A balloon fetish is a fetish that involves balloons.[1][2][3] A balloon fetishist is also referred to as a "looner".[4] Some balloon fetishists "revel in the popping of balloons and [others] may become anxious and tearful at the very thought of popping balloons".[5] Though experiencing extreme fear, anxiety or panic at the thought, sight, sound, touch and smell of balloons is more commonly referred to as "globophobia" and not considered a fetish. Other balloon fetishists enjoy blowing up balloons or deflating them.[6]
Examples
editGeiru Toneido, a fictional homicidal clown and balloon artist from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice, has a heavy focus on balloons as part of her character, with a large amount of balloon based innuendos (it is a running gag throughout her appearance that her "balloons" are a double entendre to her well-endowed chest). Geiru has developed notoriety online as a "clussy" with a large amount of "NSFW" art produced. This art often has a heavy focus on the sexualisation of balloons, as per Geiru's character gimmicks.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gates, Katharine (1999); Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex, Juno Books, ISBN 1-890451-03-7 (retrieved 22 August 2010 from Google Books)
- ^ 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)
- ^ Balloon Fetish, Is It Porn? Archived 5 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Emily McCombs, Asylum.com, 10 September 2008 (retrieved 22 August 2010)
- ^ Fetish Confessions: Telling loved ones about your fetish is as easy as solving fractured quadratic equations, Sandy Brundage, The Wave Magazine Volume 2 Issue 15, 31 July 2002 (retrieved 22 August 2010 on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
- ^ Headpress: journal of sex, religion, death, Issues 21-23, David Kerekes, Headpress, p. 142 (retrieved 22 August 2010 from Google Books)
- ^ 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
- ^ "Serve Me Up a Slice of That Clussy". MEL Magazine. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
