Month: April 2006

From my inbox, this morning: Hi, Violet! Here is [name of my next book — all twelve chapters compressed into an attachment] copyedited by Mark Woodworth. (…) Can you look these over and have them back to me by Wed. noon? I know it’s a short amount of time (…) Thanks! [publisher] Update: fun with…

It’s been about a year since I stopped reviewing sex books and videos for Good Vibes, but I was there long enough to watch the world of sex and art coffee table books go through a revolution. And Taschen, publisher of all kinds of those glossy, tasteful and gorgeous books, was one of the biggest…

Subject: burn the NYT clown “Violet – the largely-fictional NYT needs no protection. It’s coasted on an undeserved reputation for far too long. Print his e-mail. Burn him, and burn that little bung who excreted the xenisucks site. Chechen rules apply: no mercy no prisoners no exceptions” Subject: Post it! “Why in the hell is…

Hope this works! Blip.tv looks extra hella cool. Here’s my text: Liz Hickok’s amazing installation San Francisco in Jell-O was featured as part of the earthquake exhibit at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, last saturday, April 1st. This is my video of the teeny-tiny jello SF; I was sad it was only of the Exploratorium…

Last week local paper SF Weekly ran a seven page article about Cake, the New York grrrl-power sexy party, who had their debut San Francisco party a few weeks back. I met Emily from Cake at the Center for Sex and Culture where we both shared the stage to celebrate the release of Carol‘s new…

This I know. Because my butt plug tells me so. Sing along with me, people! There was a huge box on my doorstep today; a giant gift from Tantus Silicone. Metis, the woman behind Tantus, is one of my heroes — because I think she single-handedly mainstreamed silicone toys, getting these safe, incredibly pleasurable toys…