- So Bad So Good filmed the reactions of American women to various dick pics — you can tell our country isn’t really hip to uncircumcised cock. Reminds me of this hilarious video, #DICKPIC (“Selfie” parody).
Women React to Dick Pics (So Bad So Good)
- SXSW held a panel titled “The Future of Porn Is 3D Virtual Reality” that hinged entirely on the idea that touching another human being, or paying attention to anything a woman does, is boring and horrible. Le what!!??
SXSW’s creepy virtual sex talk is everything wrong with VR hype (The Verge)
- Taylor Swift recently snatched up domain names TaylorSwift.porn and TaylorSwift.adult to keep them from falling into the wrong hands. ICANN, which is fully aware of the negative repercussions of adding these domains, is allowing certain trademarked brands and public figures to take advantage of the so-called “sunrise period” and register the domains before they become open to public purchase on June 1.
Taylor Swift one-ups haters by buying .porn and .adult domains (Mashable)
- Republicans are insisting on tacking anti-abortion language onto an anti-sex-trafficking bill — and it’s just their latest effort to exploit the issue to fight “sexual immorality.”
The GOP’s Sex Trafficking Shell Game: How Laws Against ‘Sex Trafficking’ End Up Hurting Women (Daily Beast)
- A Porirua man is facing two rare charges of failing to use a condom during sex with a prostitute. The safe-sex law is thought to have been applied only about seven times since the Prostitution Reform Act was passed in 2003, and is punishable by a maximum fine of $2000. Before prostitution was decriminalised, sex workers were not able to complain about clients not wanting to use condoms, Prostitutes Collective national co-ordinator Catherine Healy said.
Man charged with failing to use condom with prostitute (Stuff NZ)
- Sources say at least two talents in the adult film industry will be on ‘True Detective’ — Amia Miley and Peta Jensen, both 24, were hired for a deliriously vast, Eyes Wide Shut-caliber orgy sequence involving dozens of naked bodies. Funny twist: The adult actresses apparently are among the few people who actually don’t get totally naked.
‘True Detective’ Casts Porn Stars for Colossal Orgy Sequence (Hollywood Reporter)
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— Alison Tyler (@AlisonTyler) March 23, 2015
- All women who have “intimate piercings” will be classified as having suffered female genital mutilation (FGM), the Department of Health says. Even if an adult consents to having it done, she will still be said to have undergone a “harmful procedure”. But the Tattoo and Piercing Industry Union (TPIU) has told Newsbeat body piercing is “in no way related” to FGM.
Counting genital piercings as FGM ‘undermines’ abuse says union (BBC)
- My friends at Go Deeper Press are now acquiring erotic novels and novellas by new and established authors. Queer owned and operated, they have published rebel erotica and literary pornography since 2012. Their books are distributed by Ingram via IngramSpark.
Go Deeper Press » Submissions (Go Deeper Press)
- With the catchphrase “design is our pornography,” Red Roxy Studios, a new adult branding and marketing firm has debuted. According to a spokesperson the studio is hoping to help establish the notion that there are dedicated teams in the U.K. that are working towards the change of public perception of porn and want to give the market a much needed “rebrand.”
U.K. Adult Design Studio: Red Roxy Studios (XBIZ)
- The birth control pill was tested on women, specifically women of color — many of whom were forced to undergo sterilization — before later being marketed predominately to white women in America as a symbol of independence.
The Dark History of Birth Control That You Haven’t Heard (Mic)
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— Morgana Maye (@MorganaMaye) March 23, 2015
- CNN just discovered that porn performers and sex workers use social media for work just like everyone else. Someone give CNN a cookie and a little pat on the head.
Pornstar entrepreneurs find new homes on messaging apps (CNN Money)
- The Free Speech Coalition lifted the porn production moratorium Saturday, confirming the HIV test result in question was a “false positive.” FSC said in a press release, “Confirmatory results from yesterday’s possible positive test for HIV by an adult performer have come back negative indicating a false positive. Production can resume immediately.
FSC Lifts Production Moratorium, Confirms ‘False Positive’ (XBIZ)
- The doctors who announced the first successful penis transplant procedure last week had a particularly difficult time finding willing organ donors.
The Trickiest Part of a Penis Transplant? Finding a Donor (Smithsonian)
- “Looking for a new French toile pattern blanket for your couch? Something that is nice, flowery and with mildly offensive genitalia to your mother once she stares at it too long? This subtle floral penis pattern is for you!”
Floral Penis Pattern: Teal (Look Human, via JWZ)
- Smartbod, created by two entrepreneurs from UC Berkley, is a vibrator that uses sensors to monitor your arousals – basically a fitbit for orgasms. The vibrator then sends feedback to an app synched up on your phone.
There’s Now A Fitness Tracker For Your Orgasms (Marie Claire)
- Ci3, a University of Chicago initiative, was awarded $1M from the MacArthur Foundation to develop new game-based learning experiences that promote sexual and reproductive health.
A Chicago Lab Just Received $1M from the MacArthur Foundation to Gamify Sex Ed (Chicago Inno)
The genital piercings story does not appear to link to the BBC story at http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/31938409
Taylor Swift satire: http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/taylor-swift-to-produce-bland-catchy-porn-2015032496625