Image “be my Valentine” by urbanphotographer2007. So, in case you’re not joining the resistance… Of course, nothing says “be my geeky Valentine” like something from the xkcd store, though I know it’s too late to order… Or, maybe it’s *not* too late for an online gift: Agent Provocateur has e-vouchers (!!!!drool!!!!) that get sent with…
Year: 2009
The society for the advancement of despair: Valentine’s Resistance
My dear friends at Marrow (blogged previously on Laughing Squid) have begun, and are encouraging all to enlist in their campaign of “Valentine’s Resistance” featuring several videos — like the sentimental one above — to serve as SAD Valentine e-cards. They wanted to share. You can follow the main Marrow troublemaker on Twitter. Ouch. They…
xkcd examines the baseball diamond model of heteronormative sex
At SFSI during training of sex crisis counselors, the “first base”, “second base” model for sexuality is referred to as the “baseball diamond model”. It stands for both the euphemisms xkcd explains above for “scoring” with a sex partner (the stages of penis-vagina intercourse goal achievement) — and also for the limited sex acts typically…
Racist porn and the recession: This week’s SF Chronicle column
One of friend (and favorite nerd porn star) Sinnamon Love‘s Twitter responses after reading this week’s column. I don’t know how to preface this week’s column, Racist Porn and the Recession – Violet Blue: Nothing is recession proof, especially not your tired old racist porn. The topic is so upsetting that I had sleepless nights…
Absolutely the worst article about sex ever written – tag: Unintentional hilarity
Image by friend, Richard Kadrey/Kaos Beauty Klinik. A day ago, on my overly customized Google News page I caught a headline that read, “Therapists Say Kinky Sex On The Rise” from ABC News. Naturally, pre-click, I was already laughing at the double-entendre and eagerly awaiting to see how, given the indication in the title, how…
Big props to DC Comics: Fierce lesbian Batwoman set for release
Click image for hi-res; via Greg Rucka. Visitors to last weekend’s New York Comic Con got a little surprise: a preview of Batwoman at the back of their program guides. This allowed writer Greg Rucka and JH Williams III to openly admit that they’re hard at work on DC Comics’ Batwoman — DC’s highest profile…
Porn moment: Bi and Bi
This image is from a bisexual Danish couple who are having a lot of fun (obviously) with their explicit, artistic blog, Bi and Bi: “a personal sex blog from a 30-something Danish couple” (image is from this series). Highly recommended for all kinds of visually tasteful bisexual combinations; site features many albums of photos and…
I’d vote for Stormy Daniels over Vitter
Image by mitbbsnews1. She seems more serious than Mary Carey, and I have to say it’s rather fun… Porn star (she actually is a star) Stormy Daniels is is preparing to run for the Senate against Louisiana Senator David Vitter (R-LA), whose phone number was found in the records of the notorious (Washington) DC Madam.…
The Onion’s 2009 Valentine issue
Image via The Onion. …rocks, even when it has a bit of judgmental baggage here and there (just warning you). Highlights include: * Japan Pledges To Halt Production Of Weirdo Porn That Makes People Puke * Man Somehow Getting Worse At Sex * Per Tradition, Ex-Presidents Watch Obamas Christen White House Bed * Ex-Girlfriend Making…
Healthy sex toys PSA: Breaking Up With My Blow Up Doll, the musical
Kinds folksy. Not much dancing — okay, a minute of dancing. Still, fun and informative. The best part is watching someone sing the word “pthalates” in a song. Breaking Up With My Blow Up Doll is from the green activists at Grist. For additional information, check out my unsafe sex toys page. (thanks, Russ!)