The website, called SuicideGirls, was founded by Selena Mooney and Sean Suhl in Portland, Oregon. When they had lunch there in late 2001, their main goal wasn't anything fancy, they just wanted to see alternative beauties (girls with tattoos, unusual hair colors and piercings in this case) naked. At least that's what they say when asked the main reason for creating their site. The real answer to the question “what is the purpose of SuicideGirls?” is not easy to find. Many fans state that this movement is a new generation of feminism and is about giving women a chance to express themselves in their own way and making them see how beautiful they are even if their appearance is everything the complete opposite of mainstream beauty. Eventually the base of operations left Portland and moved to Los Angeles, California in 2003 when the website became popular and could no longer be described as "underground". In 2006, the 1000th Suicide Girl joined the site and now the number of models exceeds 2000. Next to them are hundreds of girls who are already members of the site but only as "hopefuls". This means that maybe one day, they too can become Suicide Girls. The site works like any other website with a forum, so it has average members who just want to watch girls and communicate with each other about all kinds of topics and are willing to pay for it. According to the website, suicidegirls.com's audience has more than 5 million unique visitors per month. Domain Tools (one of many domain industry tracking sites) says something completely different. Actual online traffic, based on their statistics, is around 180,000 unique visitors per month. Those who are members are mostly men, but almost half of...... middle of paper ......o Money Shot? Commerce, pornography and new cultures of sexual taste" Sexualities, October 2007, vol. 10 number 4, p441-4562. Berry, Colin. "Pixel Vixens" Print, July/August 2004, vol. 58 number 4, p60-633. Cohen, Nicole "Suicidegirls" Herizons, Spring 2005, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p36-36, 1/3p4.Fulton, Deirdre "SuicideGirls revolt" Portland Phoenix, October 7, 20055. Haynes, Esther "Suicide Girls Gone Mad" Jane, February 2006, Vol. 10 Number 1, p68-135, 8p6. “Obscene but not heard” Metroactive, January 4, 2006. Scott, Shelley “Canadian Theater Review, Fall 2005, Issue 124, p46. -50, 5p8. , Bill. “MediaTalk; Companions Online but Competitors Between the Pages” New York Times, 02/16/2004, p6, 1p.