MetaFilter posts tagged with erotica

Levi Johnston in ‘Playgirl’: Not quite a triumph of sexual liberation?

joeclark — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:41:07 -0800

Alaska’s most famous hockey player, Levi Johnston, is set to pose nude for Playgirl (previously). But didn’t Playgirl – the magazine – close up shop last year, going online-only? And wasn’t it ultimately run by straight guys in the first place? Jessanne Collins, Playgirl’s former managing editor, debunks some myths about the magazine that was to the nude-male pictorial what Marky Mark was to hip-hop.

Erotic Alice

vronsky — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:34:03 -0800

Erotic illustrations of Alice in Wonderland by Marvel legend Frank Brunner (Doctor Strange, Silver Surfer, Johnny Quest). Color versions here: Title page ll Alice and Dragon ll Mad Tea Party ll Humpty Dumpty ll Looking Glass ll Mirror ll Jabberwocky ll White Knight ll Hookah ll Alice

A Hard Man is Good to Find

nooneyouknow — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:49:06 -0800

Filament aims to be a different kind of women's magazine. They plan to "cover a wide range of topics [but absolutely no beauty or diet articles] that inspire and engage , and [give women] gorgeous boys the way [they] like to see them." Their first issue is out and featured a mix of articles, fiction, poetry and pics of shirtless boys. For their second issue, they want to include a pic of a man with erection, but their printer bailed because the printer was afraid of a backlash. The magazine has also had issues with distributors because many of them don't want to deal with a women's magazine with a man on the cover. Via (NSFW) Erotica Cover Watch (NSFW) which is a blog dedicated to ending the preponderance of (naked) women on the covers of erotic books, and is trying to get more men and couples on the covers.

Vintage Girly Magazines

jason's_planet — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:53:33 -0800

Vintage Girly Magazines is a blog devoted to nude photography from the era before Photoshop and breast implants. NSFW. My own personal favorites. (Also NSFW)

There is no such thing as erotic art.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:29:08 -0800

@mateurdart is a French-language blog on erotic art in a wide variety of eras and styles. (NSFW)

Sex and Violence

fearfulsymmetry — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:04:28 -0800

London's 30 Most Erotic Writers, 50 Crime Writers To Read Before You Die

Wings of Desire... or something

loquacious — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:45:45 -0800

Erotic Falconry

Love, Korean Style.

GrammarMoses — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:30:10 -0800

Cheju Love Land (NSFW). A comment in a recent MeTa thread reminded me of this (ahem) expose. It's linked on stavros’ OutsideInKorea site [previously on MeFi].

The Unerotic Internet

thparkth — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:41:59 -0800

The Internet is for porn. Never before in the history of humanity have men (let's be honest - it's mainly men) had such open access to depictions of attractive body parts in intimate physical interactions. Every taste, every fetish and every perversion is catered to. Some people think there's too much.. Some people think there's still not enough. Others wonder why all this pornography can't be a bit... sexier? And in a few small corners of the Internet, there are communities of people who still remember what the word "erotic" used to mean, before it became a synonym for tasteless trashy rutting and spyware infested digital prostitution. [Almost all links are NSFW. None are pornographic. And I like good porn.]

Some people really love their cars.

inconsequentialist — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:12:19 -0800

Auto Erotica. Chris, 38, has a recognised psychological condition that makes him physically attracted to motors. (via)

Turn and cough

Blazecock Pileon — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:10:43 -0800

The Vija Celmins of scrotal art (NSFW).

Australian illustrator Sarah Bishop

mediareport — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:42:42 -0800

The girls, a probably-nsfw series of near-abstract shapes from Australian illustrator Sarah Bishop. [via Jahsonic]

Ziegfeld Girls: Classic Elegant Erotica

LeeJay — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:19:47 -0800

"It is not easy to pass the test that qualifies a girl for membership in a Ziegfeld production..." Hundreds of photos of Zeigfeld Girls (including many large and high-resolution scans), collected and displayed for your viewing pleasure. Sumptuous . Sensual. Dazzling. [The last three links are work safe. The first two and the site itself are not. Some background on Ziegfeld and his Follies here for those not familiar.]

The female and male gaze and gay erotic art

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 23:41:18 -0800

Yaoi is a form of Japanese erotica "written by women for women readers", focusing on aspects of male-to-male relationships which otherwise tend "to make real gay men snicker." Still, gay men can and do create a wide range of erotic art within and across the yaoi genre.

Delectable Fancies for Prurient Readers

klangklangston — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:22:57 -0800

The Pearl A journal of voluptuous reading for discerning readers, hosted in a larger collection of bawdy books, dirty ditties and assorted salacious songcraft. Thrill to cousin-fucking in Sport Among the She-Noodles. Puzzle over endless lashings by old women in Ms. Coote's Confession. Giggle over the protagonist of Lady Pokingham. Note for edification the blasé treatment of homosexuality, both male and female. Memorize limericks that provide both racial and sexual offense for your next social gathering. And learn obscenities you can sneak past all but the most agile editor! Main site also contains hours of mp3s and reams of naughty toasts, drinking songs and folk stories. Other highlights include the ability to compare American ribaldry with earlier British off-colour humour. Some engravings arguably NSFW.

Piero Piccioni: Italian Beat, Yeah!

ford and the prefects — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:50:08 -0800

Signore e signori: Piero Piccioni! Continuing my (apparent) obsession with Italian composers of the 1960s, I present you Piero Piccioni: jazz pianist, son of a conservative Italian politico, suspected murderer, and composer of some of the hippest, grooviest soundtracks ever put down on wax. [via this unbelievable vinyl sharity blog]

Old School Erotica

ddf — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:42:20 -0800

Japanese Shunga & Other Erotica (NSFW) : "In these examples of Japanese shunga we see a great variety of lovemaking techniques, situations, positions and possibilities. Whether heterosexual or homosexual, the diversity of sexual behaviors expressed within this artform offer a glimpse of the sexual freedoms available in previous eras and cultures."

Best Logo of All Time?

spock — Thu, 05 May 2005 22:21:54 -0800

Best Logo of All Time? No question. I tip my cap to the graphic designer that came up with this one. via Boing Boing

Tallulah's Vintage Nudes

taz — Mon, 09 Aug 2004 03:13:38 -0800

Big Hats and Eroticism is just one of the many features of Tallulahs.com, an excellent site dedicated to images of the vintage nude. There's also lots of wonderful trivia and commentary, such as a brief biography of the Mante sisters (immortalized in the brilliant ballerina images of painter Edgar Degas), and the story of Liane de Pougy, convent girl turned runaway wife, turned celebrated dancer of the French stage, turned Romanian Princess. Or you can read about the mystery of H. Traut, elusive photographer of "the gentle eroticism of fairyland" whose images graced hundreds of postcards for several years until he seemingly vanished from the scene some time before WWI. Interested in drawing or painting nudes yourself? Here's a page of classical nude poses - studies in various categories that you can work from, including "The beauty of butts" and "seductive smoking"! Plus, you can peruse Tallulah's own art nudes, and a fabulous links page. NSFW, obviously.

Beautiful Agony

travis — Tue, 11 May 2004 10:03:01 -0800

facettes de la petite mort No nudity, but not safe for work. I love it when eroticism is found where you might not expect it. Like, simple facial expression, for example.

Deez nuts!

jonson — Mon, 29 Mar 2004 20:55:52 -0800

"My hobby? It's funny you should ask... I make erotic carvings out of coconut shells..."

My eyes! I'm blind!

eilatan — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:57:36 -0800

Erotic pictures. Of clowns. NSFW, obviously. [more inside]

Vintage Erotica

headspace — Fri, 30 May 2003 13:13:11 -0800

In The Rain boasts a huge collection of vintage erotica; beautiful, artful poses of women you won't see in Maxim anytime soon. The appeal of Vintage Sex is ephemeral, but we've been making erotica long before cameras; since the beginning of civilization, really. (Should really go without saying that none of these links are safe for work.)

Earth as Art

mediareport — Tue, 03 Dec 2002 21:42:39 -0800

Planet Earth as abstract art Hot on the heels of Geology from Space and Earth Erotica comes this exhibit honoring the 30th anniversary of the Landsat satellite progam. 41 images from space - chosen for "artistic appeal" over scientific significance - include glaciers, deserts and Karman vortices. Some are even poignant.

DailyBread — Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:16:31 -0800

Mother Earth is Lookin' Good These Days --Maybe I just have a lack of culture, but I didn't know anything about earth erotica photography. Also didn't know if I should be viewing the site at work.