Month: October 2010

It wasn’t the intention, but it was the outcome. Now we know for certain that “sex positive” is illegal (and offensive/obscene) in Libya. It is also apparently a criminal thing (be it noun, verb or adjective). Even in the Libyans’ response, it’s clear they don’t understand what sex-positive means. They seem to think it means…

* Who needs a link shortener? Okay, I’m sick of it now, too… High on the success of their bras promising to make women’s breasts two sizes larger, UK department store retailer Marks and Spencer is doing the same thing for men, ostensibly to give the impression that they have longer linkage than the next…

Official: vb.ly Link Shortener Seized by Libyan Government

This is also posted on Techyum if you want a work-safe link. Also read this chilling post about what happened with vb.ly in The .ly domain space to be considered unsafe (benmetcalfe.com). It’s official: the Libyan government has seized vb.ly. This was done with no warning. Despite the fact that vb.ly was a one-page link-shortening…

Monday Nibbles: Sex Science Special

* The study everyone’s talking about today comes from the Journal of Sexual Medicine, and it is utterly compelling. Corey Silverberg gives us the juiciest highlights in Largest Survey of American Sexual Behaviors Offers Snapshot of 21st Century American Sex. Read it. (sexuality.about.com) * There’s a lot of talk about the study in regard to…