Suicide Girls Critique

After reading the article of the site Suicide Girls.com I agreed with the author that it does not really promote a feminist outlook. However, the site is at heart a pornography site and should be looked at as so. When examined in this light, we can see that the site is much better for female models than other sites of the same genre. The girls are able to have their own photoshoots and decide which pictures are posted online. Also, along with the photos there are profiles in which the models can describe themselves and their belief systems. The feminist part comes into play because their is a group within the site which is called "feminist". It is easy to see that it would be hard for a pornography site to have anything resebling traditional feminist outlook.

The author suggests that the site may be racists because there is overwhelmingly more white models than models of color. She fails however, to take into consideration the ratio of white applicants to those of color. Maybe there simply are more white models applying. Yes, the models of color are described using racially loaded adjectives but the creators of the site are not trained to be completely politically correct. They are simply trying to make money from a nude model site. It is good that the author is questioning the feminist aspect of the site but viewing it should be taken with a grain of salt. The site "is what it is" so to speak, a pornography site.