Liz Langley

            Some people think that even the most level-headed woman can't pass a shoe store without turning into Homer Simpson in The Land of Chocolate. Not true. It depends on the shoe store. I don’t have an inner Imelda…unless we’re talking a particular type of footwear. If you can see your reflection in it well enough to apply liquid eyeliner, if it looks as if it was once coiled and hissing, if the heels are either as high and pointy as chopsticks or as  tall and klunky as the box they came in then I will walk over who I have to to get them. The shoes I like aren’t made for walkin’.             So when I discovered that the prices in the shoe department at Fairvilla Megastore  were lower than most of the heels I not only spent a few bucks, I had-had-had to show them all off! If you’re not inspired to learn to pole dance, fight crime in a Spandex jumpsuit or renamed yourself Mistress Blucher after seeing these, well, maybe you should come check them out in person. As Doro

          Murderous priests wielding razor-sharp dildos, a mega-star’s dad doing old ladies for the money and Rock Hudson seducing girls. You’re either down the rabbit hole or in Florida.          And lucky you (I think) it’s the latter, specifically The Florida Film Festival  which starts tomorrow. As a member of the narrative features selection committee I can tell you it’s going to be a great program – with concepts Original Cin ema, Forbidden Films, Temptation, Indulgance and Redemption, how could it not be?          Before we get to that I want to take you waaaaaaay back to the very first entry in this blog which was about "Sita Sings the Blues"  and animated feature, one my committee chose for the festival and one of the most innovative films I’ve ever seen.         If animation, Indian Gods and a monkey army weren’t enough, the best thing about this movie is that director Nina Paley made it as the result of a break-up. Those of us who attempt to fix heartache by dri

             Sex is natural…George Michael said it, so it must be true. But for a primal drive it sure does take a lot of time and practice to learn ways to enjoy it more and more (which can happen as you get older, believe it or not).             After attending my first-ever adult sex ed class with guest lecturer Sheri Winston (pictured left) at the Florida School of Holistic Living I wrote this piece for alternet.org about attending how well worth it it is to take the step to learn something about what we often think should come naturally:  If Sex is Natural Why are People So Bad At It?   Hope you enjoy it!