Sex News: Male chastity belt record, sex crimes, 50 Shades PTSD, HPV vaccine distortions

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  • Porn’s HR isn’t a brave new world in personnel management; it is unexceptional to the core. And so here, for your viewing pleasure, are some highlights from the porn boss playbook of business management.
    Business as Usual (Jacobin)
  • “Part of Ariel Schrag’s job in writing what Stephen Burt aptly calls “Trans Literature for the Masses” is to give a narrative gloss on the intricacies of a particular subculture—the focus on pronouns, preoccupation with bodily modification, particular lingo, what opinions are considered acceptable and unacceptable to voice regarding hot-button issues like gay marriage, sex parties with dildo blowjob contests, people named Riverrun, Le Tigre.”
    In His Own Image (The New Inquiry)
  • “Tongue Tied,” a bondage-themed video starring Miley Cyrus (now removed from YouTube under copyright claim), will not screen at the NYC Porn Festival. “Miley was proud to make a film with acclaimed filmmaker Quentin Jones,” a representative for Cyrus said in a statement to HuffPost Entertainment. “Neither she nor Quentin are participating in this ‘festival’ in any way.”
    Bondage-Themed Video Featuring Miley Cyrus Pulled From Porn Festival (HuffPo)
  • One of the lesser-known side effects of Viagra is blue-tinted vision. How does a pill that’s supposed to help men maintain an erection cause them to see the world as too blue?
    Why Viagra Tints Your Vision Blue (io9)
  • On Thursday, the Toronto Star, one of the largest newspapers in North America and the most-read in Canada, published a story that is everything wrong with vaccine reporting in one dangerous package. The story was, at its core, a collection of unproven anecdotes that suggested, among other things, that dozens of women north of the border had been harmed or worse by the Gardasil HPV vaccine.
    How the Toronto Star massively botched a story about the HPV vaccine (Vox; I feel terrible because I forgot who sent me this – but thank you!)

  • In order to prevent a repeat of the venereal disease (VD) epidemic of World War I, the U.S. government teamed up with artists, designers, and ad-men to set the story straight, plastering public-health warnings on walls at bases and training facilities just as military ranks were growing exponentially.
    How the Military Waged a Graphic-Design War on Venereal Disease (Collector’s Weekly)
  • He explains that the structure of every sex party DJ set is the same, complete with a ramp-up, climax (pun intended) and a finish that creates a crescendo that will hopefully jive with the room’s overall sexual rhythm. The components of a successful “play”-list depends on a multitude of factors, from what time of night it is to how many people are on the dance floor to what the décor is like.
    This Is What It’s Like to DJ a Sex Party (Vice)

Thank you to our sponsor in Spain, woman-run Lust Films.

  • The leadership of the Jehovah’s Witnesses – one of the world’s most insular religions – for 25 years has instructed its elders to keep cases of child sexual abuse secret from law enforcement and members of their own congregations, according to an examination of thousands of pages of documents in recent cases.
    Jehovah’s Witnesses use 1st Amendment to hide child sex abuse claims (Reveal News)
  • In November, male chastity device manufacturer CB-X Male Chastity sponsored Alastair Galpin’s 100th World Record Attempt: “Furthest Surface Journey in a Male Chastity Device.” The world record breaker was able to reach his goal on a journey that took him 5,000 miles spread out over 37 days.
    CB-X-Sponsored World Record Attempt Completed (XBIZ)

Thank you to our sponsor, Nubile Films.

  • NOFX bassist Fat Mike, noted adult director/writer/performer Soma Snakeoil and Tony Award-winner Jeff Marx (of “Avenue Q” fame) pent years figuring out just that with their latest collaborative project, “Home Street Home,” slated for an 11-show run between Feb. 20 and March 7 at San Francisco’s Z Space, centers on Sue, a 16-year old runaway who plunges headfirst into the deviant subculture and alternative lifestyle of the streets.
    NOFX’s Fat Mike, Soma Snakeoil’s Punk Rock Musical Depicts ‘Real’ BDSM (XBIZ)
  • With more than 60 works of art, Seduction: Japan’s Floating World | The John C. Weber Collection examines the decadent lifestyle associated with Edo’s (present-day Tokyo) entertainment districts and the enticing, though complicated, world of the Yoshiwara. On Thurs, Feb 19, the art of “Seduction” comes to life.
    Courtesans, Cooks, Samurai and Servants: Seduction Opening Party (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco)
  • Posting “revenge porn” images and videos on the internet is becoming a criminal offence in England and Wales. The Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, which has a specific amendment dealing with such actions, will receive Royal Assent and become law later. Offenders face up to two years in jail.
    ‘Revenge porn’ illegal under new law (BBC)
  • “Looking for men and women for no-strings attached sex, preferably no condoms?” reads the enticingly explicit message seemingly posted by a young Brazilian woman on popular meet-up mobile site Tinder. In reality, though, the poster is not a sultry Brazilian redhead.
    Brazil entices Tinder users in covert safe-sex campaign (Medical Express)

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  • The number of Americans requiring emergency room care for injuries involving sex toys has approximately doubled since 2007, according to data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Much of that increase happened in 2012 and 2013, following the release of the wildly popular erotic novels in the Fifty Shades of Grey series. And the overwhelming majority of these injuries — 83 percent — require ”foreign body removals.”
    Sex toy injuries surged after ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ was published (Washington Post)
  • Christian Grey is sexy. Christian Grey is a billionaire. Christian Grey is a sexy billionaire. Christian Grey is also, of course, a fictional character – a fantasy. The source of his fortune is left utterly vague: all that we’re told is that he owns something named Grey Enterprises Holdings, Inc. But here’s the weird thing: the fictional Christian Grey can teach us a lot about how today’s real-world wealth works, and what the word “billionaire” actually means.
    Christian Grey and the allure of fake billionaires (Fusion)
  • The last time I was quoted in an SFist piece, a commenter was stalkery and fucked up to me, and the then-editor’s reaction to my dismay was, oh, he’s actually a great guy. This time, it was for a different writer and under a new editor, and I was quoted along with some really incredible people — but the sensationalist title casts us as “porn stars and professional fetishists,” whatever the fuck that means. I am neither. I was told it would be quotes from “50 sex-positive models, authors and luminaries.” The quotes are great, but this will be the very last time I help out, or get anywhere near, SFist.
    50 Adult Stars And Professional Fetishists On Why They Hate Fifty Shades Of Grey (SFist)

Thank you to our British sponsor, Joybear.

  • After purchasing the Fifty Shades of Grey Come Alive Pleasure Gel For Her, “on at least two occasions” from Lovehoney’s Official Pleasure Collection, approved by E.L. James, Warchol was a less than satisfied customer. By Thursday, Warchol filed for a lawsuit saying the product’s claim to have customers “experience enhanced orgasms and stimulation as every tingle, touch, and vibration intensifies” was anything but.
    Woman Sues E.L. James When Sex Lube Is Less Than 50 Shades Of Great (Medical Daily)

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