SuicideGirls Revolt- thoughts?
SuicideGirls revolt
Close to 40 of the punk-rock-porn models walk off the site
BY DEIRDRE FULTON
Boston Phoenix
It’s not surprising that in the tattooed and pierced world of SuicideGirl erotica, some tempers would flare, some feathers would ruffle, some sexpots would get sullen. That’s all part of the growling appeal of the alterna-porn Web site, which features DIY provocateurs posing in hair-dyed, body-modified, mostly nude glory, and which has created an online community for these "real" girls and the Web surfers who love them (at $9 a month).
But few could have predicted that almost 40 of the close to 1000 SuicideGirls would stage a Web-out and stalk off the Web site amid claims that despite all its go-girl messaging, SuicideGirls.com is run by people who don’t care much about female empowerment.
"What’s going on right now is a slap in the face to feminism," says Jennifer Caravella, a/k/a Sicily, a thin, raven-haired woman with nipple piercings and big eyes. "If SuicideGirls portrayed themselves as Hustler, or Playboy, that would be fine, whatever - people have the right to make their own choices. But don’t pretend to be alternative and punk rock. There’s nothing punk rock about that Web site."
Close to 40 of the punk-rock-porn models walk off the site
BY DEIRDRE FULTON
Boston Phoenix
It’s not surprising that in the tattooed and pierced world of SuicideGirl erotica, some tempers would flare, some feathers would ruffle, some sexpots would get sullen. That’s all part of the growling appeal of the alterna-porn Web site, which features DIY provocateurs posing in hair-dyed, body-modified, mostly nude glory, and which has created an online community for these "real" girls and the Web surfers who love them (at $9 a month).
But few could have predicted that almost 40 of the close to 1000 SuicideGirls would stage a Web-out and stalk off the Web site amid claims that despite all its go-girl messaging, SuicideGirls.com is run by people who don’t care much about female empowerment.
"What’s going on right now is a slap in the face to feminism," says Jennifer Caravella, a/k/a Sicily, a thin, raven-haired woman with nipple piercings and big eyes. "If SuicideGirls portrayed themselves as Hustler, or Playboy, that would be fine, whatever - people have the right to make their own choices. But don’t pretend to be alternative and punk rock. There’s nothing punk rock about that Web site."