Since Trump seized power in the US, the war on sex and women’s bodies has gone nuclear. “These right-wing ghouls — who fulminate idiotically about how women could still be allowed to get abortions before they know they are pregnant (Alabama’s Clyde Chambliss) or try to legislate the medically impossible removal of ectopic pregnancy and…
Sex News: evidence of FOSTA harms, high school journalists triumph, sex workers organize against Facebook and Instagram
“FOSTA has created tremendous real world damage … Lura Chaberlian has now published a deep dive into how FOSTA is a “hostile law” with “a human cost” for Fordham Law School. The quick summary of the paper is that FOSTA hasn’t done anything to help sex trafficking victims, but has created real harms for many…
Sex News: Pornhub may buy Tumblr, Instagram and Twitter ignore performer harassment, Netflix’s Bonding angers pro-dommes, Slixa fights attacks on sex
“Pornhub confirmed to BuzzFeed News that it is interested in acquiring Tumblr after news broke [today] that Verizon is looking to sell the blogging platform … Price said that restoring Tumblr’s NSFW edge would be central to their acquisition of it, were it to actually happen. Tumblr owner Verizon is reportedly currently seeking a buyer…
Sex News: FOSTA legal challenge update, Arya’s sex scene, Sony censoring PS4 games, London porn film festival attacked
Right-wing feminists, which the Guardian have uncritically platformed for over a decade, have harassed a trans-positive erotic film fest. “Faced with the prospect of a picket, organisers of the London porn film festival, which describes itself as “celebrating queer, feminist, radical and experimental porn”, pulled screenings from the Horse Hospital, an arts venue in Bloomsbury.…
Sex News: Instagram embraces censorship, VR porn head cameras, Christian feminists target Amsterdam, research on porn’s positive effects
“[Instagram is] stepping onto the slippery slope to censorship, worrying artists, people with disabilities, consensual sex workers, and those who are in various ways body- and sex-positive … the company said this week that its algorithm would demote content that does not violate Instagram’s community standards, but is considered “inappropriate” or “borderline.”” XBIZ calls it…
Sex News: Idaho nudity filters, Brexit culture harms UK sex workers, sextech VC funding, consent condoms, racism in romance
Quick note: I recently had a run-in with Amazon Associates over my 16-year-old account, which was thankfully resolved, and you can read what I discovered about their policies (including nudity and sexual content) here. “A new Idaho state law [requiring filters on] public internet access in libraries and an Iowa court case restricting access to…
What happened with Amazon, and decoding “tasteful”
Just so there’s a public record of my recent experience with Amazon Associates, I’m putting it all on one place below. The short version: Amazon terminated my Associates account with vague language about unsuitable content on one of my websites (this one). After reaching out to tell me it was a mistake, but asking me…
Exclusive: EXTEMPORE by Steve Diet Goedde – Kickstarter
If I were to tell you that photographer Steve Diet Goedde shaped the way you see fetish, I would not be exaggerating. When I first met Steve back in the late 1990s, I was kind of freaked out to meet someone so famous in the world of sex and fetish. (He was dating my roommate,…
Sex News: Tumblr loses 1 out of 3 visitors, UK porn block data safety woes, London’s love hotels, Epstein docs to be unsealed
“Tumblr’s traffic has dropped nearly 30 percent since December [the month it banned adult content] … Tumblr’s global traffic in December clocked in at 521 million, but it had dropped to 370 million by February, web analytics firm SimilarWeb tells The Verge. Statista reports a similar trend in the number of unique visitors. By January…
Sex News: Kamala Harris mentions sex work decrim, famous fake sex doctor exposed, porn AR apps, Manafort sex abuse questions
“2020 presidential candidate Kamala Harris told The Root that she supports decriminalizing sex work … Progressive groups have criticized Harris’ prosecutorial record since she announced her candidacy on Jan. 21, and part of that criticism has included her treatment of the sex worker community.” * The Real Significance Of Kamala Harris’ Shift On Sex Work…