SuicideGirls is a 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 are known as the "Suicide Girls". The site functions as an online community with member profiles, member blogs, message boards, chatrooms, and the option to join networking groups based upon interests. Suicidegirls also features interviews with people from popular and alternative culture.
The SuicideGirls website and concept were created by the founding partners of parent company SG Services, Inc., Sean Suhl ("Sean") and Selena Mooney ("Missy Suicide") in late 2001, and based in Portland, Oregon. In 2003, the site operations moved to Los Angeles, California. Suhl and Mooney 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's 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.
The term "suicide girl" is used by Fight Club author and Portland resident Chuck Palahniuk in his novel Survivor (1999): "It's the same with these suicide girls calling me up." Excerpt : . Mooney confirmed this novel as the source for the name in the Suicide Girls FAQ but has since removed the reference.
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 are referred to as "Suicide Girls".
Radeo Suicide & Sash from millman on Vimeo.
0 Response to "Suicide Girls"
Post a Comment