Project Prostitute
January 11, 2008 8:26 AM Subscribe
Project Prostitute [NSFW] [via mefi projects]
"I asked a few friends to draw me prostitutes, just for laughs. Then, my curiosity got sparked. I wanted to see a prostitute drawn by my grandmother, or my math teacher."
"I asked a few friends to draw me prostitutes, just for laughs. Then, my curiosity got sparked. I wanted to see a prostitute drawn by my grandmother, or my math teacher."
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Oh, Slick Rick stuck in my head…
posted by klangklangston at 8:38 AM on January 11, 2008
posted by klangklangston at 8:38 AM on January 11, 2008
Huh, I could have sworn I saw this posted already...
Maybe this is a really bad case of deja drew?
Now I am ashamed of myself.
posted by m0nm0n at 8:49 AM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
Maybe this is a really bad case of deja drew?
Now I am ashamed of myself.
posted by m0nm0n at 8:49 AM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
Why do prostitutes always have to use flash?
posted by srboisvert at 9:09 AM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by srboisvert at 9:09 AM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
Why do prostitutes always have to use flash?
It's an advertising tool.
posted by chillmost at 9:19 AM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
It's an advertising tool.
posted by chillmost at 9:19 AM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
Turns out, this is incredibly depressing if one knows an actual (former) prostitute.
posted by emmastory at 9:21 AM on January 11, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by emmastory at 9:21 AM on January 11, 2008 [2 favorites]
I'd rather see your grandmother and your math teacher drawn by prostitutes.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 9:29 AM on January 11, 2008 [11 favorites]
posted by PeterMcDermott at 9:29 AM on January 11, 2008 [11 favorites]
How come the few prostitutes I've known look like regular people? I feel cheated!
posted by small_ruminant at 9:36 AM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by small_ruminant at 9:36 AM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
This reminds me of Eve Gilbert's Tits, Ass, and Real Estate.
posted by goatdog at 9:37 AM on January 11, 2008
posted by goatdog at 9:37 AM on January 11, 2008
Not all prostitutes do it out of desperation. Most likely, the ones we usually see do, however. Not sure how I feel about the site. It wasn't something I wanted to look at, so I didn't.
posted by mrgrimm at 9:43 AM on January 11, 2008
posted by mrgrimm at 9:43 AM on January 11, 2008
Hmm, poor taste. I'm not so sure I see even a subjective difference in interpretation between the various points of origin with these, ahem "renderings", as it were. Who cares what kind of person you ask to compose a cliche? They're all apparently going to scribble down some fishnets, a miniskirt and crack/cigarette references with all the accuracy and realism you might expect out of a child who has been raised on television tropes.
posted by prostyle at 9:48 AM on January 11, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by prostyle at 9:48 AM on January 11, 2008 [3 favorites]
I'm not sure what this is meant to prove. Any profession can be stereotyped as a cliche. Draw a farmer...or a banker...or a hip-hop artist.
posted by rocket88 at 9:58 AM on January 11, 2008
posted by rocket88 at 9:58 AM on January 11, 2008
I think this is absolutely fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
And yes, the statements ARE rather varied (ex. what about the one that is a decoupage of random photographs placed inside the fashion mag model outline vs. the parking meters vs. the smiley face vs. the stereotype? If those don't make statements about society, then what?)
posted by iamkimiam at 9:59 AM on January 11, 2008
And yes, the statements ARE rather varied (ex. what about the one that is a decoupage of random photographs placed inside the fashion mag model outline vs. the parking meters vs. the smiley face vs. the stereotype? If those don't make statements about society, then what?)
posted by iamkimiam at 9:59 AM on January 11, 2008
I have this urge to sketch prostitutes now
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
posted by dersins at 10:05 AM on January 11, 2008 [2 favorites]
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
posted by dersins at 10:05 AM on January 11, 2008 [2 favorites]
I saw this posted recently, too, and not in projects. I think it was mentioned in MetaTalk somewhere.
While I yawned (and winced) at the site at present I think it has an interesting seed of an idea. It could be made interesting by soliciting/collecting drawings of a *variety* of things, not just hookers. A doctor drawn by a 5 year old, 10 year old, 15, 25, 40, 60 year old. Or a nurse. A lawyer. A game show host. And so on ad infinitum.
It's probably been done, though.
and "projectprostitute.com" would shoot it in the knees in terms of marketing.
posted by hecho de la basura at 10:05 AM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
While I yawned (and winced) at the site at present I think it has an interesting seed of an idea. It could be made interesting by soliciting/collecting drawings of a *variety* of things, not just hookers. A doctor drawn by a 5 year old, 10 year old, 15, 25, 40, 60 year old. Or a nurse. A lawyer. A game show host. And so on ad infinitum.
It's probably been done, though.
and "projectprostitute.com" would shoot it in the knees in terms of marketing.
posted by hecho de la basura at 10:05 AM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
Is anyone else here disappointed that this isn't a new reality show?
posted by ooga_booga at 10:14 AM on January 11, 2008
posted by ooga_booga at 10:14 AM on January 11, 2008
Is anyone else here disappointed that this isn't a new reality show?
Project Prostitute Runway?
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:15 AM on January 11, 2008
Project Prostitute Runway?
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:15 AM on January 11, 2008
Quick, everyone draw a negro!
posted by klangklangston at 10:20 AM on January 11, 2008
posted by klangklangston at 10:20 AM on January 11, 2008
What a Whoreable Waste of Time or Skanks for the Memories! staring Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose. Featuring Harvey Firestein as the Matron of Boner.
posted by aftermarketradio at 10:30 AM on January 11, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by aftermarketradio at 10:30 AM on January 11, 2008 [3 favorites]
Surely it would have to be Project Redlight?
posted by kcds at 10:31 AM on January 11, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by kcds at 10:31 AM on January 11, 2008 [2 favorites]
Children's drawings of scientists - reflecting kids' perceptions both before and after a visit to Fermilab. Maybe a similar project before & after a visit to a Nevada brothel?
posted by madamjujujive at 10:41 AM on January 11, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by madamjujujive at 10:41 AM on January 11, 2008 [2 favorites]
It's good to see that fellow MeFites in this thread actually view prostitutes for what they really are: human beings. /not sarcasm
posted by Brocktoon at 10:44 AM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Brocktoon at 10:44 AM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
Call me when someone starts a project where I draw my idea of a prostitute first, then they pay for me to spend a night with a hooker, and I do a new drawing in the morning.
On preview, madame has it.
posted by nomisxid at 10:49 AM on January 11, 2008
On preview, madame has it.
posted by nomisxid at 10:49 AM on January 11, 2008
I was interested until I got to the annoyingly slow-loading Flash-based gallery.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 11:10 AM on January 11, 2008
posted by EndsOfInvention at 11:10 AM on January 11, 2008
Can you sublet prostitutes? In other words, if you pay for an hour, can you then resell your hour to someone else for a higher price? There seems to me to be an untapped market within the prostitution industry for some low-class neighborhood to high-class neighborhood arbitrage.
posted by Pastabagel at 11:11 AM on January 11, 2008
posted by Pastabagel at 11:11 AM on January 11, 2008
Project Prostitute Runway?
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:15 AM on January 11 [+] [!]
How about Project Beltway? Wait - that's the one where the people get screwed.
posted by ooga_booga at 11:18 AM on January 11, 2008
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:15 AM on January 11 [+] [!]
How about Project Beltway? Wait - that's the one where the people get screwed.
posted by ooga_booga at 11:18 AM on January 11, 2008
Can you sublet prostitutes? In other words, if you pay for an hour, can you then resell your hour to someone else for a higher price? There seems to me to be an untapped market within the prostitution industry for some low-class neighborhood to high-class neighborhood arbitrage.
Sure, it sounds like a great idea.
Until Nicholas Leeson comes along and tries to short straddle the Hunts Point and Park Avenue markets and manages to bankrupt the entire Mafia.
posted by dersins at 11:22 AM on January 11, 2008
Sure, it sounds like a great idea.
Until Nicholas Leeson comes along and tries to short straddle the Hunts Point and Park Avenue markets and manages to bankrupt the entire Mafia.
posted by dersins at 11:22 AM on January 11, 2008
Stud would seem to be more appropriate, or even Texas Hold 'Em.
posted by Caviar at 12:17 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by Caviar at 12:17 PM on January 11, 2008
The Google Ads at the top of this (non-logged-in) thread read: "Buy Prostitute"; "CD Prostitute"; "Cheap Prostitute"; "Discount Prostitute." Apparently, Google mistook this thread for the one immediately below.
posted by octobersurprise at 12:42 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by octobersurprise at 12:42 PM on January 11, 2008
Matt got the orifice and bondage agenda across quite succinctly.
That group of sketches seems pretty out of date with the reality of sex workers. Could it have been titled Ignorant and Clichéd Versions of Hookers?
The politics of sex workers.
In keeping with the silly drawings theme: Drawings of aliens by the children the aliens abduct (including how to make a tinfoil hat).
posted by nickyskye at 2:44 PM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
That group of sketches seems pretty out of date with the reality of sex workers. Could it have been titled Ignorant and Clichéd Versions of Hookers?
The politics of sex workers.
In keeping with the silly drawings theme: Drawings of aliens by the children the aliens abduct (including how to make a tinfoil hat).
posted by nickyskye at 2:44 PM on January 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
I think it's interesting that there are so many negative, stereotypical drawings... and then we have these two (NSFW, obviously), both by the same artist, which just don't fit...
posted by sonic meat machine at 2:46 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by sonic meat machine at 2:46 PM on January 11, 2008
Can we have a project mefite? Let's all draw ugly picks of our fave mefites and put them on the web! The uglier and stereotypier, the better!
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 3:10 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by mandymanwasregistered at 3:10 PM on January 11, 2008
So most people really can't draw, is the point here then.
posted by frobozz at 3:28 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by frobozz at 3:28 PM on January 11, 2008
This interests me about as much as still life painting. Which is to say: not at all.
posted by ZachsMind at 3:29 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by ZachsMind at 3:29 PM on January 11, 2008
I dug this in Projects. Thanks for bringing it over, item.
posted by snsranch at 3:32 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by snsranch at 3:32 PM on January 11, 2008
I'm surprised that people didn't make the prostitutes prettier.
Also, I think it's hilarious that this thread is right next to the Tila Tequila thread.
posted by Afroblanco at 4:17 PM on January 11, 2008
Also, I think it's hilarious that this thread is right next to the Tila Tequila thread.
posted by Afroblanco at 4:17 PM on January 11, 2008
Too bad the project doesn't investigate the usage of the word 'prostitute', and why the word 'prostitute' was chosen, because then it would be art. Currently, this MetaProject is a great example of graffiti scrawled on bathroom walls.
posted by KokuRyu at 4:21 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by KokuRyu at 4:21 PM on January 11, 2008
I thought this was going to be the prostitute project for the reduction of rent
posted by terrortubby at 5:23 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by terrortubby at 5:23 PM on January 11, 2008
In my town the prostitutes meet for karaoke Thursday nights at a friendly neighbourhood bar located in a strip mall.
posted by TimTypeZed at 9:47 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by TimTypeZed at 9:47 PM on January 11, 2008
Thanks for bringing this over, item.
I won't speak to my sister's intentions with this project. However, I will apologize for those with an aversion to Flash/Simpleviewer.
9/10 doctors recommend hopping on over to Flickr to view the pictures in a non-flash environment.
posted by ifranzen at 10:08 AM on January 12, 2008
I won't speak to my sister's intentions with this project. However, I will apologize for those with an aversion to Flash/Simpleviewer.
9/10 doctors recommend hopping on over to Flickr to view the pictures in a non-flash environment.
posted by ifranzen at 10:08 AM on January 12, 2008
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