Rejected women’s humor & a couple a’ nudes
(“female humor” cartoon by carolita johnson)
The Author has been exhorting me to recommence activities on newyorkette, so here we go. Today’s reject du jour is what would be called “women’s humor,” mainly because you really have to be a women (or a creepy guy) to understand it. Which must be why it was rejected!
Many of us dames know very well that perplexing moment when a male of the species decides to give us his gratuitous appraisal and benediction. It begins with, “Hey, beautiful! Nice (insert body part/s here)!” which appraisal is bizarrely capped with a “God Bless You!” upon your refusal to acknowledge it.
It makes you wonder what the perceived-as-ugly girls have to hear. (“Hey, you’re ugly! God damn you!” ??) Every time I hear this “God bless you,” I wonder who the outspoken little man thinks he is! Blessing me? Is he the pope or something? Is it translatable to “So, not interested? That’s okay! Vaya con Dios!” I guess it’s better than the alternative, which goes something like, “Hey, say thank you! Hey, you bitch! Say thank you, bitch!”
And I like men, that’s what’s kind of ironic!
Anyway, for you men who want nothing to do with the discourse above, here’s a couple of nice, naked ladies! (Actually the same lady, below!) I went to a figure drawing meet-up, and got to do some figure drawing from a live naked model for the first time in… 20 years? More! Not since foundation year at Parson’s! It was a pleasure. More to come. (Both are 6B or 8B pencil on 11×17 sketchpad).
(This was a 20 minute pose. I didn’t really get to spend much time on her face, because I got caught up in working her lone sandal—which I’m pretty happy with.)
(And this was a 15 minute pose.)
June 26th, 2007 at 4:01 am
Well, I must be a creepy guy because I laughed out loud at the Sidewalk Pope.
Thanks – and God bless you!
June 26th, 2007 at 9:29 am
Ha! I was just rereading that post, and thinking of adding in the qualifier (... or a very sensitive man seeking to understand). So there you go! You’re the third party!
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Good to know! And I’m certainly glad a dude laughed at it! That made my day!! Thanks, babe! Nice testicles! God bless you!
June 28th, 2007 at 7:17 am
The “god bless you” at the end must be a New York or American thing because I’ve never heard it used, and I’ve certainly never used it myself. Not that I randomly tell women that they have nice (insert body part/s here)!
July 9th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
I’d be curious to know if you have any favorite NYC life drawing venues that you can recommend. The last time I regularly attended life classes was in the 80s at the Art Students League. Unfortunately 2 of my teachers, Gregory D’Alessio (a syndicated cartoonist) and John Groth (the 1st cartoon editor of Esquire and a lovely man) passed away; they were both in their 80s. Later I took a few classes with D’Alessio’s widow, Hilda Terry, but, admittedly, she seemed a little out of it. (She’s mentioned in one of the women cartoonists books from a few years back.)
I went to School of Visual Arts for 3 years, but the only life class was required in the 1st year, and the emphasis was on “contour drawing.”
I always look forward to seeing your work in The New Yorker. By the way, during a bout of insomnia the other night, I happened a upon a Betty Grable movie “Pin Up Girl” where Betty is reading the then current issue (c.1944) of The New Yorker. I don’t know of any other films that actually show the magazine on camera, especially from the 30s or 40s.