Candice Swanepoel | Russell James | V2 | NSFW

Russell James delivers a knockout set of photos of Candice Sawnepoel for his new deeply sensual coffee table book V2. 'Au naturel' is defined with exquisite taste and sensitivity, along with a seedling on Candice's derriere, in a first class photoshoot that perfectly captures Swanepoel's self-assured, naked magnetism. Positively gorgeous.

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Iselin Steiro | David Sims | 'Roller Girl' | Vogue Paris November 2010

Iselin Steiro is lensed in a display of major moxie by David Sims for Vogue Paris 'Roller Girl'. Styled by Emmanuelle Alt, Iseline is the epitome of cool. Love those lips! via FGR

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Calvin Klein X | Yale's Delta Kappa Epsilon | Clarence Thomas | Boys Will Be Boys?

Life gets squishy for sexy feminists.  This little menage a trois of events has me thinking, but I will probably come up empty-headed.

Calvin Klein Jeans Aussie Ad

This week the Advertising Standards Board ordered Calvin Klein to remove billboards displayed in Sydney and Melbourne, with an image of Lara Stone and a bunch of guys in Calvin Klein X Jeans. The “overall impact” of the billboard, according to the ASB, “is suggestive of violence and rape.”  Read on for my earlier comments.

My take on the visual ad is somewhat in tune with that of Australian feminist Lauren Rosewarne, that it can also be interpreted as Lara having sex with more than one partner. Where that juicy visual statement belongs in the middle of public neighborhoods, I'll leave you to decide.

The Calvin Klein X video gave me a slightly different attitude, one actually referred to by Dr. Rosewarne in her reminder to us than consensual sex isn't always quiet and ladylike.

My unconscious mind did throw out the New York Central wilding incident for processing, after I watched the sexy, superbly shot Mert & Marcus video of Lara Stone and friends. I do a lot of free association and that's where the ad took me, a woman supportive of the ad strategy and hardly a Tea Party girl remembered the Central Park wilding in which guys just ripped the clothes off women. 

Oh Those Frat Boys!

Pledges at Yale University's Delta Kappa Epsilon -- fraternity of both President Bushes -- marched through the university blindfolded earlier this month, chanting such phrases as "No means yes, yes means anal. Fucking sluts. My name is Jack, I'm a necrophiliac, I fuck dead women and fill them with my semen," words that particularly provoked the Yale Women's Center, the pledges final destination. (Lord, I hope Google doesn't penalize me for the language!)

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Elisa Senaoul | Mario Sorrenti | Purple Magazine #14

Elisa Senaoui | Mario Sorrenti | Purple Magazine #14 | Fashion Forward

Following up on my comments about the Terry Richardson, Glee editorial for November GQ, we have new images by Mario Sorrenti of Elisa Senaoui for Purple Magazine #14.

Mario Sorrenti is a far more sensually, psychologically provocative photographer of women than Richardson. If Terry makes every woman look like a porn star, Sorrenti makes her look like a goddess.

In a nutshell, we have the American pornified vision of females versus the more erotic vision of the Europeans. This is not rocket science.

The Glee images are so frat boy, with nothing under the surface. Sorrenti's images are equally modern but much more artistic, even when shooting Elisa Senaoui totally nude in front of computer equipment.

The inner visions of the two male photographers serve as reflections of their wider male cultures in which they were raised. Mario Sorrenti moved to New York at age 10, but the influence of his Italian photographer mother Francesca is visible in his approach to interpreting women.

I believe these differences highly impact women's psychological sense of self. There's a reason why American women believe we peak at about 28 and Italian women answer 35-45, which half saying 45 and none saying 28. Study the sons and you will comprehend the psyches of the mothers.

Seriously, there's a lot to be said for Italian, French and Brazilian cultures' love of older women, when the subject is self-esteem and self-image.  See all the explicitly nude Purple #14 photos.

Gleesters Gone Wild FMF |Terry Richardson | GQ November 2010

Glee star Dianna Agron isn't 14 years old. Born April 30, 1986 and living in America, surely she has heard of fashion photographer Terry Richardson, whose sole goal in life is to make every girl a porn star.

Personally, I've seen far better photos by GQ than these.

We have three adult Glee actors -- Agron, Lea Mitchell 24, and Cory Monteith, 28 -- who made their own decisions about doing a Terry Richardson photo shoot, which is guaranteed to be as downmarket as GQ will let him go.

For Dianna Agron to express discomfort over the photoshoot now is to shove responsibility onto Richardson and GQ editor-in-chief Jim Nelson. Les femmes doth protest too much.

Trust me, these images are probably tame, compared to the decadent 'creative' ideas running through Richardson's brain. I say 'give the man a break'.

Terry didn't corner little girls in the school bathroom, and photograph them peeing. Even Lady Gaga, who had Terry Richardson traveling with her on tour, says he's committed to lensing her on the toilet.

Regarding the Parent's Television Council, it's another of those Conservative activist groups, this one was founded by L Brent Bozell III. I'm sure PTC hates Glee as a show, given its broader spectrum of sexual preferences.

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Kate Moss | Gui Paganini | Valisere Lingerie's 2010 Silicone Doll

The gorgeous Kate Moss becomes a vacuous, silicone-looking, sexy robot woman, lensed by Gui Paganini for Valisere Lingerie 2010 Campaign. Is the entire lingerie industry reading Anne's columns about the future of Roxxxy and her friends?

Anyone who knows Kate Moss can tell you there she's never ever this reserved, with eyes that almost roll around in her head and ooh la la, that pouty, pouty Photoshop mouth.

Now boys! Come 'on. Give Kate a little spunk! Just a touch of moxie and imperfection in that brassiere.

One of these days we must have an industry conference where the image-makers explain why this version of Kate is supposedly more beautiful than her real-deal, explosive self.

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Isabeli Fontana | Vincent Peters | Sensually Rich, Image Magic

Isabeli Fontana | Vincent Peters | Vogue Germany January 2009

The Internet is recycling a Vogue Germany 2009 photoshoot of Isabeli Fontana, lensed by Vincent Peters, one of our favorite photographers. 

Vincent Peters captures womanly qualities with both technical and emotional skill. We can imagine Vincent Peters sitting down with more ordinary women, than the fabulously beautiful and deeply sensual Isabeli Fontana, and bringing out her qualities in them.

While we ordinary mortals may not reach the highest beauty bar, Vincent Peters is a photographer who helps women face their own beauty head-on, understanding all the intimate connections in which true beauty manifests itself: self, lover, husband, children, animals, needy, friends, humanity.

There are a select group of male photographers who are gifts to women, and in our opinion, Vincent Peters is high on the step-up ladder.

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