1)   First -- how did you come to choose your modeling name?

My baby pictures all say JJ on them. My family calls me JJ. I knew I needed to use a name that I would turn my head to. My intent was just to do some cute pin up stuff for fun so I added Plush. I thought it was a playful way of saying full figured, like I'm not taking myself too seriously here guys and also Plush as in comfortable and inviting space

2)   How did you enter the world of modeling?

I had a bad breakup with a boyfriend (James) who had urged me to do modeling photos for him. I told him that was ridiculous. He was painfully attractive, had modeled for Ann Sui years back at Fashion Week. He liked thick girls obviously. He said I wasn't tall or thin but that there was something special about me that plenty of photographers would like. He was an artsy guy. He knew I had a thing for vintage lingerie and girlie things. I also had the short blond Marilyn hair at the time. He thought that should all be put to use. MySpace was the thing then and when we broke up I had the immature urge to take photos and post them for him to see since he had been keeping an eye on me  lol

3)   How familiar were you with bondage and Internet bondage websites before you tried bondage modeling?

I had zero experience with bondage. I didn't know anything about it. I had seen Skin Two magazine at James’s house but that was mostly latex. I was intrigued but that was it. Prior to James I was with someone for 7 years and we momentarily got back together after the breakup with James.  He was pretty vanilla, but a little subby in the bedroom. I knew of Bettie Page and Irving Klaw because of my attraction to vintage lingerie but beyond that I didn't know a thing about bondage at all. Zilch. I was 28 when I first got tied up in 2006.

4)   What was your first bondage shoot like?  How did it come about?  Were you nervous about shooting bondage for the first time?

I had gone to a group shoot out at the Collingwood Art Center in Toledo to acquire pin up photos and the next time I went Eric Cain asked if I would shoot with him for an hour. I agreed. He warned me that the photos would go on a pay site. I told him I didn't mind, if I could wear a girdle and if he would edit some in black and white. I warned him I'd never been restrained and that I was a control freak in real life and I might panic. That did not happen. It was a post tie with the bigger flashington gag. I was stunned at the feeling. I felt embarrassed, confused & intrigued at the same time. The heels I chose were horrible. They were killing me. It kept my mind off of the gag. The bindings weren't an issue. My feet, my jaw and the heat were.  In my day job I had to play an extrovert, self-assured, dominant & persistent. I discovered quickly that bondage was an escape from all of those hats I had to wear. Eric and I stayed in touch. A couple months later my elbows were pulled close and I got really subspacey. It was assumed that since I was bigger, I wouldn't be flexible, but that was wrong.  It was the best high I had ever experienced. That was confusing to me. I tried to play it off as not a big deal when Eric said that kind of thing doesn't happen to many and you will probably crave that your entire life. Verbally I laughed it off; inwardly I knew my life had changed in a way many of my vanilla people wouldn't understand - in a way I didn't understand at the time.


5)   What inspires you?  And how do you channel that into your modeling?

Today I don't have time to scour the Internet for interesting ties or ideas at all. What inspires me most are the emails I get from people that genuinely love what I do - whatever their reasons are. It really keeps me motivated. It never gets old. Sadly, my responses are usually abrupt and I mean no disrespect. It's just that I've simply taken on too much in life. Secondly, it's important to me to show the girls I work with in their best light with the resources I have available. The models inspire me to do my best so they appear at their best. I don't think I've shot with producers aside from industry friends since 2011 or so.

6)   What are the best and worst parts of your work as a bondage model?

The best part of being a bondage model is that it led me to meeting my other half. I thought by choosing this life I had made it next to impossible to find a proper partner for me because it is a veryyyyy complicated thing. Plenty of men want to look at what I do on the internet in their spare time, but about 95% of you could never fully embrace your spouse being the one doing it because of jealousy and embarrassment or because it's still taboo. It takes one hell of a strong man be fully supportive.  So not just him, but there is something special about the bonds with other people I've met along the way that know what it is like to go against the grain and do something that most people in our lives would never ever accept or understand. There is that comradeship with many of my fellow model and producer friends like yup we are all in this together! We had the balls to do it!  (well not all of us, because some of us are indeed competitive, catty assholes, lol). Also I sometimes feel bad that I'm not a "do gooder" like I should be doing the world good instead of making fetish clips but then someone that is a do gooder- a doctor, a professor etc. will write and tell me how much they look forward to my clips and how it is such great stress relief, or I will inspire a broke model to start her own clips store and she does and it does well!!

The absolute worst part is that making it a career changed everything. Fun is fun and work is work generally right? Work can be fun for sure, but it's still work. Bondage when I had a full time day job was just fun. Now it is actually a lot of work too. I must create a product that people want to PAY to see when there are thousands of other sites they could visit. 


7)   Do you enjoy being tied up?  And, if so, what are your favorites -- method of restraint?  gag?  bondage position?  role to play?

Oh yes, I mentioned it above. I do personally love being tied up. I'm sure I always will. I like a tight rope hogtie best. The pulled so tightly it is almost impossible to roll hogtie. I know this isn't the right thing to say to a group of DID fans but my favorite role to play is none at all. I prefer to be tied up and let go. I call it fight or flight. Fight: panic and need to be let out or just let go and fly. In DID world by instinct I play apologetic and pleading and usually not the angry grunting damsel unless directed to be that way. I guess that is because I love to be tied up so being angry is reallllly acting. I like the look of a ballgag but I like the helplessness of something like stuffing wrapped with microfoam. 
 
8)   What led to your interest in combining girdles with bondage?

In my life girdles came first. I loved pretty underthings. I played in my mom’s heels and hose from 3rd grade on. At prom time I got my first girdle from JC Penny, 1995. They were relatively boring then. Mine was a black satiny long leg panty girdle with a flower pattern in it. I wore suntan pantyhose and a black long line bustier type bra. When I put those items on I felt like a million bucks. I was more aware of my posture, my DD boobs looked great, my waist had been nipped in, my thighs were smooth. It felt like a great big hug. I was hooked.  Girdles (not spanx but the proper kind) make me feel my most feminine. Girdles are just as much bondage as bondage is. They just go hand in hand naturally to me.

I woke up when I was 12 to DD breasts. My mom was not the kind of mom I could talk to about things. I had a couple playtex 18 hour bras. My friends had pretty colorful things. There was no internet. I had no access to shopping. I longed for lovely things like my 34b friends had. I also found myself ashamed of my figure. I looked 20 and grown men chased me. It was confusing because TV and media said I was fat. Fat is supposed to be unattractive. Why are men attracted to me? Why are girls at school calling me a slut when I've barely kissed a guy? Anyway I decided I wanted to run a store called Just Figures when I grew up which would cater to hard to fit sizes. Nowadays I think a 36dd is average but it sure wasn't then.

12)  What do you like to do in my down time?

I wish I had for real down time. I miss all the free time I had from 2008-2012, lol. I love to go boating, we are boaters. I LOVE the water. We just bought a home on the water and haven't closed yet. I may not look good in a bathing suit buy boy the water does my heart, soul and mindset good! I'm also pretty crafty. I enjoy making natural soaps and light fixtures and jewelry. I'm also a do it yourselfer - just about all of the things around the home and studio I do, much of it with my fella. I don't (and won't) have children but I'm an animal lover - two dogs and a cat and I treat them as people. They are a big part of my time not working. I am really horrible at sitting still I have to keep busy and boy do I ever.

13)  What else do you want your fans to know about you?

Hhhm, just that bondage clips don't grow on trees. I often get messages stating that someone is my biggest fan, followed by I saw your clips for free at such and such tube site. Nope, you aren't a fan if you download those clips for free. You are the enemy. I pay $100 a month for a company to take down stolen links, they send me 100s per week and still cannot keep up! I also pay a company a decent chunk of change to prevent password sharing. I'm just a person that started from nothing and created this special little thing for myself (like many). I invest HUGE amounts of money on wardrobe - yes all of those outfits and shoes are mine, bondage goods, modeling fees, band width, my studio, etc. and I give it away for really cheap in the grand scheme of things. When you guys steal from us it makes it harder to continue doing what we are doing - not just me ALL of your favorite fetish producers. I know this isn't all of you of course!

Anyway, this was a fun trip down memory lane! If my answers have led to other questions feel free to send them my way.