- Using a script that crawled 4,814,732 clips on Clips4Sale, Guardian writer Martin Robbins crunched numbers and did some data visualization on categories and costs, with interesting results. It turns out that porn prices have almost exactly tracked inflation.
Porn data: visualising fetish space (Guardian UK)
- The queer Austrian men’s magazine Vangardist, which is distributed exclusively in Germany, Austria, has printed an entire issue in ink that was infused with HIV-positive infused blood. This was more than a stunt, though: it’s meant to bring awareness to the increasingly prevalent stigma associated with HIV.
Austrian Magazine ‘Vangardist’ Prints Issue in HIV-Positive Blood-Infused Ink (Flavorwire)
- Astroglide has debuted a new lubricant, Astroglide TTC (Trying to Conceive), which is specially formulated to provide a better environment for conception. According to the company, lab-tested Astroglide TTC has been clinically proven to allow sperm to move freely and unhindered.
Astroglide Debuts Sperm-Friendly Lube (XBIZ)
The second volume of Oh Joy Sex Toy is bigger and better and it's ready for you.
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— Erika Moen (@ErikaMoen) May 4, 2015
- UK web filters have made it harder to access pornography online and recent changes to the law banned everything from spanking to facesitting in a bid to protect children from “harmful material”. Now the Conservative party wants to go one step further and hide all pornographic websites behind an 18+ verification check. Critics argue the move sets a dangerous precedent.
Pornography is under attack (Wired UK)
- A recent news story about plans to open a “halal” sex shop in Islam’s holiest city, Mecca – in Saudi Arabia, one of the Arab world’s most conservative countries – went viral among Muslims and non-Muslims alike. But a physical store remains only a wish – some critics called it wishful thinking – expressed by Abdelaziz Aouragh, the Moroccan-Dutch entrepreneur behind El Asira , an erotic e-shop described as halal – meaning sanctioned by Islamic law, similar to the concept of kosher.
Sex and sharia: Islamic erotica is fine – if it’s sold virtually (Haaretz)
- Porn star Bonnie Rotten was walking around NYC topless last week in various parts of the city, including Washington Square Park and Times Square, shooting a spread for Inked Magazine.
Video: Topless Porn Star Attracts Most Shameless Men In Manhattan (Gothamist)
"Feminism isn't about personal choice." Okay, but it isn't about claiming women are too stupid to recognize their own motivations, either.
— Chris Lowrance (@chrislowrance) May 3, 2015
- A porn actress has upset authorities in Egypt after posting a picture of her bare backside while riding a camel in front of the Pyramids. Carmen De Luz put the cheeky photo of herself at the Giza Pyramids on her Instagram page with the message ‘welcome to Egypt.’
Egyptian authorities have been left fuming by one tourist’s holiday snaps (Mirror UK)
- Amid a national push to punish those who distribute sexual photos without consent, NFL linebacker Jermaine Cunningham will be the most recognizable defendant yet to face “revenge porn” charges when he appears in court Wednesday.
NFL Linebacker’s Case Highlights Rise of Revenge Porn Laws (AP/ABC News)
- Abstinence education in action: Earlier this year, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 8 of the 11 states with the highest rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were in the South.
Texas High Schools See Spike In STDs (CBS Local)
You cannot conceive of the fucking BULLSHIT runaround keystone cops who's-on-first crap one goes through to make porn sites operational.
— Trixie Fontaine (@tastytrixie) May 3, 2015
- “There are many for whom dealing with the boner-wielding heirs apparent of Beavis and Butthead is too much and have cast Tinder into the fire for good. Tinder for them is too littered with single word bios, out-of-focus selfies revealing bad tattoos, and messages inquiring about nudes before inquiring about your day. But I’ve found enough value on Tinder to keep going, swiping and unmatching bad profiles out of my life at the first sign of unreasonable expectations. Their corner of Tinder is a dark place, dense with hapless souls who didn’t realize that the centuries-long period of dick overvaluation is over.”
The Dickonomics of Tinder (Medium)
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. withdrew a job advertisement seeking candidates who resemble a popular Japanese porn actress (Sora Aoi) to motivate computer programmers after drawing criticism.
Alibaba is Pulling Its Ad for Job Candidates With Pornstar Qualities (Bloomberg)
- “…he’s not wearing his sexytime suit. Nor is he probing her with his sweet sweet mating arm. A male octopus does have a penis – but it’s a relatively small organ that’s tucked up near his head, and it doesn’t actually come into contact with his mate. For that, he has a special arm called a hectycotylus.”
Famous Cephalopod-On-Woman Sex Scene Reveals Octopus Isn’t That Into Her (Gizmodo)
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— Astrotwitch (@astrotwitch) May 3, 2015
- Shortly after the Get To Work expansion went live, some Sims players started to notice something was up. There were a lot of alien abductions. These were an intentional feature, in part. But they weren’t meant to start happening all the time. Even stranger was the fact that male Sims were suddenly ending up, how do I say this… with child.
The Sims Bug Abducts Men, Makes Them Pregnant (Kotaku)
- Researchers with Malwarebytes Labs identified a malvertising campaign impacting popular adult website xHamster. The malicious advertisement – served up by ad provider TrafficHaus – was spotted on Friday and taken down by the end of Saturday.
Angler Exploit Kit pushed in xHamster malvertising campaign (SC Magazine)
