So, you think you might be interested in watching some explicit sex online? You’re not alone, and it’s not a new concept — for any gender. Typically when we think of the people who watch porn, we think of sleazy men in raincoats and all those stereotypes — and while that may be true for…
Year: 2014
Know the Difference: Anti-Porn, or Anti-Sex?
The more some people tell us why we should think porn is bad, the more we see specific themes repeat in anti-porn values. Two of the strongest themes don’t seem to actually have much to do with pornography itself: namely misandry (hatred of men), and sexual xenophobia (uncontrollable hatred and fear of unfamiliar or unknown…
In Response To The Atlantic’s “Hard Core”
In 2011, The Atlantic ran an article that surprised — and outraged — many sex-savvy readers. “Hard Core: What Porn’s Ubiquity Says About Men and Women” by Natasha Vargas-Cooper surprised The Atlantic’s even-headed readers by depicting a pretty graphic, one-sided anti-porn argument. It just didn’t seem like an Atlantic article. Many people wondered what I…
A Woman Asks: Is My Porn Habit Ruining Sex With My Boyfriend?
A reader asked About.com’s Cory Silverberg if her porn watching habits were interfering with her libido. I think a lot of us have put significant thought into our porn viewing, from what we watch to what it means for us. We love how well it can work to get us off and give us fantasy…
Sex News: Google AdWords sex crackdown, Agender, sex crimes and dolphin sex
A recent e-mail from the Google AdWords Team to advertisers employing its popular service for getting visitors to websites, warns of upcoming changes to the company’s advertising policies that will eliminate its use by adult — and potentially NSFW — companies. Google Gores Adult: An Industry Perspective (XBIZ) GQ gave a reporter free license to…
Frontline Makes A Mess of ‘American Porn’
In a great example of media propigating porn hysteria, the acclaimed PBS documentary series Frontline aired a show titled American Porn, Frontline’s own examination of the adult entertainment industry. It received a lot of hype and some pretty titillating pre-press. Articles written by journalists who saw advance copies gave us teasing tidbits that hinted at…
Eye Candy: Pampered
Subil Arch, Eveline Neill – Pampered Nessa Shine, Denis Reid – Smooth Moves (image above via)
Video: Ten hours of Kate Upton bouncy-bouncy
It took a while for me to warm up to Kate Upton. But Upton has a warmth and sexiness that I’ve grown to find sexy, and yes, I do love her curves and fleshiness. Today is her birthday — she’s a Gemini, apparently — so I thought it was a good excuse to admire her…
Sex News: the battle for dot-gay, Apple’s female trouble, 3D printer dildo generator
The “Extrusion/Revolution Generator” (AKA the Dildo Generator) is an online 3D experiment by Ikaros Kappler using Javascript and THREE.js, and is about as high-tech and individualized as you’d want a sex-toy design program to be. You can alter the height, width, bezier curves, angle, and even the color of your own dildo — then go…
Life is beautiful: The Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society
I discovered The Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society while making my regular stop over at Unscathed Corpse, and quickly concluded that I need to visit NYC as soon as possible. This wonderful group of like-minded pulp fiction enthusiasts embrace the wild spirit of one important genre’s ham-fisted heroes, femme fatales, crime noir nosebleed…