the slut question, again

September 12, 2008 at 3:35 pm (sociology) (, )


Hecklerspray is kind of the UK equivalent of Perez Hilton and I love their article today on Jordin’s outburst at the VMAs:

“if she wants to deprive herself of sex until she becomes so helplessly terrified and frustrated that she eventually compromises her ideals and marries a completely unsuitable man only to realise that they literally couldn’t be any more sexually incompatible and ends up grinding out the rest of her joyless life one day at a time trapped in union with a man she’s come to resent because he consistently fails to satisfy her physically, then that’s her choice entirely.

Because, honestly, if the alternative is Russell Brand…”

Jordin Sparks Kind Of Sorry For Calling Everyone A Slut | Hecklerspray.

Seriously, purity rings?  I mean really, one of the things that does not make sense to me these days, is the age old idea that sex is dirty.  Or wrong.  Unless its with the ‘right’ person, who has promised to love you forever in the eyes of your chosen deity.  Y’know until someone younger, richer or sexier comes along.

Now, while I completely agree that a relationship should be about more than just sex, the physical connection is definitely a large (if you’re lucky, hur hur) part of it. Plus, well, sex is fun and part of the fun is working out what you like and don’t like, and unless you get to do it with more than one person, you probably won’t be exposed to the myriad paths to doing-it-delight.

Note the probably. I’m not saying you have to sleep with a couple of football teams and/or cheerleading squads in order to figure out what works for you, but seriously, one person? Ever?! Don’t you ever want to travel overseas? Learn another language? Eat a different flavour of ice cream?

That’s what I thought! Different is good, be it two, or three hundred and seventy two. And sticking to one, just because you think that any more than that makes you a slut, whatever that means, well, that’s just plain ridiculousness.

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now, this is love

September 10, 2008 at 3:47 pm (sociology) (, , )

“Like if her adorable quirkiness was the equivalent of a puppy playing with a kitten, this act was now a puppy pushing a kitten down a slide made of rainbows, while a mini-pony sat on a nearby stump playing an acoustic version of Feist’s “1-2-3-4”. Batshit adorable quirky.”

[redacted]: Move Over, Bonnie and Clyde.

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