- Lovely: Tim Burton Burlesque. The show started with full versions of Frankenweenie and Vincent, two of Tim’s earliest works. Performances by the burlesque dancers followed clips of the most notable Tim Burton movies, such as Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Alice In Wonderland. Tim Burton Burlesque Gallery (LA Weekly; annoying pageview gallery)
- With polyamory, online dating, group dating, casual sex and true love, SF can be a particularly hard city to maneuver. INFORUM is bringing together dating experts and sex educators to give you an understanding of the tools available to succeed at mating and dating in SF this holiday season…. How To Get Your Holiday Squeeze On: Sex & Dating in SF (Commonwealth Club)
- Siri is amused by rape, hates Planned Parenthood, is generally pro-choice. “The recent illustrations of Siri, the iPhone 4S voice-recognition based assistant, failing to provide information to users about abortion, birth control, help after rape and help with domestic violence has gotten a lot of notice. There have been a number of arguments, three of which compelled me. The first was “why aren’t there screenshots?” Here, you have them, in spades…” Siri Failures, Illustrated (STFU, Sexists)
- Men think about sex more often than women, but men also think about eating and sleeping more than women do, U.S. researchers said. Lead author Terri Fisher of the Ohio State University Mansfield campus said the study discredits the persistent stereotype that men think about sex every 7 seconds, which would amount to more than 8,000 thoughts about sex in 16 waking hours. Debunked: Men thinking about sex all day (UPI.com)
- Swallow and Bone, a manufacturer of lampshades and products which enhance “sensual ambience”, is marketing a phallic chandelier, titled Priapus (don’t miss the video). The 68kg fixture, which is nearly six feet tall and 59 inches wide, is lit by 48 individual LEDs. Erotic lampshade maker takes phallic chandelier on tour (PinkNews)
- Over the weekend @DurexUSA tweeted the above “joke” about shutting a woman up with a penis. As you’d expect, this tweet – which many saw as joking about rape – saw instant and horrified response from many of Durex’s followers. What Not To Do On Twitter: Durex Tweets Hugely Offensive Joke, Blames Local PR Agency (AllTwitter)
- Fans of beautiful women and agrarian equipment will be delighted to see top Bulgarian models semi naked in the hay, though not rolling, but with a pitchfork in hand, hugging little chickens, eating apples, shooting like hunters, feeding animals, making bread and handling big agrarian machines. Bulgaria: Bulgarian Models Sex Up Agriculture in Erotic Calendar (Sofia News Agency)
- A Chinese female professor’s two-year study is covered in her incredible-looking new book called People’s Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet. Katrien Jacobs is a media professor at a Chinese University who decided to investigate online hookups. She took a photo of herself naked and posted it on Adult Friend Finder under the name of “Lizzy Kinsey”. Porn professor investigates how to find sex on the web (Straight)
What is it with Eastern Europe and farm porn?
This post has left one word rolling around in my head this morning: who. Specifically: “who would buy that light fixture,” and “Durex had followers… who?” I suppose the word “why” might be in there too.