Since Heart posted this song onto her tumblr, I have literally not stopped listening to it. It’s beautiful. It’s sensuous. Her voice is gorgeously smooth. It’s been getting me through my shitty experience wonderfully.
This is seriously hilarious. The tropes in porn it plays on and then dismisses with logic are just perfect. Especially when he says, “but don’t you go to Catholic school?"
Seriously. The porn industry makes every Catholic schoolgirl seem like a closet whore. (And, okay, okay, there are a bunch). But the way he dismisses the double entendres and the random come-ons are perfect.
Truth: The first time a guy tied me up to discipline me, this song was playing. It’s kind of my theme song now.
(EDIT: HOLY CRAP. Go to 2:55 and look at the date on the TV. So freaking eerie. I swear I didn’t plan that.)
Amen.
I’m bisexual. I’m Christian. And I whole-heartedly support this message.
Oh my gosh. Where do I start? The deliberateness, the finesse. The brilliance in the pacing. The inspired song choice (I am a huge sucker for Peyroux, especially her interpretation of Blue Alert). The starkness of the background on that crisp white shirt. I’m sold.
The Pratt (note – starts label side out)
Madeleine Peyroux – Blue Alert
Aaaaand I would’ve thrown Sasha a better party.
Birthday Girl (Feat. Patrick Stump)
The Roots
Rising Down (Japan and itunes edition)
video feat. Sasha Grey
I’ve been a huge fan of Adele ever since 19 came out and just the power in her voice when she sang “Hometown Glory” brought me to tears. Because, let’s be honest, the gal has pipes. And a shitton of soul. My friend was playing this song in her room a few months ago and I was like, “oh my gosh, it’s Adele.” And I’ve been kind of hooked now for a while.
This video is just so beautiful. Because the song itself takes something so transcendent and manages to hit it without even being remotely cliche. And then this video does the same way. It’s sexual in a really subtle way. It’s harsh without being overtly so. It’s just got that beautiful voice, that soul, that visceral understanding of emotion.
I’m glad she’s getting a lot more popular than she was in her 19 days. Apparently, she’s always been a huge deal around the UK, but we all know the United States has a huge amount of trouble accepting a curvy girl who is pretty unapologetic about being so. And, I don’t know, it’s pretty awesome to see someone respected on the basis of talent.
Gosh, I’ve been doing a lot of ranting lately.
Yes. We’re really doing a disservice to young men by not showing this video, or something similar, or just even talking about the stuff in this video, in Health/Life Skills/Family Life education.
There is this horrible, horrible emphasis on masculinity and a terrible trend of type-casting in the media that has bled into the behaviors of men today. It’s incredibly frustrating for women, who have to constantly emphasize that they don’t like the macho, harsh image that is put on, and also seriously dangerous. For men, I can only imagine that incredible duality that they must feel with such a pressure on the idea of a dichotomy of either being macho or being weak. There’s serious, serious strength in what we today call “weakness”.
I find men who are able to portray their emotions honestly and not put up a front incredibly, incredibly sexy. The kind of sexy the media thinks men should be when they’re macho. And it’s basically a dealbreaker for me if a man can’t cry in front of me, talk out his feelings, and mediate peacefully, even when he is angry.
While I mention a lot on my blog about spanking, smacking, domination, etc, this is a purely consensual thing and once the scene ends, the behavior ends. And if I’m uncomfortable with the behavior, it gets dismissed without question. BDSM is a safe, sane, and consensual process, not a form of abuse. By the same token, abuse cannot be mistaken for something “sexy” or “fun” or something she “actually wants”.
Thanks for sharing the video. I’m all pumped and now I want to write my Congressman or something.
Okay boys and girls and everything in between. Homework time. This is ‘Tough Guise’ by Jackson Katz. When I think of him the word ‘progressive’ comes to mind.
This documentary was a real eye opener for me. I think it should be mandatory viewing in high school. It’s only 7 minutes long, and I’d love to hear what you thought about it. Click here to tell me.