Cigar Advisor Publishes Article on Vintage Cigar Ads
Easton, PA (PRWEB) November 11, 2013 -- The all-new Cigar Advisor Magazine is an online cigar magazine that brings a fresh, irreverent, and down-to-earth perspective on all things cigars to thousands of smokers. In addition to educational cigar content and behind-the-scenes cigar industry articles from some of the business’s top names, Cigar Advisor delivers an array of content about a variety of topics of interest to people who enjoy the cigar lifestyle. The magazine also features cigar reviews and ratings submitted by real smokers. Cigar Advisor Magazine has posted an essay entitled, “Vintage Cigar Smut (Or, when is a cigar not a cigar, but a fetish?)." Written by pop culture historian, author, and smut maven, Jim Linderman, he begs the following question: "When the world's most famous fetish model, Dita Von Teese, poses with a cigar, is she really smoking it or simply covering all fetish bases in her quest to replace Bettie Page as the most recognized fetishistic pin-up model of all time?"
As times changed the pictures became more and more provocative. The cigar ad with the sexy babe holding a cigar to her lips is virtually passé, when you compare them to the myriad websites today that provide much more erotic photographs of women seductively puffing away; sites that aren't necessarily intended for avid cigar smokers.
Things were less overt during earlier times in America. "World War II pin-ups may have been smoking hot, but they were not generally smoking cigars," writes Linderman. He also asserts that pin-up girls like Betty Grable, were "virtually invented for army foot lockers and duffel bags," but were usually relegated to promoting cigarettes.
Going back even further, Linderman touches on the famous photo of Bonnie Parker leaning on the hood of Clyde's car with one leg up on the bumper while holding a cigar in one hand and a gun in the other. "Despite her 'less than Faye Dunaway' looks," writes Linderman, "she not only became the first notable woman sprawled over an automobile, she became an early symbol of female rebellion."
Suffice it to say, it's not the cigar, but what the cigar represents.
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Cigar Advisor magazine is a digital publication created for real cigar enthusiasts who love tobacco and live the lifestyle. Cigar smokers are passionate about almost everything they do - whether it's the drinks they savor, the food they devour, the cars and motorcycles they dream of, the sports they're fanatical about or the women they love, Cigar Advisor shares those passions with a razor-sharp edge, soaking up each day and experience as if it were our last. Find that passion and more on display at CigarAdvisor.com.
John Pullo, Cigar Advisor Magazine, http://www.cigaradvisor.com, 610-559-7000 Ext: 159, [email protected]
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