Liz Langley

Members of the British government are planning to sit down with members of the advertising and fashion industry and consider how to regulate the airbrushing of photos so they’re not giving us such false impressions, specifically of women. True, these pictures mess with women’s heads even more than the Photoshoppers who create them mess with their images. But shouldn’t women be more resilliant to this? I got a chance to take a look at the question in Mirror Mirror: When Pictures Lie on SeXis this week, and if you want to see more on just how manipulated these images are, subtly and otherwise, I recommend Jezebel’s Photoshop of Horrors , in which they call out the ad industry. In an era in which we so easily accept, even demand, more image and less substance and have become alarmingly at ease with deceit it’s compelling stuff AND there are lots of weird pictures! Including me with no make-up on. Putcher beer googles on and have a looksee!

I love love love anything that masquerades as something else…drag queens, sleeper sofas, poison rings…especially when they can serve both proffered functions equally well. The Emergency Bra is THE best example of this I’ve ever seen in clothing – it really and truly is a brassiere and a gas mask. For serious! But don’t let me tell you about it here…let met tell you about it here on MyPleasure.com (where all this talk of lingerie and hyperventilation might make you feel like browsing). Below is a wonderful video of Elena Bodnar, the device’s inventor and the sexiest doctor since Lisa Cuddy. Enjoy!

Man-o-Manischewitz, when it rains it pours. I felt very lucky once again to be quoted on Bonnie Fuller's  Hollywood Life , this time about Joe Jonas taking his new girlfriend Ashley Greene on tour with him...when his former girlfriend, Demi Lovato is part of that very tour. Bad form, old man...er, young man, though the young Demi is handling it with admirable class, saying "You just gotta brush it off,"  and showing an inspiring level of maturity, especially for one so young. The story with me  in it is  right here  - and check out the rest of the website for all things glam, including my personal favorites       - what a stylish young woman  Kelly Osbourne  has turned into (though I love that when she was a teeanger she was regular, crazy teenager)        - and the  Ten Worst Halloween Costumes for Kids . Seriously....pimp baby??? I'm not the Mom type and even I shudder....unless they're using sales of that thing to track potentially Worst Parents Ever.      A

You know how I get moist and dizzy from any proximity to the rich and famous so I was hap-hap-happy to be asked by Bonnie Fuller's  Hollywood Life.com  why, if Ashton Kutcher indeed cheated on dear Demi,  he would do so with a girl who looked so much like his wife: the story by Kirsten Benson is  here . For the record, I'm not 100% convinced Ashton did cheat - he made a name for himself playing dumb but I think in real life he's anything but. If he did do it, I agree with expert Maryanne Comarato, also quoted in the piece, that they probably have an understanding that allows for some openness in their marriage, a flexiblity I think more relationships would benefit from. Better to bend a little than completely break.

When Zestra, a topical female sexual enhancement product came out with a commercial that's Donna Reed-demure, few advertisers would touch it (which is sad because when you're sexually mopey, touching it can help big time), yet we've been hearing about male enhancement on TV commercials since the advent of Viagra. Can we really put up with that creepy Smiling Bob guy and not some nice suburban ladies who are straight up about wanting a libido boost? And did those networks who didn't want to feature a real adult female sexual issue in their ads actually do Zestra a favor? Check out my story: No Sex Please, We're Women

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Having worked mainly in the sex-and-relationships niche of publishing for many years I take some things for granted: the availability of erotica, information and websites dedicated an array of sexual proclivities more varied than the Jelly Belly flavor list. The fact that one can  become jaded to such things seems all the more remarkable and valuable in light of reading about Joumana Haddad, an Arabic woman who produces an Arabic language erotica magazine  Jasad  (which means "Body"). To call her "The Carrie Bradshaw of Beirut," as some have seems to seriously underplay the nerve it would take to produce a glossy quarterly on a variety of sex and relationship issues for Arab women, but Carrie Bradshaw probably never got "hate mail and threats." Click on the link for the BBC story about her magazine, her thoughts of the image of Middle Eastern women and - probably - for a greater appreciation of the wonderful work we read and create in pursuit of a greater

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