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Elizabeth Southward

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Elizabeth Southward

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……….As I was going through my wardrobe in anticipation of the sitting with TW, an overwhelming feeling of anxiety came over me. I was born and raised in a catholic environment with fairly conservative parents. I wondered how my family would react to a compilation of eroticism and fashion. Modeling had only become a recent passion of mine. I have participated in shoots ranging from avant-garde to beauty, but I never agreed to the nudity genre. To this day, I have conformed to my far from liberal background. Ultimately, I was intimidated by Tony’s visions.

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Elizabeth Southward

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Don’t get me wrong, I have always admired TW’s work and his eye for beauty—I just could never envision myself in any of his models’ shoes. I knew one of the models he had previously collaborated with, who seemed so in tune with her body and sexuality. He reminded me of a fatherly figure who had an innate passion for art and enormous love for the female body. Both key traits I admire.

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About The Author: Elizabeth Southward currently studies English at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She hopes to pursue the field of Public Relations upon her graduation. She sought out modeling at the end of May 2011, and currently spends her free time partaking in shoots. She was signed to Reinhard Agency in Philadelphia in August of 2011. She hopes to continue modeling full-time upon graduation and model internationally.
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Her interests include volunteering at the Camden County Animal Shelter in Blackwood, NJ. She specifically nurtures felines in preparation for adoption. Other interests include: tutoring elementary age children, fashion, reading the classics, baking, traveling, and attending cultural events in the Philadelphia area.

Elizabeth Southward

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Elizabeth Southward

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……….Gender discrimination is revealed through the transformation of a male to a female. Orlando is brought up in an aristocratic society and is exposed to famous philosophers and poets like Nicholas Greene. Orlando has the capability to choose a woman and ability to be an ambassador to Constantinople as well. Orlando has the capability to compose poems and express himself through writing. Orlando has the upper hand in society as a male in society, but even if he were of the middle class he would still be in the same position. Orlando’s transformation shocks, yet excites the town, especially with the trumpets blaring. In effect Woolf hypothesizes what would happen in society if she were to come out as well as demonstrates her own hesitations with her true nature. A critic named Toni A. H. McNaron focuses on Woolf’s homosexuality within her article A Lesbian Reading when she claims, “The whole question of identification became central to my evolving connection with Virginia about seventeen years ago” (McNaron 15). McNaron characterizes Woolf’s sexuality as a way of characterization. Woolf demonstrates the transformation of Orlando as her own attempt to express empowerment with women.

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Elizabeth Southward

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Orlando realizes once he is a woman that she does not have the advantages she once did. Orlando attempts to reconcile her writing ability and does so successively. She travels with a tribe of gypsies and Orlando recognizes the separation between the socio-economic classes. Men from the tribe observe her intellect and as a reaction plot her murder. In Woolf’s excerpt, she illustrated men’s disapproval of women’s discernment, when she clarifies, “…There was an enormous body of masculine opinion to the effect that nothing could be expected of women intellectually. Even if her father did not read out loud these opinions, any girl could read them for herself; and the reading, even in the nineteenth century, must have lowered her vitality, and told profoundly upon her work” (Woolf 54). Men’s opinion of women’s discernment was extreme disgust and denied women’s capability of intellectual expression. Woolf stresses the major disadvantage of women and subservience in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Orlando is a prime example of Woolf’s contempt with societal standards in the eighteenth century and difficulty with her own sexual desires.

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About The Author: Elizabeth Southward currently studies English at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She hopes to pursue the field of Public Relations upon her graduation. She sought out modeling at the end of May 2011, and currently spends her free time partaking in shoots. She was signed to Reinhard Agency in Philadelphia in August of 2011. She hopes to continue modeling full-time upon graduation and model internationally.
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Her interests include volunteering at the Camden County Animal Shelter in Blackwood, NJ. She specifically nurtures felines in preparation for adoption. Other interests include: tutoring elementary age children, fashion, reading the classics, baking, traveling, and attending cultural events in the Philadelphia area.

Elizabeth Southward

Posted on January 15th, 2012 by Elizabeth Southward

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Virginia Woolf is ambiguous with her definition of the genders. In the beginning of the novel, Orlando’s gender is skewed and she sets readers up for confusion. Woolf portrays Orlando to be partially feminine when she states, “But, alas, that these catalogues of youthful beauty cannot end without mentioning forehead and eyes” (Woolf 12). Rarely is a male described as being beautiful – a male is praised for her masculinity or for his chiseled jaw. Woolf though adds a sentiment of feminity to Orlando’s character. He is known for his shapely legs, another feminine attribute. Through Woolf’s female touch she better explains her sexuality and underlying hardships. She uses Orlando as a way of expressing her own difficulty with coming out. Woolf is affected by her own hidden sexuality, but she opts to set the novel in the Elizabethan time period, a time of limited expression for women.

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Elizabeth Southward

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……….During the Elizabethan time period women were unable to express themselves through writing or to hold their own opinions without criticism. Women had to depend on men, whether they had a choice or not. In the excerpt of Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, she exemplifies women’s lack of independence, “She had no chance of learning grammar and logic, let alone of reading Horace and Virgil. She picked up a book now and then, one of her brother’s perhaps, and read a few pages. But then her parents came in and told her to mend the stockings or mind the stew and not moon about with books and papers” (Woolf 47). Women were at a major disadvantage in comparison to men. Men were able to receive education and women were domesticated to house chores. Parents reinforced the inferiority of women by forcing them into the kitchen. In relation to Orlando, Woolf works backwards to demonstrate gender discrimination

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About The Author: Elizabeth Southward currently studies English at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She hopes to pursue the field of Public Relations upon her graduation. She sought out modeling at the end of May 2011, and currently spends her free time partaking in shoots. She was signed to Reinhard Agency in Philadelphia in August of 2011. She hopes to continue modeling full-time upon graduation and model internationally.
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Her interests include volunteering at the Camden County Animal Shelter in Blackwood, NJ. She specifically nurtures felines in preparation for adoption. Other interests include: tutoring elementary age children, fashion, reading the classics, baking, traveling, and attending cultural events in the Philadelphia area.

Elizabeth Southward

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Elizabeth Southward

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How can women gain an upper hand with the eighteenth century limitations and man’s superiority in society? In the two texts, Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe and Fantomina by Eliza Haywood, one protagonist connives their way to fulfill empty vanity whereas the other manipulates for financial satisfaction. Moll, the protagonist from Moll Flanders discovers her independence from the exchange of sexual favors for monetary value and eventually begins a career in thieving when she reaches middle age. Moll is on the low end of the totem pole. Fantomina who is considered aristocratic is intrigued by the idea of prostitution in order to win over an unreliable suitor. Each protagonist views the manipulation of man as the starting point of feminism. Although both women seize control by the means if manipulation only Moll attains true satisfaction, whereas Fantomina does not.

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Elizabeth Southward

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Throughout the course of each novella and novel the usage of disguise is crucial to each character’s means of control. Fantomina is first intrigued by a prostitute, which spurs her many disguises. Fantomina can envision herself consuming attention that this particular prostitute receives. Ultimately she decides to dress down for acknowledgement.

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Copyright 2012

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About The Author: Elizabeth Southward currently studies English at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She hopes to pursue the field of Public Relations upon her graduation. She sought out modeling at the end of May 2011, and currently spends her free time partaking in shoots. She was signed to Reinhard Agency in Philadelphia in August of 2011. She hopes to continue modeling full-time upon graduation and model internationally.

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Her interests include volunteering at the Camden County Animal Shelter in Blackwood, NJ. She specifically nurtures felines in preparation for adoption. Other interests include: tutoring elementary age children, fashion, reading the classics, baking, traveling, and attending cultural events in the Philadelphia area.

For Immediate Release

Posted By Jessica Moats

Introducing KONG Magazine

KONG Magazine is pleased to announce the launch of its inaugural issue on Friday, July 2, 2010. This bi-monthly magazine will be available both online and with a limited edition print version containing all the original artwork from the site. KONG Magazine is a sex and comedy publication that seeks to bring stimulating entertainment and art to women around the world.

Creative Director and Founder, Jessica Moats, uses her impressive background at publications such as New York-based Playgirl and BlackBook Magazines, to create a magazine that will fill the void in the current women’s interest market. KONG Magazine creates an interface were sexual interests coincide with cultural ones by offering the newest trends in music, art, foreplay, design, humor, comedy, politics, technical innovations (including vibrators and other sex gadgetry) and photography—the X-rated kind.

The first issue seamlessly blends the mission of KONG Magazine by entertaining, informing, and promoting collaborations between emerging artists and writers. Cover model, Greg Sestero of famed cult classic, The Room best exemplifies the magazines’ ability to effortlessly mix sex and comedy.

Please email press@kongmagazine.com for a press kit, interview requests, and additional information on the magazine or any of its subjects.

Erotica: The Fragrance

……….The Studio is pleased to announce that Tony Ward Productions, LLC has teamed up with Martine Brand of www.BrandIllustrations.com to develop packaging for EROTICA the fragrance by Tony Ward. We look forward to publishing this creative process and look forward as always to your suggestions and comments.

Fragrance Bottle with Top Removed

The Fairy Of Pirate's Alley

Posted by Charlene Lanzel

……….I was living in New Orleans’ French Quarter for the winter season in 2007. I fell in love with the city and its past, and became curious of the history of Exchange Alley where I was living. My husband (Ronnie Magri) and I decided to do some research, and headed over to the Historical Society on Chartres Street. What we found was that the infamous painter Edgar Degas had once owned property across the alley from our building. I began studying Degas’ life and discovered he was an avid drinker of Absinthe. I had heard many tales of the mysterious wormwood elixir and longed to try it. After all, it seemed to be the official drink of some of history’s greatest artists!

The Devil Drinks Absinthe

Absinthe is said to evoke the spirit of “La Fee Verte” or “The Green Fairy”. I learned that Absinthe was being served at The Pirate’s Alley Cafe, just a few blocks away. So, my husband and I headed over for my first taste. These two painting’s, “The Devil Drinks Absinthe” and “The Fairy of Pirate’s Alley” are the documentation of that night. They are portraits of myself an my husband, sitting across the table from each other in Pirate’s Alley, experiencing the effects of the notorious drink. We have since become Absinthe snobs and enjoy trying different brands from around the world.

……….To learn more about Charlene Lanzel’s work log on to www.CharleneLanzel.com.

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…….An artist is never far away from his work. While vacationing in Ibiza with his family, TW met Nancy at a night club while she was go go dancing the night away. The following day, they were shooting on the amazing beaches of the Spanish Island. To see the entire sitting and more Erotica from the Tony Ward archives, log on to: tonyward.com

Melissa Norbeck

Posted by Melissa Norbeck

I just don’t get it! You think things are going pretty well with a guy, and you think it may actually have the potential to turn into something, but no, he just stops calling. What makes a guy decide not to call or come around anymore? What turns men off? Is it a girl who gets too drunk, a girl who does drugs, a girl who has kids, a girl who talks about an ex, or maybe a girl who’s too clingy? Really, I’d like to know.

I consider myself pretty picky when it comes to men. However, I’m not saying I always make the right choices; I definitely picked some bad ones. Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever picked the right one. I guess that’s one of the reasons why I’m single. Getting married was never really high on my priority list (obviously, since I’m still not married, and I’m 33). Going to college, receiving a degree, and starting a career were important goals I set for myself. Now that I have earned two degrees and began my career, I am focused on buying my own house. I feel like the relationship and marriage thing will fall into place when the time is right. Society looks at those who are single like there’s something wrong with them. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard, “Why are you single?” or “You’re pretty. How come you don’t have a boyfriend?” It kills me because many of the people who ask those kinds of questions or who are in relationships shouldn’t even be in the relationships they’re in. Besides, what’s wrong with being single?

But anyway, except for the few long term boyfriends I’ve had, the times I start talking to guys and actually like them (which is rare), it just ends. I’m curious what makes certain guys stay with certain girls and what make other guys want to move on so quickly. There are many people who are in relationships and many guys willing to be in relationships, but I always seem to find the ones who don’t want relationships. Maybe I am too picky. Maybe I let the good ones get away. Maybe I give off the vibe that I don’t want a relationship. Oh, and I’ve heard I’m unapproachable. That’s a good one. The guys who are interested in me, I’m not interested in them. I mean it’s not hard to find a boyfriend; it’s just hard to find a good one. Also, I think many guys are mostly looking to just get laid. If a girl gives it up the first night, the guy usually doesn’t call since he already got what he wanted. But if a girl doesn’t give up enough, the guy doesn’t call anyway because why does he want to bother with a girl who won’t have sex with him. And guys say we’re hard to understand.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my life, and I enjoy being single (most of the time). I just want to know what the deal is!! So – all you men out there – what turns you off?