The Shy Exhibitionist

[Shankara20]

I had one I was going to try and post there, but can't find it anymore. It was a guy with a dragon tattoo that went the length of his penis and around his hip. If I remember right it went all the way around with the tail then down his inner thigh. Could be misremembering some, but I do the dragon head. That part stayed with me...LOL

If I can locate it again I think it'll fit with your thread.

Rox.

I think Sister Rebecca posted it on her thread some time ago. I'll see if I can find it.


edited to add..

oh dear - it went away with the great photobucket purge of '05

I know that pics, some think it is paint and not a tattoo..

 

[Shankara20]

However, I've recently turned into a camera whore, LOL. I love making pics for my girlfriend and Master. I like taking requests and making the specific pics. I've considered making an Am Pic thread here, but I'm a chickenshit. Besides, I imagine a number of them would be deleted, and even though I know why, it would still bother me and make me think that *I'm* the reason they were deleted. (Does that even make sense?) Anyway, I love taking pics for gf and Master because I know how much they like them.

Thanks for your post.

When I had over 500 pics removed that I had attached the way most do at AmPics I was devastated and thought it was "me" - so yes, you do make sense.

There are ways to post pics that for now are not being removed - such as the way I post on my Sneak-a-peak thread. I would be glad to point you toward the free pics hosting sites I use.


Shank

 

[neonflux]

Heck, you both inspire me. Not that I'm going to be posting my pictures any time soon, other than the face one I've already put up, but knowing you guys took the plunge even though you were nervous makes me think more about it.

Great pictures Neon. Thanks for posting them.

Rox.

Thank you Rox - the admiration is mutual you know, even without pics


And as always, thank you Shankara!

BiBunny! The public acknowledgement issue is a biggy, isn't it? Please let us know if you do decide to take the plunge and pose. I for one will definitely visit the web site or buy the magazine

 

[JMohegan]

While some of these changing attitudes may have thier origins in my varying levels of self-confidence, I am convinced that it has much more to do with how our culture views people who are fat. I think that this is our society's one unforgivable sin, especially for women and gay men but also increasingly for straight boys and men, as well. I think that these attitudes have their origins in A) the victorian romanticisation of the invalid which finds its ultimate expression in today's "heroin chic" and B) in a consumer culture which relies upon women's and increasingly men's insecurities about our appearance to sell products.

I agree with B completely, but not really with A. I attribute these attitudes more to a culture of competitiveness and obsession with perfection, both of which are closely interwoven with the effects of consumerism you have described.

The result is everything from an explosion of interest in plastic surgery (as people try to obtain "perfect" breasts, butts, whatever), to the laughable non sequitur of Dove's "Campaign for Real Beauty", in which photos of slightly larger models are used to sell "firming cream". [The message: It's okay to be heavy, as long as you have perfect skin. Good grief.]

There's an implicit assumption in our society that everyone is competing to achieve the same goals. Wealth, fame, success on the corporate ladder, fit body, perfect skin, etc. And the correlative assumption often made about those who are clearly not "winning" is that they must be either lazy or incompetent.

The "sin" that I perceive is a lack of tolerance across the board for: (a) people who have different goals from those projected by the mainstream consumer culture, and (b) people who embrace society's mainstream goals, but fail to achieve success for reasons having nothing to do with negative character traits.

 

[JMohegan]

I do post my photos here but generally in my avatars, etc. (Except once, early on, the only time I've posted nudes is within the context of body image threads, primarily to "make or illustrate a point."

Can't speak for anyone else, but I'd say that your photos have done an excellent job "making a point" about healthy self-image.

 

[@}-}rebecca----]

I think Sister Rebecca posted it on her thread some time ago. I'll see if I can find it.

You rang ?



I have a more current file some where . He has extended his ink since this was taken. I'll exchange the photo when I locate it.

Just like to also add how much I have enjoyed reading this thread. It certainly has a place as a candidate for the Library

 

[Rox_shybutcurious]

You rang ?



I have a more current file some where . He has extended his ink since this was taken. I'll exchange the photo when I locate it.

Just like to also add how much I have enjoyed reading this thread. It certainly has a place as a candidate for the Library

I'm not sure that's the one I was thinking of, but since I can't find it to be sure I'll just admire this one.

Rox.

 

[neonflux]

Can't speak for anyone else, but I'd say that your photos have done an excellent job "making a point" about healthy self-image.

 

[neonflux]

I agree with B completely, but not really with A. I attribute these attitudes more to a culture of competitiveness and obsession with perfection, both of which are closely interwoven with the effects of consumerism you have described.

The result is everything from an explosion of interest in plastic surgery (as people try to obtain "perfect" breasts, butts, whatever), to the laughable non sequitur of Dove's "Campaign for Real Beauty", in which photos of slightly larger models are used to sell "firming cream". [The message: It's okay to be heavy, as long as you have perfect skin. Good grief.]

There's an implicit assumption in our society that everyone is competing to achieve the same goals. Wealth, fame, success on the corporate ladder, fit body, perfect skin, etc. And the correlative assumption often made about those who are clearly not "winning" is that they must be either lazy or incompetent.

The "sin" that I perceive is a lack of tolerance across the board for: (a) people who have different goals from those projected by the mainstream consumer culture, and (b) people who embrace society's mainstream goals, but fail to achieve success for reasons having nothing to do with negative character traits.

While I definitely agree with all that you say, I still trace the "invalid/heroine" chic so popular today to the romantic period of literature which celebrated the tubercular (women and men, but predominantly women). They were seen as being "refined" and therefore made more beautiful by the their suffering... If one looks at both literature and nudes from earlier periods, one sees much more robust women being portrayed as the ideal. Of course, Twiggy and the supermodel craze haven't helped matters. Neither did Babe Paley. (A powerful woman, certainly, but wasn't it she who stated one could never be too rich or too thin?) It is ironic that as women's power in society has increased, the view of women's bodies has become more and more repressive. Where is Rosie the Riveter when we most need her???

~ Neon

 

[JMohegan]

While I definitely agree with all that you say, I still trace the "invalid/heroine" chic so popular today to the romantic period of literature which celebrated the tubercular (women and men, but predominantly women).

Ah, this could explain our different views here. I just don't see the heroine chic look as being popular today. Isn't Kate Moss the one who spawned that term? Sunken cheeks and emaciated figure... who strives to be waifish any more?

Slender but strong and healthy is what seems to be the current ideal. Think Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry. Power Barbies.

As for Rosie the Riveter, check her out! She looks fresh from the gym to me.

I would agree with you, though, that slender & willowy has been associated with Great Gatsby refined elegance for quite some time. The Nicole Kidman look, if you will. There is a class association to size and shape that does affect our perceptions considerably.

 

[neonflux]

Ah, this could explain our different views here. I just don't see the heroine chic look as being popular today. Isn't Kate Moss the one who spawned that term? Sunken cheeks and emaciated figure... who strives to be waifish any more?

Slender but strong and healthy is what seems to be the current ideal. Think Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry. Power Barbies.

As for Rosie the Riveter, check her out! She looks fresh from the gym to me.

I would agree with you, though, that slender & willowy has been associated with Great Gatsby refined elegance for quite some time. The Nicole Kidman look, if you will. There is a class association to size and shape that does affect our perceptions considerably.

I wish that Angelina and Halle were indeed everyone's ideal. I have spend much time (albeit ended this 6-7 years ago) producing music videos for local groups, who invariably wanted to cast women in their videos who were very, very slight - so much so that we had to keep body make-up on the set because they would bruise at the slightest bump or fall they were in such bad shape nutritionally. I still see it with the adolescents I work with - many strive to be stick thin.

BTW, I love what you said about being attracted to "real" looking people - one of the reasons I hate most porn is due to the negative gut reaction I have to all of those nipped and tucked actors and actresses - some colleagues who work in a clinic in West Hollywood (they get a lot of the stars there as clients) have told me that many women stars are now going so far as to have their labia surgically altered to fit some strange ideal of the perfect vulva (I assume small, petite labia).

What is interesting for me is that while I've always preferred women partners who are fit but have "a little curve," it's only been recently that I've been able to love the same padding on myself, LOL...

 

[CutieMouse]

What is interesting for me is that while I've always preferred women partners who are fit but have "a little curve," it's only been recently that I've been able to love the same padding on myself, LOL...

Isn't that interesting? No matter what size I am, after birthing eleventy-million children, I can't see myself as slim. I appreciate my body for what it's done; I won't tightlace beyond a certain point, because I find it asthetically displeasing (and silly looking, to boot), and I am finally capable of seeing myself as attractive (sort of... if I squint hard enough LOL), but I have the hardest time appreciating that "little curve" that is never going to be less than a "little curve."

I adore well proportioned curvy women in general, but it's far more difficult to adore the same characteristics, in myself...

 

[neonflux]

Isn't that interesting? No matter what size I am, after birthing eleventy-million children, I can't see myself as slim. I appreciate my body for what it's done; I won't tightlace beyond a certain point, because I find it asthetically displeasing (and silly looking, to boot), and I am finally capable of seeing myself as attractive (sort of... if I squint hard enough LOL), but I have the hardest time appreciating that "little curve" that is never going to be less than a "little curve."

I adore well proportioned curvy women in general, but it's far more difficult to adore the same characteristics, in myself...

Pretty nice feet for someone who has birthed elevently-million children You do realize that your AV is perfect for the season? You look like you're wearing little Santa hats on your feet he he he

 

[CutieMouse]

HA! I never thought of the stockings as Santa legs!