Anonymous published in a pastebin link what it claimed were the user names of 1,589 members of Lolita City, including membership time, and number of images uploaded. In October 2011, the hacktivist collective Anonymous launched "Operation Darknet", in an attempt to disrupt the activities of child porn sites accessed through hidden services. 2011 anti-child porn operation by Anonymous Videos had been available on the site since November 2012. As of June 2013, the website hosted about 1.4 million pictures. The site included softcore and hardcore images, and the subjects ranged from near-newborns and toddlers to 17-year-olds and included both boys and girls. Some of the photographers were professionals, others were hobbyists. Like adult pornography sites, Lolita City featured and promoted specific models whom fans could follow. onion pseudo top-level domain and could be accessed only via the Tor network. : 6 Background Īs a hidden service, Lolita City operated through the. The website was hosted by Freedom Hosting, a defunct Tor based web hosting provider. The site hosted images and videos of underage males and females ranging up to 17 years of age (18 is the minimum legal age in many jurisdictions, including the US, for a person to appear in pornography). Lolita City was a child pornography website that used hidden services available through the Tor network. More info: jmartmanagement.Defunct child pornography website Lolita City It would be a sin to claim otherwise in saying that this team of two is anything less than the future of redefining beauty. The sisters are Perm natives, have studied art and fashion design in the Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts in Yekaterinburg, and yet their passion for designing and sculpting art dolls became evident, bridging a variety of artistic disciplines. Elena and Ekaterina Popovy‘s eerie and surreal creations captivate the viewer from the first moment, as only true works of art are capable of doing. They are heralded as the “new wave of Russian art-doll designers”. Beauty is non-definable, and these dolls emulate that notion. Unaccepted by many and questioned by all. ![]() Notice something? They are ALL game-changers in The Arts. In an interview, they also spoke about the essences and auras of characteristics they wish to embody in their dolls… a few including Madonna, John Galliano, Dita von Teese, Johnny Depp, Marilyn Manson and Ville Valo. They even state trying to “emphasize charm in obvious flaws – stick up ears, chips, uneven teeth and so on, and turn them into individual advantages”, which is what acceptance of unique beauty in today’s society is all about. Sometimes they are inspired by children’s faces because they are often much more expressive. ![]() And, if you look to these dolls with a broader mind, the sisters utilize the kookiest and stereotypically ‘unattractive’ assets of a girl. The lean, skeletally enhanced and alien-like pretty faces may tell a story of false and unachievable beauty to a younger and more vulnerable audience… but the fact remains that these are no Barbie or Bratz dolls for seven-year-olds to play dress up with. Now, some may argue that these dolls are influencing in negative ways. Fashion houses and magazines are chasing them for high-end shoots. The internal stringing of elastics and wire with suede ball coverings and finely detailed hands have collectors scrambling for assortments of dolls. They are all amazingly humanly pose-able. Each doll is individually hand and spray painted with many layers of fine detailing.įreckles, skin tones, eyebrows, makeup, and jewelry vary wildly as does clothing and decorative features such as elfin ears, tattoos, and body carvings. They range from paper clay, bisque fired, porcelain and cast resin. The process of making these dolls is highly intensive. From downright sexy anatomically correct right through to controversial Lolita-style poising. ![]() Of homogeneous males and sculpted cult fantasies which are being recreated. ![]() Suddenly these humanly emotive dolls capture a new art form totally engaged in female beauty, sexuality and high-end fashion.Ī new modern art has emerged of fashionable tattooed women, bi-sexual in nature. A Japanese artist commenced making clay bisque fired BJDs in 1980 and the art as we know it today became a commercial hobby in 1999 when a Japanese firm Volks released the first cast resin BJD. Playing dolls is now for the post-pubescent, adults and collectors these high priced hand-made dolls are sought after worldwide.Īrticulated dolls have been around since ancient Egypt, however, BJD arrived in the late 1800’s early 1900’s predominantly as figurines for artist models and not for collection. A new generation of dolls has become life-like, mature, modern, edgy and artsy all at once.
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