Category: Culture

This has been on my mind for years. Coming across this gallery from French site Explicite Arte just kind of triggered the ongoing debate in my brain about Euro male porn performers versus domestic American ones. The men in the Euro sets seldom disappoint. As I’ve toiled in the porn mines (I’m actually the canary)…

The Making of RealDolls: “Honey Pie” Mini-Documentary With Doll Creator Matt McMullen

You must watch this. It’s 3:30 am and I have to post Honey Pie. This mini-documentary spends time with Matt McMullen, the original creator, sculptor and visionary of the legendary life-like (and globally-imitated) sex dolls, RealDoll. These silicone humanoids have changed personal sex culture and popular sex culture in ways we have yet to interpret,…

Did You Know? Abby Winters Broke Up With Australia

Abby Winters is probably the widest-known Australian porn company; I’ve long loved I Feel Myself and Girls Out West: but they all they typify the non-porn-star, natural beauty and sex-postive, non-exploitative ethic that personifies how Aussie porn is seen by the rest of the world. Authentic amateurs, happy to be making porn because they find…

TLC’s “Strange Sex” Series Starts This Weekend

This goes on the growing list of things I want to see: on this Sunday July 18, TLC (cable channel here in the US) begins airing its six-part series called “Strange Sex.” Naturally I wonder what’s ended up in this category with slight trepidation that certain sexual activities falling outside the norm might get stigmatized.…

Eloquent Analysis (And Seduction Secrets): Love in the Age of the Pickup Artist

Seen on Hacker News and sent by a sweetheart: Love in the Age of the Pickup Artist by S.G. Belknap is a must-read. A spot-on analysis of pick up artist’s techniques in the post-“The Game” era, plus a simply beautiful, personal piece of writing suitable for those who love New Yorker style non-fiction essays. The…