- The first, smaller penis was drawn in snow that fell on top of ice in Kungsparken (King’s Park) over the weekend. It was removed a few days later, sparking nationwide debates about art and freedom, versus political correctness. The Facebook group called ‘Restore the snow penis’ was set up campaigning for its return, quickly attracting more than 2,500 members. Now one of the men behind the removal, Emilian Sava, who works for a cleaning company in Gothenburg, has created an even bigger version of the genital [video].
New massive snow penis made after small one cleared (TheLocal, Sweden)
- To address the [James Deen] controversy, planners of this year’s porn convention added a panel discussion on the rights of porn stars, entitled “Consent Degrees: Yes, No and Everything in Between”. The debate, originally scheduled to be anchored by Stoya, was advertised on the expo’s publicity handouts. On Wednesday, the convention’s opening day, the seminar was abruptly cancelled. (…) organizers pulled the plug after learning that Stoya would not be coming to Las Vegas.
Panel about rape abruptly cancelled at porn expo amid James Deen allegations (Guardian)
- Pickup artist Jared Rutledge has been called a sociopath. Strangers have picketed outside his coffee shop, calling for his castration. People he thought were his friends won’t return his texts. There are a few places he still feels safe: weekly lunches with his grandma, his therapist’s office, the meetings of his peer-facilitated men’s support circle. … The scandal that resulted in Jared’s self-imposed house arrest started in August, when an anonymous bare-bones WordPress blog entitled “Jared and Jacob Said” appeared online.
From Pickup Artist to Pariah (NY Magazine)
Proud to live in NYC, the clitoris of the storm #Snowgina pic.twitter.com/agDxM6Ty1u
— Mary Emily O'Hara (@MaryEmilyOHara) January 22, 2016
- Los Angeles-based director and photographer Tyler Hubby knows the enigmatical B. Mason only from a single box of negatives the latter left behind more than 30 years ago in a house in Echo Park. When Hubby bought the house, he explains, Mason’s name was unlisted on the title, and yet judging by a collection of over a thousand snaps of stripteasers working the poles and the tables at local 1980s clubs, he suspects the gentlemen inhabited the home for the several years leading up to his presumed death.
Photographer Discovers More Than 1,000 Snapshots of 1980s Stripteasers in Los Angeles Garage (Feature Shoot)
See also: Dragon Ladies: Huge Stash Of 1980s LA Stripper Photos Found In Garage
- A much maligned branch of cinematic art, erotic films hold incredible potential for female performers, directors and editors to assert their take on sexual expression. As the availability of pornography increases, so do the opportunities for bold statements to be made within the medium. Despite the many risks and recriminations from society, it can be an extremely satisfying occupation.
Sunny Leone: Girls on top – why we’re proud to work in the porn industry (IB Times)
- In an article for the censor’s website, New Zealand deputy chief censor Jarred Mullen detailed the harm that increasingly extreme pornography that can cause, and outlined some possible steps towards regulating it. These steps could include an ISP level ban, where pornography viewers have to “opt in” to viewing pornographic content, similar to that of the United Kingdom’s.
Censor pushes for government to consider more regulation of online porn (Stuff New Zealand)
Submit your short adult film to the BRIEFS Erotic Film Competition! @ebxmarketing #ebxbriefs https://t.co/tem6aRHy2b pic.twitter.com/VOpwJ5Rahh
— PinkLabel.TV (@PinkLabelTV) January 22, 2016
- Starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Deuce” finds Simon trading the drug world of “The Wire” and “The Corner” for sex, with the show chronicling the rise and legalization of pornography, from the free ‘n’ easy days of the early 1970s, to the AIDS stricken era of the mid-1980s.
HBO Orders David Simon’s Porn-World Drama ‘The Deuce’ Starring James Franco & Maggie Gyllenhaal To Series (Indiewire)
- To determine who makes what, CNBC spoke with a number of individuals who work in all aspects of the adult world to get a sense of what sort of money trades hands. While there’s no way to say with absolute certainty that the figures are correct, they were supported by enough people to at least seem roughly right.
Porn’s dirtiest secret: What everyone gets paid (CNBC)
- Bollywood actress and former porn star Sunny Leone has a new film coming out, and went on TV to be questioned by one of India’s leading interviewers. Interviewer Bhupendra Chaubey attempted to lead Leone into expressing shame and regret for doing porn, and she handled his sexist rudeness so well that he’s been panned for his behavior, while she has won hearts and minds with her grace and composure under pressure.
Sunny Leone wows web over grilling about porn past (BBC)
See also: Why many Indians are defending this former porn star (Washington Post)
I decided several years ago to stick with Penthouse and go down with the ship…. Sadly, that day has come.
— Barbara Rice (@babsrice) January 15, 2016
- “Contrary to a Friday report by CNBC, picked up by numerous other media outlets, Penthouse is not shutting down its print magazine. According to Kelly Holland, Penthouse Managing Director, in an interview Tuesday with Salon, while the magazine is launching a digital edition, that will be a companion to, not a replacement for, its print publication.”
“Nudity will never be passé”: Penthouse, counter to reports, has no plans to stop publishing in print (Salon; the above tweet was not mentioned in this article)
- Some insights: searches for Minecraft porn have increased by 326 percent in the last year. Microsoft bought Mojang, the studio that originally published Minecraft, in late 2014; no doubt the surge in popularity for Minecraft porn in 2015 has to do with what has become widespread marketing for the game (including a rumored, nonpornographic film).
Minecraft Porn Exists And Is One Of PornHub’s Fastest-Growing Searches (The Frisky)
- Lady Gaga? Miley Cyrus? Madonna? They ain’t got nothin’ on the late, great Wendy O. Williams. With her band, the Plasmatics, Williams took rock theater, spectacle and absurdity to new levels. In the process, she found herself battling the law on more than one occasion. The battle well and truly began on Jan. 18, 1981.
35 Years Ago: Wendy O. Williams Arrested For Obscenity (Ultimate Classic Rock)
- Drew and Kristie are a BDSM couple who use totally mundane apps as ways to track and control each other. They’re also the subjects of the first episode of “Dark Net,” Vocativ’s Showtime show.
The Couple Using Apps To Control Each Other Outside Of The Bedroom (Digg)
- Two decades of conflict and insecurity have had a devastating impact on many in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including marginalised groups such as sex workers. In the province of North Kivu, many residents face desperate conditions that render them vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.
‘There is fear but there is no other work’: a preliminary qualitative exploration of the experience of sex workers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (T&F – study)
