Gloria's Oversexed Mind

Vintage Ads: Dancing for asbestos

Vintage ads: Playtex frozen forms

Not sure if you can tell, but those ladies in undies are frozen in a block of ice.

Vintage ads: wispy waspy waistline

Vintage Ads: Simoniz nudist

Vintage ads: Hanes ballerina

Mad blogger: vintage ads

I did something hellacious to my back the other day and have been advised to NOT DO ANYTHING. Argh! Of all the possible challenges anyone could give me, the challenge to simply lie around like a lump is definitely the hardest. But the reality is that my back is spasming like mad and even typing gives me twinges so....argh! On the other hand, posting images is fairly low intensity so what a fine time to share a bunch of vintage howlers from my archives.

Stay tuned for a day of weird old ads which speak volumes on how women were once perceived.

L-O-L-A LOLA

I'm down on my knees...I'm beggin' you please...

Don't name sex toys after my dead mother.  Especially not toys I'd like to try.  

This looks totally hot but I'm afraid certain personal issues prevent me....*urgh*

(latest press release from the fabulous folks at Lelo)

The Rabbit was one thing, but where was the style? Introducing LOLA - the First Ever LELO Pleasure Object with Elegant Dual-action Design

Stockholm, Sweden: LELO, the world’s leading designer brand in erotic lifestyle products, is proud to announce the launch of LOLA, an exciting new dual-action vibrator available from November 9. As LELO’s most hotly-anticipated Pleasure Object to date, LOLA promises an array of possibilities for women who prefer multiple sensations at once. With a sensual new design and no less than 8 stimulation modes (the highest number offered by LELO), she comes as the latest addition to the LELO FEMME range, exclusive Pleasure Objects for women who give pleasure the attention it deserves.

“Thrive in your senses”

LOLA marks the first stylish entrance by LELO into the fully dual-action vibrator market, with form following function to the most elegant effect. Allowing for simultaneous or alternate clitoral and vaginal stimulation, LOLA's sleek curves and body-oriented design are perfect for tantalizing a woman’s most erogenous zones. This is achieved through two individually-powered pleasure points, allowing one sensual area to heighten to intensity, while the level of vibrations is restricted elsewhere. The result is to deliver the widest range of sensations to her users, at the same time offering the level of assurance and style that people expect from the LELO brand.

LOLA will be available to buy online at www.lelo.com from November 9 onwards, as well as appearing in registered retail outlets worldwide over the coming weeks.

Recommended retail price: LOLA: 1198 SEK / 119 EURO / 159 USD / 99 GBP

Fellating fruit bats

My buddy Mike finds the most interesting things. For example, this article about a study of the blowjob habits of the fruit bat.

It raises numerous sexological questions. Do they like it here or there? Do they like it anywhere? Do they like to make a sound? Do they like it upside down?

Read on, me batty ones.

Why do you think blow jobs happen?

This is not a trick question.

Most of us would probably go for the, "Hey, that feels nice," theory of oral sex. But researchers Min Tan, Gareth Jones, Guangjian Zhu, et. al., think there may be more to it than simple pleasure. As part of their attempt to prove a practical function for oral sex, the team conducted a study of the fellatio habits of fruit bats. The paper was published October 28 in the journal PLoS ONE.

via www.boingboing.net

Read the study @PLoS ONE

Found: Georges Mouton

The question people ask me the most is "where do you find this stuff." The simple answer is that about 80% of my finds come from eBay. The trick, of course, is in the research, and letting one thing lead you to another. For example, I found this fabulous 1910 fetish illustration on eBay while researching the show on kitschy postcards I ran last week. Stuck it in my archives and took a closer look at it  last night. The fetish content intrigued me and I wanted to find out more about the pharmacist Parat and the "sequestered" wife he kept chained and in a chastity belt for fear of being cuckolded (a rough summary of the text under the image).

Googled failed me there, I couldn't find anything. So I tried looking up the artist. Again, not much...but I kept going, and added some French words to my search (doesn't hurt to be fluent in French when researching French artists ...). Aha. The artist's full name was Georges Mouton. He was born in the 19th century and died sometime in the 20th. Armed with that info, I went back to Google and to eBay as well and kept typing search terms until a a few goodies popped up. These are all postcards, and some have seen a lot of use (note, it was the custom to write on the front of cards)

 

Still, I was unable to find any biographical material on the artist George Mouton (there was a military hero of the same name), though I know he also painted depictions of French soldiers fighting in Africa, because some of those watercolors were sold at auction in the last several years. Of far more interest to me, though, are his fetishistic themes. The rough translation on this gem is "the hobbled ones are never who you think they are," a joke that most of us BDSMers can still laugh at.

Though he is obscure to us, Mouton was likely well known during his lifetime, and contributed work to at least one extremely well-respected Parisian literary journal in the late 1930s.

I found these final three watercolors on le lesbianism dans l'art.

In light of this small but delicious dribble of Mouton art, I'm convinced there must be an ocean of perversion yet to be discovered. If anyone knows more about Georges Mouton, or can recommend a URL, please drop me a line..

Gallery of Strange Art

If your budget this years means vacations are on hold, you can still get your fill of unique art on-line. Check out Mondo Bizarro Gallery, which is currently hosting a show on surrealism featuring contemporary American artists Shag, Elizabeth McGrath, Chris Mars, Scott Musgrove, Gary Taxali, Jessica Joslin, Bob Dob, Yoko Tanaka, Nathan Ota, Daniel Lim, Martha Rich, Jenn Porreca, Trevor Young, and Jason Maloney. The show will run until 3 Dec 2009.

Elizabeth McGrath

Scott Musgrove

(Thanks to Leigh for suggesting the link.)