Spanks for the Memories

But even if such memoir-like recollections are embellished or concocted outright, they still go to show how well Masterson understands the psyche of a spanko. Within a specialized fetish like spanking -- a sub-niche of the leather-play medley known as BDSM (Bondage, Domination, Submission, Sado-Masochism) -- aficionados are very picky about their particular inclination. Some people want light hand spanking, while others want it as hard as possible. Some are moved only by a very specific role-playing fantasy, like an older woman spanking a youngish girl with a wooden spoon for not doing her homework. But every scenario comes from a common theme: "the erotic exchange of power." As Masterson explains it, "Someone has done something that they've gotten in trouble for, and now they're getting spanked as a form of punishment."

Real Spankings may lead the local swat team, but others are taking a whack at bringing together area swingers. At spankers.protgp.com, billed as "a beginner's guide to over the knee fun" and run by the group Colorado Spankers, there's a posting board for upcoming spanking parties and events. Many of Real Spankings' models and spankers are involved in local, private groups that get together for after-hours marathons of domination and submission.

According to Ms. Coco, a dominatrix around town for the past nine years, the spanking scene is very much intertwined with the local BDSM population, which is strong but still underground compared to those in cities like Los Angeles or New York. "In L.A., if you see someone walking down the street with their submissive on a leash, it wouldn't be so extremely out of the ordinary as a lifestyle choice," she says. "But in Denver, people really look down on it."

Much of the town's BDSM action is centered on clubs like Denver Harbour. Located in the downtown area, this private club boasts a room filled with overstuffed armchairs for socializing, a well-lit corporal punishment chamber, and a spacious dungeon area with cages, chains and racks. "People that are into spanking specifically are a lot of times involved in some vanilla relationship or work at a mainstream job at a bank," Ms. Coco says. "They have lots of power in their daily lives, but secretly want a sadistic to administer a spanking to them as a masochist." That's why they seek out people like her or Ms. J, who also does private sessions. "They still have to find someone who's willing to do it," Ms. Coco points out.

While the majority of Real Spankings' members are men, it also has a significant female audience -- more significant, at least, than those of other porn websites. Masterson says that's because his blog, with its written depictions of the feelings and experiences encountered by Real Spankings models, connects with females who get off on spanking. "Women, I've found, want to read about the spanking and know the model's emotions and the dynamics involved with the process," he says. "A guy just wants to see a cute butt get spanked, whereas woman want to feel everything wrapped up with it."

For Kailee, that everything includes a career opportunity. One day she hopes to own her own production company and be the person filming and editing the videos. Standing in the dressing room, she straightens a rack of schoolgirl outfits used for the RS Institute series, which is based on a reformatory for wayward women. When she was hired as a full-time employee three months ago, she graduated in the series, too -- from schoolgirl to prefect. She lifts the itchy uniform proudly. "Going from model to employee, you had to put in something that was somewhat believable for the audience," she says. "Yeah, this is all fantasy, but you want to put in some, like, real basis to make it all believable."