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Finding the right kind of guy porn
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Finding the right kind of guy porn

December 20, 2006
What the village still gives me
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What the village still gives me

November 22, 2006
The girl who’d have sex in public
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The girl who’d have sex in public

October 25, 2006
Is your pussy pretty enough?
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Is your pussy pretty enough?

Queer women are uniquely critical of their cunts

September 27, 2006
Grandma deserves to have her buttons pushed
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Grandma deserves to have her buttons pushed

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Celling out
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Celling out

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When your role model is your junior
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When your role model is your junior

My younger cousin is showing me all the things I missed out on

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Becoming a boy & back again
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Becoming a boy & back again

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An unexpected offering
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A light too bright
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The baggage in that fake dick

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This woman’s work
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Defying expectations
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Defying expectations

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Packing & purging
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Packing & purging

The bad memories just won’t fit

January 4, 2006
Choice & denial
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Choice & denial

Bad hair is the new fat

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Finding the heat in mom’s Harlequins

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