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dweomeroflightSo I was reading Mary Ann on flickfilosopher again, admiring her latest 'aggressively promoting the female gaze' post on Ben Barnes from The Chronicles of Narnia and I went back and read the intitial rationale behind these posts found here:
http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2010/06/061410defining_the_female_gaze.html
I had just been thinking about what I found sexy in a person, largely brought about by Fidget on the Spooks forum :P and how what I find sexy does not meet the stereotypical 'male gaze' pushed agenda of the film medium, and decided to post happy pics of actors I find sexy who don't fit the conventional sexy/hot/beauty myth prototype :P
Pics under cut:
These comments from the post of Mary Ann's are the one's that probably relate most to this post:
Another point about the male gaze is how it relates to conventional standards of beauty. The idea that someone could find a woman of darker skin, or larger size, or of a certain shape and height attractive or eye-catching is also something ignored in favor of more "traditional" modes of female beauty. The idea that there is in fact a large spectrum of what is considered beautiful is apparently unheard of.
The ever present male gaze allows the commodification of female bodies/sexuality to go unchecked. Women's bodies become accepted as public property under the guise of being more "beautiful" (and therefore more marketable, more Othered.)
Then it's all fucked up further by the Madonna/Whore complex, slut-shaming and extremely narrow female beauty ideals.
In fact, women are actively attacked for not looking like Supermodels and getting older. Men don't have to deal with that.
With this in mind I am posting pics of people who arn't conventionally attractive, or are older women, or are not white.
Also, bear in mind this comment when reading/viewing this post. We can't help what we personally find sexually attractive, and we probably can't change that any more than we can change whether we're gay or straight. So please no slamming if you don't like what I like ok?
Also, for the record, I am fairly certain that I am straight. Certainly I have never fallen in love with another woman before, though I have with men. But that doesn't mean I don't admire sexy women as well as men- because I do...and I think that there is nothing wrong with that. For one thing, why shouldn't women be praised for being sexy if they in fact are? I never want to be part of that mysogynistic culture that puts other women down for being sexually confident and knowing what they want (see posts on River Song, Dr Who and sexuality).
I'm starting off with Spooks, because I am obsessed with it at the moment and because in series nine I found Ruth suddenly sexier times twenty. Screen caps from cbjfan44 on the Nicola Walker forum:
And Ruth in glasses! I have no idea why I found this hot, but I did :P
Also, Nicola with short hair... I don't why, but incredibly sexy :P
The thing about Nicola Walker is I don't think she is beautiful at all. She actually has always struck me as being incredibly plain, especially for someone in the field of work that she is in (I don't mean this in a negative way because you can be sexy but not conventionally beautiful).
She's almost so plain that it makes her compelling (though this is of course only my own opinion. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that) Actually I think the world already has a theory about that. Agatha Christie once got Poirot to spell it out in one of his mysteries. It basically amounted to the idea that you can be the most gorgeous male or female in the world, and still not have any sex appeal. And you can be quite plain, and somehow have more sex appeal with a big SA than a drop dead gorgeous person.
More pics to come: going out now with my flat mate :P
EDIT: OMG JUST WATCHED NICOLA IN THE FIRST THREE EPISODES OF CHALK. ONE THING FLIST, ONE THING: IN CHALK SHE IS PURE SEX... I DO NOT TELL A LIE.
I do not joke... Suzie Travis is my new female crush... move over River Song! (When writing this I did have the weird idea of a crossover fan fic of dr who and chalk involving both those two... yeah my mind works in myseterious ways). Maybe it's NICOLA IN RED THAT OVERTHROWS THE GREAT RIVER. WEIRD BUT TRUE STORY... I always wanted Ruth to wear more red (to briefly explain my fave colour is bright red and I think Nicola suits strong colours and it used to drive me up the wall post series two how she NEVER EVER got to wear them), I'm pretty sure she did once way back in series two days, but I WANTED IT TO HAPPEN ALL OF THE TIME. And in Chalk it kind of does? Also, I like her 90's outfits. And short hair. (so now I have a short hair fetish to go with my messy hair (cough Helena in everything ever but especially Bellatrix Lestrange and River Song) fetish in women. Awesome :D)
Anyway, Nicola is love. Or God. Take your pick.
http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2010/06/061410defining_the_female_gaze.html
I had just been thinking about what I found sexy in a person, largely brought about by Fidget on the Spooks forum :P and how what I find sexy does not meet the stereotypical 'male gaze' pushed agenda of the film medium, and decided to post happy pics of actors I find sexy who don't fit the conventional sexy/hot/beauty myth prototype :P
Pics under cut:
These comments from the post of Mary Ann's are the one's that probably relate most to this post:
Another point about the male gaze is how it relates to conventional standards of beauty. The idea that someone could find a woman of darker skin, or larger size, or of a certain shape and height attractive or eye-catching is also something ignored in favor of more "traditional" modes of female beauty. The idea that there is in fact a large spectrum of what is considered beautiful is apparently unheard of.
The ever present male gaze allows the commodification of female bodies/sexuality to go unchecked. Women's bodies become accepted as public property under the guise of being more "beautiful" (and therefore more marketable, more Othered.)
Then it's all fucked up further by the Madonna/Whore complex, slut-shaming and extremely narrow female beauty ideals.
In fact, women are actively attacked for not looking like Supermodels and getting older. Men don't have to deal with that.
With this in mind I am posting pics of people who arn't conventionally attractive, or are older women, or are not white.
Also, bear in mind this comment when reading/viewing this post. We can't help what we personally find sexually attractive, and we probably can't change that any more than we can change whether we're gay or straight. So please no slamming if you don't like what I like ok?
Also, for the record, I am fairly certain that I am straight. Certainly I have never fallen in love with another woman before, though I have with men. But that doesn't mean I don't admire sexy women as well as men- because I do...and I think that there is nothing wrong with that. For one thing, why shouldn't women be praised for being sexy if they in fact are? I never want to be part of that mysogynistic culture that puts other women down for being sexually confident and knowing what they want (see posts on River Song, Dr Who and sexuality).
I'm starting off with Spooks, because I am obsessed with it at the moment and because in series nine I found Ruth suddenly sexier times twenty. Screen caps from cbjfan44 on the Nicola Walker forum:
And Ruth in glasses! I have no idea why I found this hot, but I did :P
Also, Nicola with short hair... I don't why, but incredibly sexy :P
The thing about Nicola Walker is I don't think she is beautiful at all. She actually has always struck me as being incredibly plain, especially for someone in the field of work that she is in (I don't mean this in a negative way because you can be sexy but not conventionally beautiful).
She's almost so plain that it makes her compelling (though this is of course only my own opinion. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that) Actually I think the world already has a theory about that. Agatha Christie once got Poirot to spell it out in one of his mysteries. It basically amounted to the idea that you can be the most gorgeous male or female in the world, and still not have any sex appeal. And you can be quite plain, and somehow have more sex appeal with a big SA than a drop dead gorgeous person.
More pics to come: going out now with my flat mate :P
EDIT: OMG JUST WATCHED NICOLA IN THE FIRST THREE EPISODES OF CHALK. ONE THING FLIST, ONE THING: IN CHALK SHE IS PURE SEX... I DO NOT TELL A LIE.
I do not joke... Suzie Travis is my new female crush... move over River Song! (When writing this I did have the weird idea of a crossover fan fic of dr who and chalk involving both those two... yeah my mind works in myseterious ways). Maybe it's NICOLA IN RED THAT OVERTHROWS THE GREAT RIVER. WEIRD BUT TRUE STORY... I always wanted Ruth to wear more red (to briefly explain my fave colour is bright red and I think Nicola suits strong colours and it used to drive me up the wall post series two how she NEVER EVER got to wear them), I'm pretty sure she did once way back in series two days, but I WANTED IT TO HAPPEN ALL OF THE TIME. And in Chalk it kind of does? Also, I like her 90's outfits. And short hair. (so now I have a short hair fetish to go with my messy hair (cough Helena in everything ever but especially Bellatrix Lestrange and River Song) fetish in women. Awesome :D)
Anyway, Nicola is love. Or God. Take your pick.
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Date: 2010-11-21 07:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-21 07:09 pm (UTC)I can't decide about Nicola at all. One second I think she's beautiful and the next plain and the next oddly striking and then back to beautiful again. I really, really don't know at all.
But it doesn't matter, because she is still sexy :P
ps: feel free to post some sexy male/female pics on here if you'd like to share. I was actually going to post way more but ran out of time and only just got back now. As you could probably guess... because River Song should be in this post for sure!
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Date: 2010-11-23 09:06 am (UTC)Hmmm, I'm trying to think of who I find sexy. I am not normally attracted to Hollywood types, but of course the only ones I can think of now make me embarrassed to be so mainstream! LOL
I do love Andy Schleck, something about a cyclist. (And the fact that the Schleck brothers strike me as such lovely lovely people!)
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Date: 2010-11-23 09:52 am (UTC)And don't be embarassed about who you find sexy. It doesn't matter if they're mainstream. I was actually going to post more pics of other people but ran out of time. I will have to do a part 2 post :P Johnny Depp is up there for me, and John Simm and James McAvoy and Richard Armitage :)
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Date: 2010-11-23 10:42 pm (UTC)Nicola was my first ever crush - first episode of Chalk and I fell in love, was far too young to watch it but hey never mind when you're the baby you get away with everything.
I do think she's beautiful it's her eyes and I still have a think for blue eyes (even if my wife has brown ones) I like the short hair as well there is a picture out there somewhere of a photo shoot she has short hair and it wet and she just looks so hot ......
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Date: 2010-11-23 10:53 pm (UTC)I'm pretty sure my first ever crush was David Wenham in Seachange. Damn he broke my lil eleven year old heart.
I also have a major crush on HBC in everything ever... but especially Mrs Lovett... Mrs Lovett is also pure sex ;)
Nicola is especially great because she catches me by surprise when she is hot. Because most of the time, I personally don't find her that attractive as explained in OP. But then I have a serious thing for Nicola with short hair like you wouldn't believe... also in Luther, the scene where she is in bed...that scene made me think 'eh Nicola is really beautiful in this scene' and so I can never decide what I think because I am like a Nicola yo yo or something.
AND OMG WOMAN. THIS PHOTOSHOOT. PLEASE LINK ME. NOW.
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Date: 2011-01-11 03:05 am (UTC)I overlooked Nicola Walker's character of Ruth Evershed until the episode in which Malcolm cajoled her into meeting that guy at the Mozart sing-along. Her nervousness was actually very appealing to me.
Ms. Walker is a terrific actress and verrrry sexy, too. I'm not sure what it is about her, but it is powerful.
Re: Nicola Walker
Date: 2011-01-11 05:32 am (UTC)Not only is Ms Walker a terrific actress, she also has a beautiful smile (ffs directors why do you never capitalise on this?) and is lovely in person- by far one of the nicest people I have ever met.
My favourite actress is Helena Bonham Carter. I love her eccentricity and kookiness and determination to be herself that goes with her astonishing acting talent, but I think Nicola is almost on par with her now for me. I think Nicola is a very realistic actress and in stuff like Luther I have to remind myself I am still just watching Nicola. The only other actress I can think of who convinced me that thoroughly (aside from Helena) is Miranda Richardson in roles like the ones she had in Spider.
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Date: 2011-06-05 09:48 pm (UTC)Спасибо за статью
Date: 2011-07-09 07:18 am (UTC)Благодарю за блог
Date: 2011-07-18 06:10 pm (UTC)Все стильно написано
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