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Encore une EXCLU @lui : @Rihanna nue en couverture du n°7 ! Dispo en kiosque dès demain. http://t.co/iEvO1d24MF pic.twitter.com/MqDVFZbzif
— Lui Magazine (@lui) April 29, 2014
- Lui Magazine May 2014 featuring Rihanna is inspired by Lui October 1972, which featured Karin Schubert—1970’s German actress turned pornographic actress in the 1980s. Images from the shoot are throughout this post.
Pornographic Actress Karin Schubert’s Lui 1972 Cover Inspired Rihanna’s Cover/Editorial, Preview Rihanna by Mario Sorrenti for Lui May 2014 (Fashion Copious)
- Last year the National Crime Victimization Survey turned up a remarkable statistic. In asking 40,000 households about rape and sexual violence, the survey uncovered that 38 percent of incidents were against men.
When Men Are Raped (Slate)
- Recent reports of crackdowns by Chinese officials on young female fans who write slash have sent waves of alarm throughout international fandom waters. A new investigative report from Anhui TV claims that Chinese authorities have arrested at least 20 people for the crime of writing male/male fanfic—mostly polite, introverted young women in their 20s.
For young women in China, slash fanfiction is a dangerous hobby (Daily Dot)
- As part of a kinda-infuriating, kinda-hilarious segment on how Beyoncé is to blame when black teenagers get pregnant, The O’Reilly Factor aired an image of Queen Bey’s Butt. Taken from the “Partition” video (above), it shows Beyoncé from the back, wearing a sparkly, two-tiered black thong.
Bill O’Reilly Can’t Handle Beyoncé’s Butt (Animal NY)
- Sexual self-knowledge is crucial for everyone, but especially for porn stars, who make their living in the bedroom. Here, several porn stars share how they keep their sex lives healthy and fun — and it turns out that even the less sexually adventurous among us can take a few (candid and uncensored) pointers from these adult entertainers.
The Porn Stars’ Guide To A Healthy Sex Life (HuffPo)
- Last week, adult performer Christy Mack tweeted a proposition: “Whoever builds me the best Lego creation to put in my house gets a blowjob.” After a popular and playful response on Twitter, the Lego challenge drew to an abrupt close yesterday evening when Mack tweeted that lawyers for the company had contacted her, objecting to her usage of the Lego name.
How a porn star’s Lego challenge went viral until lawyers killed it (Daily Dot)
- This might be one of the most -quietly- important articles about sex work to date. “Really, “stereotypical pimps are far less common and important to street sex markets than would be expected.” In their sample, only 14 percent of female underage sex workers in New York City (and 6 percent of the males) had a pimp.”
Most of What You Think You Know About Sex Trafficking Isn’t True (Slate)
- Adult video website Pornhub has decided to plant a tree for every 100 videos viewed this week. According to Pornhub’s Arbor Day celebration event page, playfully titled “Pornhub Gives America Wood,” the views have to be watched in the site’s category for…uh, large trees.
Pornhub Wants to Save the Environment for Arbor Day, 100 Videos at a Time (Boston Globe)
- Asa Akira always knew what she wanted to be when she grew up. “I’m part of the new era of porn,” she tells The Post. “We’re feminists, very sex-positive people. We’re not victims of rape, not drug addicts, we don’t have any daddy issues.”
From prep-school kid to millionaire porn star (NY Poat)
- This past Monday, porn star Teagan Presley arrived home in Las Vegas from yet another whirlwind strip club appearance tour and found a letter from her bank. Chase was closing her bank account, which was listed under her legal name, as well as the account of her husband. When Presley went to the bank in person to ask why, she was told it’s because she’s considered “high risk.” She is one of what is estimated to be hundreds of adult performers targeted by Chase.
Is the DOJ Forcing Banks to Terminate the Accounts of Porn Stars? (VICE)
- Jumping on the opportunity to do business with adult after Chase Bank’s move to shut down porn industry workers’ accounts, Wells Fargo is offering a friendly port in the financial storm. Wells Fargo is welcoming all porn stars that claim Chase has shut them out. A company representative said, “Of course we encourage these industry workers to come to us with their business and we will gladly help them.”
Wells Fargo Wants Porn’s Money (XBIZ)
- Once derided as being like a plastic bag with the erotic appeal of a jellyfish, the female condom is being reinvented as the next big thing in safe sex. Emily Anthes investigates.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/health/womenshealth/The_future_of_sex.html#wYUF1u23LDkhwHyG.99
The future of sex? (Philly.com)
- A bill that would require adult film actors to wear condoms during productions anywhere in California and to be tested regularly for sexually transmitted diseases passed a committee vote Tuesday.
Committee passes Calif. porn condom bill (KCRA)
- What a stupid, awful, abysmally disappointing name… Lee Roy Myers announced via Twitter that Wood Rocket—a porn and comedy site (as if we had to tell you)—will be releasing a porn parody of Doctor Who in May. The site already produces parodies like Game Of Bones and SpongeKnob SquareNuts, and it will now add Doctor Whore to its repertoire.
Doctor Who is getting a porn parody (AV Club)
I think “Drs Where, What, How, When and Why Not” would have given them the chance to show more than one regeneration. Or, more simply, Dr Whoa.
It’s a shame that the female condom isn’t a bigger thing. I happen to like them. I did like the original marketing name, “Reality,” because the pamphlet that came with them was a great, great thing: “Always use a new Reality with each and every sex act,” “Reality may make noise during sex,” “Keep Reality out of the reach of children.” Who wouldn’t love a product like that?