AMERICAN GLADIATORS AND FEMALE BODYBUILDING By Bill Dobbbins When modern bodybuilding competition for women began in the late 1970s our culture was introduced to a very new kind of body – “something new under the sun.” It has taken quite a while for people to accept the aesthetically muscular female physique. There has been a… Read More AMERICAN GLADIATORS AND FEMALE BODYBUILDING
FEMALE MUSCLE: Where Feminism Has Failed Women By Bill Dobbins http://www.billdobbins.com The progress that women, primarily in western culture, have made since the latter half of the 19th century is amazing. This is especially evident when you look at the status of women in parts of the world that have not gone through this evolutionary… Read More FEMALE MUSCLE: Where Feminism Has Failed Women
NATURE OF REVOLUTION I read an interesting quote in a book recently: “It would hardly be a revolution if everyone agreed with it at the beginning, would it?” This applies to most areas of our culture, from taste and social conventions, fashion, psychology and even medicine and scientific knowledge. This especially applies to my photos… Read More MY PHOTOS: REAL REVOLUTION TAKES TIME
THE AGE OF FREE PORN We live in an age of free porn on the Internet and any magazines should keep this in mind when they are thinking about publishing photos of sexy women to attract readers. Penthouse went out of business at one point trying to chase the Internet in terms of erotic content.… Read More “GIRLIE” PHOTOS AND FAILING FITNESS MAGAZINES
A CRISIS POINT Bodybuilding for women seems to have reached a crisis point in its development, at least at the pro level. Female bodybuilding has been removed from the Ms. International competition and this seems to be a threat that extends to other IFBB pro events. The International Federation of Bodybuilders seems to feel there is… Read More THE GROWING PAINS OF FEMALE BODYBUILDING
MY NEW GALLERY ASSOCIATION I have consciously been doing fine art photos of aesthetically muscular female physiques for decades. I would quite often ask myself how a given image would look on the wall of a museum or gallery. Over time my photos have been exhibited in two museums, a half dozen galleries and been… Read More THE FEMALE PHYSIQUE AND MY ART PHOTOS
