I consider most forms of erotic art masturbating with a brush or a pencil. How can you get anything done apart from hotter and hotter women on your drawing board?
Wikipedia doesn’t tell if Maestro Elvgren did die blind and with a twisted spine from all that work …
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Another brilliant Mapplethorpe moment - with all the power, beauty and grace almost all his snaps posses. For me it’s also a perfect expression of the 80’s - and a new feminine strength showing in art that is neither weak nor overdone.
Oh honey - just wait till the kids are gone - then I’ll get a divorce and party my brains out.
The possibilities of women have changed tremendously in the last 60 years.
Overall women have benefited the most from the sexual revolution and the new equality. Men lost their traditional "advantages" based on their gender - and they are less adaptable and flexible when it comes to our modern work environment and it’s "softer" requirements like team play, flexibility, communication, learning and emotional intelligence.
But women have also suffered from the new form of social fabric: they are now biggest number of single parents - responsible for raising and funding our kids.
People between 35 and 45 are the most populous group in many western countries. (Click image to pop the pyramid.)
In recent decades the good old population pyramid has basically flipped 180° - and now we have more mature and old people in western societies than we have young ones. We are becoming grey societies. (By the way: you can get population pyramids for many countries here)
So the fortysomethings are the biggest group in the population right now.
Plus the longer life expectancy, single lifestyle and overall youth cult have made the fortysomethings the new players in town: they have money, they are still horny and active. And their grown up egos are much more neurotic and hungry for self gratification.
The most active consumer group here are mature women. Many of them now are shedding their kids, because they are grown up now. So they want to "party extra hard" and make up for all the time they were dedicated mothers and wives.
Plus the modern western cities are more streamlined for the new single lifestyle - and they are the majority now. Families used to "rule" the cities - but that has changed during the 90’s. It’s now single all the way - or better "serial monogamizers" (people who hop from one fast relationship to the next one).
So our cities are a huge playground for the mature ladies.
Does this pop video make me look old?
The beauty and fashion industry has long discovered this rich and often desperate clientele: the cream for the skin at forty, the pill for the rotten brain at forty, etc.
The message here is: you are still adorable, but you need a tune up. Albeit an expensive one.
Behind all this is the ugly face of infertility. All primary "beauty" spots - red lips, beautiful hair, smooth skin, wide eyes - are signs of health and therefore fertility. A good looking women is most of all a fertile women.
Forty is the Magic Age - the last call for babies. But it is also the age of a new form of competition: you are fading out of the beauty competition - you are no longer the hottest chick in town, you already show some defects and there is fresher meat on sale.
Our society has just developed a "mature concept" for beauty and sexuality, but overall we do not appreciate the beauty and wisdom of older ladies as they are. We only have "Venus" measurement: either you are a young fertile love goddess or you are not.
Our definition what’s hot or not is still deeply ingrained in our biological code: only healthy breeding material is sexy.
Mature Bitches rule the Suburbs!
That brings us to the overall sexualization of age. Since Viagra was released the pressure was on - there was no longer an excuse for guys not too perform - so the ladies also had to joining the gray swingers club.
But the sexualization of mature women goes further: TV series like "Sex in the City" and "Desperate Housewives" are both part of the wider "MILF" syndrome (MILF = Mothers I’d like to fuck).
This is a new sex trend as well media frenzy: mature hot looking women who are oversexed and fuck anything that moves - plus the additional drama this behavior causes. Usually the before mentioned attributes are reserved for males. These MILFs know no taboos, they know no limits. They are the perfect sex partners.
So modern life restarts at 40 and a gray society needs to tell itself it’s still capable and interesting. It’s a mutual lie and effort to push the boundaries of age and dissolve old limits and taboos.
In a way it’s almost like the sexual egos of mature women are fighting against the menopause: "Look I still can get semen, I am still adorable! And with Science I am gonna kick your ass Mother Nature!"
Pregnant at 40+ and loving it!
In the past women past the magic age of 40 were left alone, because they were heading straight for their menopause and were therefore uninteresting as breeding material. Just wait a few more years and these women are great grandmother material.
But thanks to science, overall better health and life expectancy breeding for women after 40 is now pretty normal. And many young women prefer postpone babies longer and longer, so 35+ mothers are becoming the norm in western societies instead or rare exceptions.
And breeding can now be outsourced to a "working womb" if necessary. All you need to do is freeze your eggs in the right age and "seed" them if you are ready and rich enough to have your own kids.
So science has helped to beat the biological clock in some aspects and women can now have babies - apart from the very popular game of international adoption - in almost any age.
Guardian: Pregnancy among over-40s reaches ‘record high’
Let’s celebrate mature female consumerism and neurotic obsessions with the perfect wedding!
Conclusions?
In some way mature women are now doing the same what mature guys have been doing for ages: get out and have some fun with younger flesh. The TV shows are mostly about the usual "Relationship Porn" we love to watch (and stuff like Big Brother is the ultimate Social Porn anyway).
But the big picture is more complex: our aging societies are trying to cope with age and longevity. Behind all the modern media hype are serious questions: How do we live our lives NOT as passive grandmothers and grandfathers?
Most western people won’t have kids or grandkids when they cross the 40’s. There will be no families to fall back on - and often not even relationships - so we need new ways to socialize, form relationships on every level and "grow".
Why wait for death when you are just 40 - when your life expectancy is beyond 80? This is just the middle of your life Darling!
The old pensioner is gone - the next generation of "oldies" will be more demanding, self centered and active. Science will try to keep them "awake" and active much longer. And since our population pyramid is so skewed we need mature people to work longer and harder.
That is why the old cliches about mature women (and men) are under attack and are currently reformulated (even on trivial levels): It’s ok to have fun beyond 40, it’s ok to fuck beyond 40 and it’s probably necessary to have kids beyond 40.
That is why our societies needs to be open minded and explore about new "phases" in our lives: start a new life with 40 or a family. Since we all will last beyond the age of 70 or 80 it’s important to allow ourselves to have many "phases" in one life - and not being condemned to one "path" one has chosen in her or his twenties or thirties.
Photoshop and a great operator can greatly improve your career, even when you are already old and wrinkled. Hotness is no longer in the eye of the beholder, but based on the right image manipulation.
Ah springtime - finally I can grab my picnic basket and visit mother nature and her many yummy daughters for a yummy picnic.
Your Ikea nesting instinct made you buy the perfect kitchen and you are the perfect wife. You know how to perfectly please everybody. You know how to perfectly organize your perfect life. You read all the perfect books Oprah recommended to be perfect. And your career is going perfect too.
Too bad there is no perfect husband for your perfect fantasy world - and it’s perfectly normal that you are running out of time.
Fertility has a limited shelf life and so does your happiness … don’t waste it on perfection.
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They don’t make woman like that anymore - and such portraits. All modern photographer trying to emulate that look have failed so far. I guess it’s a matter of attitude and the right camera. Old optics were very different from today’s supertech digital cams.
And Vivien? She is just stunning. Just like Betty Davis she has that certain magic that has disappeared somewhere around the 1960’s …
Photographer: Does anyone know the artist? Thanks!
Bikini + Burka = Bikini.
Now you know why Baywatch was such a hit in Muslim countries - and why there never will be a real Arab remake.
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Madame Lamarr is not your usual silverscreen beauty - she had brains and lots of it. How many Hollywood actresses do you know that hold an U.S. patent?
What a fascinating woman!
Photographer: Does anyone know the artist behind the camera?
The year is 1921 and Margaret Gorman from Washington D.C. is the first Miss America. Compared to today’s beauty standards she isn’t very sexy: she lacks full lips, hips and tits. I guess back then people only cared for inner beauty and a good character?!
I am sure she also wanted World Peace!
Ah … rite of of renewal and fertility at the beginning of each year. The ground awakes and is ready to be fertilized … I am so ready for it!
Just because you own an expensive vehicle doesn’t mean all the hot chicks want to play with your stick as well.
Laura Linney is a very fine actress - her performance in John Adams is just magnificent (the same compliment goes to Paul Giamatti).
I think I have a crush on her. And on Abigail Adams.
*sigh*
Crystle Stewart ain’t your usual bimbo: she has a university degree, runs her own business and isn’t blonde.
But still the whole contest is fixated on finding the most beautiful and fertile cow in the country - bikini contest and all.
“And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche
Final the proof: woman don’t produce their own milk, they simply store bovine fluids in their own portable containers and spread the goods to hungry children of this world.
Since I am a dirty old bastard I can’t use my long gone charms or evaporated virility to make them come to me. So I have to tire them out and run them down - so they can’t resist me anymore …
They always say the chase is part of the fun - isn’t it?
Is it just me or are these TV presenters get hotter every year, with even bigger red lips and tantalizing outfits? Can’t we have simply ‘normal’ women not dress up dolls as presenters?
Note to woman: even external things get slippery when wet. Please remember that for your own safety.
In recent years we have seen an explosion of girly tech - gadgets specifically designed to appeal to woman’s sense of cuteness, styling and beauty.
But this new Sony Ericson phone in combination with it’s product website really takes the cake. A gold-pink cell phone is bad enough - but on a neon-green background?
Gimme a break. I’ll sue them for eye cancer!
But there are many golden, pink and other soft coloured gadgets out there - that are equally bad in terms of design and colour harmony.
Are woman really that hungry for pinkness in their mind? You girls know that pink is used to reflect your genitalia.
So in that context the Sony Ericson cell phone above ’says’: pink pussy below - and attracted to gold in the head, press the knobs to make her ring …
So Ladies - and don’t forget to ‘Bling’ your pink gadget to increase the girly ranking in your circle.
Bert Stern shot in June 1962 the last session with Madame Monroe - the famous last sitting (there is a great book out there with all the shots).
The New York Magazine tried to recreate this great series (click Slideshow to see it) with less desirable Lindsay Lohan - and again Bert Stern as the Master of Light.
Sure Lohan and Marilyn are both addicts in their own way. But Miss Lohan is hardly in the same class as the great MM.
Please: if you can’t come up with great ideas for your own photo shot - don’t fake classic images. Remakes are usually weak and only show your own lack of creativity. Classics are simply classics. Leave them alone.
Alexander Rodchenko started out as a painter and later became a brilliant photographer. He was one of the greatest Russian photographers of his time …
The Leica is equally legendary - it was the first 35mm camera in wide use. Rodchenko is credited being the first artist to make her use popular in Russia.
I like to thank the female of our species for marking one of their pleasure centers for us males in a very exciting and enticing way … now even we can find it!
According to the latest pageant - these are currently two most beautiful Teutonic females around. I think these two are perfect examples of modern mediocrity and going for a consensus instead of brilliance. Here is the rest of the field …
I don’t see anything that would turn my head in an encounter at the supermarket …
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