar wli,rrll grid the
were just vvnrlderilig if vi -v were into something very merits of various camping sprits as they waited ft ,r the
unust];I1, wxtially, how c],i,uId yoo] irringt [Iiai uI$ fair the ilt1nr-tihnxr to start. After a master took to ltis slave
first time with your pairnirr? " she nxatlJS. "! wasn't so with a whip, "people had hurbecae thitke]i ;incf pasta
much interested ]n 111 Lt nuts and bolts of fetishes, I wanted salad for dinner," sacs Clifford-Smith, who licit safe'
to knirv h&A they worked in rclaiic]nships,vnd 1Fntarrral;rs arc! re' e;tve ar these inericuiousle organised gatherings,
survived the inrrodueritan of -r fetish. Is there cocrcion- skit the kinks got darker and dirtier list deeper slie
delved. The author says that while her two sans (now
age12 ] and 241 were Moose about her acs]g]tnenc, her
husband had hip reservations.
He it;] s very worried a bout my welfare. He didn't
want me C, l he doing tint, Ilid Ice vvtut]dri'1 tu]k Co me
about it. Irsvas really difAcllh h ciu,e that's not svliat
our relationship's like," she says, adding that he his
Sii Lee "come to rern]s' Ari rh the prajecr. Ac to whether
the rt:sc'asch'piced up leer own
privacc Jifc. Clifford-Smith says
-
ercr}' upp,]rrunir to have nny interest
pictued, but it all just t;iorifirintA my
view slur I'm vanilla," sums up the
lns-d_Lrioicg enthust;is1. "boll, gLx]d,
7tr,i ighiti trtv,a rd sex is -t cc I - I I d