The Suicide Girls: Pornography, Art, Feminism or None of the Above?

The Suicide Girls are a growing group of girls whom model nude or partially nude. As an organization The Suicide Girls have their own magazine, their own internet and premium television programming, and many affiliations with a variety of companies and social groups most notably those involved in art, music, and entertainment.

Many people have debated whether the Suicide Girl's photography and videos are considered pornography or art. Some have suggested that they represent a modern expression of feminism mainly based on the social concept that women who expose skin in today's world aren't being slutty rather they are expressing their comfort with their bodies and their open support of individual freedom.

While most of society has been conditioned to associate any kind of nudity with adult content and sexual behavior, the Suicide Girls are often lumped in the broad group of pornography and adult content. In one way this is true, after all many people view the Suicide Girls and see them as a source of sexual pleasure and arousal, but unlike the majority of modern pornography, the Suicide Girls generally are not shown engaging in any sexual acts, rather various stages of getting undressed or in various poses. For this reason, the Suicide Girls are more an art form then raw exposed symbols of sex.

Most of the Suicide Girls are tattooed and pierced, a nod to the culture that has created and embraced them. However just because they are inked and pierced does not mean they are automatically sexually promiscuous or deviant just because of their rebellious appearances. Of course defining them as art or as pornography is ultimately up to the person viewing their photos.