siryn

While I can appreciate that you just aren't attracted to the "look" of suicidegirls, I must disagree: it is not just another porn site. The point I'm trying to make here is not that sg offers a different "look" but that they accept and embrace different body types - skinny, chubby, scarred, small boobies, big boobies, puffy nipples, pierced nipples, etc, etc. While the goth/punk/indie thing is refreshing and new, the real revolution of sg is the appreciation of a real (that is, variety of) image of women - that their bodies are not uniform, and everything can be appreciated. The community environment in which the pictures are presented, in my opinion, also helps people to appreciate not just the bodies, but the personalities of the girls. Thumbs up to lurkette, who already expressed these thoughts.

Yes, I'm a feminist, but no, I'm not anti porn. I started this thread because I wanted to express my appreciation of sg as one of few positive steps in pornography. I think porn is a great thing, but that the industry has taken a really poor approach at presenting it. In a society that has such a negative view of sexuality, and presents sex as either forbidden, secret, or at least seperate from what is considered normal and acceptable, the separation of sexuality from normal functioning has started porn off on a bad foot.

As for the fact that its a paysite: notice how cheap it is. Bandwidth costs money, models cost money, and running the entire thing costs money. Yes we are all priveledged enough to have free tfp, but running a porn site is a much different proposition. The site is not really run for profit, it is owned and operated by Missy (http://suicidegirls.com/girls/Missy/), who probably makes a living from the proceeds, but by no means is she getting rich off showcasing naked goth chicks. Though she doesn't pose herself, she is a photographer, and also hosts a lot of the suicidegirl gatherings. Hehe, it doesn't get much better than spin the bottle at an sg sleepover.