Quote of the Day – July 14 2015
“Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.”
Paul Strand
Breathless: Mastering the Art of Sexting
From Vogue magazine no less:
Sexting is an important life skill. If the ability to pen a beautiful love letter got our grandparents the girl, today, having a baller sexting game can be the difference between a Tinder match that goes nowhere and being able to actually touch a person in real life. High stakes, […]
Quote of the Day – July 13 2015
“We connect more but communicate less.”
Janet Sternberg, Fordham University
Twelve Rude Revelations About Sex
Sex, we have been led to believe, is as natural as breathing. But in fact, contends British philosopher Alain de Botton, it is “close to rocket science in complexity.” It’s not only a powerful force, it’s often contrary to many other things we care about.
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Quote of the Day – July 12 2015
“I’m convinced we all are voyeurs. It’s part of the detective thing. We want to know secrets and we want to know what goes on behind those windows. And not in a way that we would use to hurt anyone. There’s an entertainment value to it, but at the same time we want to know: […]
The startling rise of DIY erotica
From article: Online pornography is a multibillion-dollar industry — 35 percent of all internet downloads are pornographic, and more than $3,000 is spent on internet porn every second. Every second! In the time it took you to read that sentence, $9,000 has been blown watching people get blown.
Madison Young, a porn director, actress, bondage model, […]
Quote of the Day – July 11 2015
“Eroticism, one may say, is consenting to live.”
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, Pierrot le Fou
What ‘data dating’ is doing to your relationship…
From article:
What are the implications of data dating instead of good old-fashioned phone calls?
With no shortage of demands competing for our time in an age of busy lifestyles, sometimes turning to our smartphones to communicate is unavoidable.
Perhaps we should instead ensure we turn away from our phones when we do score some precious alone time, […]
Quote of the Day – July 10 2015
“Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys.”
John Donne
What I’m watching… ‘La Vie d’Adèle’
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (French: La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 – “The Life of Adèle – Chapters 1 & 2”) is a 2013 French romantic coming-of-age drama film written, produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos. The film revolves around Adèle (Exarchopoulos), a French teenager who […]