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fandomcakes ([info]fandomcakes) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2005-09-28 16:08:00


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Current mood:Nosy

Turns out cheesecake really is bad for you.
Suicide Girls goin 'splody?

For those who don't know, Suicide Girls is the most popular alt-porn site on there. Mostly softcore stuff; it also has interviews with various celebrities and a large message board. They play up the "real women" aspect of the site by giving each model her own page, a journal, etc.

Recently, the site seems to have been hit by a perfect storm of wank. Summary stolen and modified from sgirls, an "open forum" about the site:

- The SuicideGirls site has always had something of a "for-the-people, by-the-people" feel to it. It is revealed that the site is co-owned by controversial figure Sean Suhl. This pisses girls off. Sean himself has a not-so-nice reputation as a conservative and being "not progressive in his views towards women".

- Meanwhile, models' accounts are closed and their photo shoots archived if they pose for other sites. Others complain about compensation (the FAQ claims they get $300 per set) and being used in promotional images. The ones who participated on the burlesque tour report harassment from the staff. Member questions about archival and the current wank are also deleted.

- Rumors go around. Now ex-models claim that they've been threatened with having their pictures resold, been stranded after publicity outings, et cetera.

- Journal entries with negative thoughts about the site are modified by the staff. Models complain that they've no participation in the direction of the site.

- The site is "removing sets featuring bondage and gore in order to appease the FBI's counter-productive campaign of attacking perfectly legal pornography on the internet."

Where to find the wank? Sgirls is your best bet so far. It contains actual entries by ex-models. There's also UnPink, run by an anonymous ex-model, basically stating everything above.
Looks like most of the complaints will be archived here, but it's just links so far. Here's another site.
An article in Wired just came out, so expect more stuff as the news spreads.
And here's a rebuttal.



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[info]phosfate
2005-09-28 09:28 pm UTC (link)
Gambling? In Casablanca?

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[info]ashenmote
2005-09-28 09:34 pm UTC (link)
Your winnings, sir.

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[info]funkyhelix
2005-09-29 12:31 am UTC (link)
omg, Dark Crystal!

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[info]notjo
2005-09-30 05:03 pm UTC (link)
Oh, yes, thank you....

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[info]the_wanlorn
2005-09-28 09:34 pm UTC (link)
My friend went to prom with someone she claimed (well, the someone claimed to) that is/was on Suicide Girls.

If it was true, I'm not very impressed. =(

Also: omgwtfuckery.

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[info]angstymcgoth
2005-09-29 12:22 am UTC (link)
I lived with a Suicide Girl.

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[info]phosfate
2005-09-29 05:18 pm UTC (link)
I want to live with a Suicide Girl
I could be angsty
The rest of my life
With a Suicide Girl

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[info]spiderflower
2005-09-30 04:37 am UTC (link)
I dated a Suicide Girl. Is there a club or something?

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[info]angstymcgoth
2005-09-30 08:09 am UTC (link)
We could probably form one with all the merchandise/advertising materials we've got between us.

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[info]fuzzytowers
2005-09-28 10:01 pm UTC (link)
Cool. Thanks for all the links. I've been half following the progress of this on Boing Boing and waiting for it to go all 'spoldy. The FBI involvement made it seem tin-hat OMG!WTF! Now it has everything. This will be fun to watch.

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;D
[info]singe
2005-09-29 12:31 am UTC (link)
You really should put a Not Safe for Work warning on there.

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[info]wankprophet
2005-09-29 12:43 am UTC (link)
Agreed. I clicked on the first link and, three clicks, one credit card submission, and two e-mails later, I was hit with blatant nudity!

Damned scuzzball Internet...no matter how hard you try, you can't escape the pr0n.

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[info]singe
2005-09-29 01:22 am UTC (link)
Dirty bastards.

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[info]hangingfire
2005-09-29 01:02 pm UTC (link)
News and stuff from BoingBoing.net. Not a bad overview of the case, actually.

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[info]adora_spintriae
2005-09-30 10:29 am UTC (link)
Ow christ. I think all the eyeliner on that site burned out my retinas.

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