“Breaking Bread with The Rev” Edition
with Missy Suicide of SuicideGirls.com
Big Questions with The Rev. OJ Flow

I was introduced to the Suicide Girls world at the beginning of 2003 when SPIN magazine ran an article on DIY websites for the punk, goth, and emo set. I became instantly infatuated with SuicideGirls.com for the obvious reason that there were girls that I could relate to doing pin-up work in a site that was virtually self-run, as opposed to the airbrushed plasticity of Playboy, Penthouse and other similar venues. But I also came to find that the community that was established was infectious and addictive. The popular theory on SG is that people come for the women, but they stay for the community. The site is incredibly user-friendly and easy to navigate, it’s relatively inexpensive compared to typical adult entertainment sites, and it has so much to material offer for men and women aside from the “nude & tattooed” that it’s easy to forget that it is in fact adult entertainment by definition.

Just this week, SG features interviews with film directors Alexander Payne and Antoine Fuqua, actor Topher Grace, and Ren & Stimpy creator Jon Kricfalusi. They have an incredibly active message board with forums ranging from sex & relationships, to comics, TV & politics. While the folks at SG never reveal their exact numbers, it is known that they do receive over a million hits a month, and the guy-to-girl subscriber ratio is surprisingly balanced. It’s easy to make friends on the site who share common interests (while maintaining confidentiality, if desired), and I myself have made some great acquaintances — in person and online, guy and girl — from all parts of the globe.

Missy Suicide is the founder of this incredibly successful site (all models and employees take on the “Suicide” surname when they join the family), not to mention SG’s best photographer.

THE BIG Q&A

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