Robot Love
via Fashion Copious
Unretouched Cindy Crawford
Absolut Heel
Image via @female_trouble
SwimCity
"Body Ritual Among the Swimsuit Models in the Horny Hell of SwimCity":
"Although it was founded on the breezy idea that city should be swim, SwimCity is not a free-for-all vacation destination, zoned for the pursuit of happiness. It is a regimented, horny hell. The most famous models like Twitter phenom Chrissy Teigen and Real Housewives daughter Gigi Hadid are sequestered from visitors by stages and roped-off lines. Lesser-known swimsuit gals pose for photos on the floor with the men who have come to see them in the middle of a work day. Gray-suited bodyguards flank them, sometimes correcting visitor behavior. No hands! Don't lean! Move it along!"
[Gawker]
Reviewing the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Soundtrack
Image via Andrew Barnes
"Is It Sexy?: Sia, by showing us nothing—literally nothing- bucks our society's trend and becomes legitimately sexy. She is putting her flaws and insecurities front and center. She is the person you meet at a hotel bar—sitting alone—reading a book- who you have a couple of drinks with and immediately learn is out of their mind, and despite all that (or because of it?) you go upstairs with them. (Just me? Whatever. Great song.)"
[Esquire]
Accused
Image credit: Liu Song
"A woman suspected of engaging in illegal sex trade is held for questioning at a police station."
Who the Fuck You Really Wanna Be with Besides Me?
Ain't No Wifi
That's a Lot of Toys
Image credit: Brett Hammond
"Some experts, like Sara Ramirez, the associate publisher for retailing for the adult entertainment trade publication XBIZ, agree that Americans buy somewhere between $1 billion and $2 billion worth of pleasure products annually. A more conservative estimate from IBISWorld pegged that number at $610 million in 2013 and projected it to grow to $792 million by 2018."
[NYT]
Wooper
via Kottke
Wait, What?
Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
"Nobody believes me when I say this but Playgirl readers really cared about those hunks. Similarly, Mental Floss readers really care about the facts. Which is to say that both brands have very enthusiastic audiences. The difference is that at Mental Floss we hear from readers in droves on the rare occasion we get a fact wrong. The correspondence we got at Playgirl was … different."
Not Ken
via @yatzer
Happy V Day
Now That I'd See
Slut Makeup Tutorial
Naked Pink
Just Say It
Image via NYT
The NYT has an odd/interesting/fascinating video story of a couple. The couple don't tell each other they love each other. The video looks at how/why/what. It's strange/lovely/weird.
"'I need to tell my boyfriend that I love him,' Ms. Leppo wrote in. 'Year after year I kept thinking "Oh, maybe this year," but it never happened, and now it has gone on far too long.'"
[NYT]
Wait, How ...
I Couldn't
Are You a Failed Slut?
Kathy Shaidle has a new book out: Confessions of a Failed Slut.
"Confessions of a Failed Slut blends personal reflections – 'How the Love Boat Ruined My Life' – with contrarian takes on porn (online and off), dating (ditto), 'slut shaming,' sex toys, 'robot hookers of the near future,' dinosaur erotica, the multiplication of genders and orientations, and what she calls 'the epidemic of beta male faggotry' plaguing the land."
[Amazon]