Images by Steven Meisel (“Make Love, Not War”) from Vogue Italia September 2007, seen at foto decadent. So we’re all here figuring out what to be thankful for, with a big split down the middle of the country and a trainwreck in office, and there are a bunch of people over in Iraq whose freedom…

* Following today’s Bella Vendetta post at Fleshbot, I spotted this short interview with erotic/fashion photographer Guido Argentini at Eros Zine — leading me to his very fun galleries and images like the one above. * Sometimes I joke about the therapy bills porn star parents might have for their kids; turns out vlogging is…

In reference to this week’s column for the Chronicle @ SF Gate, Not All Butt Plugs Should Glow in the Dark — the Destiny’s Child lyric was on the front page of the Chronicle today sending people to read my column, an excellent surprise. (Thank you!) I cracked up when I saw it in the…

Image via D A Photography, blogged previously by me here. In my column this week: I explore, via some excellent and largely unreported liveblogging by Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com about Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey’s confirmation hearing — and how he was grilled about (and swore to) prosecute “mainstream obscenity.” Mainstream obscenity? WTF? I got…

Omg, I know — it’s shocking to hear that Bill O’Reilly is still a bag de la douche. But puh-leeze: San Francisco Values Caught on Tape? A slow news weekend, eh? It’s at least funny to read: “Now this is entirely legal. And we are not objecting to the display which is permissible in a…

My breaking post 6th Circuit 2257 Ruling: 2257 Unconstitutional just went live at Fleshbot! It’s important to read the full article for the details (and they have a copy of the .pdf ruling for download if you want to check it out). But as we all suspected — and now we know we’re not alone…

Apologies if you’ve already seen this video but it’s incredible, and didn’t get nearly enough press — we thought what Gavin Newsom did here in San Francisco was big, shocking news for gay marriage. But when San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders flipped over 30 years of conservatism and made a big, big public, party-rocking decision,…

Image: winner of the Second Life “best boobs” contest 2007, Keumjoo Ahn. Noticed in the MSM headlines this week that Newt Gingrich is parroting the current Republican party line that Hilary is the “one to beat” — and considering what happened in Gingrich’s recent Second Life appearance, the double entendres are flying around my head…

Image courtesy of Blue Blood (the dot net version). But it’s Talk Like A Pirate Day, so there. Interesting to see this item pop up on Reuters India: anti-porn people are not getting their way, so sad. Though the article’s claims that “the FBI has focused investigations on small operations” is untrue: the biggest porn…

Some things you might have missed, or ought to peep — niblets I’ve been wanting to blog but have been electing to investigate the aging, distended, disintegrating wall between celebrity and reality instead. Vacation from reality almost over. Check this out: * Tristan Taormino, Village Voice columnist, sex educator, author, editor, friend and ultra-modern porn…