Posts by Emma Hart

  • Up Front: The Up Front Guide to Parenting,

    At my university, they even have a name: engineering students.

    Lucy, did we by any chance go to the same university?

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report

  • Field Theory: Those Jamaican Yams,

    So the tiger would have, in fact, have eaten Darvis Patton.

    That's right, you only have to run faster than the halfling. I knew that had real-world applications.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report

  • Up Front: Take Strictly, as Directed,

    Why do women orgasm less than men? Someone has to stay up and watch for tigers.

    First of all, we do what now?

    And yeah, I've heard a variation of this one, which is that the reason men feel sleepy after orgasm and women don't is so that when the tiger comes along, it gets to eat the now-useless man, while the woman, carrying the genetic future of her species, gets to run away.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report

  • Up Front: Take Strictly, as Directed,

    There is definitely "good" pain and "bad" pain, and how that is experienced depends very much on context and, as you say, our individual selves.

    Indeed. I still have a functional 'ow quit it' response to sharp sudden pain - like touching something hot or sharp. That warning is still well in place. That's 'wrong' pain. But sustained low-level blunt pain is lovely, and as long as people like Melissa Farley and Nina Hartley were kept away from the process, I'd LOVE to see evidence of what goes on inside inside a sub's head at times like those.

    The last experience of non-sexual pain I had that produced that effect was tattooing. Low-level pain over a sustained period of time. I came out of that all bouncy and giggly and I'd have happily stayed in the chair for hours.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report

  • Hard News: A voice of reason and authority,

    Any time I find myself overly irritated by Ian Wishart, I just lie back and spend a moment picturing two volvos crashing together. It's quite soothing, and the least of the damage Haywood has done to my psyche.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report

  • Up Front: Newsflash: Women Have Eyes,

    I find these double standards infuriating. Really

    I'm almost afraid to link to this in case Jackie explodes, but here's the double standard in jarring clarity.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report

  • Up Front: Take Strictly, as Directed,

    Oh, and dinner was excellent, and possibly why I'm a little slow getting moving today.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report

  • Up Front: Take Strictly, as Directed,

    What I'm saying is relax about the research.

    So if one of the researchers on a particular community, who is often quoted, is on record as publicly saying that members of that community should "get therapy - or kill themselves", you wouldn't worry about that either?

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report

  • Up Front: Newsflash: Women Have Eyes,

    update

    Dear Emma. Stop reading Guardian comments threads.

    Long story short; Suraya checked with the Home Office itself, I believe, and was told that what they wanted to do was legal. Even with that reassurance, the printer refused to print the second edition with 'tumescence' because it would be offensive to 'religious/women's sectors'. Note the idea of a "women's sector" which would be opposed to a magazine for women put out by a woman doing something women asked them to do.

    So Filament are having an Erection Drive. You can follow their progress on Twitter or view the Cockometer on their site.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report

  • Up Front: Take Strictly, as Directed,

    Page 2 was where Craig and I started discussing anal sex...

    I'm terribly sorry, Stewart. Next time I promise to write about kittens or something.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report

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