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Masturbation study provides material for the lovers AND the haters

Em and Lo — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:00:28 +0000

A recent study published in the journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine looked at the masturbation habits of American teenagers (age 14 - 17), and the results are likely to please both the self-lovers and those who think that adolescent boys and girls should be forced to sleep in mittens to keep themselves pure.

Dorm Life FAIL: real-life masturbation pests or urban legend?

Em and Lo — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:00:44 +0000

Regular readers of this blog will know that few things make us happier than FAILblog. We don’t think that teen guys wiping out during skateboard tricks are remotely funny, but a “chocolate chip muffin” with only one chocolate chip? Comedy genius. That all said, we hate to think of ourselves as suckers, which is why [...]

Pee-wee Herman charms the cognoscenti

Michael Musto — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:30:12 +0000

Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones may be pulling serious theatergoers in to Driving Miss Daisy, but the glory of Broadway is that just a couple of blocks away, you can catch Pee-wee Herman chatting with some flowers, arguing with a chair, and instructing the audience to scream every time they hear the word “fun.” For a heady top ticket price of $227, The Pee-wee Herman Show basically recreates Pee-wee’s Playhouse, Paul Reubens’ legendary 1980s program for very advanced children, starring a bratty but lovable arrested child in a bowtie and a smirk.

Caught in the act.

Bradford Shellhammer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:59:47 +0000

The 70s were some good times. Disco! Gay liberation! My birth! And the 1970s also gave us the gem of a movie above. It’s an educational video showing a mother walking in on her son masturbating. We’ve all been there. Right? Right? It is just as awkward and weird as bell bottoms and my mother’s [...]

Happy birthday, Betty Dodson!

Em and Lo — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:00:02 +0000

There isn’t better proof that an active, healthy, happy sex life keeps you looking young and vibrant than Betty Dodson, the great American sex educator who basically invented sex-positive feminism and almost single-handedly made masturbation okay for women. She turns 80 today — and doesn’t look a day over 60! It could also be the [...]