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| John Currin, "Bea Arthur Naked," 1991. |
This nude portrait of the late actress Bea Arthur, by Jon Currin, sparked quite the controversy in its day. It again sparked a bit of controversy when it went up for auction at Christie's and sold for nearly $2 million.
In the meantime, it's sparked a tiny controversy in my life too. I posted the original painting of Bea and her imagined boobs, (she did not pose for it). Soon after, I parodied the painting by putting my friend's face in it - a male friend, Jim Boldman - and posted that on Facebook too. The parody was Reported as porn. Facebook seems better, these days, at handling Reports than they used to. So, in the in end, Bea's boobs were not removed from my Timeline by Facebook, and neither were Jim's.
All that got me to thinking about boob controversies, in general, and how much people (me, in particular - and I'm a straight woman), like boobs. As Tim Minchin says in his song "Confessions":
I believe that women have the right to walk the streets at night and not be afraid for their lives. And I believe a woman has the right to choose what happens to her body without suffering the judgement of the conservative right. And I believe a woman has the right to wear the clothes she likes
without being treated like dirt... And I think we men are pathetic, how we seem to judge aesthetic as the measure of a woman's worth. I'm ashamed on behalf of my sex for making women feel like objects........
Fuck I love boobs though. I just really love them.Fuck I love boobs though. I just want to rub them.They're just so jooby. They make me feel groovyI would rather watch boobs than a movie.
Ba doop-e-do. I just really love boobs...
The beauty of boobs is transcendent. Boobs are beautiful, even on dudes. That was my theory. So, as a sort of social experiment, I started putting all kinds of dudes in boobs - famous, infamous and dude friends on Facebook, too. And so far, all the dudes I know, (straight and gay), who have been boobed by me, Liked it and so have most of their friends. In short, that's what this blog is all about - the beauty of boobs, no matter whose head they're under. My theory stands.
Here are some of my favorite funny dudes, Bea-boobed. Enjoy!
"We're number one by a mile. We already spend more on defense than the next twelve countries combined, including China, including Russia. We're like the lady on Jerry Springer who can't stop getting breast implants." - Jon Stewart
"Show my nipples, wouldja? I'm proud of my bazongas." -Jim Boldman
The image above, of Jim Boldman, (more Jim in a future post - I've boobed Jim a LOT), is the one that got me Reported on Facebook and was the real inspiration for this Dudes in Boobs blog. So, I like to thank Jim, John Currin, Bea Arthur, Tim Minchin, friends on Facebook, people in circles on Google+ and boobs all over the world.
Thank You All Very Much.
