Sexual art is usually underground or very
niched. Because of this, artists throw all
inhibition away and correct the politically
incorrect. There are no holy cows in the
pinup business, just beautiful pinup girls
(and boys) of all shapes, sizes and
sexes.
Hard to find but worth the
effort
It's true that if you do a Google
search of the term “male pinups” you wouldn't
get much of that retro beefcake fun. Not to
mention the poor results on “African American
pinups”. But if you look deep and maybe throw
in a couple of names, you will find
Dorothy
Dandridge and
a handful of
naked men (not together!
)
Sexual art (A.K.A. “pornography” ) has never
been subjected to the cultural snob's
censorship. What's the point? Smut is smut,
right?
Wrong!
As the definition for pornography changes
through time and place, so does its audience.
The internet is a great place to understand
these trends.
Pinup trends of diversity
African American's
seem to be totally uninterested in the
rehashing of pinup art. Not surprising
considering the time and place. Appart
from Dorothy Dandridge, there seem to be
no more glamor shots, from the 40's and
50's, of African American Women.
Asian American pinup models can be scarcely
found (in correlation to the rising
popularity of Asian models in pornography),
such as the astonishingly voluptuous
Masuimi
Max, top model for
Pinup
Girl Clothing.
Does size matter?
With out a doubt! In
the pinup world, there is always room
for more. Doesn't take a genius to
figure out Marilyn Monroe isn't a size
6!
For the classic pinup lovers there is
Duane
Bryers' over-weight
Hilda. A
beautifully drawn fat, perky redhead,
that proves that it's all about good
art. If you're looking for modern plump
pinups, try
The Toil Girls of
Les
Toil. Toil does a great job in the
name of diversity. In the site you will
find black, brown, white or Asian
models, all fat, all beautiful.
Manly Men
Well, we can
definitely debate on that point
, but one thing is for
sure, male pinups used to be almost as
fun as their female counterparts.
Flickr
is a great source for vintage male pinup
photos. For those of you looking for the
modern version of male pinups, you may
be a little disappointed (just like
those of you looking for retro beauties
in todays Playboy magazine). It seems
the fun and games have been sucked out
of male pornography and traded in for
overly serious and overly pumped boys. I
did, however, manage to find one
photographer, on
Slide, that
exhibited some of that ole' rockabilly
humor.
Girlie Girls
The biggest twist in retro pinup art,
probably only really accrued this year, when
two gorgeous ladies decided to make a
homo-erotic pinup style photo shoot and
display it on
LiveJournal.
Breaking stereotypes of “butch dykes”
(pardon my French
) and showing us all that
lesbians are pinups, too. You might say
lesbian pinups have been there since
Betty Page, but not the type you can
imagine Elvegren painting
As pinups are getting more fashionable, their
diversity conforms to main-stream fantasy. We
can only hope that it wouldn't be down to the
anorexic blond, the heroine chick brunette or
the barely there redhead.
To wholesome, diverse sexual art,
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