Balloon fetish

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Balloon fetishists (colloquially "looners") [1] may be divided into two categories: those who are sexually inclined to pop balloons, possibly alongside other activities (called "poppers"), and those who are sexually inclined exclusively to non-popping activities, such as blowing up balloons and deflating them (called "non-poppers"). [2] [3] [4] [5] Some "non-poppers" are greatly distressed by the idea of popping balloons, possibly even to the point of tears. [6] [a] Others enjoy blowing up balloons or sitting and lying on them. [7]

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"Looner" Culture

One hallmark of the distinction between poppers and non-poppers may be in seeing balloons' bursting either as a metaphor for orgasm, [8] or as a metaphor for death. [9]

Media Depictions

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Notes

  1. ↑ A severe fear of balloons or their possible popping may be referred to as globophobia (which may also refer to a fear or dislike of globalization).

References

  1. ↑ Fetish Confessions: Telling loved ones about your fetish is as easy as solving fractured quadratic equations [ usurped ], Sandy Brundage, The Wave Magazine Volume 2 Issue 15, 31 July 2002 (retrieved 22 August 2010 on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
  2. ↑ Gates, Katharine (1999); Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex, Juno Books, ISBN   1-890451-03-7 (retrieved 22 August 2010 from Google Books)
  3. ↑ I Did It for Science: Balloon Fetishism Archived 23 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Jen Miller, Nerve.com, 4 May 2005 (retrieved 29 January 2020)
  4. ↑ Balloon Fetish, Is It Porn? Archived 5 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine , Emily McCombs, Asylum.com, 10 September 2008 (retrieved 22 August 2010)
  5. ↑ Gates, Katharine (1999); Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex, Juno Books, ISBN   1-890451-03-7 (retrieved 22 August 2010 from Google Books), pp. 83, 89–90
  6. ↑ Headpress: journal of sex, religion, death, Issues 21-23, David Kerekes, Headpress, p. 142 (retrieved 22 August 2010 from Google Books)
  7. ↑ Gates pp. 83,89-90
  8. ↑ "B is for..." I Ate Skinny. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Balloon Fetish / Mistress of Asia". Mistressofasia.com. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Serve Me Up a Slice of That Clussy". MEL Magazine. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  11. ↑ AnOther (19 February 2019). "A Guide to the Sexual Fetishes That Inspired Christopher Kane A/W19". AnOther. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  12. ↑ Salter, Steve (19 February 2019). "christopher kane invited us inside the fetish world's of looners, rubberists, and sploshers". i-d.vice.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  13. ↑ "Looner' t-shirt | Christopher Kane". www.christopherkane.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "The Looner Sneaker | Christopher Kane". www.christopherkane.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  15. ↑ "Looner sneaker | Christopher Kane". www.christopherkane.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  16. ↑ Balloon Fetish Archived 17 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine , SexTV Archives (retrieved 22 August 2010)
  17. ↑ SexTV: Amanda Lepore/Balloon Fetish/Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman at IMDb
  18. ↑ "Balloon Infatuation". Channel.nationalgeographic.com. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
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