- This is one of those ‘hell of a post’ posts, that isn’t necessarily news, but you won’t want to miss it. And as a journalist who writes about sex and porn, and also bare-knuckle boxes with tech’s most influential PR departments, I think the PR reference is bracingly right on target. “(…) The kind of abuse that the ‘Stop the Traffic’ campaign is interested in is not people being promised one job and ending up in another, and it’s a shame that the clip reduces the issue to that. The reason it works with sex work but wouldn’t if the punchline were ‘sadly they end up in PR,’ is because popular misconceptions about the general unpleasantness of sex work ensure that it doesn’t have to go into anything more specific. (…)”
Why this video needs to fuck off (Crow’s head fell off like a leaf.)
- They had to expect that their ‘porn filter’ nonsense would make them all fair game…. This report is starting to ascend the headlines. HuffPo UK did a Freedom of Information request and “official figures reveal that MPs, Lords and parliamentary staff have attempted to access porn websites potentially thousands of times.” Note that HuffPo’s information is about about server requests and not actual website visits, and that Parliamentary officials refused to tell HuffPo exactly what their servers judge as “pornographic” due to “ICT security.”
Oh Yes, Minister! (HuffPo UK)
- Boyfriend of the woman who hit headlines last month for testing HIV positive tells press he’s HIV positive too, and he is a gay porn performer. This mess is only going to get messier, especially with the utter lack of critical thinking skills on display in mainstream media around this entire story.
Gay-porn star Rod Daily says he is HIV positive (LA Daily News)
- I just found out that my new nook is having a tour! Now, how can I convince each of these tour destinations to sum up their reviews of my book with one animated cat gif….? Like… book cover image, review text, then… summary. I would link the hell out of every single one.
The Adventurous Couple’s Guide to Sex Toys Blog Tour! (cleispress.tumblr.com)
- This headline promises the women redefining porn, and gives us two great women redefining porn, ignores dozens of others, and quotes anti-porn Gail Dines without fact checking her notoriously made up stats. So, you’re warned.
High tea and sex anyone? Meet the women redefining porn (Telegraph)
So, here’s some new porn from two women who are redefining porn in a big way and are not in the article linked above:
- Sexy real-life couple Wendy and Dave get it on at Bright Desire (brightdesire.tumblr.com, main post image via)
- Adrianna & James: Behind the Scenes of Tristan Taormino’s Guide to Bondage for Couples for Adam & Eve Blog (Tristan Taormino: PuckerUp)
- Terrible sex kits, fun reviews of them.
Like Birchbox for Sex Toys: Testing 5 New Kits (NY Mag)
- XR Brands has released its new lubricant that emulates the viscosity and scent of semen. The company said “Jizz” — developed specifically for men and women with an erotic affinity for semen — is the industry’s first personal lubricant featuring a condom-safe water-based formula that feels like male ejaculate with a natural musky scent that smells like the real thing.
XR Brands Debuts Semen-Like Lubricant (XBIZ)
- The Asia Adult Expo debuted last weekend at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC), resolving an ongoing head-butting between the fair’s organizers and dubious city officials.
Asia Adult Expo Makes Contentious Debut in Hong Kong (XBIZ)
- The jokes write themselves: The latest announcement of the cast of the upcoming 50 Shades of Grey film, which includes Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam as the lead character, has disappointed fans of the… product.
50 Shades of Grey casting disappoint fans (DNA India)
