Last weeks big deal about some sort of cloud burst that rained down pics of naked celebrities has come and gone. If you've ever visited tumbler, you might know that lots of regular people take nude selfies" of theirselfies so, it's more than just Anthony Wiener and Brett Favre. People wondered: "Doesn't Jennifer Lawrence have a mirror?" I'm sure she does. I suspect that, like a lot of non-celebs, she's cognizant of being in the best shape of her life and why not document it now? You know- something to show the grandchildren, decades from now?
Well, I don't think she had them in mind but, male or female, when we get to a certain point in life, it's nice to think back to our prime and modern technology sure affords us all the opportunity. And selfies. I would imagine, are- were- a rather private way of doing nudes. Even non-nudes are prevalent, on Facebook and dating sites. My first thought when seeing an attractive woman taking her own pic is: "Doesn't a babe like that have any friends who could snap her?" I'm mostly being silly there as it's obviously an impulsive, in-the-moment snap because, why not? And with nude selfies, you have total control over possession...except for hackers....
Back in the day, when I was as young and pretty as I liked to think I was, I was invited to do porn. The inviter was a past girlfriend of mine, Extremely Blonde Susan. (Not her real name.) I call her this because Susan was as blonde as blonde gets, blonde on blonde, like a young Doris Day. I don't want to get all Sublimey here but, she appreciated my work ethic and job performance and she thought I might like to join her in her professional endeavor. I thought about it but, that wasn't me. Honestly, I also had the porn meme of the late seventies of snuff films in the back of my mind. That wasn't a serious fear, mind you but, it was one of those, ya never knows that sometimes weigh on our minds. Mostly I just thought it was too freaky for me so, I declined. We were no longer together at work or at play so, I don't even know if she went through with it.
This all came to mind when I read of the existence of a 15 minute film of Marilyn Monroe giving a blow job to an unknown man. Given her fame, that was interesting and provocative enough but, that the unknown man being pleasured was possibly President Kennedy made it very interesting. It has long been rumored that JFK and her had had an affair. Her and Bobby too. Probably. I won't hold it against them. Those were different times. Many president's have had affairs but republicans weren't the assholes that they are today and there was no Fox news back then and thus, no stupid impeachments.
J. Edgar Hoover of FBI and dress-wearing fame got a hold of the film and the Fed's studied it intensely. He hated the Kennedy's and all things Kennedy with the piss and vinegar that your average reichwing troll today has for Obama. It was most definitely Ms. Monroe in the film but the face and head of the man was never shown. Hoover had his men round up prostitutes that had been suspected of, or known to have had, sex with Kennedy. They evidently couldn't identify the penis in question as being the presidential penis. Maybe they were patriotic and protected their president? I like to think so.
Hoover's investigation was blue-balled. The film wound up in the possession of one of the FBI agents. At some point, Marilyn's ex-husband, Yankee great Joe Dimaggio, was purported to have offered the guy $20,000 for the film. That was declined but several years ago an anonymous Manhattan multi-millionaire paid $1,5 million (to the son of the agent) for the film to keep it out of nefarious hands. An expensive, but classy move. That's why I don't think the buyer was Michael Bloomberg though it could have been. I hope he doesn't show it at parties. He may have even destroyed it for all we know.
We'll likely never know for sure if it was Kennedy but, the money sure seems to speak to that. However, how did the buyer know? Caveat emptor. And to those who do nude selfies, caveat cellphonor!
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Well, here's my take. Let's go old school and say some young lass sent a picture of herself to her fellow fighting in some war (pick one) Now, is it right for some bloke to steal that letter? Of course not! I get that anything on the www can be found and exposed. Don't blame the naked folks just trying to brighten someone's day. Blame the jerks who find it amusing to steal.
Ugh, Poor Marilyn. She was so gullible and big shots took advantage, although I hear Jack and Bobby were minute men. Maybe that was a blessing.
LOL! Well, Jack and Bobby were wealthy, powerful men and a lot of ladies would overlook that. A lot of women think I'm ugly until they find out how much money I make. Then they think I'm ugly AND poor.
But, I digress. It IS theft. These aren't 'leaked' sex tapes that were fashionable several years ago when "D" list celebrities wanted to move up the list. This was an intended theft of someone's privacy. I was very offended that Fox 'news' took the premise that, if you don't want this to happen to you, "DON'T TAKE NUDE SELFIES!!!" That was Steve Douchey. Kilmeade had advised "taking the stairs instead" re the Ray Rice elevator beating.
Those stars and any non-stars have a right to do these things and I'm guessing they took steps to secure their phones or assumed THEIR phone was safe, or whatever the heck The Cloud is. This is why we have cops and courts. Some people think they can take whatever others have. "Hey- if you don't want your store to be robbed, DON'T HAVE A STORE!!" That's Douchey advice. So, yep, it's theft, pure and simple.
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