Tuesday Sep 15, 2009

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I've been thinking. About SG as both a concept and an organization. I keep thinking of SLC punk, towards the end where the girl remarks on Stevo's "punk" attire:it looked like he was wearing a uniform. Is that what the original (fairly honorable) concept that SG has denigrated into? Instead of redefining beauty by allowing truly different to showcase said beauty, it seems that they've simply set a new standard of conformity. I suppose its unsurprising that a site that puts "alternative beauty" on pedestal to have questionable morals. I'm not sure--It doesn't help that all records indicate that the organization is currently run by atrociously misogynistic human being. But that's another story entirely.
I suppose I'm just trying to thoroughly evaluate what it really means to be a suicide girl. I think this was all triggered from my concern that I was not quite waifish enough to make front page. The thought was kind of jarring. Why should it even be an issue if SG really wants to redefine beauty?


I'm exhausted. I've been over-analyzing every compartment of my multi-faceted life for hours now. I should've been reading Shakespeare for class tomorrow. Dammit.
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tawainai:
I always ask myself this question while exploring the concept of what a true SG is. In my mind, i view it as a liberating woman who is unashamed of her own true (nude) self. But i agree with you, the concept is slowly being shaped into something that may eventually harm the self-esteem of lots of girls. frown
dave_sb:
I think that the whole Suicide Girl concept still lives on, despite the whole "going pink"/"front page" stuff. Everyone can still put together albums and have their own set of fans. You don't have to buy into getting that suicidegirl badge to be part of it. I also think that a lot of the reason why sets get chosen is not so much about prettiness or waifishness, and more to do with the quality of the photography, but people will be people, and it's hard not to think it's something to do with you personally, or your body, or whatever, rather than things like colour range or composition. Just go look in MR right now - in the last 10 sets added the one that stands out above all the others is Wendy's Lovebird set. Now, she's not waifish by any stretch of the imagination, and I'm sure that she wouldn't come top in a standard prettiness competition against some of the others, but the photography and composition is fantastic so she looks head-and-shoulders better than the rest. Jeez, even the seat cover colour goes with her tattoo colours!!

I'm not sure what a "true" Suicide Girl is, but I'm gonna do my thing for promoting self-esteem and say that, from the little I've known of you, you are gorgeous and sexy and have all the independant qualities of a real suicide girl. biggrin Analyzing is good, but only up to a point.

Take care. xxx

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