SandMutopian Guardian #18 from 1995 FIRST of the "Adam and Gillian Era"

PLAYING WITH THE EDGE by Mitch KesslerKnives as a Fetish. Shaving, Wax Removal & Non-cutting.

CONSENT AS A DEFENSE TO ASSAULT
by Stephen. Sadomasochism & the Law; Disposing of Two Myths about the "Legality" of SM.

SO YOU WANNA BE A DOMINATRIX?
by Lady Petra. Questions to Ask Yourself Before Putting out that Shingle.

A PRACTICAL KIDNAPPING SCENE
by Karen Taylor. How to Set Up a Kidnapping, Including Tips on Safety and Communication.

THE NEW BRAND by Laura Antoniou. 
A Personal Tale of Being Branded ... Twice! 

Note: These are just a few of the articles available in this issue of The Guardian. To really appreciate this magazine you have to actually own one. Once you read it, we're sure you'll love it!

This is the first of the "Utopian Library" issues published by Adam and Gillian from 1995 to 2000. (#39 is the last for now. All of them are available.)

These almost-free files represent the “Adam and Gillian years” years of the SandMUtopian Guardian magazine. In its pages you will find a time capsule of “how it was back in the day.” They contain vintage advertisements, and articles on the issues, attitudes, techniques and concerns of “the Scene” that had not yet evolved to be “A Community.”

HISTORICAL NOTES: Sandmutopia Guardian was the heterosexual, redheaded bastard stepchild of The Leather Journal, an explicitly Gay Male publication. There was no “Internet,” there were few in-person BDSM venues, “the munch” had not yet been invented; and reliable information and quality merchandise were difficult to find.

Published irregularly, The Guardian was distributed in a handful of newsstands and Leather stores. However Adam and Gillian's Sensual Whips and Toys became viable ENTIRELY because of advertising in The Guardian managed and edited by the late Tony DeBlaise an icon of the SF Leather scene. When Tony announced that he would retire The Guardian for dearth of readership Adam and Gillian, who said “we know the Guardian has arrived, because our orders started coming in” bought the publication, renaming it SandMUtopian Guardian, to underscore the “Pansexual” nature of the new management, conceptualizing the magazine as “a cross between The Manchester Guardian, a political newspaper, and Popular Mechanics, a magazine for do-it-yourselfers.”