Image via. Note: this was a two-part series for my Open Source Sex Chron column that (I think) reads best together, in sequence. Here’s Rape of the Real Doll Part One, and here’s a snip from the rest — Rape of the Real Doll Part Two: IDollators are seen by Swanson as “not being able…

Image by LowTek, via. This week’s column at the Chronicle / SF Gate is The Rape of the Real Doll, Part One: Violet Blue explores why silicone just seems to be “asking for it”. Kudos to teh chronic for running this edgy piece — there’s some extreme ground covered here. On a fun note, yes,…

Just saying for fellow sex bloggers, because I got two Quechup invites from Sam Sugar this morning.

Image: Macworld (nee Moscone) is not on the list. You all know how I feel about Macworld. I’m getting sweet *and* unflinchingly mean email about this one. Whatever. I was just having fun. In the SFO stall. By myself. Really. Anyway, here’s a snip from the middle of my Chron/SF Gate column this week, The…

Image via Petit Reveur. For my SF Gate/Chronicle column this week, Burning Man and safer sex: Free your mind, but watch out for crabs the comments are off the scale and my inbox is flooded. The good news: the email is all praise! Email comments are along the lines of, “LOL! Hysterical writing style ….verbiage…

Photo taken with my Helio Ocean. We’re number one! (Sorry, New York, who came in at #2.) And guess what — because SF topped the Forbes Best Cities For Singles list, I have the feature article! Read my (omgomg) Forbes article, San Fran’s Sexy Solo Scene. It goes down nice and smooth with my recent…

At Gizmodo, read this nice post about the upcoming documentary PASSION and POWER: The Technology of Orgasm (oh the site design burns my eyes, my eyes!) Related: Over on the Antique Vibrator History Museum, all photos by Violet Blue (me!)

I’m kind of not surprised this week’s column is shoved down the page; it’s likely making people like “fellow” columnist Cinnamon Stillwell piss in her chastity belt. This week, I lovingly guide readers through the sexual fetishes of people like, the Murdochs, the Malkins, the Haggards, the Bushes, the Gonzales’ and those who voted for…

When I reviewed IFC’s uber-fabulous Indie Sex series, I mentioned their list of 50 Greatest Sex Scenes in Cinema, a list that IFC co-presented with Nerve. As I mentioned, your mileage may vary with their picks, but Josh Spero over at Guardian UK’s blogs has a really fantastic opinion post about the list, the sex…

Image from Secretary, via. An update on the state of sex and cinema has been long overdue. IFC did it in their excellent IFC’s Indie Sex Mini-Series, which started last night and runs through friday saturday: it’s airing in four parts on the IFC channel right now (after midnight, of course). I didn’t get to…