Whoa, holy shit what? I've read the first book (thought it was interesting, but Millar's assholery detracted majorly, movie toned down the more problematic elements and made the protagonist WAY more likeable), but haven't read the second.

That show has its problematic moments, but you really gotta give them credit for trying really, really hard to get that idea across to the general public.

The best I can guess, they probably weren't using the right kind of paint. Which seems like a stupid, stupid thing to mess up, since body paint is really easy to find and professionals should be able to handle that.

I suppose it might depend on the type of paint. I use body paint on my arms, face, and my bust above the top of my dress and had few to no problems with hair snags.

*white panties.

As a cosplayer, I can assure you that waxing off your body hair is generally not necessary when using body paint. It won't pull in the way you describe.

YOU ARE VERY MUCH CORRECT.

I know right? Right after this, my instructors all set about figuring out how to do that turnover into the arm bar. We spent like a whole class working on it. My arms and legs are short, so I have a lot of trouble with jujigatame, so that has actually become my favorite way to get into it. If you can find them, you…

True. I find it's incredibly difficult to get women into fighting sports in general, so it's hard to build up really high quality fighters. For example, my dojo has 30 some people, and like 7 women. I've been trying to start competing but there are so few female heavyweights that I keep driving to tournaments to sit…

Oh oh! I found a better quality video!

Our dojo has been wondering if the IOC decision to remove wrestling (if it stands) will increase judo's popularity in the US, since there is a lot of overlap in technique. I've been comparing the US's relationship to judo, compared to other countries, like our relationship with soccer.

Hahah, yeah. It's pretty damn impressive.

Ah okay. I had always heard the arm thing, which is way badass. I don't really follow MMA, though.

1. Yeah, Jez should probably be covering that bit too.

Are you saying "Rowdy" is her nickname? Because the nickname I've heard for her is "the Arm Collector" since she always wins with jujigatame, and I think that is a WAAAY cooler nickname.

I'm going to concur with the Yo, Is This Racist dude on this one. http://www.earwolf.com/episode/chris-brown/

Excellent work.

This feels relevant.

Hell, even if we just want smut, good smut!fics exist!! From the excerpts I've seen from 50 Shades, it's like... 14 year old's first spank fic level writing. I can think of dozens of stories I've seen in various fandoms over the years that feature smut, sometimes really graphic stuff, that is better put together than…

99% of fics that are out there, of any variety, are total crap. But the good stuff does exist. I'd definitely watch what website you are looking on. Stay the hell away from ff.net. It is the 10th circle of hell.