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    High Heels Will Give You A Tighter Vagina, Better Orgasms, According To Tyra

    New episodes of Tyra have been trickling in despite the fact that the official premiere of the show's fourth season isn't until September 8. Yesterday TyTy discussed sex tips and trends from around the world. An audience member asked a question about how she can get her vagina back to the way it used to be before she had her baby. (If you listen closely in the clip, the woman says she has an "8-month-year-old.") So Tyra turns to some random woman from Italy to answer the question. The woman's answer? High-heels. Apparently doctors there say that high heels help you have a tighter vagina and better orgasms. Who's this lady's doctor? Benny Hill? Clip above. More »
  • Leftovers

    Trade Union Speaks Out Against "Sexist" Heels • Iraq War Limits Iraqi Women's Freedoms

    The Trades Union Congress in England is urging employers to stop making high-heels compulsory for female employees on grounds that it is sexist and can lead to health problems. • Comedian Kristen Schaal reveals that not only is she well-read in British dramatists, she used to practice stand-up in front of cows as a child. • In England a man has been banned from visiting his girlfriend's home after neighbors complained about their noisy sex and the girlfriend's general "nightmare neighbor" behavior. • Another plucky-grandma-fighting-a-thief story? Oh, yes. • More »
  • what it feels like for a girl

    We Challenge A Man To Walk A Mile In Our Heels, Part 2

    Previously, we challenged Street Carnage's Gavin McInnes to walk a mile in a pair of high heels. He quit after about a block. But later that day, we were able to convince him to meet us at a park in Brooklyn to see if he could do four laps—equaling one mile—around the track. And he did! (And he bitched and moaned the entire time.) Check out his victory in the clip above. More »
  • what it feels like for a girl

    We Challenge A Man To Walk A Mile In Our Heels

    To continue our series of "What it Feels Like for a Girl" — in which we make men do some of the more unpleasant accessories of "femininity" — we decided to challenge a man to walk a mile in our shoes... three-inch heels to be exact. We took Street Carnage's Gavin McInnes — a man known for his unyielding insistence on women wearing stilettos and model for our instructional makeup videos — shopping for shoes and walked around in downtown NYC. So was he able to do the full mile? Check the clip above. More »
  • Shoe in

    The Dollar May Be Low, But Heels Are High, And Getting Higher

    Yesterday's Independent featured a story by Harriet Walker about skyscraper heels. Prompted, of course, by Victoria Beckham making an appearance in spindly 5 inch stilettos. Writes Walker: "Just when you thought heels couldn't get any higher, guess what: they have." This season, Prada, Louboutin and Dior all have towering heels. And the Giambattista Valli shoes for fall (pictured) have a retro feel, but with platforms and heels so high they almost seem designed for toppling over. The Daily Mail points out that high heels have been around since 3500BC, when Ancient Egyptian noble women picked their way through the pyramids. Hundreds of years, billions of aching feet, twisted ankles, throbbing bunions and crusty corns. Why do we do it? More »
  • dubious studies

    Some Women Will Do Anything To Justify A Shoe-Obsession

    My name is Megan, and this is but a portion of my collection of high heels. I recognize that this might be a problem, but I'm 5'4", and I have short muscle fibers (i.e., stumpy legs) which kept me from being in the front row at ballet recitals and now prevent me from looking cute in flats. This, you see, is how I justify my purchase of stiletto-heeled shoes, despite the fact that they sometimes hurt my feet, back or hips. But now I have another excuse: Sex! According to reports today, Dr. Maria Cerruto, an Italian urologist who felt it necessary to medically justify her high heel obsession, has found that wearing heels can improve a woman's sex life. More »