Dating Confessions by You "I'm wearing sexy underwear while talking to you online so that I feel confident enough to tell you that I'm into you."
Scanner by Emily Farris Today on Nerve's culture blog: We bring you more Dita Von Teese from the German Playboy.
Screengrab by Various Today in Nerve's film blog: Holiday special - 35 people, places and movies we're thankful for.
The Remote Island by Bryan Christian Michael Phelps indulges Anderson Cooper in some watersports and Dexter makes a 'bitch move.' Plus: the secret of Tina Fey's scar, revealed!
The Alicia Keyses, Norah Joneses and Hilary Duffs of the pop world love bragging in high-minded empowerment-speak about how they "respect themselves" too much to "whore around" or "dress like hos." Frankly, we're getting sick of all these smug virgins.
It's commonly held that chaste old Britney and Christina were more appealing than whorish new Britney and Christina. (See: MTV's "Girls 2 Women Boys 2 Men"). But is yammering on about one's intact hymen really empowering? Check out this brag from Hilary Duff's mother in the recent Times article "Girls Just Want to have (Clean) Fun": "[Her sister] Haley and I joke that we haven't seen her boobs since she was three." Hasn't this gone just a little too far?
First of all, teenage girls who feign asexuality are just plain lying. If it's not totally fake to begin with (Britney), it's fake later (Brooke Shields) and then it's hard to be all, Hey, everyone, I'm not a virgin anymore; sex is great! And have that be acceptable. Once you've created the virgin-whore dichotomy, and testified that you stand with God and Country and your Maidenhood, you've really painting yourself into a corner.
Let's consider the possibility that it's right and proper for nineteen-year-old girls to act a little whorish, and that enthusiastically showing off their perfect bodies is what they should be doing at that age. It lets them be honest about the fact that they're sexual beings and eases the transition to womanhood. Not to mention the fact that using their sexuality makes these girls empoweringly rich — and having money empowers women a hell of a lot more than chastity.
n°
, featuring curious yet marvelous infusions of cucumber and rose petal.
