Love it or hate it, Valentine's day is coming up. Be prepared with this bitter-sweet cheesecake.

Valentine's Day isn't for everyone. Some of us love it and celebrate it with our beloved, and some of us spend it sitting alone, in a dark corner of a bar, muttering bitterly how Valentine's sucks. This design captures the duality of the love/hate relationship most of us have with Valentine's day.

Check Out My Special Valentine's Design!

Love it or hate it, tell everybody how you feel about it with the 'Valentine's is for Pussies' bitter-sweet pinup. These are just 3 examples out of 97 different items. So Come on down to The Pinup Shop and get yourself or your valentine a special Valentine's day gift.




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Make it a happy Valentine's Day,

Tags: The Pinup Shop, Valentine's Day Gifts, Valentine's Day is for Pussies, Love, Hate, Valentines sucks, Valentine's Pinup Design, Dominatrix Cheesecake

Why did the classic pinup portray the classic damsel in distress and why do neo-pinups refrain from this role?

Contrasting classic pinups with neo-pinups one factor really stands out: The classic pinup is, many a time, a damsel in distress, while the neo-pinup is usually just posing. What can be learned about the evolution of role of fantasy, in pinup art?
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Tags: classic pinups, neo pinup girl, Damsel in distress, sex object, sexual fantasy, 1950, soft core adult art, Identity, Gender, Men, Women, pornography

Corsets, sheer robes, silk, cotton, flowers and polka dots and everything nice! That’s what pinup unmentionables are made of. For your pleasure and education, here’s a peep at pinup lingerie- then and now.

There was an age, when you could catch a pinup in regular, every day panties. White cotton shorts that would peep out from a scandalously flowing skirt. With the rise of girlie magazines, came a demand for more risque cheesecake. Artists, happily obliged and today there is a huge collection of drawings of the day’s finest lingerie and fantasy wear.

Your Basic Shorts and Matching Bra

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Tags: pinup lingerie, Fantasy wear, Erich Sokol, shorts, 1930, 1940, 1950, Little black teddy, Enoch Bolles, Al Buell, Billy De Vorss, Donald Rust, Peter Driben, Hubert De Lartigue, Hajime Sorayama, neo pinup revolution, BDSM, Fetish corset, Paul Corfield, Greg Hildebrandt, Marcus Gray, Robert Skemp, Bill Ward, Bill Randall, Bill Medcalf, Matching bra, Alberto Vargas, see trough robes, sheer night-gowns, Gil Elvgren, retro polka dots, Earl MacPherson, carlos Cartagena, Olivia de Barardinis, Rolf Armstrong, Vaughan Alden Bass, Art Frahm

Who are the gutsy women, who aren’t afraid to stand in the face of feminism and talk about their feminine experience, via the provocative art of cheesecake?

Pinup art is typically thought of as a “boy’s art”. Many don’t even realize, that the sexy eye-candy, in the picture, was created by a woman. This post is dedicated to the fine female artists of pinup art. They are rare and few, but they left an undeniable mark on this “boy’s club”.

The Classic Artists

There weren’t many women painting pinups, in the 30’s and 40’s. Hell! There weren’t many women in the work-force, in the 30’s and 40’s. So these girls are pioneers in many aspects. Did they change the pinup landscape? I definitely believe so. A more personal touch, a more respectful treatment of the individual and a more active pinup.

Zoë Mozert

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Tags: Gutsy women, Feminism, Art of cheesecake, Boy's art, Jessica Dougherty, olivia de Berardinis, Elizabeth Austin, Jennifer Janesko, Zoe Mozert, Inspirational cheesecake, Female pinup artists, ruth Deckard, Joyce Ballantyne, Boy's club, self Portrait, Pearl Frush, classic pinup artists, Modern pinup artists, pioneer woman

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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Dedicated to all of you, practicing a grueling exercise regime, that do it with style!

If you're on a diet, or just practice a grueling exercise regime, you know it ain't easy. This stylin' cheesecake is to keep you positive, when it gets rough. Whether you're in the gym, out jogging, or in your own living room, you want to feel positive.
So pop by The Pinup Shop and grab yourself this pretty pinup.


Have a great workout,

Tags: I Make it Look Easy, strong woman, Inspirational cheesecake, Latest print, Exercising pinup, Feeling positive

Nose art has, pretty much, existed since planes became a war-craft. In an effort to boost moral, pilots would paint the squadron’s insignia on the nose of the plane. A little later, shark teeth, under the propeller became all the rage. Then came the pinup.

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Tags: nose art, Pinups on planes, World War II, WWII, nose artists, Alberto Vargas, us army, sexy cartoon characters, Holywood starlets