A few weeks ago, I was on a long flight from Germany, so naturally I was reading a trashy magazine. As I flipped past pictures of emaciated women contorted into “high fashion” shapes while holding ridiculous props like pick axes and bananas, I was hooked by an interview with Scarlett Johannson: my girl crush.
After I managed to shut my jaw (which had dropped open at the sight of her damn beautiful lips), I paused to read her interview, and was particularly struck by one of her responses:
“So Scarlett, what makes you feel sexiest?”“Wearing a man’s t-shirt.”Well boy howdy, she sure was right! Hell, right now I’m wearing my boyfriend’s old button-up and no pants, and let me tell you something: it feels damn sexy.
Of course, I’m me, and I might be defining “sexy” differently than you.
I wouldn’t feel “sexy,” for instance, if I were doing a striptease for my boyfriend. On the contrary: I would feel completely ridiculous. Plus, I would look as uncoordinated and fumbling as Jamie Lee Curtis in that prostitute scene from True Lies.
To me, sexiness is born in confidence: I feel sexiest when I’m doing something I’m great at, or something that makes me feel 100% comfortable and proud of my body, like:
Being nakedLet’s face it: I love being naked. The more time I spend naked, the more I love my body, and the sexier I feel. Hell, I wish people could be naked all the time! I think women would have a lot fewer problems being proud of their bodies if they weren’t so encouraged to cover up. (I say this because, having grown up in Europe, I’m used to going to beaches and parks where women are topless and no one says a damn thing).
Singing in publicOkay, I’m not saying that you should walk down the street belting some Ke$ha song (can one even “belt” autotune?), but if you’ve got a voice you’re proud of, show it off and sing at an open mic! Or, if you’re talented in other ways, don’t keep it under wraps!
Speaking a different languageI used to have this ex-boyfriend who would practically have to change his pants whenever I spoke German or Turkish to him. Sometimes I wouldn’t even know what to say to him, so I’d make up gibberish and it would STILL drive him crazy (so if you’re sitting there thinking, “Well damn, I only know English,” apparently that doesn’t matter).
Wearing heels for absolutely no reasonSo what if you're staying inside and eating pizza! Put on your best shoes because they make you feel perdy!
So ladies and lovely young men, what makes you feel sexier?
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I absolutely love heels, they are appropriate at anytime for me. showing no problem taking out the trash even better XD
1. Props on the True Lies reference.
2. Agreed on the naked thing.
3. I would say for me, for some reason showering at my boyfriend's place and having wet hair there is exponentially sexier than doing it at my own place, where it's just routine. Extremely weird response on my part, but everyone on here should know by now I'm an extremely weird person.
(I thought Jamie Lee Curtis was hot and coordinated in True Lies. I'll have to see it again.)
I feel sexy after I had a nice, sweaty work out. Also, wearing mascara and high heels. :)
Being naked rocks. Especially sleeping naked.
And I'm not a thin heel person; I enjoy nice, thick heeled boots. Put a nice switchblade on the side and wear with your favorite long socks. Order a pizza and answer the door in your boyfriends overshirt, and holding a sword.
THAT. Is sexy.
Sleeping naked. I would feel sexy doing a striptease, but I like that sort of thing I guess, lol. I also love dressing sexy. I used to be self-conscious about my body, but now that I love my grown-woman body, I dress sexy whenever I can.
Haha, cute. :)
I like this!
I <3 being naked and I <3 heels haha
Mix #1 and #4. Wear sexy high heels while being naked....oh, and my fave thing to do....be naked, wear the heels, and do house chores!!!!!! It's quite...exhilarating...to be naked while doing mundane things like finances or sweeping. :)
@CelestDiggory@xanga - I bet the pizza delivery boy wouldn't even ask for a tip after seeing a girl wear that while answering the door! He'd be too speechless!!!
I love applying a shit ton of make-up, chilling for 30 minutes, and then washing it all off.
Your posts are always fun. =]
Pretty underwear, nuff said.
I loveee sleeping in the nude!
Such a great list. Also, @kinamorata@xanga, I completely agree :)
I love that various responses to this!! I think we should totally encourage each other - as women - to do things that make us feel sexy every day, social definition of "sexy" be damned!
I'm with you on the language thing. I know a tiny bit of French and a tiny bit of Spanish. As far as my boyfriend is concerned, I speak them both fluently. That's all he needs to know.
Heels & a pair of really really well-fitting jeans.
Immediately post-work out, particularly if I've run harder/longer or lifted heavier than usual.
Definitely prancing around in his button down.
And, this will probably sound really strange, but I always felt INCREDIBLY sexy wearing a hoodie, contacts out/glasses on, with a lock of hair falling into my face as I was proceeding into my Nth hour studying/making flashcards/working on a brief. Something about knowing I was smart enough to be at that school AND determined enough to see it all through made me feel like a goddess!
Wow, my answer seems really mundane compared to the others, but...shaved legs XD I'm rockin' em right now, all lotioned up and smooth ^^ Oh, also, skirts :D
i'd change my pants too if someone spoke in german or turkish to me <3
being naked is indeed the sexiest. and dressing up for no reason and feeling fiiine.
Speaking a different language is the only one I liked. Wearing heels for absolutely no reason just makes my feet hurt. I like wearing my mans shirt, sometimes.
LOL Gibberish. That's an awesome move you pulled there.
singing in public rocks
and you dont have to be good at it either, just confidant in yourself
now im not saying i have an earsplitting voice, on the contrary
but i have terrible stage fright, and i still sing anyway
its great
i agree with this. you are an awesome writer.
I think I feel sexiest dancing around naked to my favorite R&B and hip hop songs. I don't give a damn if people can see me through my one window in my bedroom.
My boyfriend gave me a long, thin T-shirt of his to put on once. We both loved it. I wear it when I need to feel sexy.