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Mother May I? by Frisky Frolic
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Saturday, May 10, 2025
Mum's The Word
Like most holidays, Mother's Day can be complicated. If you had a good mother, and she's still in your life, it can be a great day to celebrate her love and support. If you had a bad mother, neglectful or even abusive, there's no reason to commemorate the day. If you're mother is no longer living, it can be a painful day, full of gratitude yes, but also sadness for the unique unconditional love that is no more.
This Mother's Day, I decided that in additional to getting sentimental, I would take what I hope is a humour look at moms from a slightly different perspective. All mothers have their unique idiocrasies. As much as we love them, there were things we hated when we were growing up. My mother had many quirks, but one of the one's that bugged me the most, especially as a teen, was how she talked to my friends.
Whenever a friend called and my mother answered, she always first asked who was calling. Then, once she knew who they were, she peppered them with questions before finally screaming at me that I had a phone call. It got to the point that many of friends just hung up when she answered the phone.
I know it's a minor complaint, but as teenager, it felt like a huge issue. I had a friend whose mother just loved hanging out with the 'kids'. Whenever we were at his house, she always tried to 'hang' with us, until that is, my friend finally asked her to leave. I always felt bad for her, as she looked so sad when leaving the room.
Anyone can struggle with boundary issues, but they're especially unique with mothers. From embarrassing, even inappropriate photos, to barging into your bedroom without knocking to wake you up each morning. It didn't matter if you were in pj's undies or naked, she didn't seem to care, not when it was time to get up. Check out more inappropriate mum's the word on the NEXT PAGE HERE:
Mother's Day Special!🌼
'To the world, you are a mother, but to me, you're still my world.'
Like mot other holidays, the weeks leading up to Mother's Day are heavily commercialized. Ads for Mother's Day specials on flowers, on jewelry, on candy and on brunches. Peter wanted to do something special for his wife Megan this Mother's Day, something she wouldn't forget. They'd only been married a little over a year, and with their new baby boy just a few months old, this was going to be Megan's first Mother's Day.
The problem, Megan wasn't really in the mood to celebrate. She hadn't taken to mothering quite as well as most of her friends. Add to that, they'd recently moved for Peter's new job, and she had not family or supports near by. She was lonely, depressed and didn't consider spit-up a welcomed accessory. Megan loved her husband, and still craved his touch, but he worked close to 12 hrs a day and traveled almost every second weekend.
Peter had an idea though, one he knew was risky. It was also an idea that might help Megan feel like her old self. Although not a professional model, Megan had done some local advertising, and catalogue modeling when she and Peter were first dating. She even had a Model Mayhem page, and made decent money doing lingerie, and even nude modeling work. Although she stopped when she and Peter got engaged, Peter remembered how much she enjoyed it, and how energized and confident she was after a shoot.
New to the area, Peter hit the yellow pages, the newspaper and on-line job ads looking for a photographer. It was there, he saw an ad from George, (Random Exposures) who was looking for models in the area. Peter quickly got in touch, and he and George quickly connected. Peter was especially impressed with how quickly George understood the assignment, and Peter's desire to for wife to to feel loved and special.
Megan was thrilled when she opened up her envelope on Mother's Day morning. Although Peter and George had thought the shoot might occur sometime during the summer, Megan was anxious to get back in front of the lens as soon as possible. After arranging for one of Peter's co-workers to watch the baby for a couple of hours, a time was set for the following Saturday for Megan's shoot.
As the week went on, Megan's nerves began to take over. She didn't know George, and although Peter spoke highly of him she was thinking of backing out. She also wasn't as confident about her body as she was before the baby and wasn't sure she wanted to bare her post-baby body for the camera. Peter encouraged her to go, if only to see how comfortable she was after meeting George. Megan eventually decided she needed to face her anxieties, and follow-through with the shoot.
When she arrived however, the nerves again took over. She liked George instantly, and managed to change into her black, lace lingerie, but felt a little uncomfortable. She wasn't sure she wanted to shoot nude with her clothed husband looking on. Peter suggested he wait in the other room, but as you might have already guessed, George had another idea.... Check out more of Megan's Mother's Day Special on the NEXT PAGE HERE:
Frisky Frolic: Mama's Boy
'Call Me Mother!'
Living in a small rural town, there are many aspects of gay social culture I've missed. There are no gay bars or clubs in my town, nor any of the nearby villages. There are no gay book stores, male strip clubs, gay book stores or drag brunches. I remember seeing one drag queen at a blueberry festival doing kids make-up, but I think it may have been the organizers husband, pressured into the task.
I'd also not really heard of the term 'mother' and it's connection to gay culture. I think the first time I really understood what it meant was when watching the first season of Pose. Since then, I've included a 'Mothers' themes post each Mother's Day. Last year, I researched the history of 'mothers' in gay culture. (HERE:) I was surprised to learn the term goes back to the 1700's.
So many of us have created our own form of family. Although it seems to be getting better, so many who come out still find themselves rejected by their biological family. Seeking acceptance is organic, and when you don't feel it at home, it's natural to look elsewhere for unconditional love and support.
Most of these created families replicate the usual familial roles. There are siblings, some we get along with, some we fight with. Odd cousins, aunties and uncles and of course parental figures. Leaders and role models who we often seek out. Other 'mothers' are there to give wisdom and advice whether we want, or ask for it or not.
I've been trying to find or commission an original drag mother shoot for awhile now, but for various reasons was hitting a wall. When I mentioned my idea to Jay from Frisky Frolic, he said he'd done a shoot for another project that just might work. Let me introduce you to Aleksa, the beautiful mother posing with one of her boys. Jay was asked to shoot Aleksa, as well as two other models, for the cover shot for a friends project.
Jay had never shot a drag queen before, and wasn't sure how much planning and prep time would be required. It ended up being much easier than Jay expected, and the the shoot was created spontaneously in the moment. Jay simply asked Aleksa what was in her bag, and it was those outfits and items they used for the shoot. I love Aleksa's look, sexy and sultry, with a dash of Eartha Kitt. I also love how well Aleksa takes very good care of her boy.
12 Days: Please Don't Eat My Mother!
The hilarious tale of a strange houseplant whose appetite grew from the neighborhood pets to more succulent dishes - and loved every piece!
When choosing a 'Mother's Day' themed film, this year, I tried to find something unique, maybe a film many readers hadn't heard of. I ended up with Please Don't Eat My Mother! The 1973 exploitation film, directed by Carl J. Monson, is an adult-themed parody of Roger Corman's The Little Shop of Horrors.
The film depicts the relationship between Henry Fudd, a timid man, and his female carnivorous plant. Henry, (Buck Kartalian) is very lonely, and tries to turn the plant into a friend. The plant ends up talking, in a seductive woman's voice and Henry soon learns the only plant food she'll eat are delicious young women.
One day, Henry's mother breaks into his room thinking to confront him with a woman and all she can find are Henry and the plant. The plant quickly eats her and Henry learns his female plant, only likes to eat women. Henry then decides to buy another plant, this time a male specimen. Henry quickly discovers that the male plant eats only men while the female plant eats only women.
Since Henry is an avid voyeur, creeping around the neighbourhood, watching mean and women have sex, he doesn't have any trouble finding hot naked bodies for his plants to consume. There are three scenes of male skin. Although there is just one with full frontal, director Carl Monson also captured scrotums in motion in two of the scenes.
Dick Burns
The sex scenes are fairly tame, but also quite long, usually edited between shots of Henry watching. The couples seem to be actually having sex, something that's possible given I know at least one of the couples, (Ric Lutze & Rene Bond) were a married couple.
'Exquisite! Delightful! We'll have to do this again for our next dinner! Mmmm.'
Eve, the Plant
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