Cross every single person off your Christmas or Hanukkah or Tet or Kwanzaa or Saturnalia list: female reproductive system underwear has arrived to save the 2014 holiday season. Already!
Ladies and gentleman, the idiocy of anti-immigration groups in this country is steadily continuing to reach new and unfathomable heights.
First, let me make this clear: I don't care if other people want to swear off underwear. If you want to air your vagina in the honeyed summer breezes of public transportation or your cube farm employer or the law school library, I would never move to interfere with your desire to do that. In America, everyone has the…
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A (very informal) survey out of Phoenix, Arizona has found that men, on average, hold onto their underwear for approximately seven years or until "they shred in the washing machine." BFD, I say — I've had the same pair of Old Navy briefs in my rotation since 2003 and they're still going strong.
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In a surprising move, Victoria's Secret has made the decision to focus their efforts entirely on bras, underpantythings and fragrances, scaling back from selling their financially successful clothing to concentrate on specific parts of the female body (the sexy parts).
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Two hours ago, I asked myself, "Shouldn't I be using Google Incognito?" I had been doing research for this article, and though I'm on my own computer, in my own home, I could imagine some future situation in which a search history of "sexy men's jockstraps japan" might land me in awkward waters.
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Anyone who has ever watched patrons of a strip club or seen Magic Mike (or completely overwhelmed their sensory receptors by seeing Magic Mike at a strip club) knows that sex — and the desire to have it — makes people do stupid things. Just how stupid, though, depends on a person's gender and their proximity to things…
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A pastor in Kenya told women they cannot wear underwear in church anymore, because it prohibits them from feeling close to God.
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New trade regulations in Belarus, Russia, and Kazakstan threaten to subject women there to the cruel and dehumanizing indignity of ugly underwear. And no one is taking it lying down.
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At long last, here is the perfect purchase for the couple that aspires to live like Their Royal Highnesses Beyonce and Jay-Z: matching underwear. You know, for your two-person "Drunk in Love" naked dance parties.
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The bra market for cross-dressing men (as opposed to men who want to achieve the Kellan Lutz effect with some not-at-all-obvious, custom-fitted chest cushions) is growing, thanks in part to the efforts of a Japanese online retailer.
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OK stop screaming and freaking out at the computer screen right now. I know everyone is super excited about the idea of getting their hands on underwear inspired by the greatest mass assembly of printed words ever, but let's keep cool heads here for a moment.
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That synthetic g-string you're rocking all up in your business needs to be trashed and/or burned, because pantalettes are back with a vengeance. Well, according to one woman, but that's a TREND! The Victorian woman's underwear of choice (or maybe just their underwear, period) is apparently very comfortable, very…
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Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her.
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Enormous feathered wings, spiky headdresses, skintight black and white checkered adult jumpsuits, elaborate leather underwear — you'd think that with the way Victoria's Secret throws around the word "sexy," its marquee public event wouldn't present people wearing outfits that make it nearly impossible for the wearer…
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I'm not sure if these shows have a theme, but if they do, this one was definitely "Escaped Insane Asylum Hell Clown" meets "Kinda Boring Halloween Party". (If I guessed right: Bravo, Victoria's Secret!)
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I thought everyone stopped wearing thongs when super low rise boot cut whisker wash jeans went out of style, circa I'm A Slave 4 U Britney Spears. I guess I was wrong! I'm totally out of touch with the youth cultures! Speaking of cultures I don't wish to touch: bacteria.
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This Sunday marks the end of Breaking Bad, the series that's captivated the hearts of both television critics and lowly pleb viewers like us. Since the series' premiere in 2008, Breaking Bad's antihero Walter White has gone from meek-yet-brilliant chemistry teacher with a grim cancer prognosis to meek-yet-brilliant…
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In the past month, I feel like I've read approximately 9,847,601 articles about bra size and bra fitting and bra washing and bra conspiracies and bra science and bra crime and why everybody on earth is doing bras better than me. This is the thing right now. Huh, they snort. Did you know that 250% of women are wearing…
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Indiscreet Facebook posting usually leads to trouble, especially if, let’s say, you’re part of a fairly conservative institution that doesn’t value individual expression quite as much as unstinting obedience and homogeneity. If you were serving in the Israeli military, for instance, you might not want to post…
