Strawberry haze is pretty awesome to…JT on Fallon

It’s been a beyond-crazy week for Justin Timberlake. Just mere days away from the official release of The 20/20 Experience (March 19!), Justin’s been celebrating “Justin Timberweek” every single night this week on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” (we’re tired just thinking about it), complete with live performances of “Mirrors,” “Pusher Love Girl,” and the classic “SexyBack” (with a barbershop quartet!).

Now Justin’s debuted another new track from The 20/20 Experience (maybe you already read about it in our GIF album review?), “Strawberry Bubblegum.”

Decked out in varsity baseball-style jackets, Justin and his backup singers shook and finger-snapped their way through the R&B-tinged make-out anthem “Strawberry Bubblegum.” Then, building upon the performance’s sports theme, some additional backup dancers joined Justin onstage in full baseball uniform regalia. Why all the baseball hats and striped pants?? We can’t be too sure… Could it have something to do with baseball players and their penchant for chewing gum? If that’s the case, shouldn’t the song actually be called “Chewing Tobacco”? Er, never mind — all that matters is Justin can shimmy around the stage singing “My lips are strawberry strawberry bubblegum” ALL he wants — whether or not the costumes make sense is besides the point. Check it out below! And for goodness sake, stream The 20/20 Experience already!

Watch Justin Timberlake Perform ‘Strawberry Bubblegum’ On ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’ (VIDEO).

What Does Sex Positive Mean

 

Question: What Does Sex Positive Mean?

Answer:

The term sex positive has been in use in academic and research writing since at least the mid-1950s (probably much earlier, I’ve read that Wilhelm Reich was credited with first using the term). In these early references, sex positive was most often used as a synonym for erotophilia. In contemporary usage, the definition of sex positive continues to develop, and no one has made much of an effort to argue for a unified vision of sex positivity.

The term sex positive began to be used with greater frequency during the feminist “sex wars” of the 80s and 90s. At that time it was often used to define oneself in opposition to the anti-pornography feminists. Sex positive was used interchangeably with the term “pro-sex” and it began to include the idea that that sexual expression could be transgressive, that people can attain sexual freedom through the performance of sexual acts and sexual ways of being.

Carol Queen, an author and activist who has long been associated with the term sex positive, and whose 1997 collection Real Live Nude Girl was the first mainstream book to use the term sex positive in its title, defines sex positivity this way:

“Sex-positive, a term that’s coming into cultural awareness, isn’t a dippy love-child celebration of orgone – it’s a simple yet radical affirmation that we each grow our own passions on a different medium, that instead of having two or three or even half a dozen sexual orientations, we should be thinking in terms of millions. “Sex-positive” respects each of our unique sexual profiles, even as we acknowledge that some of us have been damaged by a culture that tries to eradicate sexual difference and possibility. Even so, we grow like weeds.”

In an article for Planned Parenthood on providing sex positive sex education, Lisa Tobin writes that being sex positive includes:

• Having a comprehensive definition of sexuality
• Viewing sexual health as a basic human right
• Focusing on the life-enhancing aspects of sexuality as well as attention to the negative aspects
• Being non-judgmental and challenging narrow social constructs
• Using inclusive language rather than value-laden language which makes assumptions based on sexual orientation or gender stereotypes
• Assisting individuals to be aware of the choices involved in sexual decisions

The sex educator’s definition of sex positive usually invokes less of the transgressive politics, and focuses more on the positive psychological and physical impact of sexual expression.

While the term sex positive is still used in activist and academic writing, as well as in sexual health and sexology, these days it can most often be found in marketing materials for a wide range of for profit businesses that make money off selling sex in one form or another to the public. In this usage, it has become a short hand for sexual normalization. Thus a “sex positive author” is someone who will make you feel okay about whatever it is they tell you how to do in their book, and a “sex positive sex toy store” will make you feel good about whatever they sell you).

Whether sex positivity will lose its meaning in the face of so much marketing remains to be seen. But as long as there are other organizations (or, say, governments) whose agenda includes restricting sexual rights and expression, the idea of sex positivity remains an important one for all of us to hold on to.

What Does Sex Positive Mean.

March is Women Month

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National Women's History Month's roots go back to March 8, 1857, when women from New York City factories staged a protest over working conditions. International Women's Day was first observed in 1909, but it wasn't until 1981 that Congress established National Women's History Week to be commemorated the second week of March. In 1987, Congress expanded the week to a month.

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Body, Mind, and Spirit Sex

 

Regular sex, according to medical research, has the same benefits as regular exercise. It increases the flow of certain chemicals that naturally boost and strengthen the immune system, improves cholesterol levels, stimulates circulation, invigorates the heart, diminishes the intensity of pain, especially in migraines and chronic arthritis, reduces PMS symptoms, and releases endorphins which simply make you feel good.

Good sex is not a localized experience, but embraces all of the parts of our Self: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. The more of our whole being that is involved, the better the sex. And the more complete the sexual healing.

Physical Sex

* Make friends with your body. The more accepting you are of your physical being—your best features as well as your flaws—the more comfortable you will be sharing it.

* Explore how your body feels. Develop your sense of touch. Cover the surface of your body with paint, with clay, with cream, with silk. Treat yourself to a massage, a manicure, or a facial. Pat, stroke, rub, knead your skin and hair. Offer to massage someone. Ask someone to massage you.

* Appreciate your body. Know that this body allows you to participate fully in life. Don’t take this tremendous gift for granted. Express your gratitude for its durability, dependability, and recuperative powers.

* Bless your body for the great service that it provides. Bless your feet that take you where you want to go, the back that holds you upright, the hands that serve you so well, the eyes that you see out of, the heart that keeps on ticking. Bless your life in its physical form and enjoy it.

* Treat your body well. Feed it wisely, air it often, water and exercise it with Intention and care. Pay Attention to its proper maintenance and upkeep. Keep it oiled and greased and limber, and don’t let it get rusty. Nurture its need to be nurtured. Tend to its requirements and pamper all of its parts.

* Prepare your body for sex. Soak in a warm tub full of fragrant water to melt into the mood. Rub luscious lotion all over yourself, caressing each mound and crevice and curve with love and anticipation.

Mental Sex

* Mind your memories, good and bad. Do not dwell in the past. Do not look back in time in order to yearn for more youthful days or compare yourself today with who you used to be. And do not let past pain, rejection, repression, or abuse deprive you of your present pleasures Deal with what you want to change so that you can Be Here Now.

* Mind your manners. Be nice. Be kind. Be patient. Be encouraging, but be sure to ask for what you want. Be willing to communicate with an open ear, as well as with an open mouth. Be clear and specific. Be gentle, but firm. Speak your truth and expect to be heard. Share your desires and fantasies and play them out. Show and tell.

* Mind your P’s and Q’s. P stands for permission. Allow yourself to follow your instincts and your desires and give yourself the unconditional permission to do what comes naturally, whatever that might mean to you. Q is for the quest for what you want and how you want it.

Emotional Sex

* Explore the full range of your sexual emotions. What feelings does sex engender in you? What needs do you want it to fill? Does it? Is sex an outlet for the release of stress, of anger, frustration, or boredom? Is it an avenue to tenderness, affection, closeness,intimacy, honesty, safety, openness, trust, and love?

* Express your true emotional Self in all its myriad moods. Allow your funny, silly, lazy, sad, colorful, soulful, sinful parts out to play. Be adventurous. Be bold. Be brazen. Be wild. Be inventive. Don’t worry, the kids won’t be able to hear you. Be silent. Be solo. Be celibate. Be whatever you darn well please.

* Exorcise your demons. Relax your resistance. Release your inhibitions. Let go of your mind altogether. Forget your emotions and all of your mental ramblings for a while, and just let yourself be. There are times when it is important to reflect upon and connect with your thoughts and feelings, and there are times when it’s just as beneficial to disengage. Sex would be one of those times to let go.

Spiritual Sex

* Create a sexual sanctuary, a safe and sacred space, a Temple of Love in which to indulge in your pleasures. Remove all distracting items that relate to the other parts of your life: notebooks, briefcases, pagers, bills, calendars. Turn the phones off, including the cell at the bottom of your purse. Cover the clocks. Close the bathroom door.

* Smudge your space with the smoke of myrrh or copal to cleanse the atmosphere and with the smoke of sweet grass to invite in the sweet spirits. Create a mood conducive to enchantment, enticement, and enjoyment. This is the royal boudoir, after all. A Garden of 1001 Delights.

* Decorate your love chamber it in such a way as to appeal to all of the senses. Use sheets and covers in soft fabrics: chenille, flannel, silk, and satin to lie upon. Play sensual, arousing, or relaxing music. Have candles, soft lights, colored walls, flowers, and objets d’ arte to please the gaze. Apply evocative perfumes, oils, and incense to smell. Offer lovely treats to taste.

* Create a ritual before you make love. Think of sex as a way to connect — alone or in company — with the vibrating Kundalini energy that courses through you and the entire universe. Sanctify and ignite your Intention by lighting a candle, saying a prayer, or by singing, chanting, drumming, dancing, anointing. Reach out to engage your Self, another, and All That Is, in an ecstatic embrace of spirit, passion, and love.

Author’s Bio:

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Mama Donna Henes is an internationally renown urban shaman,
award-winning author, popular speaker and workshop leader
whose joyful celebrations of celestial events have introduced
ancient traditional rituals and contemporary ceremonies to
millions of people in more than 100 cities since 1972. She
has published four books, a CD, an acclaimed quarterly journal
and writes a column for UPI Religion and Spirituality Forum.
Mama Donna, as she is affectionately called, maintains a
ceremonial center, spirit shop, ritual practice and consultancy
in Exotic Brooklyn, NY where she works with individuals,
groups, institutions, municipalities and corporations to create
meaningful ceremonies for every imaginable occasion.

For information about upcoming events and services contact:

Mama Donna’s Tea Garden & Healing Haven
PO Box 380403
Exotic Brooklyn, New York, NY 11238-0403
Phone: 718/857-1343
Email: CityShaman@aol.com
http://www.DonnaHenes.net
http://www.MamaDonnasSpiritShop.com/
http://www.TheQueenofMySelf.com

Body, Mind, and Spirit Sex.

 

PEOPLE ARE AWESOME 2013 - 4 min video

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PEOPLE ARE AWESOME 2013 - YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A6XUVjK9W4o#!

AWESOME!

Strong Baby

1st Round

12 Odd, Racy Thanksgiving Pin-Ups of Scantily Clad Women

Is Thanksgiving the un-sexiest holiday ever? Maybe. Unless the possibility of drunken sex with your tipsy divorced aunt or uncle trips your trigger, of course.

But America — back when it really was America — was not going to be dictated to by prudes trying to keep the hawtness out of the day. The pin-up industry worked hard to come up with turkey-themed product, and the results were….odd, to say the least.

It helps, of course, that a turkey is perhaps the least-sexiest animal imaginable, outside of a camel. But even if the photographers just stuck with a Pilgrim theme, you can still feel the desperation.

Here are 12 attempts to bring sexy back to Thanksgiving.

 

12. Kinky
So the Pilgrims were into a little handcuff/S&M? It would have livened up every high school production of The Crucible.

11. Subtle
“Check out dis ass, fellas!!!” (Helpful locator arrow included.) And isn’t the whole point of Thanksgiving the peaceful celebrating between Pilgrims and Native Americans? On the other hand, it wouldn’t be the last time a Thanksgiving dinner devolved into violence.

10. A beer bong!
Or maybe it’s a blunderbuss. Because, you know, that turkey could go into kung-fu self-defense mode any second now.

9. Suck on this
Marilyn Monroe taunts a turkey over his imminent, blood-spattered demise.

8. A modern take
A noble attempt to keep the dying art of Making Thanksgiving Sexy alive for a new generation.

7. Don’t bogart that peace pipe
That look on her face tells it all. Turn up the Phish, dude.

6. A frantic last-second plea to spare a life
“Swimsuit lady, I’ll do whatever you say! Just let me live!!” (We’d honestly bet that this picture, with her holding a glass of water, is referencing the old ‘turkeys drown in the rain” theory. People were weird back then.)

5. The swinging Sixties
“That’s it, baby, rub that turkey all over your naked body…oh, yeah…” We’re guessing the drugs helped.

4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Early Years
Nothing says “sexy” more than a pin-up, with every square inch of her torso covered, teasing a helpless animal before she takes a huge ax to its neck.

3. Yeah, it’s a stretch
But at least you see some skin.

2. Dancing at the execution
If there’s anything that makes her want to dance, it’s killing a leashed animal and feasting on it. Music, maestro, please!!

1. Seriously, boss – you try making a sexy turkey picture
This artist just threw up his hands, and you can’t blame him.

12 Odd, Racy Thanksgiving Pin-Ups of Scantily Clad Women (Semi-NSFW) – Houston – News – Hair Balls.

 

 

Submissive's Guide to Giving Head

Reblogged from Love Sex and Marriage:

Okay, okay. So that was kind of misleading. Well, sort of. See, I did write a Submissive's Guide to Giving Head over the weekend, but I just didn't publish it here, I did it over at Eden. It seems I have a minor obsession with this place.

But it's weird. I kind of feeling like I'm cheating. I've got my lovely little blog here, that has been there for me for the last 11 months.

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Guiding the willing

THANK YOU!

What a week this has been. For starters, as we were putting to bed our February 2013 issue (we work way in advance) featuring the2013 Hydro Report, Hurricane Sandy hit, and those of us here on the eastern seaboard were suddenly confronted with more water than any of us had ever seen before. Ironic? Poetic? Prophetic? While we were telling you folks how to grow pot in water-based systems, Sandy’s wind and rain took out lower Manhattan, as well as large parts of Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, and the Jersey Shore. It also took out the HIGH TIMES office for a week.

We learned our own lesson about water – that it has a will of its own and that too much or too little can be lethal for you or your plants.  After a lot of last minute scrambling, we had the issue ready to go.

But stop the presses!

On November 6, something bordering on the miraculous happened. Marijuana was legalized for recreational use in the states of Colorado and Washington,Massachusetts became the 18th state to legalize pot for medicinal use, and folks in Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, and Ypsilanti, Michigan voted to decriminalize.

The Feds must be shaking – and it’s not due to all that coffee they drink on those stakeouts. This is a real coup, and those who worked on these initiatives should roll up a fat victory joint, sit back, and contemplate their place in the history books.

A special congratulations should be offered to a few of the many hard working people behind Colorado and Washington’s successful legalization initiatives.

Mason Tvert, a long-time marijuana law reformer and HIGH TIMES 2012 Freedom Fighter of the Year, is the co-director of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, which made history by legalizing up to an ounce of cannabis in Colorado this Election Day.

Not to be out done, Washington’s I 502 legalized pot as well. Alison Holcomb’s tireless work as the initiative’s campaign director and primary architect should be recognized, as should Rick Steves’. The PBS travel host, NORML board member, and marijuana advocate lent his name and time to help the initiative pass – including a multi-city I 502 educational tour.

Those who worked for the initiatives in Oregon and Arkansas that didn’t pass should be proud of themselves too, because they stood and they fought. The Forces of Darkness must not be allowed to succeed unto victory unchallenged. Those in possession of the Light must make a stand. And when Light gets trampled underfoot, it must rise again, because Light, weak as it may be at times, is immortal and will get stronger with every battle it fights. People have a will of their own, too, when they choose to use it.

So say a prayer for those still suffering in Staten Island, Coney Island, Long Beach, the Rockaways, Atlantic City … The list goes on and on. And really, this is where the Feds should be concentrating their efforts anyway – on helping people in need.

But, man, I cannot wait to see the expression on their faces when we start making the case for amnesty for marijuana prisoners. Because if they don’t send the National Guard in to stop the implementation of these voter initiatives in Washington and Colorado, the federal government is de facto accepting legalization for recreational use, which will set a precedent that defense attorneys can have a lot of fun with.

The fight continues. More updates to come on hightimes.com.

Peace,

Chris Simunek

 

 

http://hightimes.com/lounge/csimunek/8012

 

Dinning in & Eating out

Reblogged from Life, Love & Sex in Generation Y:

I like to call it getting face lol but that's just because guys get to call it getting head and something about the term "eating out" turns me off. But that is neither here nor there.

Here are some stats to bore you with before I get into the important and saucy details.

• 50-60% of women will never have an orgasm via intercourse and will require clitoral stimulation to climax.

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Get some & get happy!

Time-lapse video: Space shuttle Endeavour's trek across L.A.

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The space shuttle Endeavour made its final journey last weekend, traveling 12-miles from Los Angeles International Airport, through Inglewood, to the California Science Center in Exposition Park.

The retired orbiter was carried through city streets atop a special transporter. Throngs of people lined the route as it shimmied around trees, utility poles and other obstacles.

More time-lapse video: Endeavour detached from Boeing 747…

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This is awesome.

The "Just enough" factor

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There is something that men do that women either don't understand or they ignore. I like to call it the "Just enough" factor. I had an enlightening moment while talking to a friend of mine about his friend whom I had been dating off and on for around 4 years. He called it that. He told me his friend does just enough.

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Keep it simple.

Ganja brings the Good Vibes

Marijuana And Cancer: Scientists Find Cannabis Compound Stops Metastasis In Aggressive Cancers

 

A pair of scientists at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco has found that a compound derived from marijuana could stop metastasis in many kinds of aggressive cancer, potentially altering the fatality of the disease forever.

“It took us about 20 years of research to figure this out, but we are very excited,” said Pierre Desprez, one of the scientists behind the discovery, to The Huffington Post. “We want to get started with trials as soon as possible.”

The Daily Beast first reported on the finding, which has already undergone both laboratory and animal testing, and is awaiting permission for clinical trials in humans.

Desprez, a molecular biologist, spent decades studying ID-1, the gene that causes cancer to spread. Meanwhile, fellow researcher Sean McAllister was studying the effects of Cannabidiol, or CBD, a non-toxic, non-psychoactive chemical compound found in the cannabis plant. Finally, the pair collaborated, combining CBD and cells containing high levels of ID-1 in a petri dish.

“What we found was that his Cannabidiol could essentially ‘turn off’ the ID-1,” Desprez told HuffPost. The cells stopped spreading and returned to normal.

“We likely would not have found this on our own,” he added. “That’s why collaboration is so essential to scientific discovery.”

Desprez and McAllister first published a paper about the finding in 2007. Since then, their team has found that CBD works both in the lab and in animals. And now, they’ve found even more good news.

“We started by researching breast cancer,” said Desprez. “But now we’ve found that Cannabidiol works with many kinds of aggressive cancers–brain, prostate–any kind in which these high levels of ID-1 are present.”

Desprez hopes that clinical trials will begin immediately.

“We’ve found no toxicity in the animals we’ve tested, and Cannabidiol is already used in humans for a variety of other ailments,” he said. Indeed, the compound is used to relieve anxiety and nausea, and, since it is non-psychoactive, does not cause the “high” associated with THC.

While marijuana advocates will surely praise the discovery, Desprez explained that it’s not so easy as just lighting up.

“We used injections in the animal testing and are also testing pills,” he said. “But you could never get enough Cannabidiol for it to be effective just from smoking.”

Furthermore, the team has started synthesizing the compound in the lab instead of using the plant in an effort to make it more potent.

“It’s a common practice,” explained Desprez. “But hopefully it will also keep us clear of any obstacles while seeking approval.”

Marijuana And Cancer: Scientists Find Cannabis Compound Stops Metastasis In Aggressive Cancers.

 

Hamish Annan a Magician who will blow your mind

 

The idea of controlling someone’s thoughts instills threatening ideas of governments dominating and tracking our every move like robots.

But 18-year-old Hamish Annan is using mind tricks to bring a magic show like no other.

Packed with magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship, it will blow your mind.

Annan is dubbed a psychological illusionist and said he uses psychology and human habits to read into people’s actions and essentially, read and control their minds.

He said his show Paradox is not like your average magic show.

“I don’t saw women in half and I don’t have huge fire cages and people swinging from ceilings and doing all of these sorts of grand things that Criss Angel or those sorts of people do. It’s more me and the other person and their thoughts. Because it’s psychology, people sort of fall into certain patterns so I can work out how people are going to respond to different things.

He also said he uses different methods to try to “frame the situation’’ and get his randomly picked guests to fall under his control.

Annan said his show was designed to make sure the audience is highly involved and everyone has a lot of fun.

He said they randomly involve 30-40 members of the audience in each show and this selection process involves chucking a ball out so that there is no chance of rigging the show.

“I’ve heard some pretty funny theories on how I do it,” he said.

The theories range from audience rigging to peeking through his thick blindfold or even having a secret peeker on stage for him.

“I try to blur the lines between ‘is that a trick or was that real?’,” he said.

He is so confident in his ability to read your mind to pick a number, he will be betting an audience member $500 that he can pick their number. A word of advice – he picked mine, three times.

“If I lose my $500 on the first night, we obviously won’t have that in the second show,” he quips.

He doesn’t believe that anyone is psychic though, just that people can read into psychological triggers.

“If someone walks up to me and says “what am I thinking of?”, there’s no way that I could possibly know. It’s more that when I frame the situation that let’s me pick up things and makes my job easier. So rather than being psychic or a mind reader, there’s some sort of psychological explanation it.”

‘So you’re giving me information without knowing you’re giving me information,” he explained.

There will be two showings of ‘Paradox’ on the 25th and 26th of September at 7.30pm at the Hamilton Boys High School Hall.

Tickets are $10 for students or $15 for adults and are available fromwww.hamiltonfringe.co.nz. 

So if you feel like a mind boggling experience, head along and prepare to be tricked, puzzled and amazed. Just a quick piece of advice: if you meet him in the street, don’t take him on at a friendly game of Paper, Scissors, Rock. He will win.

- © Fairfax NZ News

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