Just a Gwai Lo fun within prescribed limits [?]

Logan Hill on the perfect date DVD (#1), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (a movie I haven't seen yet) : “I'm reminded of how some films are best-suited for watching on the couch, preferably with a date, a drink, and some suspended disbelief. In this new column called The Date DVD, I'll pick a new disc or two each week and argue for why a film like Eternal Sunshine [of the Spotless Mind], or the punk documentary Ramones Raw (also out this week), would make a perfect excuse for getting someone into your apartment . After all, movie theaters may no longer be the best place to cuddle up in the dark. At the very least, the DVD date is a more direct route into your partner's pants.”

Jane Ross says goodbye to the metrosexual: “while they may be aping — and by that I mean genuinely mocking — the very qualities that women always said they wanted — an interest in life outside of work, lessened focus on material wealth, and a commitment to spending time at home — there is something curiously regressive about the behavior of these himbos. After all, the desire for all of the above qualities in a man has traditionally been linked — in our shared female imagination — with notions of commitment, and in turn with notions of maturity. We've been asking for men so sure of themselves that they do not connect their sense of worth to their stock portfolios, do not need to replace flagging penises with cars, are capable of fulfilling household responsibilities, respecting their partners' work and time, exhibiting confidence and honesty in bed, all while keeping their own identities, passions, and friendships intact. In short, what we've been asking for are grown-ups.”

Andy Horwitz: “A gay friend of mine believes that women are more sexually flexible and can go either way more easily. He says that men's sexuality is fixed; gay is gay and straight is straight and ne'er the twain shall meet. I disagree. Sexual fluidity varies by individual, not by gender. Society just accepts fluidity in women more than in men.”