Sense & Sensuality

...sex, succulence, spirit. And some satire and sarcasm. But not as much. This is the yummy page.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Female* sexual desire and/or beauty appreciation week: the saga continues

(archiving here)

Liya Kebede


Lauren Ambrose objectifying Mena Suvari in "Six Feet Under"


(*personally would also welcome expressions of queer/genderqueer desire by not-necessarily-female persons)

...has been informally declared and is being celebrated, among other places, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Since I'm both lazy this week and in awe of this woman's efforts to display the gorgeous, week after week, I'm going to kick this off by both paying her homage and shamelessly lifting some of my favorite images from her treasure trove (hope that's all right). Yes, she has way, way more where these came from--98 pages' worth of women alone, and a whole passel of gentlemen (almost as many as women), and art pics to boot. Thanks, skywardprodigal, you are an inspiration, truly.

You can also see my contributions to earlier versions of this celebration on my other page. Also see this recent post for teh slash, I guess.

Most of the following, then, are cribbed shamelessly from skywardprodigal, with a few additions of my own, can't be arsed to remember for positive which now alas--a Maggie Cheung, I think, Aishwarya Rai, and some Alex Kingston. (ETA: and Rachel Weisz, and Grace Park, and Kera Knightley, and...screw it, I lost track. sorry if I broke anyone's Internets).

Sunna Gottshalk


Freema Agyeman


Lauren Ambrose


Grace Park


Patricia Clarkson


Justina Machado


Evan Rachel Wood


Eve Myles


Nichelle Nichols


Aishwarya Rai


Lucy Lawless


Sheryl Lee Ralph


Rachel Weisz


Naoko Mori


Alex Kingston


Wang Wenquin


Frances Conroy


Kiera Knightley


Lisa Nicole Carson


Mumaith Khan


Mena Suvari


Renee Cox


Sandra Oh


Heidi Klum


Gong Li


Josephine Rukia


Michelle Forbes


Tina Baltzer


Aimee Mullins


Maggie Cheung


Pam Grier


Joan Chen


Michelle Rodriguez


Deborah Ann Woll


Sophia Myles




Julie Nicol


Caroline Chikezie


Madhuri Dixit


Katee Sackhoff & Mary McDonnell


Meryl Streep & Anne Hathaway


Omahyra Mota & friend


Anna Cleveland and Pat Cleveland


Candis Cayne and Cyndi Lauper


Maggie Cheung & co-star


Omahyra Mota and Boyd Holbrook


Helen Mirren and Olivier Martinez


Aimee Mullins & Matthew Barney ("Cremaster")



Carmen Del'Orifice & friend


Evan Rachel Wood and friend


Indira Varma and Sarita Choudhury




Brandi Quinones & friends


Gena Rowlands