tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446934091520682321.post3551414113806235870..comments2011-04-30T16:37:32.236-07:00Comments on sixfivefive: Speaking of things that are lame:evahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907813766523731965noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446934091520682321.post-24053958972714769952009-12-05T19:43:31.278-08:002009-12-05T19:43:31.278-08:00Eva, I so agree. I think sexual expression is gr...Eva, I so agree. I think sexual expression is great; even, the use of nudity to convey a effecitve message is okay also. However, the message this imagery communicates is quite troubling. The editors are clearly misogynists. Moreover, if it were a naked male body instead of a naked woman's body there would be LOUD objections from the rooftops, at every level of management, the publisher and the public. However, the patriarchal dominant society we live in finds it quite acceptable, even invites the degradation and objectification of women. That is so disturbing. <br /><br />Best, BCR from <a href="http://smoothfemdom.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">smoothfemdom.blogspot.com</a>BCRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07002912521814704463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446934091520682321.post-29758678598721616432009-09-27T13:10:55.640-07:002009-09-27T13:10:55.640-07:00wow. that's such a terrible story, but thank y...wow. that's such a terrible story, but thank you for sharing and for the support.evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907813766523731965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446934091520682321.post-23598290580946374952009-09-26T18:59:46.181-07:002009-09-26T18:59:46.181-07:00I agree, fully. The culture is so steeped in sexis...I agree, fully. The culture is so steeped in sexist bullshit as is. Last week at a bike store a shop owner flat out told me that my (really awesome) track bike that I've spent the last two months working on was "too nice for a girl." Actually, that's pretty much the response I get whenever I encounter bike snob dudes. So this magazine - same bullshit. We're good enough to be naked on the cover of magazines but not good enough to be on their level (even if we have the bikes to back it up).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446934091520682321.post-76590257354472129562009-09-21T03:20:38.520-07:002009-09-21T03:20:38.520-07:00Hi there,
We never wanted to be misogyn by doing ...Hi there,<br /><br />We never wanted to be misogyn by doing this cover.<br />Through as we felt that it could be unapropriate for kids/or certain audience, we also have a different cover for this issue. for whom do not like this one check on our weblog : http://fixemagazine.blogspot.com/.<br /><br />our point with this cover is just aesthetic. the Photographer Dimitri Coste is a world renomed fashion photographer, and it doesnt imply any crude nudity. this cover issue is a keeper for collectors, it has to be seen as an art piece. all the shops /or news stand have recieved the other cover.<br /><br />If you look in the mag, there is a feature about girls involved in fixed gear movment. we love to ride with girls, and we are all about seing more girls on bikes, and not for any stupid reason. If we wanted to drag beer/muchomacho anoucers we would probably run a trucker magazine<br /><br />thruth is that here in France we are way more relax about nudity and to be honest we love that cover as much as the other one, because we thought this is definitively a beautiful picture. It is also a way for us to express our way of doing a magazine :<br />we do it the way we feel, with pride and no concession to what is considered to be "politicaly correct".<br /><br />If you feel like sendding us a text about your point of view, we will feel happy to publish it in the next issue without any modification (except if it is no suitable for general audience) we are very open minded, and we do not think we hold the thruth!<br />send us a message over the blog or by email<br /><br />Do we need to put a naked male on the next cover, to make it fair???<br /><br />thanks anyway for helping us to get better!<br /><br />hope to hear from you soon and sorry for the quality of my english!<br /><br />best regards,<br /><br />Christian Van Hanja,<br />& the cream teamFIXÉ MAGAZINEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07769278481040022885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446934091520682321.post-26168858232246476222009-09-11T09:21:57.332-07:002009-09-11T09:21:57.332-07:00It would simply be inaccurate to assume that this ...It would simply be inaccurate to assume that this magazine cover is the first convergence of cycling and nudity- that isn't the point. <br /><br />What's disturbing to me is that I can't pick up a cycling magazine without feeling straight up LEFT-OUT because the only images of women I see are objectified. Why must our participation be limited to images that exploit our bodies? I took particular offense to this magazine because I guess it attempts to convey a culture I am heavily steeped in.evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907813766523731965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446934091520682321.post-76024873007763685952009-09-10T17:11:39.283-07:002009-09-10T17:11:39.283-07:00Sex and content aren't mutually exclusive, and...Sex and content aren't mutually exclusive, and neither (necessarily) compromises the other when under the same umbrella. Cycling's no stranger to this. See Dirtrag #105's cover with Christina Begy, a 24-hour racer. BC's Muddbunnies have a nude calendar.<br /><br />Does this compromise their credibility as a serious cycling mag, or as serious riders?<br /><br />Maybe it has something to do with dirt. Mtb and cross are no stranger to nude dood.Eeberleeberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528944161932878735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446934091520682321.post-48618035018493948842009-09-10T14:53:54.639-07:002009-09-10T14:53:54.639-07:00john its crazy for you to say that to people. its ...john its crazy for you to say that to people. its as if your saying that in order to have some kind of meaningful opinion about a magazine one must also be a magazine publisher which is bullshit.danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446276375616257487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446934091520682321.post-9995626955864806882009-09-10T12:30:50.752-07:002009-09-10T12:30:50.752-07:00does sitting down and writing my thoughts in an or...does sitting down and writing my thoughts in an organized fashion not count as "doing something"?evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907813766523731965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446934091520682321.post-87271021326781257462009-09-09T14:23:01.233-07:002009-09-09T14:23:01.233-07:00Take all this energy and do something with it. Lik...Take all this energy and do something with it. Like make a magazine. <br /><br />;-)Prollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361235576008388483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5446934091520682321.post-67965047778253127172009-09-02T04:55:00.834-07:002009-09-02T04:55:00.834-07:00i love you eva, in the most heterosexual way possi...i love you eva, in the most heterosexual way possiblekate b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03271944468441270881noreply@blogger.com