Nudity
Pop Culture
New Book & Exhibition: The Polaroid Years

Robert Heinecken Hustler Blind Beaver Hunt, 1979 Eight Polaroid SX-70 prints with offset lithography © Robert Heinecken Trust   Our friend, Mary-Kay Lombino, curator at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, spent the past five years putting together the excellent exhibition and companion art book, “THE POLAROID YEARS: Instant Photography and Experimentation.” Before […]

How To
Top 5 Tips for Taking Saucy Pics Together

photo via She Hit Pause Studios Shooting naked photos together can be embarrassing and even terrifying, but it can also be an incredibly sexy and intimate experience. Plus, no matter how you feel about your shape, we’re pretty sure that in thirty years you’ll wish you had that body — and you’ll be glad you […]

News
Top 4 Reasons Why the Grammys Are Infinitely Better Without T&A

photo via Jezebel When we began watching the Grammys last night, we had not gotten the memo – the email that CBS had sent out to participants advising them to adhere to the Network’s wardrobe policy: Please be sure that buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered. Thong type costumes are problematic. Please avoid exposing […]

Pop Culture
Top 10 Sexiest Foreign Films

American exceptional-ism? Phooey! Countries across the pond have better food, more civilized health care, and way sexier films (what a buzzkill a Puritanical national origin can be). And our friends at the Sundance Channel aren’t afraid to embrace their frisky foreign friends: check out their line-up anytime, and chances are you’ll find a cool film […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: REAL Men Can Handle Male Nudity

JamesS said the following in response to our post “Wise Guys: Why Do Straight Men Have Such a Problem with Male Nudity?” I’m a straight man and I don’t have a problem with male nudity. Provided the context is right, but that applies to female nudity as well. “Women put up with female nudity in […]

Wise Guys
Wise Guys: Why Do Straight Men Have Such a Problem with Male Nudity?

photo via Flickr Advice from three of EMandLO.com’s guy friends. This week they answer the following: “Women put up with female nudity in movies all the time, but guys freak if there’s the occasional male butt – what gives?“ To ask the guys your own question, click here. Married Straight Guy (Fred): Do men freak? Maybe the ones […]

Celebrities
25, a New Erotic-Fashion Mag

Model Anja Rubik’s new editorial endeavor just launched: 25 Magazine is a high-end fashion magazine, out biannually, that’s dedicated to the erotic perspective of women. In an interview with New York magazine, Rubik explained the sex concept: It was bothering me how the world is nowadays – how we approach nudity and sexuality and beauty. I thought it was […]

Confessions
Comment of the Week: You Can Leave Your Bra On

photo via flickr Kev, responding to the post “Your Call: Can She Keep Her Boobs Covered Up During Sex?”: Us men love boobs. But we also love sexy bras as well. And the right guy, when you find him, will love all of you. People do get hung up about their bodies, but if you are in […]

Personal Essays
Confession: The Top 10 Reasons I Love Being Naked

photo via Flickr Our intern Alyssa Perez has a confession to make: 1.  No Constraints: Do a lunge!   Kick your legs!  Spin in a circle while swinging your arms!  Feel that?  Yeah, just air.  No clothes rustling, no bra pinching, no underwear bunching, just air. 2.  Transparency: I can see absolutely everything on my body, and you know what?  That roll that I […]

News
Topless Sunbathers Read Pulp Fiction, Fight for Equality

photo via the Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society When we first heard about the NYC-based group calling itself the Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society, we initially assumed that it involved topless people watching the Tarantino movie outdoors somewhere, in some weird take on the whole ROCKY HORROR phenomenon. We were relieved to learn […]

How To
6 Rules for Outdoor Sex

photo via Flickr Now that the weather’s turning warmer, many people are overcome by two urges: to get outside and to get it on — two great tastes that taste great together! And so the season of outdoor sex has begun. But it’s not all fun and games like naked Slip n’ Slide — there […]

Polls
Poll: Do You Send Nude Pics to Partners?

Have you ever emailed or texted racy pics of yourself to a partner?survey software Can’t see the poll? Click here to take it.

News
Skinbook, the Facebook for Nudists

According to their homepage, Skinbook is the world’s no.1 nudist social network (with over 9000 members), offering personal profiles, forums, blogs, groups, galleries, videos, event listings, live chat, commenting, and instant messaging. Skinbook organizers, based in Manchester (UK), told Time Magazine that what sets them apart from other nudist groups is their demographic: younger people […]

Pop Culture
What We Talk About When We Talk About Boobs, Part 2

On Monday here we introduced the book Uncovered by Jordan Matter, and featured four of the women in the book. Today we feature four more portraits and interviews. Em & Lo: How did you two end up taking part in this photo shoot? Mike: I heard about the project somewhat based on my working as […]

Pop Culture
What We Talk About When We Talk About Boobs

We have to admit, when we first heard about Jordan Matter’s book Uncovered — topless portraits of more than 80 normal women (i.e. not models), all shot in public in NYC — we were cynical. First of all, it’s hard to get past the fact that Jordan Matter is a dude, who spent six years […]