The fun thing about my Radar sex column (now officially every Friday) is that I can see-saw back and forth between the serious -- last week's attack on the abstinence pro-death movement -- and the silly -- this week's attack on nipple slips.

By the way, the classic photo above represents the Lohanboobies' valedictory appearance on this site. Until the now freakishly-skinny girl ditches her "new trainer" and picks up a hamburger, she's dead to me. [Update: After Saturday night, I mean. This is one train wreck I have to see.]

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Man oh man, the Huckapets are looking surly in their latest publicity photo. Cheer up, girls, I haven't forgotten you, I swear. Here's the latest dispatch from Huckapoo world, but first, that squatting must be really uncomfortable. Why not stand up and slip into some even more bizzaro outfits?

That's better! Whoa, hold onto those trousers, Angel! Groovy, lovin' the blown out hair. Very Brooke Shields 1984. Twiggy, would you like a sandwich? I know you have a name to live up to and everything, but didn't you learn anything from your benefit show for HEED? PJ, Snoop called, he wants his street creed back. And Joey, why are you wearing a sign that says "Dork"? Oh, wait. That's "Punk." My bad.

Thanks to Dashiell for the pic. Now click through for the latest Huckanews and an even more awesome photo.

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In CoS contest #6 I asked you to cast the film version of Cast of Shadows based on Kevin's descriptions of his characters. Frankly, I'd have been thrilled to have even one entry for such a tricky contest, but I got three, and all of them were excellent. In fact, I'm designating a runner-up to receive a book if there are any left over.

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I didn't really believe it when the first photos appeared a month ago. She's just wearing a really firm sports bra, I told myself. But now Drunken Stepfather has a new series of very disturbing images, and I'm forced to face the fact that the glory days of the Lohanboobies are gone.

I hope you had the time of your lives

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Chris Suellentrop picks at the threads of the administration's Social Security arguments in an attempt to separate the philosophical/ideological from the pragmatic/mathematical. I've been thinking similarly along these lines and wondering if the the best tactic would be not to challenge Bush's ideological premise, but to ask why, if it's so important to him -- "the philosophical argument of the age" -- he doesn't even come close to fully embracing it.

Continue reading "Radosh.net: Come for the Lohanboobies, stay for the Social Security debates" »

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Blog just ain't doing it for you? Open up your wallet: I've got two newsstand-only articles out this week.

• In the February Playboy you'll find an account of my looong weekend with a hotel full of professional virgins (or at any rate, virgin-enablers). See what I found when I infilitrated "Pure Country," the annual convention of abstinence-only educators in Nashville, Tennessee. You've read the Waxman report, now meet the folks who made it possible. Features a former Miss America, creepy toy fetuses, and the world's only pro-abstinence porno film. Careful readers will notice some crossover with my recent New Yorker piece on the professional Kinsey haters, who were also in attendance.

• In the February Esquire you'll find the annual Dubious Achievement Awards. My own contribution was more limited this year (find the Lohanboobies joke) but I got off a couple of good lines and there's even better stuff from funny guys like Matt Haber of Low Culture and Gawker. The issue also features several pictures of Miss Scarlett Johansson like the one above, near which there seems to be some sort of writing.

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Gina pointed out something odd about the cover of this week's Star. It features Kirstie Alley flipping off the photographer. That's not the odd part. The odd part is: The magazine has discretely covered Alley's right middle finger with a star, while leaving her left middle finger exposed. And also, her face. What gives?

The cover isn't a total disaster, however. Look over there on the left: Lohanboobies — and she's single again! The caption for that photo inside the magazine is, "Lindsay shows some stress after a night of dancing." Is that what they're calling it? Stress?

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Ladies and gents, I give you: Lohanboobies.

[Previously...]

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Three things I already knew but was glad to be reminded of by new blog on the block, Sociopathetic:

1. The word "hipster" has lost all meaning.

2. There is, in fact, a way Huckapoo could be even better.

3. Lohanboobies.

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Though last night's blogging panel was attended by about 50 more people than I expected (that is to say 53 altogether), you probably weren't one of 'em. I'll be sure to let you know if and when C-Span plans to air it, but until then, here are my quick impressions.

Keefer: Pretty boy, but on the ball. The John Edwards of the blogosphere? (a word I used far too much last night; couldn't I at least have said Interweb?)

Jarvis: A regular soundbite machine on the democratizing power of blogs, but in the clear light of morning, admits it's all about the Lohanboobies.

Sealey: Picture doesn't do her justice. AMC, Lindsay, Spiers, Jess... now this? How the hell did female bloggers get so hot? (Also had some stuff to say about politics and journalism I guess.)

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I'm taking this blog show live, peoples. Next Tuesday, Aug. 10, I'll be faking my way through a panel discussion on the subject of Blogs: The Future of Politics? (shorter panel in advance: Maybe!). Joining me are the ubiquitous (but for a reason) Jeff Jarvis and Salon's Geraldine Sealey. Moderator is Spinsanity's Bryan Keefer. (Bryan was nice enough to send me a copy of his new book, All The President's Spin, which looks to be an invaluable addition to the growing literature on Bush's misleadership.)

Supposedly we'll be talking about "how blogs are changing the political process, what bloggers tell us that other media don’t, and why we should read them if we’re not already." But I'll work my hardest to steer the topic to... oh, you know.

If you can make it (details here), come say hi afterwards. I'm the one without the rakish beard. If you can't make it, fear not: rumor is the whole thing's gonna be taped for C-Span. Sure, it ain't MTV but a guy's gotta start somewhere.

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Sorry, but the top of the page was getting text heavy, and it's been a while since we had any Lohanboobies for our faithful defamer visitors.

Anyway, over at Romenesko I've raised an important question for the journalistic community: What really happened at the Linda Ronstadt concert?

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Lohanboobies update. We know what you're here for.

Update: A tipster chastises, "If you don't read Defamer every day, you run the risk of being hopelessly behind the Lohanboobies curve." OK, it was Defamer himself. The odd thing is, I did read his post last week but when I saw the item again today, I completely forgot. Is it possible that Miss Lohan's breasts have the power to cloud the mind?

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For the past week and a half, I've been getting boffo traffic from Defamer readers apparently hoping to find themselves some Lohanboobies. Even if you do manage to find the original post, I expect you'll be somewhat disappointed. Blah, indeed. So here's an actual Lindsay Lohan breast-themed post for you: incontrovertible evidence that our girl has gotten implants in the form of revealing before and after pictures!

If that doesn't quite convince you, check out this week's Star, which has a slightly more recent before pic.

C'mon, what more do you want?

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Blah, blah, Defamer, blah, blah, blah, Denton, blah, blah, anonymous, blah, blah — ooh, Lohanboobies!

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