Rose Prick
Latest fragrance acquisition: Rose Prick by Tom Ford, travel-size edition.
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Mirror Stage
Adult actress Houston, Las Vegas, Nev., 2013 | Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
Adult actress Houston in the mirror, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2013. For more of my photos, follow me on Instagram.
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Sunset Boulevard, Today
A model on an ad on Sunset Boulevard, taken today. For more of my photographs, follow me on Instagram.
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No, I Will Not Give You a Topless Haircut
Some years ago, I posted here and on Instagram about some vans parked around Burbank with signage on the side advertising a TOPLESS HAIRDRESSER. Ever since then, “topless hairdresser” is one of the more popular search terms that brings people to this site. In any case, in response to the above message that I received recently, no, I will not give you a topless haircut. Sorry to break hearts for topless haircut fans.
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Asian Mannequin
An Asian mannequin on Hollywood Boulevard. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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Selfie at 55
“There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that what you see is all that you will ever be. And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.” ― J. Michael Straczynski
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Burbank
As seen in Burbank’s Magnolia Park neighborhood. Follow me on Instagram here.
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In the Tub
Image credit: Nikola Tamindzic
My photographer friend Nikola Tamindzic remotely photographed me for his “I Am Here, and You Are Where You Are” series. As he puts it: It’s “a series of portraits of people all over the world during the coronavirus pandemic, most of whom I have never met in ‘real life.’ I am shooting these portraits remotely: me in my apartment in New York City, them out there in the world, using whatever technology we can.”
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Making up with the Kardashians
What the fuck makes this video so hypnotic? It is 10 minutes and 31 seconds long, it has nearly 2.3M views, and I watched the whole thing without fast-forwarding. In it, Kim Kardashian puts makeup on her face. Basically, that’s it. Sure, she talks. Yes, products are plugged. In theory, one is learning something. But what exactly are we witnessing here? Surely, it must be more than that. Whatever it is, it is simultaneously shallow (she is smearing substances across her visage) and deep (watching it, one falls into a vicarious, Narcissus-esque stupor: If only we could wallow in our own superficiality so exquisitely). Or, perhaps, it’s something else. What surprised me (quietly!) about the piece was that she didn’t just directly build herself a new face—she obliterated her real face first. When we start, her face is naked. Then she turns her tableaux into a blank canvas. After that, she paints another face over the face she eliminated. What does this represent? The female desire to disappear? The culture’s interest in vanishing her? Something else altogether? Kim is droning on about something or other while she smears on another layer of spackle. Before we can get a handle on her, she’s gone already.
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Cocaine Not Included
On my Forbes blog, I wrote about the El Chapo manicure:
"As for what constitutes an El Chapo manicure, that’s simple: decals featuring Guzman, Swarovski jewels, decals of pesos, real U.S. dollars, gold-colored gun or knife charms, glitter polish, and religious items, like a gold-colored crucifix or a gold-colored medallion featuring a saint or the Virgin Mary."
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Broadly with Vice
Image credit: Julez Zamora
Broadly is Vice's new lady vertical. I'm intrigued. You can get your nails done by the manicurist to the porn stars, go shooting with Ann Coulter, or get high while doing yoga. I suppose it's a bit heavy on the hipster, but with no aggregation, no comments, and no hot takes, what's not to like?
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Up in Smoke
Image via That Darn Rachel
A while back, I wrote about weed, real weed, being used in manicures (see: "For Marijuana Smokers, A Weed Manicure Is High Fashion"). I came across this interesting image recently. Found on That Darn Rachel.
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Bad Girlz
Photo credit: Jennifer Graylock via HuffPo
Playboy Bunnies, Years Later
Photo credit: Robyn Twomey
"These headshots, taken at the Former Playboy Bunny Reunion in Las Vegas, are the result of my interest in the women of Playboy and where they are now. The tight frame and non-retouched images allow space for one’s personal reflection on age and beauty. The body language suggests even more about who these women are: strong, beautiful, fragile, provocative, and everything in between. They are complex characters that are proud and empowered by their beauty and sexuality, at the same time stricken by the fleeting nature of it."
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Down There
"In certain corners of Manhattan, the bald look of the Brazilian has become déclassé, more suggestive of a naked Barbie doll or a reality television starlet than an organic lifestyle of cold-pressed juice and barre classes."
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