Since 2006  I Heart Brooklyn Girls has created pinup calendars of, as you might have guessed, girlies. What’s interesting is that everyone involved (correct me if I’m wrong) is lesbian and living in Brooklyn. The pinup girls are the queer femmes you see around Park Slope and not improbable models. The idea is to recreate the traditional sexy calendar into something that women, especially lesbian women, will find toothsome.

The 2009 calendar’s theme is Women at Work. It pays homage to classic pinup women made popular by artists Elvgren and Vargas, while still poking fun at traditional gender roles. The calendar showcases a dozen campy career girls in authentic vintage garments, lingerie and swimwear. Here is the lineup of professional eye candy:

• Baking Beauty
• Sultry Scout
• Fix-it Fox
• Head of the Class
• Stitching Sweetie
• Bruiser Babe
• Dog-gone Doll
• Chemist Queenie (pictured on right)
• Enchanting Chanteuse
• Literary Lady
• Gone Fishing Gal
• Painting Dame

Purchase the Calendar online.

If you live in NYC you should visit one of the stores that sells the calendar; these days they need the retail love. Heres the short list:

Bluestockings
172 Allen St.
L.E.S., Manhattan

Red Lipstick
560 Vanderbilt Ave.
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

St. Mark’s Bookshop
31 Third Ave.
East Village, Manhattan

Scaredy Kat Cards & Gifts
229 5th Ave.
Park Slope, Brooklyn

Spoonbill & Sugartown
218 Bedford Ave.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn