* The first condoms were made out of linen. Important Moments in Condom History (ashastd.org, via Scarleteen)
* I, for one, can’t wait until National Porn Sunday and have lots of porn for you to celebrate. But in this piece we see what a stupid tool Ron jeremy is, and even the CNN commenters think this is a crock. Quickly, because I am out of patience: porn addiction is a lie for profit, and here’s the scam. Here’s what I’m reacting to: The church of porn and football (CNN.com)
* After Ellen digs lesbian porn star portrayals: Carla Gugino and Adrianne Palicki play porn stars we can relate to in “Elektra Luxx” (video trailer, stills, much lesbian longing; AfterEllen.com)
* Face the facts: everyone will want one. The Gap says the “Shape of Spring” is “The NEW Pegged Boyfriend” trousers – and I’m so glad I wrote a book about it! Apparently, No One At The Gap Has Ever Looked At The Internet (The Consumerist, thanks Brian Wilson!)
* NYMag has just unleashed a bunch of really interesting articles about porn and porn consumption: for the business of porn, I found the comments on Hacker News (from non-sex tech entrepreneurs and VC funders) to be the most interesting, and you should read them before the article: Hacker News | The Geek-Kings of Smut (news.ycombinator.com)
* This local writer went to a filming at Kink.com for writer Stephen Elliott’s (abandoned) MTV pilot, and it freaked him the hell out – which makes for a sad but interesting read: For a Novel About Reality TV, A Writer Goes On Set (blogs.wsj.com, via SFAppeal newsletter)
* SNL took a second from wiping the Zuckerberg brown (a new shade for Martha Stewart Home NYC) to be total fucking assholes about trans people, and prove that the writers have no queer friends at all: GLAAD Demands Apology from Saturday Night Live for Transgendered Skit (SFist.com)
* It’s been a decade of obsession about sex and antidepressants – why stop now? Antidepressants and sex: A doomed romance? (Salon.com)
* As a veteran sex toy reatail slave, I can tell you that is a Chocolate Ballsy SuperCock (suction cup) 10″ – Realtor lists condo for sale, forgets to remove dildo (Nerve.com)
* Strangely arousing first-person retelling of a double dildo, a girl, and her boy: The Horny Consultant With the Two-Sided Toy (nymag.com)
* Remember that horrible Summer’s Eve ad that told women the way to get a raise at work was to clean their vaginas? Worse, Summer’s Eve was unapologetic about the message. Here is the woman who did that campaign, and her recent statement: Lessons Learned (adweek.com)
* We’re hoping for the best, and this is great news – they better take good care of our Dan! Advice columnist Dan Savage lands MTV pilot (insidetv.ew.com)
@ Lea
Back in the 80s we used to roll and cuff our pants tightly around our ankles or shins.
My guess is the Gap is putting in a tapered leg in men’s pants with a cuff…or a hole in the ass.
I dunno, Violet. Those folks at the Gap might know what they’re doing after all. A lot of people who wouldn’t otherwise have been caught dead in a Gap store are going to see the jeans now that such a fuss has been made about them.
Oh, XXXChurch. You guys are so… annoying. I almost called the cute, but you know, it’s not cute to make people feel even worse for something the world already tells them is evil… When it’s not evil. *eye roll*
You know you’ve made it when SNL pokes fun at you! SNL has been equal opportunity satire for over 25 years. It was GLADD’s turn. Don’t go Streisand over it.
Oh, The Gap’s naming of their ‘Pegged Boyfriend Trousers’ is so cute – way to normalise that which deserves to be normalised – albeit without meaning to – but now I’m really wondering what exactly about their design makes them ‘Pegged Boyfriend Trousers’? Curious now ;-)
And to the ‘Summer’s Eve’ thing, well, if I can’t say anything nice, maybe I should say nothing at all – but did we really expect them to be apologetic, which would require them to pretty-well acknowledge that there’s nothing wrong with a woman’s scent and that their product is, in fact, completely unnecessary in the first place …
Also, as an historian, I can tell you, the first condoms were actually made from animals’ bladders and stomach linings – including famously for/by Casanova – apparently half-a-lemon also serves as a very effective cervical cap.
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