The NYT ’s Kaori Shoji reports on two new “doll-like” fashion movements making waves in Japan: Mori (forest girl) style and Ageha (butterfly) style. While the two movements are completely different, Shoji’s article exposes how women are negotiating identity through fashion. The first movement, mori, takes inspiration from “girls who live in a forest” – neutral colors, basic fabrics, unfussy clothing, and layers. Some fan sites of mori fashion mention taking inspiration from fairy tales. Here are a couple more examples of the look: In addition to the style of dress, Shoji spoke to one of the arbiters of the movement and discovered that there is also an ideal …

If you can stomach it, here’s another sex-with-Tucker-Max story . Be warned: this one includes a signed handprint on someone’s ass, and the phrase, ” Tucker Max is the fucking man.” [ Under the Button ]

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About half of gay male couples surveyed in a new study have open relationships — but because of the fight to legalize gay marriage , few are open about their openness. Scott James of the New York Times reports that 50% of the 556 male couples in a San Francisco State University study “have sex outside their relationships, with the knowledge and approval of their partners.” Says study author Colleen Hoff, “With straight people, it’s called affairs or cheating, but with gay people it does not have such negative connotations.” This difference in perception may be one reason many gay couples keep this aspect of the …