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Where Do You Stand: Taking Dance Lessons Before Your Wedding?

DearSugar — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:00:00 -0700

The first dance as husband and wife is an exciting moment for all newlyweds. Even though all eyes are on them, it's their chance to be close, tell secrets, and just have fun together before mingling with all their guests. As you know, the songs to most first dances are either romantic or they hold a special meaning to the couple, but some opt for a fun twist on the first dance, choreography and all. But even if you don't have some elaborate routine, many couples, especially those with two left feet, need a little help in the dance department. While I think the first dance should come from the heart, tell me where you stand on dance lessons before weddings. Do you think it looks good to have every step mapped out beforehand, or do you think spontaneity is best?

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Do Tell: What Song Did You Dance to at Your Wedding?

DearSugar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:00:00 -0700

Songs like "At Last," "Unforgettable," and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" are popular first-dance songs at weddings, and while I'm all for using a traditional love song as the first dance, I think stepping it up a notch is also a fun way to kick off the celebration. Though I don't think I'd have the nerve to do something like the couple below, I would be the first one on my feet rooting them on! So in the spirit of wedding season, do tell: What song did you dance to at your wedding?

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The First Man Who Ever Danced

GiggleSugar — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:00:00 -0700

This might be my fave GiggleSugar vid ever. It's an oldie but goodie...This caveman, once he hears the call of cheesy club music, goes from 0 to "at a rave on Ecstasy" in 60 seconds! Nice glow-sticks, brah!

Get Ready For the First California Pole-Dance Championship

TresSugar — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0700

I have no doubt that pole dancing, as a press release for California's first pole-dance championship next month puts it, "requires strength, agility, flexibility, and endurance." Nor do I believe that pole dancing is "just posing against a pole" but rather involves "spinning, inverts, climbing, and power holds."

But what does it mean to elevate to a sport an act that originated in strip clubs and which symbolizes a woman's role as a sex object? We'd pause (at least, I hope we would!) if there were a competitive lap-dancing competition. But a similar argument could be made for making it a competition: a woman needs strong calf and thigh muscles to "dance" over a man's lap.

Pole-dance exercise classes have gone mainstream, so it's no surprise pole dancing has turned competitive. Women get enough reminders from the media that our jobs are to be sexually alluring - why not actually just learn a sport or emulate the acrobats who perform for Cirque du Soleil? At least a high-wire act doesn't come with symbolic baggage.

Do you think it's weird that pole-dancing is so mainstream that it has become competitive sport?

Front Page: Michelle and Jill Have a Night at the Ball Game

TresSugar — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:00:51 -0700

Michelle Obama and Jill Biden attended game one of the World Series last night, watching the Phillies beat the New York Yankees. - Huffington Post
The US economy grew for the first time in year last quarter, with GDP expanding at an annual rate of 3.5 percent. - New York Times
There's growing speculation that Michael Jackson's This Is It could win an Oscar. - AP
Friends of the girl who was gang raped outside her school's homecoming dance are blasting school officials over lack of safety. - CNN
Kenya will hold a census of its gay population with hopes that the information will boost HIV prevention. Homosexuality is a crime in Kenya, punishable by 14 years in jail. - BBC News

Ask Two Guys About Guys: Why Do Men Who Have Partners Masturbate?

TresSugar — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:01:00 -0700

Colin Nissan and Sean Farrell of Don't Be That Guy fame have graciously agreed to answer some burning questions we women folk have about men. So check out their answer to the first question and stay tuned for more!

Today's question to Two Guys: "Why, if men get regular sex from their girlfriends or wives, do some of them still need to masturbate?"

To hear what the Two Guys have to say, read more.

On paper, we know this one doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. But then, neither does whacking off into a perfectly good sock and we do that too.

Ever since that magical adolescent day when we discovered there was amusement park in our pants, there was no turning back. We were powerless. Our penis became the puppeteer and when it told us it was time to dance, we danced. Boy, did we dance.

Please don’t make the mistake of taking this personally. For guys, masturbating is as unsexual, unromantic and unceremonial as doing Sudoku. It’s simply our default time killer. If there’s a two-minute lull at any given moment, our brain’s job is to assess the situation to determine the viability of a tug session. It’s very similar to the “Fight or Flight” adrenaline response, which incidentally, has been formally updated in some periodicals as “Fight, Flight or Masturbate Syndrome.”

Remember, this isn’t about you. It’s about us, our penises, maybe some lotion and the biological demons that we certainly can’t be held accountable for.

Cute Alert: Baby Dances to "All the Single Ladies" - Part Deux

TresSugar — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:00:00 -0700

The "Single Ladies" craze is sweeping the Baby Nation! I know we just brought you a baby dancing to Beyonce's hit yesterday, but this response is just too good to pass up. In a baby dance-off, the cutie in the video above would dance the first baby under the table (or onto the floor, judging by the first baby's moves). Honestly, I think baby number two might do the dance better than I ever could. Seriously. This kid knows the actual moves. Should we get ready for a new show: Dancing With the Babies?

Front Page: Obama Dances His Way to First Day in Office

LibertySugar — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:00:28 -0800

Volunteers, fundraisers, and friends celebrated the inauguration of President Obama last night at numerous inaugural balls. - LA Times
President Obama will tackle the economy and the Iraq war on day one of his presidency. He will meet with his economic team and US military commanders. - International Herald Tribune
The US stock market dropped yesterday, as the Dow Jones had its worse inauguration day decline.- Bloomberg

President Obama has requested the suspension of all military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, only hours after becoming president. He will now have the opportunity to review the tribunals. - BBC News
Israel will investigate claims that white phosphorous was used during its Gaza offensive. International groups allege that Israel used the weapon, which illuminates targets or creates smoke screens while having the potential to cause serious burns. - AP

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Hipster Feels God's Mocking Wrath

TresSugar — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:00:00 -0700

Usually, any attempt to mock hipsters leaves the mocker looking out of touch and even lamer, which is why it's best left to the indigenous homeboys themselves. It also helps if it's done as a biblical tale with God dressed as David Bowie!

"Hipster Job" is about a bro named Job, as in G.O.B from Arrested Development or the lesser known Job from the Bible's Book of Job. Settle in for this five-minute vid - sh*t is deep! There's a lot going on, so follow along with my crib notes after the jump

So You Think You Can Put Gay Men on Prime Time?

TresSugar — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:22:52 -0700

On Thursday night's premiere of So You Think You Can Dance two men danced together - a first for the show. (Just to clarify, one of the dancers is straight while the other is gay.) Since then, judge Nigel Lythgoe has come under fire for his critique.

He said that the same-sex dancers probably "alienate a lot of our audience" and that he's the type of person "who really likes to see guys be guys and girls be girls."

The judges agreed that they'd rather see the men dance with girls, and Nigel later wrote on his purple and sparkly Twitter page that he doesn't enjoy "Brokeback ballroom." He also tried to clarify his remarks: "I believe overtly effeminate dancing destroys the opportunity for many male dancers to be supported. Being gay doesn't mean effeminate."

The president of GLADD (The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) says it's unacceptable for "this kind of blatant homophobia to occur." Do you think Nigel's comments were homophobic? Are TV viewers evolved enough to handle same-sex dancers?