The title of Texas photographer Josef Botello's new book and accompanying website tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the subject matter, but according to the artist himself its message goes beyond being just another fetish cheesecake collection: "The message is definitely that powerful women are erotic, and I would think at least some feminists would approve of that, but I don't know. And I'm not sure if I really care that much about breaking down boundaries, but I guess if my work can push the envelope a little bit, and we Americans can start accepting sex as much as we do violence, then we'll all be better off." If you like your social activism served up with a healthy dose of hot-and-hogtied firearm-totin' babes, this one's for you.

· Girls, Guns and Ropes (girlsgunsandropes.com)
· Josef Botello: Girls, Guns, and Ropes (interview and gallery @ eros-zine.com)
· Order: "Girls, Guns, and Ropes" (Amazon)

Previously: Pinky Violence: "Sex and Fury", Asian Girls with Guns, DVD: "Faster Pussycat Fuck! Fuck!", Bikini Bandits/Eagles of Death Metal Video, Girls With Guns, Guns and Panties, Guns and Babes, More Chicks With Guns, Action Girls, Hentai Gun Babes, Pistol-Packin' Mamas