Sex News: Evan Rachel Wood, SOPA Porn Protest, Ned Stark, Woman With Two Vaginas

  • When British television aired a story about a woman who had been born with double the equipment – two vaginas, two cervixes and two uteruses – Internet commenters piped in and said, “Me, too!” Born With Two Vaginas: Not So Rare (ABC News)
  • Amazon’s erotica section isn’t just rife with tales of lust, incest, violence, and straight-up kink. It’s also a hotbed of masked merchants profiting from copyright infringement. And even with anti-piracy legislation looming, Amazon doesn’t appear too eager to stop the forbidden author-on-author action. Amazon’s Plagiarism Problem (Fast Company)
  • When young people were asked the number one way they learn about sex, their response was — you guessed it — Google. While they shouldn’t take the place of conversations, and heart-to-hearts about your values, these resources can augment the sexuality education of your teens. Safe side of online sex (Federal Way Mirror)
  • Facial ejaculation: this act that’s become the standard coda in porn is about much more than the longing to dominate or humiliate a sex partner. Understanding what makes it such a ubiquitous trope in adult movies (and in people’s private sexual lives) means understanding a particularly male longing for acceptance. He Wants to Jizz on Your Face, but Not Why You Think (Jezebel)
  • Ten dollar brothers, and three dollar sessions: Don’t miss this account from a woman that donated sex work as a form of feminist protest in rural China last week. Well-known blogger and feminist activist Ye Haiyan, also known as Liumang Yan (Hooligan Sparrow), decided to provide sexual services to rural peasant workers on January 11 in defense of sex workers’ rights after she witnessed a recent raid by police officers in a brothel in Guangxi province. Liu wrote about her day of prostitution… China: Prostituting to Defend Sex Workers’ Rights (Global Voices, thanks K!)
  • Lord Of The Rings and Game Of Thrones star Sean Bean will soon be seen on British television screens with Boardwalk Empire and This Is England’s Stephen Graham in two episodes of BBC1 drama Accused. Bean will be playing a cross dressing English teacher. Why, Yes, That IS Ned Stark In A Dress (TwitchFilm)

Image of Evan Rachel Wood by Ellen Von Unwerth, via Fashion Gone Rogue.

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