Women and nature - the two greatest muses of all times.

I just got an email that Blog Action Day is back in action, this year. I actually had this lovely Nature of Pinup Girls article all ready for them, supposing that they’re all about the environment. Was I surprised, when I found out, this year we blog about poverty. So you get your Nature of Pinups article a little early and I get to challenge myself in linking pinups to poverty.

For all you bloggers out there:
Blog Action Day is a wonderful awareness project. Each year, on October 15th, bloggers unite and write about one issue of importance. Last year was a fantastic success, with the issue being the environment. This year promises to be even bigger. So join us!


                        


Now, without further ado: The Nature of Pinup Girls!


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It’s not rare to see an active cheesecake, all dolled up and ready to have fun. You’d be quite surprised at how many active glamor girls are out there.

I was getting ready for a hunt, when I realized sporty pinups are all over the place. From the earliest 30’s to today, sisters are gearing up, taking hits and making hits. Whatever these glamor girls play at, sometimes they’re totally awkward and sometimes they exude confidence in spades. Here are the top 10 pinup games.

#10 Boxing

Ok, so there’s only one classic pinup in this world that depicts a boxer. She’s an Elvgren girl and he named her simply “A Knockout”.


There is, however, one more hot pinup that boxes and really knows how to hand out a punch. The daughter of legend Muhammad Ali, Laila Ali- definitly pinup worthy.

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Tags: Pinup Games, Bicycling, Sporty Glamor Girls, Bowling, 1950, Baseball, Gil Elvgren, Duane Bryers, Hilda, A league of Their Own, Golfing pin-ups, Winter Sports, Sailing , sexy sports, Water Skiing, Surfing, Fishing, A Knockout, Boxing, Water Sports , Lassoing, cowgirls

Plus-size pinups are a niche within a niche. It's hard to see a potential of growth outside of the plus-size fetish community. I would like to propose otherwise, by showcasing a few plus-size pinup artists.

Searching for plus-size pinups is (as in many other pinup sub-niches) tough and yields little results. Even more discouraging was finding the following short conversation on Yahoo Answers, in the begining stages of research.

Q: Who are some of the greatest plus-size pin-up models of today?

A1: Look on myspace, and you'll find plenty. the thing is, pin-up models, plus size or otherwise, aren't really part of a booming industry outside of fetishists, Betty Page fans and tattoo conventions. Can you name a contemporary pin-up model (outside of Dita Von-Teese) at all?
Plus size pin-ups especially are a non-issue - I can't name any because there aren't any famous ones. Again, you'll find hundreds of women calling themselves plus size models on myspace - so you can check them out there, but the majority of them are not actual models.

A2:Are you talking about waist line or bust size?
Not a huge market for fat pin-ups. Pun intended.
With the advent of the internet the market for modern pin-ups has become huge, de-valued, international, and fragmented. I can't say who is the queen of today's pin-up market. 99% of pin-ups are viewed eletronically and never make it to print. Just 10 years ago it was the complete opposite.
Certainly there is no modern Betty Page of any size.

Hilda - Very Humble Beginnings

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Tags: Hilda, Plus-size Pinup, pinup artists, Duane Bryers, Booty Babe Art, Les Toil girls, Bodacious Magazine, chris Cooper, Big Bad Girls

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!

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