- A group of teenage inventors have struck upon a clever (albeit still very conceptual) way to alert folks to the presence of various venereal diseases before the burning starts: fluorescing condoms that light up when they encounter dangerous bacteria or virii. See also: No, teenagers did not invent STI-detecting color-changing condoms (Hopes and Fears)
Color-changing condoms could tell you which VD you just got (Engadget)
- “The Internet has become integral to modern life,” John Oliver says in a recent segment from Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight. The host breaks down the perils that women encounter online, including revenge-porn and chilling cyber threats. ”Congratulations on your white penis,” Oliver cracks, “because if you have one of those, you probably have a very different experience of the Internet.”
John Oliver Takes on Revenge Porn on ‘Last Week Tonight’ (Rolling Stone)
- All the creativity at the Cannes Lions festival clearly became too stimulating for one couple spotted getting romantic outside the famed Palais’ des Festivals, right in the middle of the red carpet.
Couple caught having sex on Cannes red carpet (Page Six)
- This is so cool! MiKandi announced today that publishers can now share their adult comics and hentai manga in its Android adult app store. Today’s launch marks the culmination of months of collaboration between MiKandi’s team and launch partners Studio Cutepet, Class Comics, Triangle! and Hizzacked that now have a presence in its app store, MiKandi’s Jennifer McEwen said. Fans can discover new comics by publisher, author or illustrator — and more are on the way.
MiKandi Now Supports Adult Comics, Hentai Manga (XBIZ)
- Director and producer Sam Scott left no stone unturned in The Big Turn On, speaking with SexTech stalwarts such as Cindy Gallop, Kiiroo, Hot Octopuss, Ashley Madison owner Noel Biderman and a host of other commentators, and delving quick and fast inside the industry. The consensus is unanimous: SexTech is here and ready to stay.
The Big Turn On: SexTech Hits The Silver Screen (BaDoink)
- “For the past decade, and in numerous capacities, I’ve toiled as a sex worker. I’ve peddled my trade in bars and hotel rooms, on the sets of feminist pornos, and in shady peep shows. I also work in academia—arguably, an equally shady enterprise.”
How the Government and the Christian Lobby Quash Real Research on Sex Workers (PS Mag)
- When exes and relatives call social workers on BDSM-loving moms and dads, the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is there to help. Like many women, Samantha likes kink. Unlike many women, she lost custody of her children over it. (…)
Parents Can Lose Custody of Children Just for Being Kinky (Daily Beast)
- One way or another, you can be sure anti-porn crusaders will push to extend Australia’s new anti-piracy laws. The Australian Christian Lobby didn’t even wait for the legislation to pass, calling for the proposed anti-piracy laws to extend to porn in April during the copyright senate enquiry. Back when Conroy’s porn filter was on the table, there were calls to expand it to cover other vices like piracy and gambling. Now that the piracy bill has passed through the Senate, you can be sure the ACL and others are looking for ways to expand it or loopholes to exploit it.
Porn will be next on Australia’s website-blocking agenda (Sydney Morning Herald)
- Behind the scenes of Erotic Chatbots, Ltd. are two British men: chess genius Dr. David Levy and digital erotica king Paul Andrew. Dr. Levy is the President of Erotic Chatbots, Ltd. and the International Computer Games Association; he’s also the only person to have entered the esteemed Loebner Prize for human-computer conversation more than once and achieved a 100 per cent score by winning it each time. VICE spoke with the duo about loneliness, passion, and what it means to fall in love with a smooth-talking robot.
A Chess Genius and an Erotica Publisher Are Making the Perfect Dirty Talk Chatbot (Vice)
- “A little googling led me to the only brothel in Melbourne that was owned and operated entirely by women. It was nothing too flashy, but in reviews clients consistently referred to the club as “friendly,” which sounded nice. Plus, I couldn’t miss the chance to support a woman-owned business. I screwed up my courage and called the club.”
I loved working at a legal brothel in Australia (Hopes and Fears)
- This one’s by me! The U.K.’s online-sex censorship crusade is a toxic encounter between government arrogance and things it simply does not understand: sex, free speech, and the internet.
https://www.instapaper.com/read/602991509 (Penthouse)
- A must-read: Do any of the anti-porn criticisms hold water? It would be nice to know. Reliable statistics about pornography are notoriously difficult to obtain – many people underreport their own habits, and many porn companies are loath to share any sort of viewership statistics.
Does too much porn numb sexual pleasure? (Aeon Magazine)
- Multiplayer survival game Rust randomly generates players’ physical characteristics for them, imitating the screaming chaos of biology rather than letting players choose. The next step in this boundary pushing social experiment? Penis size, of course.
Rust Randomizes Penis Length, Players Compare Sizes (Kotaku)
- Le WTF: Germans will be able to buy adult-themed e-books only between the hours of 22:00 and 06:00, under new rules. The rules have applied to German cinemas showing adult films since 2002, but they are now being extended to cover books available on the internet.
Sex-themed e-books given curfew in Germany (BBC News)
- San Francisco’s “Water Conservation is Smart and Sexy” campaign features voluptuous shots of shiny water features along with suggestive messages, such as “Replace Your Old Toilet and Get Paid for Doing It.”
San Francisco thinks sex will make your showers shorter (Mother Jones)
- Warning for survivors of sexual assault and trauma. About 50 people a day are sexually assaulted or raped while they’re on the clock, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Any statistic about sexual violence, though, is a farce – only a fraction of victims ever come forward to report the crime.
Under cover of darkness, female janitors face rape and assault (NAME)
