Saturday night I went to a party that was very well-attended by the 18-21 age group. It was a hot tub party, so many of the girls took the opportunity to frolick about in their mini-bikinis making comments about how they're so fat. The part that struck me was that they were also posing for pictures with their hands and/or mouths and/or other body parts on eachother's breasts. Call me old school, but I don't remember girls doing that at parties when i was turning 20. What's this obsession with porn-stars? Or did i just miss the boat all along?
And that is why it is gross; a reaction to the piece and its clear statement on our recently f-d up notions of sexuality, and not to its aesthetic. Although I again say that the aesthetic here is one of grotesquerie.
why is it that it's okay to show man nipples, and not woman nipples?
it makes me think of people who get offended if you breast feed in their space. the body is beautiful, show it off. bigger, rounder, and more idealised the better. there is no too big. live large.
hehe.
and Andrina...that's been going on for years...at least in T-cona.
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Gross.
Saturday night I went to a party that was very well-attended by the 18-21 age group. It was a hot tub party, so many of the girls took the opportunity to frolick about in their mini-bikinis making comments about how they're so fat. The part that struck me was that they were also posing for pictures with their hands and/or mouths and/or other body parts on eachother's breasts. Call me old school, but I don't remember girls doing that at parties when i was turning 20. What's this obsession with porn-stars? Or did i just miss the boat all along?
no--i think this is a pretty new thing.
And that is why it is gross; a reaction to the piece and its clear statement on our recently f-d up notions of sexuality, and not to its aesthetic. Although I again say that the aesthetic here is one of grotesquerie.
Gross!
oh c-dog, you're so conservative!
why is it that it's okay to show man nipples, and not woman nipples?
it makes me think of people who get offended if you breast feed in their space. the body is beautiful, show it off. bigger, rounder, and more idealised the better. there is no too big. live large.
hehe.
and Andrina...that's been going on for years...at least in T-cona.
were there any full on orgies?
PS....and the grotesque is a form of beauty.
well, as we all know, Transcona is usually about 15-20 years ahead of the rest of the world in fashion, culture, etc.
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