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An exploration of sexuality and hypocrisy in pop culture. Celebrities and movies that work towards mainstreaming sex.
Top LGBTQ Movies to Watch
More and more often, we are seeing portrayals of LGBTQ characters in art. There is still a scarcity of characters in all forms of media, and the portrayals tend to be fairly narrow and specific. With that said, there are many gems out there. These top LGBTQ movies include characters from a variety of backgrounds, and people living in many different situations. Some of them broke convention and faced severe backlash upon release, but finally gave young people in the LGBTQ community a place to see themselves on film.
By George Gott9 years ago in Filthy
Hottest Lesbian Celebrities
It is an open secret that the world wants to know which of the hottest celebrities are lesbians, and frequently try to rate lesbian celebrities based on who they think is the hottest. These women are proud of their sexuality, and pop culture is fascinated with them. Some people hate them because of this. But who cares? The hottest lesbian celebrities exert an independence and pride that should be an inspiration to women of all sexualities.
By Caesar Finkle9 years ago in Filthy
9 Non-Pornographic Films Starring Pornographic Actresses
Porn stars have short acting careers and most of them cannot make enough cash to retire for the rest of their lives. The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in London seems like a good long term investment.
By Alejandro Guillú Mendoza9 years ago in Filthy
Pam Grier's Best Blaxploitation Films
She is the original blaxploitation queen. Part of a small group of women who defined the genre. They set the tone for much of African American urban cinema in the 1960 and 1970s. Pam Grier has been steaming up the screen for decades. After blaxploitation went out of style and urban African American culture moved beyond stereotypes, she starred in defining roles like Steven Seagal's 1988 classic action film Above the Law, Quentin Tarantino's homage to blaxploitation; Jackie Brown, and then re-defined herself on Showtime's ground breaking The L word. It is hard to find groundbreaking women like Pam in the saturated world of contemporary pop icons. The juxtaposition of her blaxploitation rolls during a critical decade for women and the civil rights movement make her a career a unique example of the fundamental changes in Hollywood for women and minorities.
By Eddie Wong9 years ago in Filthy
Evolution of The Guccione Collection
The man behind Penthouse, one most controversial men's magazine of all time, Bob Guccione, was not just a media mogul, but a man of many facets. He was an artist, photographer and avid art collector. Over his five decade career, he helped shape the future of art and pop culture. Without his contribution, an artistic bend on counter-culture with trademark defused soft focus photography and an unapologetic editorial style, mainstream media might not look the way it does today.
By George Gott9 years ago in Filthy
50 Shades of Okay, Why It's All Right to Like the Steamy Bestselling Series
'50 Shades of Grey' Okay, now that I’ve started off with that line, I’ll give you a moment to either stop fan-flailing or to (more likely) stop seething. Yes, a huge number of people absolutely loathe 50 Shades, its author E.L. James, its nubile heroine Ana, and, especially, its ‘alpha male’ hero Christian. Next to Twilight (whose fanfiction it started out as), 50 Shades of Grey is probably the most widely hated book series published to date.
By Anne St. Marie9 years ago in Filthy
Sheila Kennedy's 'No One's Pet' Excerpt: The First Penthouse Shoot
Beneath the glamorous surface of a Penthouse Pet’s life in the mansion lies a dark and often scandalous story. For the first time in the history of the iconic adult magazine Penthouse, the curtain is lifted on life in Bob Guccione’s famous mansion. No One’s Pet: The Autobiography of Sheila Kennedy reveals the inner workings of the media magnate’s private sanctum.
By Dixon Steele9 years ago in Filthy
Sheila Kennedy's 'No One's Pet' Excerpt: Axl Rose in the Hotel Room
From Penthouse Pet to reality star, Sheila Kennedy turned a modeling stint into a longterm career in the entertainment industry. Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1983, the aspiring actress broke out as one of Bob Guccione's stars. Stardom had many benefits, including roles in films such as The First Turn-On!! and Spring Break, but it also had its drawbacks. Young Sheila was quickly drawn into the world of sex and rock n' roll, including a bout with none other than 80s rock legend, Axl Rose.
By Dixon Steele9 years ago in Filthy
Hottest Movie and TV Pool Scenes
Sexy pool scenes have been a staple of movie makers since Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Each of these films has two things in common: a beautiful woman in a sexy bathing suit and a swimming pool. When a movie has a hot pool scene like Halle Berry topless in Sword Fish, no matter what you think of the movie, you don't feel you wasted your time.
By Eddie Wong9 years ago in Filthy
The Sex Life of Barbie
On the surface, the Ken and Barbie teenybopper dolls advertised on the Saturday morning TV cartoon shows never seemed very erotic. She may have been sculpted hot, but came off kind of a sexual given she had the same thing between her legs that Ken had; nothing. Ever since Toy Story burst onto the scene, giving life to these little plastic beings, Rule 34 seeped its way into toy land. Perhaps we have much to lear from American icon Barbie's newfound Pansexuality.
By Yadim Shmaltz9 years ago in Filthy
Best Stalker Thrillers
What made Fatal Attraction one of Hollywood’s biggest hits and spawned an entire stalker triller genre was the simple intensity of the relationships. Coupled with a subtle level of violence that steadily rose throughout each film, the genre was a dark look at obsessive personalities. The protagonist, typically a female was either obsessed or the object of obsession.Fatal Attraction spawned a stream of knock offs. While none could ever recapture the original feel, each offered an entertaining twist of the iconic film.
By Stephen Hamilton9 years ago in Filthy
Vanessa Williams Is a Metaphor for Conservative Hypocrisy
Here's a little Jeopardy-style quiz. The category is “Women’s History”—if we agree, just for a moment, that women’s history is different from any other kind of history. So: “Margaret Gorman, a sixteen-year-old from Washington DC, in 1921.” If your answer is “Who was the very first Miss America?” then you win the prize; and you’ll probably know, too, that five years later “the Inter-City Beauty Pageant,” as Miss America had once been called, had come a long way, baby. Miss America 1926, Norma Smallwood, earned $100,000 in appearance fees—more than Babe Ruth made that year, or for that matter the President of the United States. (Who was Calvin Coolidge—but you knew that, I’m sure.)
By Erica Wagner9 years ago in Filthy
