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The SuicideGirls logo, used on the website and associated merchandise. The company promises free lifetime membership to anyone who gets a tattoo of the logo. According to IMDb the actress Sam Doumit is the face in SuicideGirls logo.
The SuicideGirls logo, used on the website and associated merchandise. The company promises free lifetime membership to anyone who gets a tattoo of the logo. According to IMDb the actress Sam Doumit is the face in SuicideGirls logo.

SuicideGirls is a pin-up website that features softcore photos and text profiles of goth, punk and indie-styled young women (although styles reminiscent of the 1940s and '50s pin-up models are also incorporated) who themselves are known as the "Suicide Girls". The site also functions as an online community with member profiles and message boards, and features interviews with major figures in popular and alternative culture. Access to most of the site requires a paid membership. Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... SuicideGirls logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... SuicideGirls logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Sam Doumit and director John P. Aguirre during filming of The Utopian Society Sam Doumit (birth name Samia) is an American actress. ... A pin-up girl is a woman whose physical attractiveness would entice one to place a picture of her on a wall. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible... Softcore is a form of pornography that is less explicit than hardcore pornography in depicting or describing sexual behaviour. ... Goths in southern Germany Gothic fashion is a style of dress of young people who identify themselves as goths. ... Punk fashion is the styles of clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewelry, and body modifications of the punk subculture. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A virtual community is a group whose members are connected by means of information technologies, typically the Internet. ...

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History

The SuicideGirls website and concept were created by the founding partners of parent company SG Services, Inc., "Sean" (Sean Suhl) and "Missy Suicide" (Selena Mooney) in late 2001, and based in Portland, Oregon. In 2003, the site operations moved to Los Angeles, California. Suhl and Mooney perhaps facetiously claim they started the site "just to see hot punk rock girls naked." Mooney has also stated that the purpose of the site is to give women control over how their sexuality is depicted. The site is privately co-owned; in addition to Suhl and Mooney, co-owners include Steve Simitzis (server admin and SG user, "s5"). Simitzis' wife Olivia Ball (former site programmer and Suicide Girl) was also described as an owner, but as of 2006, is no longer listed among the staff of SuicideGirls.[1][2] Nickname: Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: , Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City  145. ... Official language(s) (none)[1] Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ...


While SuicideGirls was not the first alternative pin-up site, the enormous success of SuicideGirls has inspired many similarly-themed websites.


Origin of the name

The term "suicide girl" is credited to a usage by Fight Club author, and Portland resident, Chuck Palahniuk, in his novel Survivor. Mooney confirms this novel as the source for the name in the Suicide Girls FAQ where she adds, Fight Club[1] (1996) is the first published novel by American author Chuck Palahniuk. ... Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk (IPA: )[1] (born February 21, 1962) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist of Ukrainian ancestry born in Pasco, Washington. ... Survivor is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk. ...

"Suicide girls is a term my friends and I had been using to describe the girls we saw in Portland's Pioneer Square with skateboards in one hand, wearing a Minor Threat hoodie, listening to Ice Cube on their iPods while reading a book of Nick Cave's poetry. They are girls who didn't fit into any conventional sub-culture and didnt [sic] define themselves based on musical taste like punk, metal, goth, etc. I think the only classifications right now people identify with are mainstream and outside of mainstream. That is why the site is called SuicideGirls." Minor Threat was a hardcore punk band from Washington DC from the 1980s. ... OShea Jackson (born June 15, 1969) is an American rapper, actor and film director. ... Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 2005. ...

Mooney also states that if she had known how popular the site was going to be, she might have thought the name out more than she did. The site received widespread condemnation for use of the term[citation needed], which in the Palahniuk novel, told of suicidal young women who were gullible and down on their luck calling what they thought was a suicide hotline center, instead reaching a jaded man who gains their trust to sadistically tell them to go ahead and kill themselves.[citation needed]


As a trademark applied to the website, and related merchandise and media, the term "SuicideGirls" is a single word, though this camel notation is often violated by external sources who split it into two words. The girls themselves, on the other hand, are referred to as "Suicide Girls".[3] For other senses of this word, see Trademark (disambiguation). ... CamelCase is the practice of writing compound words or phrases where the words are joined without spaces, and each word is capitalized within the compound. ...


Website features

The website claims to not rely on model searches, and states that it reviews international submissions at the rate of around 1000 a week from women who want to become Suicide Girls. Originally, only one or two of these were typically accepted per week, though this eventually increased to one every day. As of March, 2007 the website features nearly fifteen hundred SuicideGirls, each billed simply under a first name or one-word nickname. Most of the models have non-traditional colored hair/dreadlocks, piercings/body modifications, and/or tattoos. They are represented by professional photo shoots as well as self-written profiles and journal entries which they update as often as they see fit with their thoughts, snapshots, anecdotes, rants, and whatever else they wish to include. The photographs are intended both as an homage to classic pin-up art and a portrayal of alternative images of beauty. A pin-up girl is a woman whose physical attractiveness would entice one to place a picture of her on a wall. ...


Website demographics

Front cover of the 2004 SuicideGirls book, credited to photographer Missy Suicide. The cover model, "Mary", is one of the website's most popular.
Front cover of the 2004 SuicideGirls book, credited to photographer Missy Suicide. The cover model, "Mary", is one of the website's most popular.

SuicideGirls claims that 43 percent of the website's paid members are women (which would be atypical for an ordinary porn website), and that the nude photos rate less than 20 percent of the website's traffic. Members are often active in organizing meetings and events offline, and the company also sponsors many itself. A recent interview with Sean Suhl revealed that the majority of their profits came from their merchandise, not their memberships.[citation needed] cover scan of SuicideGirls 2004 photo book This image is a book cover. ... cover scan of SuicideGirls 2004 photo book This image is a book cover. ...


Joanna Angel referred to Suicide Girls as "the McDonald's of alt porn.[4] Joanna Angel (born 25 December 1980) is an American entrepreneur, alt porn model, pornographic actress, director, writer, and former exotic dancer. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. ...


Media coverage and spinoffs

Positive reviews of the SuicideGirls site have been featured in Rolling Stone, Wired, The New Yorker and other mainstream magazines; it was also featured in a recent episode of CBS "CSI:NY" [5], on HBO Real Sex special, on ABC's Nightline and on the G4 series Icons. The literary magazine Fence used a Suicide Girl for the cover of a recent issue. Rock musician Courtney Love is a member of the site, and, in the past, has written "rambling, stream-of-consciousness posts on the site."[6] She also brought along several Suicide Girls during an appearance on MTV. Sixty-six Suicide Girls appeared in the PROBOT music video "Shake Your Blood". This article is about the magazine. ... Wired is a full-color monthly magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993. ... The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is an American premium cable television network. ... Real Sex is a television series broadcast on and a production of HBO. As its name implies, Real Sex is a sexually explicit magazine which explores sex 90s style. ... Nightline is a late-night hard and soft news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. ... G4 is an American cable and satellite television channel originally geared toward male viewers aged 12–34, devoted to the world of video games and the video game lifestyle. ... Icons is a documentary TV show on G4 that used to focus on the history of a video game franchise, a video game company, a video game genre, a video game character, a video game console, notable moment in video game history, or a notable person in the video game... Courtney Love[1] (born July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network based in New York City. ... Probot (portmanteau: probe + robot) is a musical project masterminded by Dave Grohl. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...


Other celebrity members include:

Wheaton, Corddry and Isaacs are contributors to the SuicideGirls Newswire. Kesselman is a columnist. Anthony E. Zuiker (born August 17, 1968) is the creator and executive producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ... CSI: NY (working title CSI: New York) is an American police procedural television series which premiered on September 22, 2004. ... Zia McCabe is a percussionist and keyboard player. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Richard William Wil Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American writer and actor. ... A geek is a person who is fascinated by knowledge and imagination, usually electronic or virtual in nature. ... Rob Corddry (born on February 4, 1971 in Weymouth, Massachusetts), born as Robert Cornelius Corddry, is an American comedian known best for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and as the main character in the FOX sitcom The Winner. ... Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart on the set of The Daily Show The Daily Show (currently The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, also known as TDS to fans and staffers) is a half-hour satirical fake news program produced by and run on the Comedy Central cable television network in... Richard Stevens III (also known as rstevens) is the co-founder of the Dumbrella comic network, and currently writes and illustrates the webcomic, Diesel Sweeties. ... Webcomics, also known as online comics and internet comics, are comics that are available to read on the Internet. ... Diesel Sweeties is a webcomic and newspaper comic strip written by Richard Stevens III (R Stevens). ... Hal Sparks (born Hal Harry Magee Sparks III, September 25, 1971[1] in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an actor, one-time game show host and comedian best known for his role of Michael Novotny on the American television series Queer as Folk. ... Steve Isaacs is an artist, designer and musician living in Los Angeles, California. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network based in New York City. ... David Michael Navarro (born June 7, 1967) is a guitarist who has played in the rock bands Janes Addiction and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. ... DVD cover The Hebrew Hammer is a film that was released in 2003. ... Mike Doughty is an American singer and songwriter. ... Soul Coughing (1992–2000) was a New York-based alternative rock band comprised of Mike Doughty (vocals, lyrics, guitar), Mark De Gli Antoni (samples, keyboards), Sebastian Steinberg (string bass) and Yuval Gabay (drums). ...


SuicideGirls has also branched out into a coffee table book printing images and Suicide Girl profiles from the website, and a traveling burlesque show featuring several of the Suicide Girls. A print magazine entitled SG Pin-Up was also scheduled for release, but after being delayed due to contract and licensing issues with some contributing photographers, the magazine was canceled. The idea was later revived[15] and the first issue was released March 1, 2007. In 2004 SuicideGirls also had a brief partnership with Playboy magazine, which regularly featured Suicide Girls on its own website. Photograph of Sally Rand, 1934. ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Playboy is an American Mens magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ...


The SuicideGirls burlesque troupe opened on select dates for the Guns N' Roses 2006 North American tour. Guns N Roses (abbreviated as GNR) is a nine-piece American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ...


Controversies

Image removal

In September 2005, SuicideGirls announced[16] that it had removed a large number of images from its pages, in an attempt to avoid scrutiny in the U.S. Justice Department's so-called "war on porn." The images involved depicted bondage, knives or swords, or simulated blood. Communications from the Justice Department indicated that images of that type might be the subject of obscenity prosecutions, though SuicideGirls was not mentioned as a target. Because SuicideGirls was never mentioned as a target, some have accused the site of using the "war on porn" as an excuse to remove some images that they no longer wanted on their site while shifting the blame for the image removal to the Justice Department.[citation needed] In January 2007, the "banned" images were made visible again.[17] The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. ... A model in bondage cuffs with a leg spreader In the context of BDSM, bondage involves people being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure. ... Obscenity in Latin obscenus, meaning foul, repulsive, detestable, (possibly derived from ob caenum, literally from filth). The term is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time. ...


Censorship

In 2005, a number of the paid models were reported to have resigned from the site or had their memberships revoked in connection with allegations of censorship and mistreatment of the models by the site's owners.[18] Numerous members have reported that their journals and message board posts were removed because they criticized management. This practice of deleting either objectionable content, disagreeable content, or membership altogether is referred to by Suicide Girls staffers as "zotting".


Exclusivity agreement and lawsuits

A primary issue is the SuicideGirls modeling contract, which prevents its models (including past models, for a time) from working for competing sites or agencies (specifically those dealing in nude photography and/or erotica).[19] In response to this, the SuicideGirls website states that only models "who have chosen to be involved in special projects" sign an exclusivity agreement in addition to their standard modeling contract barring them working with direct competitors for a certain amount of time.[1] However, the standard modeling agreement for SuicideGirls includes a "Non-Competition" clause, barring any model that signs it from modeling for an "SG Competitor" during the one or more years in which the model is under contract with SuicideGirls, plus an additional two years.[20] Many models, however, have received many mainstream modeling jobs from the exposure gained through SuicideGirls.[21]


Many of the former models involved in the 2005 dispute are now involved with the competing sites GodsGirls and Deviant Nation. Both sites have been sued by SuicideGirls LLC for hiring models who were allegedly still under contract with SuicideGirls and for allegedly violating SuicideGirls trademarks. Several former models were also threatened with legal action.[19][22] In November 2006, SuicideGirls fired one of their main photographers, Philip Warner, (aka Lithium Picnic), for acting as the primary photographer for the website of former SuicideGirl Apnea. The termination was followed in February 2007 by a lawsuit by SuicideGirls against Warner.[23][24][25] According to a press release by Warner and Apnea, as of February 2007, none of SuicideGirls LLC's lawsuits or threatened actions against former models or competing sites has resulted in a victory for the plaintiff, however, the legal expenses in the lawsuits have been costly and time consuming for the defendants.[23] GodsGirls is an altporn website featuring softcore nude photography. ... A plaintiff, also known as a claimant or complainer, is the party who initiates a lawsuit (also known as an action) before a court. ... In Common law, a defendant is any person who is required to answer the complaint of a plaintiff in a civil suit or any person who has been named in a criminal information or criminal complaint and stands accused of violating a criminal statute. ...


Feminist credentials

Critics have also charged that SuicideGirls has dishonestly claimed to be a women-owned and women-operated business, when it is actually co-owned by Suhl, who is listed as Company President. The "women-owned and women-operated" statement was also repeated in the CSI: NY episode. Suhl is and has always been an active personality on the website and is not a silent partner. At times, he has been extremely outspoken, and has publicly made strong political statements, having little to do with the site itself.


Pregnant modelling

One notable Suicide Girl is Zia McCabe, the keyboard player of The Dandy Warhols, who posted a set of nude photos on March 8, 2005 that were taken while she was pregnant.[26] Asked in the October 2005 issue of British shock-magazine Bizarre, Zia said of the experience Zia McCabe is a percussionist and keyboard player. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word bizarre may refer to the following people or things: (Bizarre) is a word which means strange, weird, or completely out of the usual or expected. ...


{{People thought Suicide Girls was all about a certain bodyshape, or look, and that my shoot broadened Suicide Girls. But they won't do a pregnant girl again. Because they DO have a narrow idea of what they want! They just wanted Zia from The Dandy Warhols on there and this is the only way I'd do it!}}


Since then model Twwly Suicide shot a set of her several months pregnant that went live on the site October 5th 2006)


Response

In response to controversy, the website set up a page called "Trash Can," on which Missy addresses the various allegations and current models relay their positive experiences with the site.[1] As of February 27, 2007, this page featured positive experience accounts from 23 models of the potential 1000+ that SuicideGirls advertised as appearing on their site at that time, many of whom have now left the site, such as Syndel, Candylac, Paige, and Nadine.


References

  1. ^ a b c SuicideGirls. The Trash Can. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  2. ^ "About SuicideGirls", Suicidegirls.com.
  3. ^ SuicideGirls. Who are the suicide girls?. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  4. ^ Wanted List Magazine interview with Joanna Angel
  5. ^ CBS. Oedipus Hex. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
  6. ^ "The Calculated Assault of Suicidegirls.com" by Amy Roe, Willamette Week, March 19, 2003.
  7. ^ SuicideGirls. Zuiker. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  8. ^ SuicideGirls. Wil Wheaton. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  9. ^ SuicideGirls. Rob Corddry. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  10. ^ SuicideGirls. RStevens. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  11. ^ SuicideGirls. Halsparks. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  12. ^ SuicideGirls. SteveIsaacs. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  13. ^ SuicideGirls. DaveNavarro. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  14. ^ SuicideGirls. Jon_Kesselman. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  15. ^ http://suicidegirls.com/boards/Everything+SG/110625/
  16. ^ SuicideGirls. SG Removing Pictures, You Can Thank Bush. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  17. ^ SuicideGirls. *cough* candyass *cough*. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
  18. ^ "SuicideGirls Gone AWOL" by Randy Dotinga, Wired September 28, 2005.
  19. ^ a b "Suicide Defense" by Ian Demsky, Willamette Week, January 11, 2006.
  20. ^ SuicideGirls. Model_Agreement. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  21. ^ SuicideGirls. model testimonial. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
  22. ^ "Suicide Girls Gone Mad" by Esther Haynes, Jane
  23. ^ a b "Lithium Picnic Legal Fund" by Apneatic, Lithium Picnic LiveJournal Community, February 13, 2007.
  24. ^ "SuicideGirls vs. Lithium Picnic", Fleshbot, February 16, 2007.
  25. ^ "SuicideGirls Sues Lithium Picnic Photographer Philip Warner" by Justin Bourne, AVN Online, June 15, 2007.
  26. ^ SuicideGirls. Zia. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.

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