Bettie, will miss you. Bettie Page. Yes, she was always a good girl and seemingly innocent even in a pair of 6 inch leather heels and a whip between her teeth. She molded what we thought about sex. The pinup icon brought smut to a whole new level. It wasn't just for pervs anymore. Here was this glamorous small town girl provocatively being lapped at by the waves. Oh to be a grain of sand on that beach.

There isn't a man alive who can't say, 'god she's fabulous'. And for women she is liberating. Okay, maybe not all women, the women with ankle lengths skirts and buns atop their heads and conceive thier children through a hole in a sheet would run screaming or drop to their knees in repentence. But women like me look at this goddes and realize that we are allowed to be sexual deviants and can feel sexy without shame.  She brought sexuality to the nuclear family table as well as the nuclear bedroom.

Our icon passed from this existence yesterday, suffering a heartattack  last week and being placed on life support. She will be forever missed. But never forgotten.

But the kink that she brought to our culture has changed over the years, what with new poly blends of rope and new forms of rubber and- I digress. The point is that she made the introduction of kink palatable for the masses and we will be always greatful.  Thank you, Bettie for your comic take on S&M. Thanks for the arousal and thanks for the smile you gave us with every pic. You have provided a hard-on that will never die in American culture.