- The brains of those ‘addicted’ to porn bear no neurological resemblance to those of other well-documented addictions while watching it, says a new study. neuroscientists Nicole Prause (Liberos LLC at UCLA) and Vaughn Steele, and their team of researchers, have released a new study, published in the journal Biological Psychology, that reaffirms their previous findings: “porn addiction” and “sex addiction,” as we understand them, may not be real.
Your Porn Addiction Isn’t Real (Daily Beast)
- If you’re producing non-mainstream porn, the British authorities are coming after you. They will threaten you, they will destroy your business, they will publish your real name and they will issue crippling fines against you. The penalties for producing ethically-made, non-mainstream porn are legion. Pandora Blake had just started turning a profit when it happened to her.
ATVOD: this is how they shut you up (Erotic Review Magazine)
- In this clip, a CNN anchor and editor fail to recognize that what they have identified as an “ISIS flag” is actually a flag of dildos and butt plugs, rendered in the style of ISIS.
CNN Mistakes Dildo-Covered Flag at Pride Parade for ISIS Flag (Gawker)
@CNN: Raid on #DildoISIS sleeper cell in London shows range of weapons they have in their arsenal pic.twitter.com/ZDlaaCQ0RX
— Sunny (@SunScot) June 28, 2015
The EL James PR team right about now. #AskELJames pic.twitter.com/bZ3jyIdPUG
— Deb Bailey (@DebBC) June 29, 2015
- On Monday, a Twitter Q&A was set up for Fifty Shades of Grey author, E.L. James’ fans to ask her anything they wanted using the hashtag #AskELJames. However, it quickly turned into a PR nightmare.
Twitter Q&A #AskELJames turns into epic PR disaster, EL James goaded on poor writing and rape culture (The Celebrity Cafe)
- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a new book out Tuesday, titled “A Time for Truth.” In it, he talks about watching pornography with Supreme Court justices for a case challenging a law that regulated online porn.
Why Ted Cruz watched pornography with Supreme Court justices (Washington Post)
- The Guardian UK has discovered ebook erotica, but only as if it emerged when the Kindle came out. It’s bizarre. The article completely ignores the publishing history of erotica, the world of erotica before e-readers, and the sprawling world of erotica (and ebook erotica business) in general. Sheesh.
Gay vampires and bisexual cowboys: why erotica has e-readers to thank (NAME)
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@LeviKarterCB & @RickyRomanXXX #teamTan pic.twitter.com/rRq4Srx8sp
— Jake Jaxson (@cockyboys) June 26, 2015
- Long before geriatric Arnold Schwarzenegger reappeared to battle an army of his young, buff Arnold clones, killer robots from the future were presenting themselves for your viewing pleasure, often parading around our universe in a state of complete buck-ass nudity. It’s almost like they wanted us to review and rank them in order of sexiness.
Every Terminator, Ranked In Order Of Sex Appeal (MTV)
- Of all the buzzy sex terms out there, “fetish” is perhaps the most misunderstood. It carries a certain connotation, as adjectives like “weird,” “strange” and even “dirty” often precede it. The result: endless jokes, stigmas and popular myths about what a sexual fetish is and isn’t. (FYI – I wrote the only how-to book on the topic, Fetish Sex.)
It’s Time to Put These 7 Myths About Fetishes to Bed, Once and for All (Mic)
- Turning back the clock to the time when porn was distributed by few, and cost was controlled by an old boys’ network of distributors, and there were no porn tube sites, are the goals of Takedown Piracy (TDP). Since 2009, they’ve removed over 56 million pieces of content from the Internet. Recently, Takedown Piracy announced that their Nemesis program, a special digital fingerprinting process that makes it impossible to hide pirated content online, had taken down over 140,000 videos in five months.
A World without Free Porn? (Men’s Health)
- FEMEN “sextremists” have now set up shop in more than ten countries, but only have one active branch in North America. In this documentary, VICE journalist Brigitte Noël enters the world of FEMEN Quebec as they disturb the public space with their homegrown brand of activism, bringing skin, controversy, and feminism to the front page. As FEMEN set out on a mission to protect Canadian women’s abortion rights, Noël shadowed the group to get a better understanding of their message, their approach, and whether their shock-and-awe tactics actually work.
FEMEN: Sextremism in Canada (YouTube/Vice)
- VR is viewed by some as just a new way to play games, but each VR headset is shaping up to be its own platform with exclusives games, much like today’s consoles. Porn or not, 2016 is looking like the year virtual reality makes it or breaks it.
Which VR headset will win? Porn has already decided (Destructiod)
- On Sunday night (June 28), AMC will premiere the first installment of its sci-fi British export “Humans” — and when it does, viewers nationwide will instantly figure out what our friends across the pond already know: that Gemma Chan is sexy.
‘Humans’ Star Gemma Chan Spills On Robot Sex And Women In Sci-Fi (MTV)
- Just in time for summer, luminaries in the adult industry share their secrets on how they maintain their desirable bods. Adult actresses make no secrets about how they stay in shape—perseverance and hard work. And who better to ask about looking good without clothes on than those who get paid to do it?
How to Get Fit Like a Porn Star: Looking Good Naked Ain’t Easy (Daily Beast)
Natalie Wood after a pie fight, 1965. pic.twitter.com/XAM818dGHZ
— ClassicPics (@History_Pics) June 26, 2015
- The director of the controversial Moroccan film “Much Loved,” that addresses the Muslim country’s sex industry, has been summoned to court this week on charges of “pornography, indecency and inciting minors to debauchery,” local media reported. Although prostitution is illegal, the North African country is considered a sex tourist destination in some parts of the Arab world.
Moroccan film director charged with ‘pornography’ (ARA)
- Two incidences of non-consensual porn have hit Australian headlines recently, along with sneers and jibes at police and the women whose photos were stolen or shared without their approval. Some of the victims are possibly underaged girls.
Hundreds of Australian nude images posted without women’s consent (Naked Security/Sophos)