- The National Library of Sweden has added artist Nina Linde’s erotic braille book to its collection. Linde was inspired to create the book after visiting Stockholm’s Braille Library, where she was unable to find anything X-rated. “The book is about sexual stimulation, I don’t think ‘porn’ is the right word,” Linde said. “And sexual stimulation is for everyone.”
A sex book for the blind has finally made it to the National Library of Sweden (Paper Mag)
- The European Union has voted through legislation that will require all internet providers to treat online traffic “without discrimination” – effectively ending porn filters established by David Cameron. The ruling, which has been greeted with dismay by anti-porn campaigners, will come into effect by the end of the year and is part of a broader move by the EU towards “net neutrality.”
The EU just made porn filters illegal (Independent)
- Automatic porn filters will be made “law of the land”, David Cameron has said. The prime minister’s intervention to bolster porn filtering powers follows the European Parliament’s introduction of net neutrality regulations, which will ban the current porn filtering agreement. ISPs will now be forced to implement and maintain the controversial porn filters, the government has said. (VB note: What’s it called when an international body governing human rights says censoring citizens’ information access is a form of state oppression, and a country then doubles down on said censorship?)
Net neutrality: Automatic porn filters to be made ‘law of the land’ (Wired UK)
- Former porn star Jenna Jameson will be the subject of a reality show documenting her conversion to Judaism and her upcoming marriage in Israel. Jameson’s Israeli fiance, diamond merchant Lior Bitton, told Israel’s Walla news that the show is in its early production stages, the Times of Israel reported Tuesday. It is unclear where the show will air.
Ex-porn star Jenna Jameson to have reality show about her conversion to Judaism (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
- On Bourbon Street, the old allure of sex and the pull of the supernatural seamlessly blend together to create a unique business opportunity—particularly in the back rooms where no one can hear you.
The Haunted Strip Clubs of New Orleans (GQ Magazine)
- “But what’s the “time to horror porn” timeline look like for Virtual Reality? Well, I wasn’t exactly looking out for that metric, but Virtual Real Porn, a company that specializes in providing erotic virtual experiences, straightened me out and informed me this important milestone was hit today, with its horror-themed Virtual Reality Halloween Special.”
Virtual reality porn just got scary for Halloween with first horror-porn experience (VentureBeat)
- Getting a new sex toy on the market is an expensive undertaking. Developing a prototype for a new product and bringing it through to manufacturing can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Until recently, there were only three ways to do it: work for a large company with the resources to develop your ideas; sell your ideas to a large company; or have the money yourself, or find a major investor or lender. The advent of technologies like digital modelling and 3D printing, along with the birth of crowdfunding, have changed all of that, opening up opportunities to a new wave of young innovators and designers.
Technology and crowdfunding are changing the sex-toy game (Vue Weekly)
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- Activities include visiting the Prado Museum in Madrid with [porn] actress and art history buff Amarna Miller, biking with Poppy Cox and Paulita Pappel in Berlin, being serenaded by actor and guitarist Luke Hotrod in London or going vermouth tasting with Bel Gris in Barcelona. Lust describes the experience as a “unique chance to get to know people you wouldn’t usually meet!” and she’s also offering aspiring filmmakers the opportunity to direct and produce their own desires as a film from beginning to end in her Barcelona studio.
Erika Lust Offers Porn Stars as E.U. Tour Guides on P2P Travel Site (XBIZ)
- Did you hear about the Canadian girls who skidoo across frozen lakes teaching sex education with feather boas? Foxy (Fostering Open Expression Among Youth) won the $1m (£494,000) Arctic Inspiration Prize for their bold approach to traditionally taboo topics in sexual health.
‘Foxy’ group brings sexual education to the Arctic (BBC)
- The Free Speech Coalition announced today it will continue fighting newly revised Cal/OSHA regulations that as proposed would mandate goggles, condoms, dental dams, gloves and other skin guards for adult performers.
FSC: Goggles, Gloves Could Be Required on Calif. Porn Sets as Early as January (XBIZ)
- Kenyan police are investigating the murders of 10 women working as prostitutes, a record number of attacks in one month that has led to fears of a serial killer targeting sex workers. Concerned about the safety of women working on the streets, campaigners have called on the government to legalise prostitution and offer proper protection to vulnerable women.
Kenya police fear serial killer targeting sex workers after 10 deaths in one month (Guardian)
- The U.N.’s special rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, has asked Japan to ban manga comics that have “extreme child pornographic content,” a move that critics say would limit artistic freedom of expression. Japan did ban the possession of child sexual imagery in June 2014, but such depictions are not forbidden in manga comics, video games or animated movies.
U.N. Tells Japan to Ban Manga With Child Porn Content (XBIZ)
- Back in August, [Towleroad] told you about the raid carried out by federal officers against Rentboy in New York. CEO Jeffrey Hurant was among the company’s executives arrested on charges of prostitution. Since then, Hurant has been silent on the legal battle he and his company have been facing–until now. Posting on Facebook, he asked for the public’s help in financing Rentboy’s legal defense (…)
Rentboy CEO Asks for Help on Facebook (Towleroad)
- China announced the end of its controversial one-child policy Thursday as the country’s Communist leaders battle to confront a demographic time bomb. All Chinese families will now be allowed to have two children, a decision that is expected to blunt the effect of population aging and provide other economic benefits. As one of the Communist party’s most onerous intrusions into family life comes to an end, the Post’s Alia Dharssi examines the ways it has altered Chinese society and will shape it for years to come.
China’s controversial one-child policy has ended but its effects will be felt for decades (National Post)
