The Edge of Night by Jean Van Cleemput
Looking at a leather bar in a different light. /photography/
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Father Issues by Justin Clark
Confessions of a second-generation sperm donor. /personal essays/
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Film Reviews by Bilge Ebiri, Logan Hill and Peter Smith
In Walk the Line, Reese Witherspoon is stunning. So is The Syrian Bride. Plus, Date DVD. /film/
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Scanner by Ada Calhoun
Now daily! Today: Breasts Not Bombs, Lindsay Lohan's cleavage and Tabloid Fodder: our issues with Matthew McConaughey.
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The Baby Makers by Claudio Cricca
The makers and users of "baby simulators" — a photo essay. *reproductive rights issue*
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Lost in the Forest by Kim Winderman
And completely nude. /photography/
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Raw Hooksexup: A History of Violence by Steve Almond
Pro-lifers and the politics of projection. *reproductive rights issue*
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A Life's Work: Nature's Own by Ada Calhoun
The octogenarian Drs. Billings describe their world-famous family planning option. *reproductive rights issue*
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Sex Advice From Jiu-Jitsu Fighters by Megan Miller
Q: How can I make sure my lover reciprocates?
A: Don't let her orgasm until she lets you. She'll eventually pick up on this reward system.
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Control Issues by Rachel Shukert
Why I hate condoms and fear the pill. *reproductive rights issue*
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Beyond Plan B by the Hooksexup staff
The future of birth control: what's promising and what's premature. *reproductive rights issue*
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Love In by Ryan Kennedy
Big Star and new indie bands: a mutual admiration society. /music/
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Miss Information by Erin Bradley
Is it okay to fantasize during sex? /advice/
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Analyzing Alito by the Hooksexup staff
Does the paper trail of Bush's Supreme Court nominee point to a pro-choice bent? *reproductive rights issue*
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Government Withholding by Will Doig
Former FDA director Dr. Susan Wood speaks out about the Bush administration's stonewalling of the Plan B contraceptive. *reproductive rights issue*
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Trouble in Numbers by Jennifer Baumgardner
On the stigma of the second abortion. *reproductive rights issue*
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The Hooksexup Interview: Mary Gaitskill by Michael Martin
The groundbreaking author on her new book Veronica, sex in the '80s and intimacy now. /books/
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Point of No Return by Ada Calhoun
As a pro-choice woman, I'm ashamed to admit it, but I think second-term abortion is wrong. *reproductive rights issue*
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Reader Poll: Multiple Choice by Gwynne Watkins
Tell us where you stand on abortion, sex ed, birth control and more. *reproductive rights issue*
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Who Are the Feminists for Life? by Lynn Harris
In a word, dangerous. *reproductive rights issue*
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Horoscopes by Neal Medlyn
Your week in sex.
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The Henry Miller Awards by Various
Vote on this month's best literary sex scene.
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Crush of the Week |
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Every Sunday at eight o'clock, we hunker down with a box of Kleenex for an hour of the most heart-wrenching reality show on television: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. In every episode, a team of six attractive, well-manicured, highly emotional designers rebuild a tragic family's home. (This season's two-hour special featured a deaf couple with a son who was autistic, blind, and prone to running away.) After receiving news that they have been chosen, the family is sent away on a one-week vacation (usually to Disneyland). When they return to their newly retrofitted home, crowds of attention-starved neighbors cheer for the camera. And everyone cries. A lot.
It's a humbling, somewhat masochistic experience, but that's not why we watch it. No, we endure this particular reality for one reason: Ty Pennington. According to his website, Ty is "best known as the lovable, off-the-wall, hunk-of-a-carpenter who likes to goof around on the set of Trading Spaces." But we know and love him best as Extreme Makeover's affable, emotional, J-Crew handsome, sexually ambiguous Team Leader.
Every Sunday the phone rings at approximately 7:55 p.m. And every Sunday it's my twin sister: "It's just so awful," she sobs. "That poor family...Is Ty gay?"
"No," I say. "He knows how to use power tools. He builds things. He's like Bob Vila, but better." She hangs up.
At 7:57 p.m. my friend Damian calls. "It's just so awful," cries Damian, who is gay. "That poor family...is Ty gay?"
"Yes," I say. "He likes big drills, cries on every show, wears muscle tees, loves his hair gel, and he's really big on hugging."
Ty is all things to all people. And for that, he is our crush of the week. — Tobin Levy
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Photos of the Week |
Disenfranchised farmers in Veracruz stage a naked protest.
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Family time, rhino style. |
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Avril Lavigne, dressed like a Hooters girl. Meanwhile, Hooters accused a rival chain of stealing its idea. "The evidence will show WingHouse has copied the Hooter girl almost from head to toe...The Hooter girl is our Ronald McDonald."
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Raisin Monday festival in Scotland or aftermath of an out-of-control bukkake party?
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Soccer star Nando Rafael explains away this picture: "Scoring a perfect goal is like an orgasm. Things can happen in your body that you're not aware of."
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Quotes of the Week |
"Right now, you would think I have a preference for blondes because of my last two wives, but I actually don't. It just kinda worked out that way. I actually prefer the dark, exotic, brown, dark-haired Brazilian woman." —Tommy Lee.
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"And there was the gluteus maximus, the muscle of the buttocks. Earlier human ancestors, like chimpanzees today, had pelvises that could support only a modest gluteus maximus, nothing like the strong buttocks of Homo." — The New York Times. |
We Play a Game on Company Time |
Every once in a while, we at Hooksexup like to take a little board game break in our common area. Okay, the whole office is a common area — it's a loft — but we spend most of our day in fierce denial of this fact, IMing co-workers three-feet away.
But we acknowledged each other's existence the other morning in order to try out this week's freebie: "SEXDRIVE."
While eager to relive our mirthful Pervartistry experience, we were a little wary of this one because of its press materials' puntasticness: "Silver Summit Games presents SEXDRIVE: the hilarious pedal-to-the-metal, shift your gears, honk your horny game." In brief, each person or team drives their car around the board answering questions or doing various dares involving notepad and pencil or sculpting clay (which Tobin insists smells "like ass") or charades and if you get all eight "category certificates" you win. We didn't make it that far.
"Uh, they trademarked 'Truth or Phallus,'" Gwynne said in a concerned voice.
Nevertheless, for your sake, we dove right in.
Thinking ourselves smarter than the game, we arranged the ten thousand cards and pieces intuitively and started rolling the twelve-sided die while Tobin read the instructions as questions came up. And they started to come up fairly quickly.
"Does the card really say 'milking' is a way to make a penis appear bigger?"
"Are you sure 'tush' isn't on the list of the ten most popular names for butt?"
"I got that right — does that mean I get my Libido Learning Permit?"
"So I got this card through the SEXDRIVE BODY SHOP — does that mean I have to turn my card over?"
The instructions finally had to be grabbed out of a shellshocked Tobin's hands and read in their entirety. "Two categories have a slightly different approach to the way they are played. They are the ORANGE-TROJAN HORSE "MISCONCEPTIONS"(TM) and PURPLE MASTER DEBATER(TM) on the OUTER COURSE...The MASTER DEBATER category provides the TOP 3 TO 15 ANSWERS...depending on the question..."
As play continued, haltingly, we began to have other questions, like, "Did you notice all the KEEPING ABREAST questions directed toward women are statistics jokes like, 'In a survey about dating, what percentage of women think it is okay to date three or more men at the same time? A.11. B.31. C.89. D.100 percent, if all the men are Johns!'"
"Who is this game FOR?" became the new question.
"Wait, maybe this would be a good way to get comfortable talking frankly about sex," said the democratic Sarah.
"This space is called PUBIC PARKING," deadpanned Gwynne. And with that, the game was abandoned.
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From our Inbox |
"PRESS RELEASE — Wee Sing Again for the Holidays — There are few things more magical for children than the holidays. But, what if they could ride on a snowflake to visit Santa at the North Pole? With Wee Sing's new holiday DVD, Wee Sing The Best Christmas Ever, children can imagine their way with Poofer the elf as he takes them to Santa's workshop on his snowflake sleigh...What is the staying power of Wee Sing?"
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In the News |
Hustler is publishing a lesbian love scene starring Paris Hilton.
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Thailand has officially announced a Miss Spinster Thailand pageant. The opening line to this article is "The telephone doesn't ring anymore." |
John and Victoria Gotti's sons were beat up at the mall for hitting on someone's sister. |
A British chippy whose working name is the Green-Eyed Goddess hires herself out to flirt with men in order to make their wives or girlfriends jealous.
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Tom Brokaw does not skinny dip after all.
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Lynn Harris writes in Salon about the new niche magazine for women trying to get pregnant. It's called Conceive. |
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Apparently, this is really Ron Jeremy's blog. |
United Kingdom teenagers now receive text messages about safe sex as part of a new social service campaign.
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The pocket rocket is named one of the ten worst toys for kids. |
Naked gnomes are stolen from a German amusement part, and people are actually surprised. |
Product Placement |
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Take refuge in the lap pillow.
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For the lady in your life: the new necklace craze, ballsies. |
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The O'Reilly Factor For Kids. |
Target is apparently offering anal massage. Or they were, anyway. We swear. And the moral of the story is: always do screen captures!
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Fly naked.
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Just in time for the holidays: celebrity-autographed staplers. Bob Newhart, anyone?
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