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We're such hyprocrites when it comes to sex work.  When we were in Cuba, the sentiment was that communism was preferable because it kept prositution and drugs out of the culture (and the mafia).  Now China is seeing the return of the concubine thanks to capitalism:

Mao Tse-tung tried to stamp the custom out as a relic of feudalism, but the return of capitalism to China has also meant a major comeback for the concubine. And for the long-suffering Chinese public, the compulsion of rich businessmen and jumped-up party officials to prove their wealth and power by the number and gorgeousness of their mistresses is a major factor in the growth of corruption. The angry gossip online is that behind every corrupt official there is a scheming mistress.

Thank you, Lien, for the link to this article.  I bought this Glamour issue at the airport and will admit that I was shocked to see the image of Lizzie Miller.  I hate it when I realize that I've been conditioned.  I'm going to go eat more tiramisu:

It's a photo that measures all of three by three inches in our September issue, but the letters about it started to flood my inbox literally the day Glamour hit newsstands. (As editor-in-chief, I pay attention to this stuff!) "I am gasping with delight...I love the woman on p 194!" said one...then another, and another, andanotherandanotherandanother. So...who is she? And what on earth is so special about her?

Here's the deal: The picture wasn't of a celebrity. It wasn't of a supermodel. It was of a woman sitting in her underwear with a smile on her face and a belly that looks...wait for it...normal.

This was written by Eric Francis - we read our horoscope every day at his site planetwaves.com:

It was indeed Betty Dodson, the author of Sex for One, who gave women permission to possess, love and experience the clitoris. She loves this photo and I'm sharing it with you on the occasion of her 80th birthday. (Much gratitude to the model, Tori, for her generous offering.) Betty sometimes goes by the name Clitty Ann and does a little puppet routine with her pussy. She has been teaching about sex for quite and she does it every day. You might almost think she was...sent here.

Thank you to Smitten Kitten for the introduction to Buck Angel. I didn't know that testosterone made your clit grow: 

Just a few flickr pics: Betty's 80th Bday. It was my camera - I only took a few because I was having such a good time. Perse took more and I'll post them tomorrow.

Rae Allen wrote this poem for Betty and read it aloud at her bday celebration last night - a sit down dinner for 40 people:

Is Betty really Bad? She has and is living an enviable life... An estimable artist... As an enviable sexual adventurer... As a great and loving friend to some, and a great and loving lover to others...

And as always, as a grand lover of life and living... As a breaker and wrecker of boundaries, sexual moral and philosophical.

She glides thru vaginal and penile joys and worries on the wings of perfumed knowledge...

She strews the world with sweetness, humor and deep affection

She knows all and all of us and all about us

Is Betty bad really? I call this goodness monumental and all giving good good goodness! no regrets, nothing undone - all done.

Just good, good, good, good, Betty

Can we give the shorts thing a rest now?  I feel like she's the most sexualized woman in politics.  Not sure if it's because she's black, sleeping with Barack, or they know just how powerful she is:

US First Lady Michelle Obama is among the newcomers in a list of the world's most powerful women.

Mrs Obama made her debut at number 40 on the list for Forbes Magazine, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel took the top spot for the fourth time.

Forbes ranks its list using a mix of media "reach" and financial impact."We look at hundreds of women who are at the top of their fields in business, politics, and non-profits, and set them against one another to see how they rank in terms of power," said Chana Schoenberger, co-editor of the list.

Supposedly they didn't use jewish women in the concentration camp brothels but political prisoners.  They promised the women release for 6 months per year if they worked in the brothels.  Surprise surprise the nazis didn't honor it:

In 1942, the Nazis decided that forced laborers in concentration camps would work harder if they were promised sex - so they made female prisoners work in brothels for them.

The brothels form the subject of "Das KZ Bordell" (The Concentration Camp Brothel) by Robert Sommer, a book that has been hailed as the first comprehensive account of a little-known chapter of Nazi oppression in World War Two.

Christina Cicchelli is a "Sexventurer" of sorts; she's spent over five years as a sex worker and has experience in a myriad of industries, including phone sex and professional domination. As a Mistress, she has worked in several NYC Dungeons and also visited devoted clients on an independent basis. As a phone sex operator, she maintained a large amount of callers who sought her guidance, creativity, and experience in fetish and role-play.

Last night's True Blood episode was a total crowd pleaser.  A terrorist tried to blow up a vampire gathering and Eric - the opportunist that he is - used it to his advantage.  He played hero throwing himself over Sookie only to dupe her into sucking pieces of silver lodged in his chest.  His blood was all over her face as she sucked his nipple area believing she was saving his life.  That's when Bill stormed in (late to the party as always) and told her that Eric could have healed himself.  The kicker: since Sookie drank his blood now Eric could sense her every emotion and she would start feeling attracted to him sexually.

That's when the fantasy sequences of Eric and Sookie in bed started.  Loved it.  I think a threesome with Bill and Eric would be the ultimate.

I feel the same way. Some years it's bad boys....some years it's power brokers...and some years it's nice guys:

Research, published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, has shown that some female fish find different male traits attractive from year to year.

Evolutionary biologist and author Dr Bob Wong, of Monash University in Melbourne, says the changing preferences of female fish may play an important role in evolution.

In their study, Wong and lead author Tobi Lehtonen, also of the Monash University, gave female sand goby fish the choice of two mates.

In honor of tomorrow's release of "Threesomes & Moresomes" from Betty's memoir, we're posting below Adele Stan's piece "Why Are people Afraid of Bisexuals?":

I don't like the term bisexual; I prefer to think of myself as a person of no fixed sexual orientation. It better suits the amorphous world I inhabit.

"How do you identify?"

"Oh, I'm a PoNFSO."

Okay; it's a little unwieldy, and abbreviated, it hardly rolls off the tongue. So, neither fish nor fowl, I content myself with being the bacon in the LGBT sandwich.

I didn't come of age as a free-spirited bisexual. I always knew it was what I was, at least from the point at which I knew what the term meant. As a child, I had crushes on both boys and girls. When my best friend in high school lost her virginity, I was beside myself. But how was I to tell her I was in love with her -- especially after I had spent the previous year utterly smitten with a boy?

Thank you, Tommy, for the link.  I'm outraged.  Abortion is legal yet our government turns a blind eye to the criminal harassment, death threats, and murder of its citizens.  Why do they continue to kow tow to the religious right?

Despite mounting threats to the clinic--and potentially to the life--of Nebraska Dr. Leroy Carhart, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has removed the federal marshals earlier charged with protecting him.

Dr. Carhart lost his federal marshal protection two weeks ago, much to the alarm of pro-choice leaders, leaving him vulnerable at a time when anti-choice violence has been escalating across the country, and when Carhart himself has been openly targeted by groups such as Operation Rescue, which is calling for protests at his clinic later this month. In addition, members of the Army of God, an organization that promotes the use of violence against providers of abortion care, and glorifies those who commit acts of murder, are also targetting Dr. Carhart.

I've never seen turtle sex before.  Caught this on jezebel and had to post it:

Becky Chalker takes on genital body image in her piece on Alternet.  D&R got an honorable mention and I was quoted *smiles*:

Type "labiaplasty," "vaginoplasty" or any of nearly a dozen female genital cosmetic surgeries into any search engine, and a flurry of doctors' Web sites will pop up touting the self-esteem, sexual enhancement, comfort and fashion benefits of female genital cosmetic surgery.

These sites, typically decorated with airbrushed pictures of lovely women in various states of undress or even nude, are replete with before-and-after photos of trimmed-down labia and gushing quotes from satisfied customers.

Many of these sites promise ecstasy, plus: "Laser vaginal reconstruction can accomplish what ever [sic] you desire."