On Thursday night I saw the third Pirates of the Caribbean film. The plot was more complicated than your small intestine and we left the theatre thinking its subtitle should have been: POTC 3: Endless Piration. My biggest complaint was Captain Jack Sparrow didn’t get enough screen time. Sure, there’s a desert island scene, but [...]
Today is the 30th anniversary of the US release of Star Wars, a fact that no doubt has millions of Generation Xers such as myself feeling rather old.
Naturally this has started me musing about the impact Star Wars had on my life, especially as I became quite obsessed with it when I was 10. And [...]
Hmmm. What to make of this earnest article suggesting that women like sex movies but “want something with a little more warm up time and some intellectual stimulation, with a little slow seduction mixed in…”
The earnest DanAndJennifer recommend mainstream movies rather than straight porn for women. And their list is… well… a bit dated:
# 9 [...]
I loved it when Lordi won the Eurovision song contest last year. It was a triumph of pure entertainment over plastic, over-marketed pop, and I was pleased.
This year it seemed that fluid sexuality was a theme. The over-the-top drag antics of Ukraine came second, and the bisexual, camp glitter of Sweden’s entry was very enjoyable. [...]
This ad gets my attention every time. This gorgeous modern woman works as a stripper… and then we see her as the typical advertising mother, eating dinner with husband and two kids.
Nandos sells Portuguese chicken. You don’t really need a patch for peri-peri cravings. And I’m sure it doesn’t put off clients with money.
What a [...]
I grow old, I grow old, I shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled…
Can you believe it? 20 years since Dirty Dancing was released. Jennifer Grey is now 47. My God.
I was not quite 14 when it came out and I remember enjoying the film, although it wasn’t an instant fave. I did, [...]
This is Spymonkey, performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Gala in 2006. Yes, those are naked men running around on stage. This is gratuitous male nudity for no other reason except that it’s damned funny.
Oh, and that little “bum wag” bit by the woman at the end… that’s a classic “I’m running naked to the [...]
A marketing report called “Women Online” has found that more women than men use the internet in the US. 97.2 million women like to play with teh interwebs compared to 90.9 million men.
The researchers found that women were more likely to use social networking sites like Myspace and were less keen on video sites like [...]
And today’s big news is that Juan Garcia has won Mr World 2007. No, this is not a late April Fool’s joke. There really is a beauty pageant for men, and this year it was held in China.
Contestants are vying to be “the most desirable men in the world” and must participate in a variety [...]
My red skirt is hitched up to my waist though no higher. Below it the Commander is fucking. What he is fucking is the lower part of my body. I do not say making love, because this is not what he’s doing. Copulating too would be inaccurate, because it would imply two people and only [...]
Hmm. Seems someone decided to take the “Blue Day Book” idea and raunch it up.
Porn for Women, allegedly* written by the “Cambridge Women’s Pornography Cooperative” with photography by Susan Anderson, features photos of half-naked men doing housework.
The pics are accompanied by phrases like “I love a clean house” and “As long as I have [...]
Yep, that headline got your attention, didn’t it?
Thanks to an episode of Oprah, I’ve now been exposed to the insanity that is Bear Grylls. This guy is the kind of Discovery Channel lunatic that would make Steve Irwin (RIP) proud.
So, in the above episode of Man Vs Wild in which he simulates being lost in [...]
March 14 is supposed to be steak and a blowjob day for men. But don’t worry, girls, because in a month’s time it will be our turn.
The second annual Cake and Cunnilingus Day is on April 14.
This is the day where we can eat as much cake as we like, preferably with a man’s face [...]
The US FCC has banned a television commercial by Dove cosmetics because it shows too much flesh.
The ads feature older women who are nude but discreetly posed, accompanied by the slogan “Too old for an anti-aging ad.”
Adland also reports that conservative groups are upset by the campaign because it is “contributing to the sexualization of [...]
I recently re-watched all three Lord of the Rings films and finally got around to watching the extras on film 3. One of the more amusing moments on that disc was when Viggo Mortensen decided to kiss hobbit Billy Boyd, ostensibly to make Sean Astin feel a bit more relaxed with his scene.
Now that kiss [...]
Cnet news has an article on the push to make sexual video games more female-friendly. They’re essentially saying that current games suit straight males, especially because they’re about having instantaneous sex. Apparently women want to take things a bit slower.
The article has two particularly appealing bits. One is this rather garbled yet amusing quote:
“I want [...]
Another day, another survey about teenagers viewing porn.
This one is from the University of Alberta and it looks at 13 and 14 year olds from rural areas. Surprise, surprise, one third of boys that age have seen porn.
I always look to see what the percentage of females is in these surveys, just as a comparison, [...]
I’ve posted about the Eros Association and AdultShop.com challenging the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification before, here, here and here.
Now AdultShop is taking their Viva Erotica fight to the federal court, asking that adult films depicting non-violent consensual sex be given an R rating, meaning they can be legally sold everywhere.
The CEO has [...]
I can’t help but post on this story, mainly because I can’t resist the headline “Captain Jack’s Huge Penis.”
I’m a fan of Doctor Who (yes, yes, it’s very nerdy, I know). And I have to say I thought the arrival of bisexual Captain Jack was a fabulous addition to the show. Goodness knows it inspired [...]
Well, seems there’s no need to write my own erotic stories when I can just quote extensively from British tabloid interviews with the Qantas air attendant who got it on with Ralph Fiennes in the toilet:
“We were so close. Our faces were less than a foot apart and then he started holding my hands. Then [...]
I go away for a few days and suddenly male celebrities are busting to get their kit off.
Dr Who star David Tennant gets nude in a new BBC drama called Recovery, which is about the loss of identity after an accident. Viewers can see him nude in the shower, when he forgets to turn the [...]
A play by the former editor of Playgirl has just finished its run at the Kraine theatre in New York. Dirty Girl is the story of:
Dori Richter, a nice Jewish girl from Long Island whose life changes when she answers an ad in the newspaper seeking a ‘writer/editor who must be comfortable with male nudity’. [...]
A book about teenage sexuality is causing a bit of a stir here in Australia. The Sex Lives of Australian Teenagers by Joan Sauers has prompted the usual hysterical rants from conservative politicians.
The author conducted a random survey of 300 teen boys and girls, asking questions about masturbation, oral sex, contraception and porn.
The best summary [...]
OK, so a month ago I posted about not knowing what to do with Myspace.
I think I’ve got it worked out. I found a way to make the page look nice (without it being too unreadable), I’ve sat down and listed my favourite movies, TV shows and books, and I’m now on a search for [...]
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