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Liz in SeXis magazine: 20 More Interesting Things than the Royal Wedding

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Since I couldn't get it up to see it I didn't get up to see it. Another straight couple got married this morning...who could be bothered to turn on the TV for that when there are so many more interesting things that have gone on and are going on in the world of coupling? Here are 20 of them now:  20 More Interesting Things in the World of Sex and Relationships than the Royal Wedding . Enjoy!

Liz on MyPleasure: Carbon Neutral Lingerie

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Even if you don't favor green as a seductive boudior kind of color that doens't mean you can't have green underwear, thanks to Marks & Spencers new line of  carbon neutral lingerie.  The environment never looed so good.

Florida Film Festival: Potiche

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UPDATE: Potiche  also opens at  Enzian  on May 6, 2011.            When Elizabeth Taylor passed away recently it felt like the end of an era of elegance and style, where substance mattered more than mere celebrity. Thankfully in that same week Catherine Deneuve’s latest film was right there on the festival circuit to remind the world that that era doesn’t have to end, not as long as she’s around and not as long as people are looking for things to be better.             In Francois Ozon’s bright comedy Potiche Deneuve is emblematic of  many of the things pop culture often seems to ignore. At 67 she’s still stunning (whether her face is natural or not I don’t know; not; French women, I’ve heard, chose to preserve either their face or their figure but she seems to have done both). She exudes cool talent as mature lady whose strength and strategy surprises everyone (audience included). The film has elements of romantic comedy but doesn’t rely on them; it’s as thoughtful about iss

Liz on SeXis: Why We Like It Bigger, Bolder, Shinier: The Principal of Exaggeration

We goggle at them like they are giant hypno-wheels and we are tiny, dumb, easily-led rubes: big boobs, nice pecs, full, luxuriant hair, bubble butts and sometimes we feel like the tiny, dumb, easily-led rubes we are. Why are we so oriented towards appearance? And why does exaggerated appearance seems to count?      Neuroscientist VS Ramachandran has an intriguing proposition with which to answer that, one that I got to write about for SeXis magazine:  The Principal of Exaggeration: Why We're Obsessed with Big Tits and Bodacious Booty.  Enjoy!