Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
Spent the evening out watching the total lunar eclipse and taking photos. The lens didn’t cope with the moon as well as we’d liked but we got a few time lapse pics, like the one above. Naturally, as we guzzled our wine, we started to make a list of “moon” songs that should be playing on the stereo. We came up with: 1. Total Eclipse of the Heart 2. Moonlight Read More …
No blog entry yesterday because I went to see the Countdown Spectacular, which is basically a big nostalgic extravaganza featuring a bunch of one hit wonders from the 70s and 80s. Yes, folks, I have now seen Plastic Bertrand in concert. Oooh wee ooh ooh.. ca plane pour moi! I also was privy to several thousand forty-somethings yelling “No way, get fucked, fuck off!” at The Angels. It was like Read More …
It’s really difficult coming back from time away, you know. A holiday gives you a different perspective on things, and you start to realise there’s a bit more to life than what you do for a living. Thus it is that I’ve come home from two weeks away and I’m still fairly unmotivated. I haven’t got back into my daily rounds yet: writing articles, reading blogs, checking the news, searching Read More …
This page makes for a life-affirming read. I’m not normally one for mushy sentimental self help stuff, but this said a few things to me that needed saying, like: Turn off the TV. How many hours will we waste away in front of the boob tube? How many hours do we have to live? Do the math, then unplug the TV. Only plug it back in when you have a Read More …
I’m back from gallavanting around the Northern part of the country and am now attempting to get my brain back into work mode. It’s gonna be hard after all that wine. Bear with me. I’ll be more coherent tomorrow. Or the next day.
I won’t be online as much for the next few weeks, so posting will slow down a bit. I’m sure it won’t matter as all you people in the Northern Hemisphere are off on Summer holidays anyway.
I grow old… I grow old… I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. – TS Eliot Another year has gone and I’m about to hit 34. Shit, that seems old to me. I remember when Read More …
This month’s feature article at For The Girls is about body hair and hair removal. In reading various articles on the topic I saw it described as “the battle that feminism lost” and I found myself musing about the current state of play when it comes to women and their furry bits. Fact is, depilation has never been more fashionable. I saw statistics suggesting that 99% of women have removed Read More …
This is the new anti-speeding ad from the NSW government. It shows women holding up their pinky fingers after young men engage in hoony behaviour in their cars, speeding off and doing burnouts. I have to say, I like it, if only because it’s similar to a joke I’ve been making for ages whenever a young bloke decides to hit the gas nearby. “Uh-oh,” I’ll say. “Looks like his giant Read More …
Numerous things to blog about today, but I don’t feel like doing multiple posts so… * Violet Blue’s article about porn for women is out in Oprah’s O magazine. Details here. I’ve written about this previously in my post Has Oprah embraced porn? * The mainstream media is rehashing the eye-tracking study from the Kinsey instute which says women perve more than men. I wrote about this in April in Read More …
Blerk. I have a head cold and I feel miserable.
“We knew more about each other than most of our friends knew about us.” This is a quote from Naked On The Internet: Hookups, Downloads and Cashing In On Internet Sexploration. It’s by a sex blogger, talking about how she cultivated friendships with other women online. As I flicked through Audacia Ray’s new book, the statement rang true for me, because on almost every page I encountered names that I Read More …
Wade past the make-up advertising, “fashionista” blog and frighteningly large handbag photos and you’ll find this article in the sex section of Marie Claire. Following their February survey that found that 17% of their readers were into porn, the mag decided to compile a list of what they called “reputedly female friendly sites.” The list has quite a few worthy entries like Retro Raunch, I Feel Myself and Hot Movies Read More …
On this day 16 years ago my cousin was killed in a motorbike accident. He was 20 and like a brother to me. The sad fact is that he died because he was going way too fast on a winding road, astride a bike he wasn’t licensed to ride. I remember the dull shock of it all, and the unworldly grief that happens when a young person dies. I was Read More …
I was just perusing Amber Rhea’s blog and, amidst the many interesting musings on feminism and blogging, I discovered that she has graduated from her pole dancing school with a purple garter. I tried pole dancing, once, over two years ago. And I was absolutely crap at it. Jane and I from For The Girls attended a class for a feature we were doing. I did the dancing, Jane took Read More …