Oops
I tried to blog once a day every day this year, and I missed yesterday, so I failed at that.
Legs
Image credit: Stefanie Moshammer via This Isn't Happiness
@Target
Cleavag Is the New Cleavage
Image credit: SI
My god, Jennifer Weiner is fucking annoying. She's made a career out of writing crappy books and carping about how men are to blame for her lack of being taken seriously when the reality is that her books are what cause her to lack being taken seriously.
Most recently, she crawled out of the ooze to weinerwhine about how pubic hair or something: "Great! Another Thing to Hate About Ourselves." She wordclutters on for a while before getting to her point:
"This year, the hot new body part is the formerly unnoticed span of flesh between the top of one’s panties and the labia majora, currently displayed on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition by the model Hannah Davis."
Reference: This is the Weiner. This is the Davis.
In other words, Weiner says, the SI cover is POORRRNNNN:
"With hard-core pornography available to anyone with a laptop and a credit card, Sports Illustrated has to raise the stakes if it wants to stay relevant."
Followed by this HILARIOUS admission:
"(Disclosure: my gentleman caller edits books for Sports Illustrated and is the author of the oral history of the swimsuit issue that appears in '50 Years of Beautiful,' a coffee-table book of swimsuit shots. #Awkward.)"
#Indeed.
The rest is a fuzzy blur of complaints against Hannah's "mons pubis" and some sort of garbled defense of a vagina area that is hirsute and fat. Or something. I was left weinerized. #Confused.
(See also: FUPA.)
Personally, I was more excited by SI's half-crotch shot because I was like: TREND. What the image makes us look for is ... what to call it?
I settled on cleavag.
Let's celebrate it.
Why They Dance
Poking the Bear
Dear. Ms. Susannah Breslin,
My name is [redacted], and I am writing to you on behalf of [redacted] in [redacted], CA. As a Feminist and an academic, I am familiar with your work analyzing the sex industry in America, and I appreciate your objective outlook on such a controversial subject. I am reaching out to see if you would be involved in a constructive discussion on erotica, specifically looking at artists like [redacted] and his platform, [redacted].
In addition to nude, pin-up style photography, [redacted] features [redacted].
I am looking for esteemed authors and journalists, such as yourself, to incorporate [redacted]'s work in the greater discussions of erotica in our society.
I would be interested to know what you think, and what points you might bring to the discussion. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you, and best regards.
[redacted]
I'm not clear what you are asking for here?
Susannah,
Thank you for responding. Based on your portfolio, your blog would be an excellent platform for discussion of how [redacted]’s work fits within the adult industry as a representative of erotica. Considering your mindful readership, I think this could spark an interesting debate.
We know [redacted] is one of countless “Adult-content” sites available, but his work seems to have an almost playful relationship between Models and Photographer.
Here at the office, we agree that because the models are presented respectfully and there is no degrading content on the site, [redacted] speaks to a certain fantasy style and should be classified as erotica. Is it soft? Hard? What’s the differentiating factor between the two? That’s for you and your readers to decide.
Let me know if that has answered your question, and I'll be happy to answer any others you may have.
[redacted]
Are you offering me compensation?
Unfortunately not, but I thought I would reach out to you because I really do appreciate your perspective and I am a fan of your writing. If you have any interest that would be great.
Thanks,
[redacted]
I think his work is terrible, and he's paying an ad company to ask bloggers to write about him for free. That's what I think. Does that help?
Thank you for your feedback, sorry to bother you.
Kinky Fashion
Also, Dicks
Weird shit people are doing online, etc.
Andy Warhol Pumps
Image credit: @altamiranyc
What She Said
"What is left to the viewer is the cerebral pleasure of not knowing, of watching the multiple layers of meaning unfold. This is a highly disembodied experience marked by unreliability of the senses and fragmentation of narrative. It is significant insofar as it exemplifies exactly the ultimate tension between embodiment and disembodiment that marks our relationship with the digital world. The enormous potential of new media art forms to engage multiple sensory channels creates unprecedented experience of embodiment; yet it is almost inevitably undermined by the fragmentation and alienation conditioned by digital spaces."
Well, He Has a Point
Image credit: Thierry Ehrmann
"I dare you to distinguish between a prostitute and a naked socialite."
[NYT]
Steve Diet Goedde Kickstarter
Image credit: Steve Diet Goedde
Steve Diet Goedde is an amazing photographer, a friend, and one of the nicest guys I've ever met. (He took the photo of me above years ago.) Currently, he's doing a Kickstarter for the first book in his forthcoming three-part, 25-year retrospective, Arrangements. If you're a fan of great photography, beautiful ladies, and/or fetish, you will want to own this volume. He's also got some special editions for those who think they're fancy.
Tomorrow Is Here
Image via Classic Driver
The WSJ has a vision of the strange new world of what's next in sex:
"When such a neural virtual reality device finally becomes available, it will be the ultimate feedback-driven experience. By reading your brain’s activity in detail, the device will know that you intend to initiate a kiss even before you are consciously aware of having taken that decision to move. Crucially, neural virtual reality will not be restricted to evoking sensations. By activating the motivational and emotional circuits of your brain, it will be possible to make you feel relaxed, fearful, trusting, anxious, excited, hungry or sleepy while you have sex with a simulacrum of your favorite film star."
[WSJ]
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."