My favourite of my sets, Water has been sitting in MR for almost three months and I must say that it makes me a bit confused. Looking at other MR sets and frontpage even more confused.

Is it that the recession makes people crave for safety and peace? Just like women were forced back to suburbs and the maternal role after WWII, the SG audience wants their girls pretty and innocent? There has been some great photography and modelling on the frontpage, yes, but the lack of emotional and political sets make me wonder if this is what they are looking for now.

For example, Charlie's Kinda Scary and Prussia's I want to believe showcase beauty that isn't easy. It's independent, strong and sexy but not something you could control.

The thing I despise in traditional pornography is the feeling of subjugation that has nothing to do with S/M but with the power relations in the society. Women are portrayed like mindless dolls without will of their own, something that the spectator has power over. Portrayal of the fantasy to have control over another human being.

SG in it's early days broke that pattern by creating a space for women to portray themselves in their own terms, to be subjected to the gaze and in the same time in control of it. And I'm not saying that one can't portray her/himself in a powerless way and still have control over the situation, just that the sets with opposite themes tend to be forgotten, they are not given the place to be part of site's canon.
I am fascinated by different ways of portraying women and the diversity is what matters to me. And there seems to be so little of that nowadays.

At times I hope that members' and models' opinions would matter more and create a renaissance of creative and mind-blowing sets. And on the other hand, I believe that the silent majority votes with their subscriptions... Would you like to have art challenging your perceptions or something nice and normal for your $4?

Your result for The Which Suicide Girl Are You Test...
Venla Suicide

Stong. Gorgeous. Feministical.



You are Venla! You somehow manage the perfect marriage between glamor and feminism - not that you would ever consider something as bourgiose as marriage. You are radically progressive and have a killer intellect to back up those stunning looks.

When you aren't getting naked on the internet you can usually be found on the other side of the camera, or with your nose in a book.



Someone actgually seems to know me quite well, thoug I have never heard the word 'feministical' before. Maybe I need to read more books.

ps

New set on Zivity!





Joining for a trial account is still free so go on and take a look at my two sets, Whiteout and Venla ♥







ps Water is still in MR, I'd love to see it going frontpage

xxx
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I think it tells you something about the music I like to listen to that when I was scanning some photographs, my roommate asked me what are we listening to. "Nothing, this is not music, it's the scanner."

It's Holga time <3


Wintertime in Finland


Tram in Helsinki


Helsinki Central Railwaystation

I love this return to film, been thinking about starting to shoot with my old Yashica again.

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ps Water is still in MR, I'd love to see it going frontpage

Venla's household tips - cooking



Gas mask is really useful when chopping onions - no more tears on your precious meals.



Recommended by yours truly.

Good things:

+the move is finally over. You can see the last thing we did to my old bathroom here
+I finally found the articles for my seminaire I'll have to write by next wednesday. I love studying but wish I were a little less perfectionist.
+burlesque ♥



+All the wonderful and meaningful comments on my latest set ♥
+I love the fact that tags are no more anonymous, yay!
+New set ideas

Neutral

*still waiting my MR set to be bought
*I'm a bit worried to send in new stuff
*the inability of the internet people to understand a) the meaning of tagging system (not just here, I hate unuseful LJ-tags, tagging your coffee mug as a person in FB, etc - I'm a bit autistic when it comes to proper use of a system) b) "I tagged 'bum' on set X and now it has someone else's name next to it, OH MY GOD WHAT IS THIS???!" *head -> desk*
*my inability to understand less tech savvy people

Negative
-Tiredness
-Too much things to do in a short period of time
-Need to find a new job or find the courage to sell myself as a freelancer (we Finns tend to be bad at giving praise to ourselves)
-Need to pay some student benefits back and don't have the money because of the move Well, at least I have a nice home to be poor in.

Well, I'll try to stay focused on the good things like free weekend to make good food and take pics, my new baby (Cherry's old Sigma) I'm in love with and my kick-ass MR set which I leave behind the spoilers

ps. I'm making myself a cartfly store on https://venlation.cartfly.com/ and will be putting more prints there. I know the prices are a bit high compared to US girls but the posting is included and would be around $10 to most of the countries. If you are interested in buying a print from my Zivity set (joining is still free) just email me the # of the pics

Please welcome my new set, Water by Miranda to the site. It was the last thing shot in my old apartment because I felt like not using that incredibly hideous bathroom would have been an insult of some sort.





It is inspired by my love for old scool fetish photography, film noir and early studies on dissatsfied women in suburbs. Dedicated to Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, this set explores one way of coping with the problem with no name.





I love to see how my visions evolve when working with someone and bring out results that exceed the original idea and bring out something extraordinary.





I'm extremely satisfied how this set came out and pleased to be able to share our work with you.

Love,
Venla

What was the first thing I did after moving to my new home?



Found a free WLAN that worked only around the kitchen window and resumed my IRC screen

ps.



Remember to vote for me in Zivity -joining is free

I think I might be naked on the Internet again



Join Zivity for free to see the whole set and cast a vote or two for me



I'll be selling prints from that set too, send me a message to Venlation@gmail.com for more information.



xx