The Project A team of friends and artists in Brooklyn's queer community came together in 2006 to refocus the traditional girlie calendar through an all-female lens. Every Brooklyn Girls calendar features not impossible females but real live queer femmes you'd see around the neighborhood. The 2007 calendar paid homage to classic pinup girls of the past 12 decades. The 2008 calendar was a swimsuit edition, bringing together an all-new group of local ladies at our favorite—and soon-to-be-torn-down—summer playland: Coney Island. The Brooklyn Girls donned swimsuits furnished by local designers and boutiques. As with last year’s calendar, this project offers a new group of ladies from Brooklyn, but is fashioned after images made popular by pinup artists Elvgren and Vargas. The calendar showcases a dozen campy career girls in authentic vintage garments, lingerie and swimwear. From the Head of the Class to the Chemist Queenie, Women at Work pays homage to classic pinup while poking fun at traditional gender roles. The I Heart Brooklyn Girls calendars not only show off the foxy, feisty femme contingent of one of Brooklyn's most vital communities, but also redress stereotypes of what pinup calendars—and lesbians—are about, both on and underneath the surface. A portion of the proceeds of all Brooklyn Girls calendars are donated to organizations we support. For 2009, 10% goes to The Lesbian Herstory Archives, an organization that preserves records of lesbian history to make available to future generations.
The Project
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήA team of friends and artists in Brooklyn's queer community came together in 2006 to refocus the traditional girlie calendar through an all-female lens. Every Brooklyn Girls calendar features not impossible females but real live queer femmes you'd see around the neighborhood. The 2007 calendar paid homage to classic pinup girls of the past 12 decades. The 2008 calendar was a swimsuit edition, bringing together an all-new group of local ladies at our favorite—and soon-to-be-torn-down—summer playland: Coney Island. The Brooklyn Girls donned swimsuits furnished by local designers and boutiques.
As with last year’s calendar, this project offers a new group of ladies from Brooklyn, but is fashioned after images made popular by pinup artists Elvgren and Vargas. The calendar showcases a dozen campy career girls in authentic vintage garments, lingerie and swimwear. From the Head of the Class to the Chemist Queenie, Women at Work pays homage to classic pinup while poking fun at traditional gender roles.
The I Heart Brooklyn Girls calendars not only show off the foxy, feisty femme contingent of one of Brooklyn's most vital communities, but also redress stereotypes of what pinup calendars—and lesbians—are about, both on and underneath the surface.
A portion of the proceeds of all Brooklyn Girls calendars are donated to organizations we support. For 2009, 10% goes to The Lesbian Herstory Archives, an organization that preserves records of lesbian history to make available to future generations.