Image of Lindsay Lohan via Single Scoop.
* French animated condoms (video) are scary and explicit. I know they are trying to be cute. But — le yikes! (xhamster.com, thanks DD!)
* Google really wants to be in China. I am dying to know exactly how they’re determining what porn sites to block and what constitutes “vulgar information” as Google is “taking all necessary steps”: read Google Says It’s Working to Block Pornography in China. (http://online.wsj.com)
* Kink is having a contest! In their adorably cheeky (oh, come on) Everything Butt contest to celebrate the launch of their new site about all things booty (Everything Butt), a free 6-month membership to Everything Butt will be awarded to each of the three members whose photos receive the most votes. “Take a photo of a friend (or yourself) in a corset with “EB” scripted on the cheek and make it look as much like our ass-tounding new logo as possible.” And the logo is so cute! (everythingbutt.com)
* This week (and we think of this as Pride weekend approaches here in San Francisco) we had a big gay marriage FAIL in Obama’s house, but yesterday it was announced that “The White House said Thursday it was seeking ways to include same-sex marriages, unions and partnerships in 2010 Census data (…)” It’s about time: White House Looks to Include Same-Sex Unions in Census Count. (online.wsj.com)
* This week in uh, breaking news, Lindsay Lohan got bored and published an old semi-topless pic of herself to TwitPic via her Twitter stream. Not as exciting as the 2008 nude Marilyn Monroe set Lohan did, but it’s good to know she might be worth following for the occasional surprise. (ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com)
* You know Playboy’s sailing iceberg-filled seas when they sue their e-commerce marketer. (chicagobusiness.com)
* And more on the HIV outbreak in Porn Valley this week: now, not surprisingly, Cal-Osha is investigating AIM and the State’s Division of Occupational Safety is getting involved. If what the article says is true (“the unnamed actress who was found to be positive for HIV on June 4 was allowed to work the following day before taking second and third tests”) it might be time for health regulations. Then again, they’re citing the always-cited, never substantiated “$12 billion-a-year” porn industry revenue claim, so it’s all yet to be made clear. (reuters.com)
* I haven’t had a chance to play around with orgasm.com‘s “porn director” (nice score on the URL), but the “choose your own adventure” model for consumers might be a very viable business model (if it’s done right). You tell me — I have another sex guide to write this weekend :) (orgasm.com)
* Bonus: nude yoga! (nudes.hegre-art.com)
Boy would I like to put a “beaded shawl” on her!
Google has sold its soul to the devil by bending over for Chinese censors. I understand their reasoning, but I think they’re ultimately destined for a place of fail.
i’m not sure what’s scarier…that animated condom video, or that fact that i’m so hard because of that video.
i am now both rock hard and wondering if someone put acid in my cereal this morning. you need to keep an archive on that condom vid, i’ve never seen anything remotely like that.
Direct your own porn = hilarious.