Sunday, July 27, 2008

Gratuitous pinup eye candy

This was the art at Pirate's Cove Sunday roundup, which included a link to me. And since I'm already "the Winston Churchill of patriarchal oppressors," I figure my fellow swine wouldn't mind a little cheesecake.

UPDATE: What is it with redheads in classic pinups? Redheads, redheads, redheads. Were there simply more redheads in the '50s, or were there just more redhead models? Ain't complaining, just noticing.

4 comments:

  1. Maybe if more women ceased subverting their sexuality, e.g., femininity, which is in part expressed by this pin-up (observe, for instance, the absence of tats, piercings & other forms of male instigated mutilations & the presence of clothing complimentary to the female form (in lieu of puritan garb (aka grunge)--also a male invention)), and quit writing about issues "relevant" to their "gender" (emotionalism, collectivism & self-sacrifice (to the cause)), more readers would read them.

    IOW, if more women bloggers displayed independent reasonng, perhaps more readers would take them seriously.

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  2. Why more redhead pinups? I think it's a fantasy thing. Real redheads are rare in the world, at least compared to blondes and brunettes, so the pinup artist simply wanted to draw a fantasy woman. I wish more of the artists had drawn their redheads with freckles. Lots and lots of freckles.

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  3. it's that whole business about redheads being more scintillating, more unhinged, in the sack.

    surprised you weren't aware of that.

    - from a mommy blogger

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  4. have u seen this- http://www.monsterparade.com/portfolio/color/palin.html

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