Comments on: Woody gets a Woody

By: Dia

Dia — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 05:55:31 +0000

The link comes up as the header, but it is: boycott Suicide Girls.

By: Dia

Dia — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 05:54:39 +0000

I’m an ex-model. I’m also a NY Jew (by birth). The site’s been pretty lame to it’s ex-models, as well as some of it’s ex-members, and seems to get worse as time goes on.

I support the boycott going on and think people should look a little more deeply into what they are supporting before they do. I’ve had my air-time on this but stumbled over this article and really wanted to share this link.

By: Esther

Esther — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:18:35 +0000

Stacy, didn’t mean to be judgmental about the SGs; my point was that most people in my circles aren’t going there…didn’t mean to slander my fellow UWS’ers in the process.

By: stacy

stacy — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:12:48 +0000

UWS = Upper West Side

By: fuzz

fuzz — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:01:55 +0000

while no giant woody fan, i don’t blame him for his blanket response to the psychoanalyst’s interview shtreimel mentions. i can’t stand psychoanalysis and i probably would have jumped on her and ripped her apart like the killer bunny in monty python. though i don’t think it would be a very jewish thing to do.

(i haven’t seen the interview though.)

By: T_M

T_M — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:50:35 +0000

What is UWS?

By: stacy

stacy — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:45:49 +0000

Delurking for a moment, I am a UWS Jewish woman who periodically checks out SG. I think it is interesting to be aware of women’s perspectives across the spectrum. I certainly don’t have to agree with them all. We all live on the same planet. Why not try to be a little more aware? Not a judgment, just a question.

And as life always reminds me, assuming makes an ass* out of u + me.

Sigh.

By: Skylar

Skylar — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:17:27 +0000

Ah yes! The adolescent boy’s remark to his mother when she finds his Playboy magazines under his bed — “But Ma! I was only reading it for the articles!”

Or was that what the husbands said?

By: T_M

T_M — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:01:14 +0000

Well, if nothing else, and with a hat tip to the intellectual pursuits of the naked chickas, er, women, I would have to say that SG has to be the pierced nipple center of the universe. It hurt to look.

By: ck

ck — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:31:18 +0000

Lets not be presumptuous about the readership of Suicide Girls. Granted, many are there for the nudity but if you look at the interviews you’ll see that the interviewees represent an impressive selection of musicians, actors and people in the entertainment industry. And far from representing fluff, most of the interviewees have done important or innovative work. Suicide Girls is not really your typical porn site. You should read up on it, you might be surprised.

For instance, you can buy SG picture books at Urban Outfitters. The SG ethos if you will is based on a collective model where the women share in the profits and are not simply depersonalized collections of body parts. Each SG has a blog and a forum and real discussions ensue about sundry political and societal issues. They even had a whole massive discussion about Dov Charney and American Apparel that focused on workplace ethics etc and that linked back to Jewlicious. Granted, it’s still a porn site, and some of the non-porn accoutrements may simply be viewed as window dressing, but whatever … Oh and Liz from Savanah who was/is a SG is Jewlicious!