- Leland Bobbé took these photographs of burlesque performers in his New York City studio between 2010- 2011. The stars of this enduring entertainment are captured in portrait. … We see the subjects’ spirit.
Fabulous Portraits Of New York’s Neo-Burlesque Dancers (Flaskbak)
- Sex workers around the world are expressing outrage about a tech event that aims to combat sex trafficking in Boston. The weekend event, #hacktrafficking4socialgood, took place on Saturday and Sunday at Boston’s District Hall as part of a government-sponsored ‘social justice hackathon’ series. Hosted by the mayor of Boston and the Attorney General of Massachusetts, it included participants from MIT who came together to develop data and surveillance tools for law enforcement officials to monitor sex workers’ and clients’ online activities. But Boston police are more dangerous to sex workers than clients, and there’s data to back up that claim.
Sex Workers Say Hackathon Do-Gooders Aren’t Helping (Vocativ)
- The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Monday ordered Internet service providers to clamp down on thousands of websites with “pornographic” content and provided them with a list of 429,343 domains, The Express Tribune reported.
Porn ban: Pakistan to block over 400,000 adult websites (IB Times)
While avn gave out awards for best trans performer, Hard Rock security kicked out gender non-conforming people @HardRockHotelLV @avnawards
— Lorelei Lee (@MissLoreleiLee) January 24, 2016
- Adult Video News’ Adult Entertainment Expo was back at the Hard Rock Hotel last weekend in Las Vegas, which threw out trans and gender non-conforming attendees and whose staff followed trans people in the bathrooms demanding to see their genitals. There were also new sex products, some of which should be pointed out in this article as extremely bad for vaginal health (the “Sexy Beads”).
AVN/AEE 2016: New products on the porn convention floor (Las Vegas Weekly)
Last night security guards at the Hard Rock followed my friend into the bathroom, tried to look at their genitals & demand ID. @avnawards
— Lorelei Lee (@MissLoreleiLee) January 24, 2016
- In 2012, Mohammed Abad was equipped with an artificial penis, though it was non-functioning at that time. A total of 119 operations later, University College London doctors now say that Abad can have sexual intercourse thanks to bionic technology.
Man with ‘Bionic Penis’ to Have Sex for the First Time (Future of Sex)
- “Sexsomnia.” It sounded too much like a passing trend. It was a little too perfect, a little too catchy. However, despite how it sounds, it’s a very real medical diagnosis for sexualized behavior during sleep. And it can include anything from light touching to full-on intercourse, sometimes straining relationships to the point of divorce or even resulting in charges of sexual assault.
Coming to Terms With Sexsomnia (VICE/Motherboard)
- (Like these creeps do every year) this past Saturday a group of anti-choice protesters marched on San Francisco City Hall to call attention to Friday’s 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. FEMEN interrupted with a timely topless protest, interrupting David Daleiden’s speech with shouts of “Fraud! Hypocrite! Liar!” — on the same day he was indicted by a Texas grand jury for Tampering with a Governmental Record, which is a felony. FEMEN will be in SF for a while, and unfortunately (for them), part of their agenda here is anti-sex work.
[NSFW] Video: Topless Activists Disrupt Saturday’s Anti-Abortion Rally, Get Arrested (SFist)
- On Thursday, Vivid attorneys and counsel for intervenors in the suit, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, told a magistrate judge that they have reached a deal to end their long-running legal battle over porn production requirements. Details of the Measure B settlement have not been publicly revealed; however terms of the agreement will be subject to approval by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. A hearing date for approval hasn’t yet been made.
Vivid, AHF Reach Settlement in Measure B Legal Battle (XBIZ)
- How did the mechanical boner rig work? Daniel Radcliffe said it went through several iterations. “One of the pieces that I had on was just a wooden — wow, I can’t believe I’m telling you this — it was like the end of a broom. It was all just like one line, and too smooth. So that was the one note that I gave, and they took it and ran with it.” Radcliffe started laughing. “Is this too much information?”
Daniel Radcliffe Explains His Erection (and His Wild New Sundance Movie) (Vulture)
- A Detroit man watching porn while driving his car got into an accident and died. The man, who wasn’t wearing pants, was watching the movie on his cellphone, said police.
Detroit motorist watching porn on phone crashes, dies (Detroit News)
- A one night dalliance goes very wrong, indeed, in Paul Müller’s German crime comedy Sex & Crime. When Valentin receives a late night phone call from his best friend Theo he may not have been entirely surprised to hear that Theo had been enjoying a night out with another woman – things had been bad at home for a while – but that Theo’s stepping out has led to a corpse splayed out on the floor … well, that bit was unexpected.
SEX & CRIME: German Comic Thriller Offers Plenty Of Both (TwitchFilm)
- If you are a porn star, you either are fantasized/fetishized or get typecasted, or regarded as a sex worker. It narrows the possibility of those who you can date and makes it that much more difficult to find a steady, long-term relationship. So how do porn stars view dating?
The Naked Truth: What Dating Is Really Like When You’re A XXX Film Star (AskMen)
- Warning for survivors of sexual assault and trauma. The porn star who has filed a $500,000 sex assault lawsuit against disgraced reality star Josh Duggar is breaking her silence about what allegedly happened during their sexual encounters. Danica Dillon claims in an interview with Hustler that Josh choked her, called her ‘worthless’ and a ‘dirty s**t’ and even spit in her face when she tried to push him away during rough intercourse.
Porn star: Josh Duggar choked me, forced oral sex, and spit in my face (Daily Mail)
