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This is my favorite part of racing - all the supporters. And I always high five all the kids :)
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If you think that the nice guy ranting only happens on the internet, you’ve never had to deal with your thoroughly drunken friend shouting about how...
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I started Shameless Photography to give folks a safe and empowering space to step in front of the camera and challenge their shame. All shapes, sizes, colors, and dis/abilities welcome!
“I have always been overweight - I honestly cannot remember being considered thin. So, in elementary school and all through college, the stigma stayed with me, and I judged myself because I thought other people judged me too.
One day I decided I’d had enough. I was going to love myself, (because, let’s face it, I’m AWESOME), and not let other people get me down. I needed ways to practice body acceptance, and here are a few things I’ve learned.
1) Get a massage. Not only are they really relaxing, but just the act of someone touching you when you feel so self conscious helps towards acceptance. It may seem kind of weird, but that is the first thing that helped me get over my body image issues. And you can always ask your masseuse to just work on your back and arms (that’s what I do), and cheap massages are available through local massage therapy schools.
2) Walk around naked. It’s NAKED time! This is probably the weirdest thing, and honestly, I had a hard time working up to this. But there’s this sort of thing of being afraid of the unknown, and if you’re always covering up your body, you don’t really know it. You come to love certain parts of yourself, and the human body is just amazing - for everyone.
3) Do something to be proud of, every single day. Whatever “proud” means to you, do it. That could mean having a meaningful spiritual experience that day, working out like a beast at the gym, solving a very hard problem, or cooking a delicious meal. Then at the end of the day, you know you’ve not wasted it. The two suggestions above were about body acceptance, but this one is about SELF acceptance. When you love yourself, you’re on a path to loving ALL of yourself.
It’s hard and sometimes all I see is a dumb, lazy mess, but overall, I’ve had more good days than bad since I started loving myself. Because let’s face it, I’m awesome. And so are you!
Aside from weight loss, there are TONS of benefits to regular exercise. It can boost your confidence, make you feel energized, improve your mood and make you more productive. AND, yes, it can add mega oomph to your sex life.
But did you know that aside from ENHANCING your sex life, exercise could induce orgasm? It’s TRUE!
No penetration, no clitoral stimulation, no vibration. Just exercise. The phenomena is called a Coregasm.
Coregasm: Exercise induced orgasms caused by the stimulation of pubbococcygeus muscles (PC muscles) during core or abdominal exercises.
Impressed? I know! And it’s more common than you think. :)
I’ve talked about Coregasms on the blog before, and believe me they are real …but NOT for everyone, lol. Don’t go chasing the big O during your crunches: you’ll likely end up disappointed (but with killer abs). But I’d never heard about ‘Yogasms’ before today.
After reading up, it turns out that Yogasms & Coregasms are essentially the same. In yoga, the muscles of the pelvic floor are engaged. Combined with relaxation & increased blood-flow to our whoo whoo’s, we can create an environment in which orgasm can take us by surprise.
Now, I have to reiterate that this just isn’t possible for everyone, and there’s nothing wrong with you if you can’t bust out an O during Bikram. But, just because your hot yoga isn’t HAWT yoga, you can still benefit from certain exercises that will help with your overall O-potential.
I guess this is pretty funny, but I kinda wonder whether they’ve lost sight of why they started PETA in the first place. As hysterical/newsworthy/sensational as the idea is, not sure whether it’s helping or hurting their cause.
I mean, really? (I have no issue with porn. But ‘agenda’ porn kinda bugs me. And using porn for shock value feels more manipulative than inspiring). They lost me here. And I worry that they might be alienating the very people who want to work for their cause.
The new PETA porn site will be pro-animal porn essentially, promoting vegan lifestyles, vegan sex toys & peppered with information about animal-free lovin’ & lifestyles (including aphrodisiacs).
I hope this goes without saying, but no animals will be featured in the films, IF there are films. Just in case it needs reiterating.
Not much information has been given, other to say that they expect it to launch ‘soon’.
Okey-dokey then. :)
You can do this? Lol, no way!
I think this story is funny, but it brings up some important thoughts about what it means to be married these days. In a legal sense anyways.
And, on another tangent, how do you think this would have played out in the news if the situation was the other way around? “Man sues wife for not putting out?” (Ohhh, I can already hear the lady bloggers seething)
Innnteresting…
London, Sep 7 (IANS) A man has been ordered to pay his ex-wife thousands of pounds in damages for failing to have enough sex with her during their 21-years of marriage.
The 51-year-old has been fined 8,500 pounds under article 215 of France’s civil code, which states married couples must agree to a ‘shared communal life’, Daily Express reported.
The judge ruled that this law implies ‘sexual relations must form part of a marriage’.
The rare legal decision came after the wife filed for divorce two years ago, blaming the break-up on her ex’s lack of activity in the bedroom.
A judge had granted the divorce and ruled the husband, named only as Jean-Louis B, was solely responsible for the split. But his 47-year-old former wife then took him back to court demanding the cash in compensation for ‘lack of sex over 21 years of marriage’.
But a judge in the south of France’s highest court in Aix-en-Provence ruled: ‘A sexual relationship between husband and wife is the expression of affection they have for each other, and in this case it was absent. By getting married, couples agree to sharing their life and this clearly implies they will have sex with each other.’
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