Kat Sunlove papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 7935

Content Description

The Kat Sunlove papers include correspondence, articles, audio and video media, photographs, print publications, private journals documenting Sunlove’s experiences working as a professional dominatrix, documentation of Sunlove’s work as a lobbyist for the Free Speech Coalition, drafts and print versions of “The Kat Box,” ephemera and clothing, 1982 First Annual Erotic Art Festival poster.

Dates

1979 - 2024

Creator

Sunlove, Penny Kat (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

Until January 2060, researchers may not reveal the identity of any private individual who wrote any documents or who are mentioned therein unless the individual gives express written permission. All users of the collection will sign an agreement to abide by this restriction.

Biographical / Historical

Penny Kat Sunlove, M.A., known primarily as Kat Sunlove, and her husband Layne Winklebleck, M.S.W., explored sadomasochism (S/M) in the early years of their love affair and were probably the first heterosexual S/M players to appear on network television without masking their identities, appearing on “People Are Talking” in San Francisco and Baltimore, the early “Jerry Springer Show” in Chicago, the Playboy Channel as well as many local television and radio programs. They also spoke at numerous college classes.