Liz Langley

Starting NOW Orlando artist   Doug Rhodehamel's Sport Project  is officially LAUNCHED with Doug'as signature paperbag mushrooms being planted by people all around the world to support arts education and creativity. It's easy-peasy, just make some paper bag mushrooms (as seen on Doug's  how-to video) , plant them in your yard or at a local event (with permission of course) and participate in this campaign to draw attention to the need for further funding for the arts in schools. The arts are often one of the first things targeted when budgets get slashed - they're seen as unnecessary, a frill (in comparison to, say, algebra, which we've all had garbage-bags full of use for, eh? Yep, I'm still wildly resentful of that waste of hours of the only life I might have) but how many of us benefitted enormously from or even built our careers on classes in art, music, language or literature, things that weren't going to appear on a standardized test but turned out

When a young college student, Purdue's Jen McCreight, decided to test an Iranian leader's theory that immodest dress causes earthquakes she decided that today, April 26, women should dress as immodestly as they can (mostly showing cleavage) and participate in "Boobquake" to see if he's right. Read all about it on the MyPleasure website:  Boobquake 2010: Can Cleavage Make a Quake?  and show off some skin in the name of scientific endeavor.      In recent years I've taken mom's advice on age-appropriate dress ("You don't want to look like   Baby Jane Hudson ,"), i.e., cutting back on the decolletage, short shorts and anything with a cartoon character on it, but today...it's for science. And yeah, that's me in my belly dance days (2008) offered up along the theory that digital skin counts.      Now if it works....if we get a huge quake on Boobquake day...then what? Well, I will maintain my faith in science...but I might consider joinin

It’s been said that one of the greatest things you can do is inspire others and I was definitely inspired by my interview with Paul Krassner . It’s not every day you get to interview a living legend – co-founder of the Yippie movement with Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, satirist, one-time publisher of Hustler, founder of The Realist and creator of the infamous Disney orgy poster. "I was an iconoclast for so long I became an icon....I lost my 'clast' somewhere,' he says, along with lots of other great things. Enjoy!

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            Sure, a lot of cranks these days talk about cessation but only the unique breed of people who can put up with the extreme mix of luxury and danger that is Key West have ever had the nads to do anything about it.             In 1982 Key West officially seceded from the US in protest of a border patrol station set up north of Key Largo, ostensibly to check drug trafficking in the area. If they were going to be treated like a foreign country, dammit, they would become one. Key West withdrew from America, called itself The Conch Republica, fired a single “warning shot” which was a loaf of stale Cuban bread, immediately surrended and applied for foreign aid. The global media attention drawn by this genius PR move got the border station removed and gave Key West another reason to throw an annual party.              Here's the  Conch Republic Anniversary Celebration schedule of events , starting with a Fairvilla Megastore lingerie fashion show at Shanna Key Irish Pub , moving

If you've noticed my blog has seemed to be stoned out of it's gourd in the last week or so it's my fault - the part of my brain that is supposed to store information about how the web works was temporarily hollowed out and filled with cotton candy, but now that I'm back to speed here's the skinny: last Friday Alternet ran my piece:  All The Single Ladies: 8 Reasons Marriage Doesn't Matter  and as of this moment it's climbed up to #8 on Alternet's chart of most-emailed/discussed/read pieces.       What I loved best about this piece is the excellent information provided by Nicky Grist at the  Alternatives to Marriage Project  about a free, easy, legal way to put in writing who you want your medical proxy to be, who you want to be allowed in your hospital room and other similar arrangements it's a good idea for unmarried people or those with family of choice they want in on their decisions. Go to either the story or the ATMP site and click "Hospit

The Florida Film Festival this weekend and you need to be three people to be able to take in all the great events – so start splitting into those alters NOW because there’s a lot of stuff you don’t want to miss. I’ll be bringing you some updates throughout the week but there are three movies running today, any of which would be a great catch (All shows are at REGAL in Winter Park; see schedule for details): 7 PM: Bomber This is a dark British comedy about a young man who has no desire whatsoever to be on a road trip with his parents, who need one, and his father’s quiet personal effort to make up for events of World War II. Crisp, funny and relatable on many levels – bound to be a festival favorite. 9 PM: Punching the Clown Kind of like “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” was two years ago, “Punching the Clown” is a must-see for aspiring musicians albeit a very, very different kind of film. I’m just going to quote the blurb on the Film Festival websit

It just occurred to me that since I posted my History of Erotica, part 1  in SeXis magazine yesterday that some of you might think I did the Mel Brooks thing and there was never going to be a part two...well, tada! Here it is:   History of Erotica, part 2  because after all the stuff I learned in part one, including lovely stuff about Sappho, John Wilmot (aka "The Libertine" and Sacher-Masoch, following up was a pleasure and in this installment you'll find out a few things about the trials and tribulations of Henry Miller, Anais Nin and along with quotes from author/ editor  Rachel Kramer Bussel  and also Felice Newman, co-founder of  Cleis Press . Hope you enjoy!

Typically I'm very expert at cramming things, many things into small spaces (I have a small apartment and a lot of furniture...why, what were you  thinking I meant?) but trying to get as much of the history of sensuous literature as possible into a single story was overwhelming. There's so much of it! And it's so good!  So the wonderful folks at SeXis gave me a two-parter, today's piece is  The History of Erotica, pt 1 ; more to come tomorrow. I learned a LOT writing this piece and found many beautiful things I hope to get to revisit when there is 'world enough and time' but for now here it is and I hope you enjoy it!

Faith Hill was pretty enough to be a Stepford Wife but not pretty enough for the cover of Redbook - a great comparison of the real Faith photo and the retouched version (well, I appreciated it) appeared this week in Jezebel . Make sure to click their link for the numerically annotated version of everything that was changed, but in the meantime, you can be amazed by Jezebel's animated version that shows how the retouch trims Faith down (because she's huuuge!), removes the natural lines on her face and...my favorite part...by removing those natural laugh lines makes her look less happy, less like she's really having fun doing this photo shoot (which she does in the original) than like a serene, tolerant statue. I'm not going to go through the whole "No wonder women are self-conscious..." refrain because you know all that and it's probably done with men's pics too, but the next time you see yourself in a picture and think "Oh my god, I'm so

Just in time for Easter: The Fourth Annual Washington Post Peeps Diorama contest wrapped up recently and the winner was this unbelievably detailed super sweet rendition of the ballon house from “Up.” Check out the link for a gallery of runner-ups and a video of how the “Eep” house was made (hint: lots of popsicle sticks). Don’t you love religious holidays?