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Fast Forward Gov. Eric Greitens Admits Affair — Accused Of Blackmailing Mistress With S&M Pic
Eric Greitens, the Republican governor of Missouri, admitted Wednesday to having an extramarital affair after a CBS affiliate St. Louis reported that Greitens had tried to blackmail his mistress with a picture showing her bound, blindfolded and partly undressed. KMOV 4 obtained a recording of Greitens’ former hairdresser confessing the affair — from 2015 —…
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News Even After Leaving Ultra-Orthodoxy, Women Report A Culture Of Sexual Misconduct
Earlier this month, a woman who had broken with ultra-Orthodox Judaism welcomed another ex-Orthodox man into her home in New Jersey. The man had promised to advise her on managing divorce proceedings with young children. He claimed to have been through a similar ordeal, she said. Instead of asking her about her upcoming trial, the…
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The Schmooze Daniel Handler Says Giving Boys Books With Sex Scenes Will Lead To A Series Of Fortunate Events
Daniel Handler is best known for the series of 13 children’s books he wrote under the pseudonym “Lemony Snicket.” “A Series Of Unfortunate Events” begins with “The Bad Beginning” and ends with “The End.” Along the way we meet a villainous fashion plate named Esme Squalor, a hypnotist named Doctor Orwell, and the notorious Count…
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The Schmooze John Mayer Has Graciously Accepted The Fact That He Was Katy Perry’s Greatest Lover
Easily the most cited example of anti-Semitism is the Holocaust, followed perhaps by the Crusades or the Spanish Inquisition. My favorite instance of historical anti-Semitism comes from a study done in 17th century Krakow, when the city appointed a commissioner to answer the age-old question: Why do people hate Jews? After a thorough inquiry, the…
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Life Jewish Women Prominent Among Female Sexuality Pioneers
I think I owe it to Sisterhood readers to click on, and link to, a post with the title, “These Jewish Women Think You Should Masturbate.” It’s not every day I see such a headline, but today just happens to be — as I learned from Bella Book’s JWA post — the final day of…
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Fast Forward What Was Jesse Watters Saying About Ivanka And A Microphone?
Jesse Watters is taking a time-out after making an ill-advised sexual innuendo about Ivanka Trump, in what is an unhappy coincidence for his network, still reeling from the fallout of the Bill O’Reilly harassment scandal. “I don’t really get what’s going on here, but I really liked how she was speaking into that microphone,” Watters…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Couple Bares All In Expose About Kinky Double Life
A Brooklyn Hasidic couple says they carry on a sex-soaked double life — meeting women for kinky threesomes and bondage sex while maintaining the outward appearances of a strictly observant ultra-Orthodox family. The couple told the New York Post they hunt for willing sex partners on the Tinder app, swiping right for interludes that sometimes…
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Fast Forward Dr. Ruth Dishes Snow Sex Safety Tips
Dr. Ruth Westheimer’s got some advice for couples snowed in during the East Coast snowstorm: Have some fun, but keep safe. Those on the East Coast might get snowed in tom’w. Stock up on contraceptives today! — Dr. Ruth Westheimer (@AskDrRuth) February 8, 2017 Westheimer, the sex therapist who achieved prominence for her willingness to…
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