Burlesque has taken many forms through
the years, but one fact always stayed true:
The female form.
Last
week I talked about cartoon pinups
and added some videos for your viewing
pleasure. After a second watching, I
noticed something linking all these
unforgettable cinematic moments- A song
and a dance. These cartoon women didn't
only look good, they made for memorable
entertainment. They all reminded me of a
fabulous art form, enjoying an enticing
revival- burlesque.
Long before Jessica Rabbit uttered that
immortal line, even cartoon pinups were
struggling. Today the animated cheesecake has
gone through some changes.
In the 1950’s
sex wasn’t so obvious and trying to air sex
was very illegal to almost impossible. In
Come Max Fleischer and Tex Avery to kick some
sexy into kids cartoons. I can still hear J.
Edgar shutter in his grave.
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 lot of noise has been raised in the
feminist and Muslim communities over the art
of Makan Emadi and the appearance of a new
“misogynistic male fantasy”: Veil
Fetish.
I don't get to say that
it enough, but now I can say it,
officially! Tracee Sioux of
BlogFabulous thinks this blog and
The Pinup Shop
are so fabulous, she just had to post them
on her blog.
The press for the blog and shop is starting
to accumulate, so I've added a Press
page to the shop, as a tribute to all
the people who decided to take the time to
write about me. Drop on by and look
around.
Busy being fabulous, be back soon,
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Some say that pinups were a 40’s-50’s
fad, which disappeared with the sexual
revolution. I believe pinups, in their
sensual yet none reviling form, are alive and
kicking.
Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable,
Ritta Heyworth (the
list is long) we’re all documented
in photographs, later to be printed out
in magazines, postcards and calenders.
These were considered glamor pinups, at
the time- very different from the
anonymous pinup, which would be found,
more often, in men’s magazines (the kind
deemed offensive). For this reason,
exactly, I want to exhibit these
specific shots, which could have been
very much the anonymous cheesecake, if
it hadn’t been for their famous silver
screen face, gracing it.
