Melania defends her nude modeling as "fine art"

[deminks]

Link to tweet

Picture of Melania's fine art jacket she wore as flotus to the border during family separation controversy that said on back, "I don't care, do u?"

Former flotus dropped a video today defending her nude photo work.

She's trying to sell book.
She won't let Looney Loomer replace her.
Real problem is photo shoot done in NYC possibly before HB-1 visa was in effect.

OK for Melania to have posed nude, but not ok for another former flotus to have worn a sleeveless outfit? Will Maga Mike have to report to his son if he reads Melania's book?

[Johnny2X2X]

1. A reminder

One nude shoot was lesbian simulated sex. And another, the most famous set of pics were shot to make the shadows seem as if she was urinating while fully nude. Won't post them, but the one set it's clear they were going for full frontal urination complete with her fondling her privates with her fingers.

High art my ass, it was soft core porn with a gross twist.

[BootinUp]

39. Ty for the photo free descrip. Nt

[Linda ladeewolf]

54. Don't forget the simulated toilet paper shot!

It was gross!

[Johnny2X2X]

56. I don't remember that one

Yeah, they were raunchy photos. I don't begrudge anyone for what they do to make money, but don't pretend these were tasteful.

[Linda ladeewolf]

57. It was full front

With her hand holding a narrow strip of what looked like sparkly toilet paper to her privates. (I’m being nice!)

[Johnny2X2X]

60. Cons think it's photo shop

These are all phots that have been verified and have been public for years. If you show them to a MAGA, they will claim they are fake.

She was here illegally, working illegally, as a softcore porn star and escort. That's how she met Trump, Jeff Epstein introduced them.

[Dave Bowman]

67. "to make the shadows seem as if she was urinating"

And the moment Lardo Loco saw this he fell in love.

[Mad_Dem_X]

70. Gross!!!

Proof that she has always been low-class.

[Freethinker65]

2. Her soft core porn photos were to lure a wealthy, past his prime, sugar daddy.

The honey trap worked brilliantly, except she got stuck with a bloated gluttonous media obsessed braggart. Not only was she required to service him in private, but she had to service him in public in front of an entire Nation, many endlessly making fun of her. At least she got citizenship for her parents and kidney surgery out of it.

[birdographer]

9. I'm sure she saw his diet

and exercise regimen and assumed he would be dead LONG ago, and she would have $$$. And now, 8+ years later, HE'S STILL HERE.

[Traildogbob]

18. That's the funniest

Reason to not be pissed about her ridiculous fame. Her long game did not work out. Now she is the sucker and loser that while pregnant and after he snuggly fucked other women, now he is throwing the Loon in her face, and not a thing she can do.
By the time he dies, she will be a washed up old lady, that was shut out of his will.
But tons of Bubba MAGA’s will be willing to do her.
Maybe Murdock will be divorced by then.
Being Best!

[mercuryblues]

35. What makes you think

Trump hasn't already pumped her out to Murdoch?

Now she's to old even for him.

[Traildogbob]

36. 😂😂😂😂🤣

May be compensation for unlimited air time.

[erronis]

46. For rent to incels, proud boys, patriot fronts, turning-point assholes, etc.

[3Hotdogs]

53. Yeah. He didn't fulfill his part of the bargain. He's still here.

Well, maybe his head ain't all here....

[usaf-vet]

31. Exactly! Exactly! Exactly!

Is Baron in agreement with Mom's artist photos? I'll bet his male peers see it in a different light.

[Trueblue1968]

87. Hooker ......... Hookerhooker .....that be her ........

[Coventina]

3. Whatever Malaria...

I don't judge people doing nudies or porn. But at least have the self-respect to own it.

Like Madonna who famously said: So what?

[B.See]

81. Exactly. Personally

couldn't give a flying fk what Melania has done. Far more concerned with what the sick fk PSYCHOPATH l)has done, said, and WILL DO.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. She even posted the pornographic David that was cancelled in Florida schools.

So not suitable for Florida Republicans.

[MLAA]

7. Good catch, Baitball Blogger

“Former First Lady, you’re no David”

Cite: "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" was a remark made during the 1988 United States vice presidential debate by Democratic nominee Senator Lloyd Bentsen to Republican nominee Senator Dan Quayle in response to Quayle's comparison of his experience in Congress to that of John F.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. The more Melania stays out of the public eye, the better.

BE BEST and stay away Melania! Have some dignity for once.

[erronis]

48. Gotta say I read that as "pubic eye". Agree to both!

[BattleRow]

58. Smoke and mirrors..

Perhaps this is "high" art..if you get my drift..er..whiff...

[republianmushroom]

6. Just more of that republican family values double standards.

Some videos are full action and not posing.
With her book make red states school libraries ?

[Kid Berwyn]

8. Certainly gets one noticed on the career ladder!

"Are you certain ziss iss vay zey dancing at Supermodel Academy, Done-old?"

[Hekate]

10. Aw, Mel's using her cultured voice at us. Go away, Mel. You lost me at "I don't care. Do you? "

[Vinca]

11. Wasn't there a nude photo of Melania with another woman? Not that there's anything wrong with

that unless you pander to a bunch of homophobic faux Christians.

[allegorical oracle]

27. Back in 2015-16, saw a trio of photos supposedly from a European

"Gentlemen's Magazine." It featured what appeared to be two audition nude photos, one full-front and one profile. She looked stiff, uncomfortable, haggard and shiny-slick with oil. The other photo was her in bed embracing another woman.

As an oil painter, I have no problem with nudes of any sort. IMO, her photos were far from art -- nothing sensual or beautiful -- just exploitive. But she may have needed the money at that time.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

12. I guess fapping material is in the eye of the beholder.

But it's still hilarious that Melania has such a high opinion of herself that she's comparing her suggestive nude poses, including with another woman - and with herself, too! - with acclaimed works of classical art.

[The Third Doctor]

13. It was softcore porn.

It's interesting that the evangelicals can overlook this buy judge everyone else.

[Quanto Magnus]

47. They really don't care

they just want to use it as a cudgel on their opponents/enemies

[3catwoman3]

64. This continues to baffle me.

Why these sleazy pictures were not disqualifying for evangelicals is completely mystifying.

[RockRaven]

14. Soft porn may be art, but it wasn't "fine art" by a long, long, long shot.

Just own it, cut the bullshit.

[Oopsie Daisy]

15. Trash. (In my subjective opinion.)

[Fullduplexxx]

16. It was advertising for a wealthy husband

[Solly Mack]

17. To be fair, her husband tries to pass his ignorance off as genius.

[Johonny]

19. It is what it is

[DeepWinter]

20. omg DU

The nude female form has been honored and depicted in art since humans could sculpt and draw.

Getting a big LULZ out of DU today.

[RussBLib]

24. Funny how we revere the female form...

...while suppressing the fuck out of them. Oh, the Humanity!

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[dpibel]

68. And it's all FINE ARTZ!!!!

I mean, dude. Any depiction of anything is automatically fine art, right?

The point is not that Melania did nekkid pics. It's that trying to say her pics are veritable works of the classic artists is risible.

[Aristus]

21. No.

Michelangelo's David is fine art. The Callipygian Venus is fine art.

Melania, your photographic output, like your husband, is trash.

[Sneederbunk]

22. And Stormy Daniels does art films.

[Abolishinist]

23. Well, at least she wasn't with another man!

I'm sure there's something in the Bible about this. A good yard sign in front of an evangelical church, perhaps?

[ShazzieB]

59. Which one is Melania?

Neither one of them looks like her to me. I mean, if I had to guess, I'd pick the one on the right, but if you showed me this picture cold and asked me if I recognized either of these women, I'd have to say no. Evidence of excessive plastic surgery, maybe?

[niyad]

73. Definitely. Compare her now with some of her early modeling pics. LOTS

of cosmetic surgery. Personally, I think she looked better in the "before" images.

[Abolishinist]

78. She's the one on the right.

And I have to disagree with niyad, I think she looks much better now.

[dalton99a]

25. Fine art with a happy ending at a great price

Dancing extra

[get the red out]

26. But, but, but

Michele Obama showed her SHOULDERS!

[PedroXimenez]

28. the media is very much NOT obsessed with this

the RWers just like to play victim.

[CincyDem]

29. ok - so I'm going to be the contrarian here.

At its core, she shouldn't have to "defend" anything about the nude images. Her body her choice is, IMHO, about more than just women's health care.

HB-1 violation: go for it.
Being a 2-faced sugar daddy chasing reichwinger: go for it.
What she did to the Rose Garden: definitely go for it.

But, again IMHO, if she decided to do nude modeling work, I say her choice. I don't agree with the choice but it's not up to me.

To steal paraphrase: If you don't like nude images...don't be in nude images.

[brush]

33. It was porn. I'm an artist who has used live models for figure drawing.

What she did was porn, not fine art. No even close, I don't care what she contends.

[CincyDem]

34. I agree...and I still don't think it's ours to just that element of her life. There's so much other chit to choose from.

I'm old enough to remember when we hailed a hard (hard) core porn star for violating her NDA, forcing that issue to court and winning and then sitting in NYC courtroom facing off against TFG. I don't, however, remember any conversation from our side dismissing her testimony because of the work she decided to do.

I'm not defending the content fine art, fine porn, or anything...just saying her body, her choice.

[niyad]

74. None of us made her feel she needed to "defend" her choice to be a nude

model. It interests me that she felt the neeed to do so. My only problem is with her apparently getting an Einstein visa out of it. "significant contribution" my . . .

[FreeState]

49. Im an artist as well and disagree

(Photo's not figure drawings)

For me it comes down to why the photos were produced and who the intended audience is.

[brush]

79. It's vey clear what audience porn photos are for. Highly doubtful that any...

actual artist would call porn photos fine art.

In fact, it's beyond the pale,

Also see post 72.

Porn/erotica is fine for those who desire it, but let's be clear, it's not fine art.

[FreeState]

84. Nope

It all depends on who the intended audience is and what the intended use is. One thing no one has mentioned in this whole thread is where the pictures were published or why they were taken. (Edit to add it was Max a French fashion and lifestyle magazine - not a porn magazine).

Fine art refers to a creative art form primarily focused on aesthetic value, expression, and intellectual engagement, rather than practical or functional use.

It is often contrasted with applied or commercial arts, where art may serve a more utilitarian or mass-production purpose. Fine art is usually associated with works intended for galleries, museums, and private collections, representing cultural, historical, or personal significance.

[brush]

85. Keep telling yourself that. Porn/erotica is porn/erotica, I don't care where it was published.

It's not fine art. Actual artists tend to fiercely defend what is elevated to fine art as it's our stock and trade, so years later Melanoma can try all of a sudden to pretend that porn photos from her past are suddenly fine art, but that doesn't make it so.

[Mossfern]

72. Moi aussi!

I was a figure painter - the photos are not "art" as I understand it as a possessor of an MFA.
I am in no way offended by the photos, but one need to be clear about this.
They were done for prurient interest - not aesthetics.

on edit: I have posed nude for artists myself - none of the work was erotica. There's nothing wrong with erotica but Melania needs to own up to it - not play pretend.

[aggiesal]

45. I think you forgot the hypocrisy of it all. ...

Sure she can do nude photo's but she shouldn't pretend that's what an average FLOTUS would do, and married to a want-to-be dictator not allowing books, that display some of the same fine art she used in her video, in schools throughout the country.

[CincyDem]

63. Im not arguing if its porn or fine art.

I’m arguing it’s not ok to shame anyone for how and where they choose to display their body.

We liked stormy’s clothed opinions and activities via-a-vis TFG so there was little if any mention of the hours and hours of really lurid hard core porn video that she described as artsy.

We don’t like melania’s clothed opinions so we go on about how even many images that are at worst, just awful art by any measure and to many, soft core porn that’s not much less tasteful than cable these days.

I’m just saying if either of them wants to do what they do in front of a lens with consenting adults…who am I to judge that aspect of their lives.

Peace out

[Skittles]

83. do you not see it is the HYPOCRISY that is the issue?

the repuke party CONSISTENTLY JUDGES THE MORALS OF OTHERS, but lets shit like this slide - it is SERIOUSLY fucked up

[brush]

30. No, dear. That was porn. I'm an artist and have had live sessions with mode.s for figure drawing.

And what you did is not even in the neighborhood.

It was porn.

[lindysalsagal]

32. Even if it were "art", she's not the artist! Lots of art has subjects like landscapes, animals, vegetation...

[IronLionZion]

37. Be Best, whatever

Donald still paid hush money to a porn star and was convicted in court for it. And was found liable for sexual assault.

That's more important than some immigrant with a thick accent doing nude photoshoots.

[twodogsbarking]

38. Call it art if you like but we will judge if it is fine or not. Check me not.

[NBachers]

40. OK, I gave that a generous 15 seconds of my time

[et tu]

41. robert mapplethorpe comes to mind

beautiful gray scale and intimate
congress had a hissy fit lol
gosh- bodies are bodies function follows form lol

[Aviation Pro]

42. Blow it out your colon, consort

…..

[kskiska]

43. There's one of her fully pregnant

standing on the tarmac next to an airplane.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

44. I only see this as a promotion to sell her book

She probably wants to sell more than Michelle Obama's "Becoming".

Maybe call it "Has Been"...

[3catwoman3]

62. Or maybe "Never Was..."

She is a despicable as her husband.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

71. Imagine Barron in another decade.

[twodogsbarking]

50. Taking your clothes off requires real talent.

[brewens]

51. Trump dropped the ball with her. He should have made Mailordia his Human Sex Trafficking Czar. Who knows

the ins and outs of sex trafficking better than her?

[claudette]

52. OMG

Hahahahahahahahaha. She is as crazy as her orange felon husband. Hahahaha

[BattleRow]

55. One question...

We're there any divans or couches involved in these sessions?

[Warpy]

61. Everything there was to say about naked women under 20 has already been said

centuries ago and by men with far greater talent than her photographer.

I've seen the pics. They were artsy-craftsy porn. Oh, I don't fault her for doing them. It's just not art.

[Renew Deal]

65. I don't have an issue with her modeling other than the hypocrisy

Of some people around her

[3catwoman3]

66. Fine art my ass.

Soft porn at the very least.

[ShazzieB]

69. "I really don't care, do u?'

That pretty much sums up how I feel about her nude photo work. As far as I'm concerned, it's ancient history. She did what she did for whatever reason she did it (probably because she needed the money), and I don't judge her for it.

I think trying to claim it's "fine art" is silly, and I doubt she'll convince many people (if any). But I honestly cannot find a single fuck to give about this.

[Torchlight]

75. It's art when conservatives do it, porn when anyone else does.

It's the Free Market when conservatives do it, it's Cancel Culture when anyone else does it.

It's a Mistake My Family Is Looking To Move On From when they're caught being naughty outside of marriage, it's degeneracy when anyone else does it.

It's Traditional Families Value when a conservative does it, it's spousal abuse and assault when anyone else does it.

It's Patriotism when conservatives do it, it's Sedition, Subversion, Illegal, Un-American, and trying to overthrow a governement when anyone else does it.




She can call it what she wants, that's the only trick they have left.

[ailsagirl]

76. Huh??

[pwb]

77. Nude Art, yes. Fine Art?

She does nothing for me.

[vapor2]

80. Wonder what Barron thinks about his mom posing nude?

[LudwigPastorius]

82. "Fine art"?

Why can't she just be proud of her job as a sex worker?

[rictofen]

86. Where did she call it "fine art" though?

It wasn't in that clip.

[live love laugh]

88. If it's fine art why do Facebook and Twitter ban posts of it?

[John Shaft]

89. She is prostitute