Right after I put this up, I felt guilty that I didn't wait to leave it until July, cause, well, you know, that is exactly what I will be doing for my birthday in July. She's even holding a crab!
My collection of Pin-up photos includes a large selection of "classic" pin-up artists (mainly works from the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's). While the "Vargas girls" (I have about 50 images of his) and "Petty girls" (I have around 40) are some of the most well-known, I find that they often focus too much on the solitary model form. My favorites are usually drawn by Gil Elvgren (I have around 180!) or Edward Runci (only about 20:( because of their perky, situational humor. The July 2007 Pin-up is by Gil Elvren and is titled "One for the Money" drawn in 1954.
I recently added a new flavor entitled "The Matter of Seggri". This flavor will mark posts dealing with gender issues and the title is taken from a popular Ursula K. LeGuin Short story of the same name.
"The Matter of Seggri" won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 1994 (the first time this award was ever given to a work of short fiction) and in the words of Triptree Award Judges, has been called "A how-to manual on how to explore gender issues through the use of science fiction (Ellen Kushner)" and "Fascinating for its anthropological detail (Pat Murphy)". Praise and a brief description are below:
"Seggri deals with gender issues in a way that only science fiction can: by creating a society that has different assumptions than ours, thus forcing us to examine our own." (Pat Murphy)
"On Seggri, women far outnumber the men, an imbalance that, notes one Hainish observer, "has produced a society in which, as far as I can tell, the men have all the privilege and the women have all the power." Men and boys over the age of 11 live in hierarchically organized "castles." They gain glory by competing in games, cheered on by the women; the women do all the productive and political work of the society, and the two genders meet only in the "fuckeries." The women may enjoy sex with men, but naturally they form their primary erotic and social bonds with other women. Both the society and the story are complex, covering several generations and told from various viewpoints. Though undeniably different from our own society, Seggri eerily echoes it, and like several of this year's shortlisted works-notably Arnason's "The Lovers" and Charnas's The Furies-the focus is on those who, by asking questions and/or not fitting in, become harbingers of change." (Susanna J. Sturgis)
You can find "The Matter of Seggri" in Birthdays of the World and Other Stories and old issue of crank magazine. I highly recomend it as a must read. An excerpt may be had at Ursula K. LeGuin's website. read.
Has anyone noticed how spotty I've been with posting lately? And also, how my spellingmistakes are getting more atrocious? Well, when not logging countless tasty electronic tidbits, Candy Buffet is an office slave for the U.S. Department of Defense. That means during my interminable hours at my work place, not only am I denied internet access bandwidth users like YouTube and Facebook, but also (recently) anything that has blogspot, blogger, or blog in its url address. That includes updating my own blog. Until Blogger fixes their auto-publish issue, I will try and press the publish button either before work or late at night before the next day. Bear with me, I have plenty of posts!
I've done it. I've taken the plunge. I've added "Digg" icons to the bottom of my posts. I don't want to clutter the place up, so I am leaving off the standard array of del.icio.us, technorati and other buttony icons common on blogs today. If you like a post, by all means, please digg it and share the goodness with other internet surfers. However, I often post about stuff I first heard about on Digg or someplace else and If you are already familiar with Digg's community, you know that double posting are one of their pet peeves. So be smart and only digg my original posts not posts that summarize original content elsewhere (I encourage you to dig the original content of course). Happy Hunting!
Hey guys, the moves has taken me months to get my webspace in order. So look forward to the return of changing images in pi-up of the month and song in my head. Oh, yes, and if anyone noticed, the return of Candy in the header.
May Pin-up of the Month
ReplyDeleteRight after I put this up, I felt guilty that I didn't wait to leave it until July, cause, well, you know, that is exactly what I will be doing for my birthday in July. She's even holding a crab!
Did you know that you can download the "Song Playing in My Head"? Just right click on the song title and select "Save As".
ReplyDeleteAack! I know the New Pin-up is late, but I have so many conflicting ideas about what a July Pin-up should be...
ReplyDeleteAre your ladies "Vargas" girls?
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My collection of Pin-up photos includes a large selection of "classic" pin-up artists (mainly works from the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's). While the "Vargas girls" (I have about 50 images of his) and "Petty girls" (I have around 40) are some of the most well-known, I find that they often focus too much on the solitary model form. My favorites are usually drawn by Gil Elvgren (I have around 180!) or Edward Runci (only about 20:( because of their perky, situational humor. The July 2007 Pin-up is by Gil Elvren and is titled "One for the Money" drawn in 1954.
ReplyDeleteMight I ask what inspired your interest in pin-up art, apart from the obvious mastery of the renderings?
ReplyDeleteHoly grammatical errors Batman! I just changed "Pin up of Month" to "Pin up of THE Month". (Wipes forehead).
ReplyDeleteDo you guys read Questionable Content in My SweetShop? I just might change the "About" definition of CandyBuffet to "That must mean I'm a unicorn!"
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I recently added a new flavor entitled "The Matter of Seggri". This flavor will mark posts dealing with gender issues and the title is taken from a popular Ursula K. LeGuin Short story of the same name.
ReplyDelete"The Matter of Seggri" won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 1994 (the first time this award was ever given to a work of short fiction) and in the words of Triptree Award Judges, has been called "A how-to manual on how to explore gender issues through the use of science fiction (Ellen Kushner)" and "Fascinating for its anthropological detail (Pat Murphy)". Praise and a brief description are below:
"Seggri deals with gender issues in a way that only science fiction can: by creating a society that has different assumptions than ours, thus forcing us to examine our own." (Pat Murphy)
"On Seggri, women far outnumber the men, an imbalance that, notes one Hainish observer, "has produced a society in which, as far as I can tell, the men have all the privilege and the women have all the power." Men and boys over the age of 11 live in hierarchically organized "castles." They gain glory by competing in games, cheered on by the women; the women do all the productive and political work of the society, and the two genders meet only in the "fuckeries." The women may enjoy sex with men, but naturally they form their primary erotic and social bonds with other women. Both the society and the story are complex, covering several generations and told from various viewpoints. Though undeniably different from our own society, Seggri eerily echoes it, and like several of this year's shortlisted works-notably Arnason's "The Lovers" and Charnas's The Furies-the focus is on those who, by asking questions and/or not fitting in, become harbingers of change." (Susanna J. Sturgis)
You can find "The Matter of Seggri" in Birthdays of the World and Other Stories and old issue of crank magazine. I highly recomend it as a must read. An excerpt may be had at Ursula K. LeGuin's website. read.
Has anyone noticed how spotty I've been with posting lately? And also, how my spellingmistakes are getting more atrocious? Well, when not logging countless tasty electronic tidbits, Candy Buffet is an office slave for the U.S. Department of Defense. That means during my interminable hours at my work place, not only am I denied internet access bandwidth users like YouTube and Facebook, but also (recently) anything that has blogspot, blogger, or blog in its url address. That includes updating my own blog. Until Blogger fixes their auto-publish issue, I will try and press the publish button either before work or late at night before the next day. Bear with me, I have plenty of posts!
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ReplyDeleteI've done it. I've taken the plunge. I've added "Digg" icons to the bottom of my posts. I don't want to clutter the place up, so I am leaving off the standard array of del.icio.us, technorati and other buttony icons common on blogs today. If you like a post, by all means, please digg it and share the goodness with other internet surfers. However, I often post about stuff I first heard about on Digg or someplace else and If you are already familiar with Digg's community, you know that double posting are one of their pet peeves. So be smart and only digg my original posts not posts that summarize original content elsewhere (I encourage you to dig the original content of course). Happy Hunting!
ReplyDeleteHey guys, the moves has taken me months to get my webspace in order. So look forward to the return of changing images in pi-up of the month and song in my head. Oh, yes, and if anyone noticed, the return of Candy in the header.
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