Berlin’s tradition
of night life is not new to anyone.
Highlighted today is the fabulous
Queerlesque
Magazine, full of information about
queer shows, complete with a blog, images,
videos and of course, show dates. So if
you chance upon Berlin, don’t forget to
get updated with the hottest trany
burlesque in town!
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Women have often shown up in
revolutionary images. What is a woman’s role
in the revolution? Today The Pinup Blog
explores revolutionary pinups!
Visual art has always had the ability to
concretely represent abstract concepts, while
still leaving room for debate. Revolution is
one of those abstract concepts.
Interestingly, women have been one theme
utilized in order to interpret the many faces
of the concept of revolution. Today, we take
a look at the different female
representations of revolutions.
In dramatic scene, tough and even evil,
it’s the sexy Easter bunny fantasy gone
awry.
One of the most
common fantasies in cyber space, the
sexy bunny, has endless Google results.
While the typical sexy Easter bunny is
just a poster girl, on the sweet side
and often a Playboy cliche, I’ve run
into a more fetishistic bunny, this
year, which I’m more than glad to share
with you.
Not exactly cheesecake and not exactly
beefcake, but definitely sexy! It’s time to
feast your eyes on the butch pinup.
Feeling comfortable
in your own skin is the number one
ingredient for sex appeal. Not every
woman feels sexy in heels and lipstick,
and as a result, not every woman
is sexy in
heels and lipstick. This week, The Pinup
Blog takes a look at the diverse and
beautiful butch women, who prefer men’s
shorts over panties, and sideburns over
curlers.
Nothing makes a celebration like music,
and no Christmas is complete without a sexy,
stripping Santa!
They are gorgeous, they
dance, they sing, they strut and occasionally
strip. It’s The Pinup Blog’s top 10 sexy
musical pinups!
#10 The Caburlesque Kittens do Sweet
Candy
The
Caburlesque Kittens are a burlesque
group from San Diego County. Keeping it
clean, they’re almost a family show and
perfect for some light Christmas
dancing. They also get Pinup Blog props
for injecting a little diversity into
the classic Christmas pinup fantasy.
KrautBoys is a
fantastic erotic art blog that specializes
in artistic neo beefcake, with homoerotic
overtones. In fact, it’s so good, it’s the
first beefcake site I’m adding to the
sidebar! If you adore those
not-too-buffed, shapely, sporadically
tattooed and pierced young men, with an
artistic twist, you’ll love KrautBoys.
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While the wholesome folks at Disney keep
our children at a safe distance from luscious
cleavages and male nipples, you guys go back
home and elaborate on the fantasy. This week
on The Pinup Blog: Brilliant, sensual, Disney
pinups!
The up and coming
Princess and the Frog, reminded me of all
the times I saw an elaboration on a Disney
character. Disney’s men and women become
icons and are instantly recognizable, thus
making for fantastic, sexy pastiche. But
before we delve into the world of R-rated
Disney mock-ups, let’s take a look at
Disney’s own subliminal sex appeal, to the
left. It’s amazing what context can do.
Suits for women would
come and go throughout history. When
women dress in suits they often don’t do
it to look like a man, but to project
strength. Our perceptions of
masculinity, as a synonym of strength,
is so deeply embedded that a unique
thrill tingles within us, when we
witness a woman in men’s clothing. Our
curiosity peaks, especially if she
balances the masculine facade with a
feminine one.
While searching for artsy burlesque, I
stumbled across the DC
Cowboys Dance Company. This gay
cultural group is not only infectiously
fun, they stand for ideas I love to
promote on this blog: Diversity, tolerance
and unapologetic sexiness. With slogans
like Diversity Through Dance and Brokeback
Meets Broadway, and a classic beefcake
theme and attitude, I was won over
instantly.
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SvarTTrasT
is a fantastic Icelandic photographer,
that I stumbled across on Flickr. He
creates
a lot of impressive imagery, but I’m
focusing on his marvelous effeminate
beefcake. I don’t know what I like more about
this image; The fact that it’s so well done,
the humor, the GLBT twist, or more proof that
all men have fine long legs and they should
be the ones wearing short skirts.
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Sexy feminist- it’s not an oxymoron its a
living, breathing movement.
For some reason
there are people out there who believe that a
woman dressing provocatively means she knows
nothing about feminism and is asking to be
raped (I won’t name names, some of them don’t
even know who they are). This post is a
collection of pinups that stand for feminism
and correlate with a larger story than their
image. Ladies, gentlemen, feminists; Meet the
sexy, powerful women who believe in equality.
Rosie the Riveter - Make Pride Not
War
You can’t have a
post about feminist pinups without
Rosie
the Riveter. The problem, for me, is
that Rosie was originally painted under
the slogan of support of the war effort.
I made a public promise not to support
war and | keep my promise and talk about
Rosie the Feminist. You see, back when she
was painted, the poster was just one of the
many J.
Howard Miller’s series. Today,
however, it has become a feminist icon,
symbolizing women’s economic equality,
through the satisfaction of
self-sufficient labor.
Celebrating sex and diversity with the
classic theme of pinup on
DeviantArt.
Last
August, I gave props to 9 magnificent
pinup artists. I’d like to celebrate
more deserving pinup artists, again, so
that’s today’s focus. You’ll find a lot
of diversity and a lot of cheek.
Celebrating sex and diversity with the
classic theme of pinup.
Miss Cadence - Start with Something
Traditional
I thought I’d start off with something
traditional. Miss
Cadence is a beautiful neo pinup.
She’s a classic beauty and just does the
job right. She also brings in a classic
diversity, as Miss Cadence comes in all
your favorite colors: blonde, brunette
and redhead.
They’re hispanic, BBW, male,
anthropomorphic and they have one thing in
common- They’re all in a bunny suit!
Easter brings upon
me a message of hope, this year. Out I
went to fetch you some Easter bunnies
and to my pleasant surprise I found a
world of diversities. All sexy, all
bunnies, in all sizes, shapes and
colors. It’s the diverse universe of the
Easter bunny fetish- as long as you got
long ears- you’re in!
They’re muscular, beautiful, have an
outrageous sense of style and can out-walk me
in high heels any day. The Pinup Blog lists
its top 10 favorite transvestites.
Transvestites are usually ignored by
mainstream society. Often they’re considered
freaks. Personally, I love effeminate men for
their beauty, honesty and courage. This list
is a homage to my favorite sweet
transvestites.
#10 Freddie Mercury and Keith Lemon -
Mustached Freedom
OK, I know what you’re thinking, and I’ll be
honest and say, this is not my fetish.
That’s why these
outrageous ladies are in spot 10. There
are two reason why Freddie Mercury- a
part- time practicing transvestite- and
Keith Lemon- who only dressed up for
this show (correct me if I’m wrong)- are
on this list:
They both went retro.
Isn’t it amazing how a small detail
like a mustache can completely challenge
perceptions of gender and beauty
conventions?
These men were both trying to be funny, but
they made me think about what we consider to
be obvious: men in mustaches are not
feminine. Really? Look again:
This one’s for all
the ladies out there, who just love
their ladies retro. Featuring Brooklyn's
queer community, I Love
Brooklyn Girls began its sexy way in
2006. This year the Brooklyn bombshells
will be poking fun at gender roles with
their “professional pinups”. And if that
wasn’t enough, these lovely femmes will
donate 10% of their proceeds to The
Lesbian Herstory Archives. It’s for a
good cause, and anyway, you know you want
to
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Martin Luther King day was yesterday, so
what a great time to commemorate one of the
great black women in history: Eartha
Kitt!
Many losses for the
pinup world, this year.
First it was the mythological Bettie Page
and on the 25th of December it was
the legendary Eartha Kitt. It seems that my
tribute article came right on the week
commemorating Martin Luther King, which is
just too perfect. So instead of another
eulogy (which you already know I hate doing)
let’s talk about the awe-inspiring Eartha
Kitt’s true contributions to
society.
"Nobody talks but everything gets said --
MANLY is a sexy mix of the rough and the
smooth, a dream about sex with the sounds
off." —Alexander Chee, author of
Edinburgh
Gay erotic comics full of kink and
tenderness between masculine
men
Amy Colburn, an
up-and-coming illustrator of hot male-on-male
art, joinsDale
Lazarov,
writer/editor of
STICKY(Bruno Gmüender
Verlag, March 2006) to bring you manly
stories about manly men doing manly things to
each other.
Beefcake searches always leave me
wanting, especially at Christmas time. Could
it be that only gay men consume
beefcake?
Last year I
nominated the
top 10 Christmas neo pinups. I thought
I’d see what beefcake had to offer in that
category. It’s a short list this year. As
always, a search for beefcake is much
tougher, as they seem to be scarce (in
relation to their female counter part).
Always leaving me asking that age old
question: Where’s the beef?!
I’ll start off with this excruciating Shawn
Connery, to the left. I don’t know what the
hell the man was thinking, but there you have
it. I know this isn’t a Christmas themed
beefcake, per se, but he’s so festive in that
red fetish get-up... Just look at him as my
Christmas gift to you.
Another sweet transvestite is
accumulating big fame. Of course I’m talking
about the man who got David Hasselhoff
questioning his own sexuality, again and
again. It’s America’s Got Talent’s Derrick
Barry, who does a mean Britney Spears
impersonation. You won’t believe it even when
you see it!
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Peter J.
Ketchum is a fine artist with a
passion for ephemera. He collects old
original black and white images:
snapshots, photos, postcards, tin types
and carte de viste and edits them or
adds color, in order to convey his
message. Ketchum is a social artist, who
tries to understand stereotypes and
common beliefs in society, through his
altered vintage collections. A lot of
his work would be considered off-color
and it represents yester-century’s
stereotypes and explains its connection
to today.
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Amidst all the
over-sexed media there are few
non-pornographic havens that capture an
old innocent feeling. In the tradition
of the 1950’s damsels in underwear
distress, Paul
Richmond’s Cheesecake boys are exactly
that. A collection of sweet, clumsy, sexy
men. Richmond is a fine artist and
illustrator, a proud gay man and an
activist. Inspiring and fun, go have a
look at his online studio.
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After writing last week’s cheesecake
article, I was challenged at Digg, to find
the beefcake twins. Knowing how hard it is to
find beefcake at all, I rose to the
challenge.
Where’s the beefcake?!
Apparently there
just isn’t as much demand for male twins
as female twins. This sailor image is
the only vintage image I could find and
it’s quite uninspired. I mean, this
photo is so asexual could have been
taken by their mother!
Fear not, my beefcake twin hungry mongrels!
I’ve managed to hunt down a few modern day
beefcake. It seems that twins have more fun
than regular male models. Maybe it’s in the
already playful nature of a twin photo shoot?
Who knows.
Last time I saw
The Rocky Horror Picture Show I was too
young to understand all the delicate nuances
of this film. But one thing was for sure: I
adore Tim Curry!
His opening song had every bit of influence
on me, as
Jessica Rabbit's. This is not just for my
GLBT readers (though I did think of you
). Curry has the voice,
body and poise to create a mesmerizingly
sexy burlesque performance. See for
yourself, the sweetest transvestite
bombshell to ever grace the silver
screen.
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Between the 1930’s to the 1960’s Beefcake
was at it’s hight. Very popular in gay
circles and very much in the closet- sold as
health pamphlets.
It’s not easy to find
beefcake. Not even on the internet. And even
when you find it, it lacks the luster and
playfulness, found in it’s female pastry
counterpart. I’ve searched high and low for
male pinups and managed to find a few gold
nuggets worth your attention.
After Being interviewed
by Lesbiatopia's Paula Brooks, I noticed
a comment left on
the article, by Lesbiatopia's Editor in
Chief, Renee Gannon, saying:
A fine article written about my retro girlie
art at
Lesbiatopia, a blog by lesbians for
lesbians. (I knew all this cleavage was good
for something ) It's a marvelous review
and also part interview, by Paula Brooks
(a.k.a Paula The Surf Mom)- The Pinup
Blog's first, and I'm doing cartwheels
with joy.
Go check it out!
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Looked down on by scholars, pinups have
always been perceived as pop- art, at best,
and vulgar commercial illustrations or even
pornography, at worst. I propose we take a
closer look at the bare facts about
pinups.
A
lot of people feel the same way about
pinups. Being part of the postmodern
era, I believe that anything goes and
that everything means something (and as
such means nothing, but that's for the
postmodern blog to decipher ). So I took it upon
myself to analyze a pinup painting, in
the most basic ways, and see if I can
find out a deeper meaning to pinup art.
The Bear Facts by Gil Elvgren
This is
one of my favorite pinups of all time and
Elvgren is one of the most prolific pinup
artists of all time. When conjuring up the
image of a pinup girl, we usually imagine one
of Elvgren's girls. But let us look at her
with unbiased eyes:
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?
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Suits for women would
come and go throughout history. When
women dress in suits they often don’t do
it to look like a man, but to project
strength. Our perceptions of
masculinity, as a synonym of strength,
is so deeply embedded that a unique
thrill tingles within us, when we
witness a woman in men’s clothing. Our
curiosity peaks, especially if she
balances the masculine facade with a
feminine one.
The king of satire knows
all about sexy kitsch and takes beefcake
back to it’s roots. With the character
of Bruno, 
That’s why these
outrageous ladies are in spot 10. There
are two reason why Freddie Mercury- a
part- time practicing transvestite- and
Keith Lemon- who only dressed up for
this show (correct me if I’m wrong)- are
on this list:
