BDSM and cinema have a long history – so long that coded examples of dom/sub dynamics on screen can be traced back to silent film. But it was only in the 2000s that BDSM movies became mainstream enough that we got movies like Babygirl and Pillion. So, how did kink become so popular? And is more representation necessarily a good thing?
Mashable spoke to Liam Wignall, senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Brighton and editor of The Power of BDSM, and screenwriter Caitlin Parish (G20, Supergirl) to find out.