Welcome to NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday! This week we’re looking at art that tangentially relates to tastefully naked lesbians.
Look, a gallery! (For more Cristy C Road, go HERE and for more Laurenn McCubbin, go HERE.)
- via queerinnature.tumblr.com
- “Kiss” by Pizelle Komix Girl via flickr
- by samara ilustradora via flickr
- “Communication” by Jean Zapata via deviantart
- “Another Woman” by Cristy Road via http://www.croadcore.org/girls.htm
- By Perfume Rose via deviantart
- “Boats” via Cristy C Road
- by Aire Retro via flickr
- by beris via flickr
- by Eugene Bilbrew via vintage sleaze
- by franz von bayros via lesbianart.tumblr.com
- by Innita Para No via flickr
- by Laurel Holloman
- by Mina MIlk
- by Samara Illustradora via flickr
- by Satya House, via flickr
- by Cristy C Road
- fumee 09 by Etienne Gros
- giperrealizm omara ortiza 23 kartiny via elles.tumblr.com
- Girlfriend print by Laurenn McCubbin
- Leaves Fly Byby by Ann Mei
- illustration by eiko ojala
- “in the dark” by malika favre
- Interlove by Noiradrenalin via deviantart
- By Juliette Gorges Coppens via lesbianarttumblr
- by Cristy C Road
- “Mariko Passion” by Laurenn McCubbin
- “Mars the gackle & the two-headed girl,” by Jen Mann
- Morningpose by Gaving Worth
- via queerbrownxx.tumblr.com
- “New Pinup” by Rafajenn via lingerielesbian.tumblr.com
- Oil on Canvas by Irit Rainbowits
- oil painting by Kcreeeves via deviantart
- “Parties Jaunes” by Etienne Gros
- “Pinned” by Laurenn McCubbin
- Rainbow Brite and Lala Orange by Fab Ciraolo via suicideblonde
- The Echo 1911 by Jean-Francois Auburtin
- via abberantbeauty.tumblr.com
- via almatadero via flickr
- by jedediaj on piccsy.com
- via mianami bastardsasma via deviantart
- via nerdinlove.tumblr.com
- via sapphoria.tumblr.com
- via sapphoria.tumblr.com
- via tomsmith65.tumblr.com
- “woman” by Willem de Kooking
- Women by Auguste Rodin
- via queerinnature.tubmlr.com
- by kcreeves via deviantart
Related:
+ If you have not read Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For, you need to go do that first.
+ !W.A.R.: Voices of a Movement is a ground-breaking documentary on women, art and change by director Lynn Hershman Leeson. Interview videos, transcripts and biographies from the documentary are available through Stanford. Because nothing is sexier than feminist change.
+ Did you know the Guerrilla Girls were still active?
+ The Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art was established in 1990 and provides a showcase for art that is often prevented from appearing in other galleries.
+ Once upon a time Autostraddle covered the Most Iconic Lesbionic Photos Ever. And the wage gap for creative women.
+ Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History, by artist and art teacher Harmony Hammond, is a in-depth look at lesbian art in the twentieth century. From Publisher’s Weekly:
“Lesbians have an uneasy relationship with the art world establishment. […] Hammond combines a historical overview of art shows, conferences and publications with written portraits of, and interviews with, representative artists from diverse backgrounds. Internationally recognized artists like Kate Millett, Louise Fishman and Catherine Opie rub elbows with those known primarily within political circles. While the writing offers little in the way of formal analysis, the collection itself is a handsome tribute to lesbian creativity.”
+ Naked Truths: Women, Sexuality, and Gender in Classical Art and Archaeology, edited by Natalie Boymel Kapman, Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, and Claire L. Lyons, according to Amazon:
“The articles in Naked Truths demonstrate the application of feminist theory to a diverse repertory of classical art: they offer topical and controversial readings on the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean. This volume presents a timely, provocative and beautifully illustrated re-evaluation of how the issues of gender, identity and sexuality reveal ‘naked truths’ about fundamental human values and social realities, through the compelling symbolism of the body.”
+ Outlooks: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities and Visual Cultures, edited by Peter Horne and Reina Lewis, looks at gender identity and visual expression. According to Amazon:
“Outlooks explores the relationship of lesbian and gay sexualities to visual representation. […] This volume provides a space for lesbian and gay artists to exhibit their work and discuss its relationship to sexuality. It allows for a wide ranging theoretical and historical discussion of the place of lesbian and gay men within visual cultures and shows how much has been missed by a heterosexist approach to art history and the study of culture.”
+ Also, check out: The Female Nude: Art, Obscenity, and Sexuality, by Lynda Nead; Power Up: Female Pop Art, by Angela Stief; and Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism, by Roger Cardinal, Mary Ann Caws and Patricia Allmer.
![via-hegre-art-via-tiny-nibbles](https://www.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/via-hegre-art-via-tiny-nibbles.jpeg?resize=500%2C376)
via hegreart via tinynibbles.com
And also:
+ Audible is giving the 500th episode of In Bed with Susie Bright away for free.
+ This sex toy or kitchen utensil quiz is surprisingly challenging.
+ It’s never too early to start learning how to make a vulva costume for next Halloween.
![lesbian-spiderman-via-pinktacolovers](https://www.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/lesbian-spiderman-via-pinktacolovers.jpeg?resize=500%2C355)
via pinktacolovers.tumblr.com
+ Support for vibrators is on the rise:
“Researchers enlisted over 2,000 women and 1,000 men to take part in the online study. Participants were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with positive statements like, ‘[a vibrator] is a healthy part of many women’s sex lives.’ They were also asked if they agreed with negative statements like, ‘[a vibrator] makes women too dependent on them for pleasure.’ Around 50% of participants ‘agreed’ or ‘strongly agreed’ with all positive beliefs about vibrators, while less than 10% harbored decidedly negative feelings.”
![laisser-sortir.tumblr](https://www.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/laisser-sortir.tumblr.png?resize=500%2C369)
via laisser-sortir.tumblr
+ Why the word “cunt” is better than “pussy”:
“Slowly I’m getting used to people referring to my cunt as a pussy. But I don’t have to like it. I don’t have to encourage it. I tolerate it.
Then someone brought up the fact that cunt is, for most people, one of the most derogatory words you can call a woman. How can I like it when it’s used so negatively, has such baggage? And I say to them: you think cunt is offensive? You think cunt indicates disrespect? You think cunt is worse than pussy? Think about it. Cunt might be insulting, but pussy is condescending. Who gets called a cunt? Ball-busting, mean-ass, hatchet-hard women who have seriously pissed you off.”
![1-via-pussylequeertumblr](https://www.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1-via-pussylequeertumblr.jpeg?resize=500%2C500)
via pussylequeer.tumblr.com
Disclaimer: All of the photographs on NSFW Sundays are taken from various tumblrs and do not belong to us. All are linked and credited to the best of our abilities in hopes of attracting more traffic to the tumblrs and photographers who have blessed us with this imagery. The inclusion of a photograph here should not be interpreted as an assertion of the model’s gender identity or sexual orientation. If there is a photo included here that belongs to you and you want it removed, please email bren [at] autostraddle dot com and it will be removed promptly, no questions asked.
This is my favorite album yet.
i love this gallery!
Reason why I love Autostraddle n°647 : every week the NSFW Sunday gallery makes me think “damn how do they know I love that? This is the best gallery ever!”, and then every time the next week I am proven wrong with an even more awesome gallery.
Also that first picture after the gallery, hot damn.
(Oh there’s text too? I didn’t see it.)
This is the article for me, i need to invest in these books btw!
“save as ” “save as” “save as”:
they are now on my computer :D these are wicked, I really liked kcreeves
I did this too!
Me too!!!
That ‘kitchen utensil or sex toy’ quiz was enlightening. I think I’m going to make a horror movie about the Cherry Chomper.
Is it weird that I knew almost all of the sex toys because I’m *familiar* with them. I also think anything you can use as a sex toy automatically becomes a sex toy. Don’t touch anything in my apartment.
It’s De Kooning, not De Kooking
they probs stared at too many kitchen utensils
Hehehehe, #21 and 43 made me giggle. Love the artwork.
I meant to read this post and then go do hours of algebra homework that’s due tomorrow.
Getting through the gallery took about 20 minutes, and then I spent another 15 gaping at the first pic after the gallery. Then there were the links.
Now I’m going to be up all night and you guys are amazing.
two of my favorite things, thanks!
NSFW Sunday gallery is fantastic!! Amazing artwork… love it!
The sex toy or kitchen utensil quiz was enlightening….
totally dig the art in fact it’s the best damn thing I’ve seen in a while… I love Dykes to Watch out for.. and the Guerilla Girls!!
but one seemed misplaced…
Willem de Kooning was known for his serious issues with women.. so guess I wasn’t expecting it in a lesbosexy spread
Is that the same Christie Road who wrote the hilarious story in the liner notes of Green Day’s “Kerplunk” album? Because that still makes me laugh.
So I just joined tumblr, and these posts give me so many blogs to follow!! I love it!! The cunt vs pussy debate was very pertinent to me as my gf and I had that discussion the other night. She hates the word, it’s one of my favorites :P
Leslie Lohman! LOL! Amirite?!?!
Addendum to the queermo lady-art list: Audrey Kawasaki
http://stuffqueerpeopleneedtoknow.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/kawasaki-creates-queer-women/
I just wanted to say I really really appreciate the effort the Autostraddle team is putting into including a wider range of body types in the galleries. The work you are doing and the conviction behind that work is evident. I can’t tell you how validating it feels to see bodies that look like mine reflected in the Lesbosexy posts.
Thanks for being awesome, yo.
ILU, anon.
Art Attack was one of my favoritest programs as a child.
“Who gets called a cunt? Ball-busting, mean-ass, hatchet-hard women who have seriously pissed you off.”
THIS. IN. ALL. THE. WAYS.
THIS GALLERY IS RELEVANT TO ALL OF MY INTERESTS!
Seriously though, awesome. Slash my inner art student had a running commentary going the entire time.
omg so much for cleaning my house :p