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Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:46:29 -0400

“Of course it’s great when you can turn people onto some scientific information or break through a religious charade of sexual dishonesty. Very worth it. I’ll always be happy to share the basics….

Not Asking Men About How Often They Have Sex In the Interest Of Pageviews, but

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:46:34 -0400

Not Asking Men About How Often They Have Sex In the Interest Of Pageviews, but:

Now that we’ve got some analysis of the sex survey results from the men who click over at men.style.com (spoiler: methodology, what methodology?), what other beloved online publications would I…

“Zuckerberg. Mark Zuckerberg. LOOK IT UP.”

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:45:11 -0400

“Zuckerberg. Mark Zuckerberg. LOOK IT UP.”:

Typical is a scene in which we see the young Mr. Zuckerberg, determined to swipe the member pages of a Harvard student house, sneak into the building intending to plug into its local network. But…

And No Changes To America’s Biggest Online Sex Toy Store

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:45:11 -0400

And No Changes To America’s Biggest Online Sex Toy Store:

Amazon buys Zappos. No, you cannot get free returns on Amazon purchases you just ‘tried on once’ at home.

And now the media not being totally freaked out that teens use the Internet for sex ed

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:45:10 -0400

And now the media not being totally freaked out that teens use the Internet for sex ed:

A rare little bright wet spot in media coverage of teen sexuality, sex ed, and the internet: Scarleteen and the Midwest Teen Sex Show get fair mentions in this…

“I wouldn’t kick Steve Jobs out of bed!”

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:08:42 -0400

“I wouldn’t kick Steve Jobs out of bed!”:

“It’s not romantic to have an iPhone in the bedroom. Brian once said that every time he goes online, he feels like he’s meeting a bunch of friends. Well, I don’t want a bunch of friends in our…

Anticipating Comedy Central’s Awkward Embrace of Teen Sex Ed

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:08:42 -0400

Anticipating Comedy Central’s Awkward Embrace of Teen Sex Ed:

From a 19 year old fan on her sex education before finding The Midwest Teen Sex Show (who are now off in Los Angeles shooting a pilot for Comedy Central): “[sex education in middle and…

Dita von Teese will have none of your being offended at pole dancing

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:08:42 -0400

Dita von Teese will have none of your being offended at pole dancing:

On a little visit to LA morning tv, Dita deftly turns the conversation away from why she’s not “offended” at people thinking she’s a stripper and towards how much success she’s…

The fifty years of lit smut that wasn’t (thank you, Mr. Lawrence)

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:08:41 -0400

The fifty years of lit smut that wasn’t (thank you, Mr. Lawrence):

Fifty years ago today, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Grove Press’ right to distribute Lady Chatterly’s Lover — “A novel, no matter how much devoted to the act of sex can hardly add…

Porn, condoms, trouble

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:48:57 -0400

Porn, condoms, trouble:

Miss Calico, a BDSM porn performer and sex worker advocate, points to a adult film director Ernest Greene’s reponse to the coverage of a reported HIV case among US porn performers. When it comes…

“The idea at the time that gay men would use condoms was ludicrous.”

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:48:57 -0400

“The idea at the time that gay men would use condoms was ludicrous.”:

Sex Positive, a documentary on the life of safer sex educator and activist Richard Berkowitz in the early days of AIDS, is out now in Manhattan. The Times calls it a “sad,…

Art porn from your inbox by Elliott Burford

Sun, 17 May 2009 14:18:34 -0400

Art porn from your inbox by Elliott Burford:

(via kottke / archive at geekologie)

Twitter, Twitter, Twitter.

Mon, 04 May 2009 23:02:57 -0400

Twitter, Twitter, Twitter.:

“Months later: another date, another guy, another technological incompatibility. This time she was out with someone who wanted to text … everyone. ‘He kept talking about Twitter.’ Fishkin…

The web and the death of pornographic context

Mon, 04 May 2009 17:02:51 -0400

The web and the death of pornographic context:

The best bit of Nerve’s deceptively swift history of how sex drove the internet, from ARPAnet to gonzo pro/am sites: “Yet, as normalized as online pornography may be, the material itself has…

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Mon, 04 May 2009 17:02:51 -0400

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More on the tech sex ed front: The Birds and The Bees line, a service advertised on MySpace, where adult sex educators can answer teens’ questions via text. Predictably conservatives are throwing…

1/5th of Facebook employees there to police porn

Mon, 04 May 2009 14:02:46 -0400

1/5th of Facebook employees there to police porn:

A photo of a young couple sloppily making out pops onscreen. It’s gross, but not against the rules, so Axten punches a key to judge the image appropriate. Next up: a young woman in panties…

The inevitable #amazonfail infographic

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:35:35 -0400

The inevitable #amazonfail infographic:

(via National Coalition Against Censorship)

Eve Sedgwick, Marilyn Chambers, RIP

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:34:34 -0400

Eve Sedgwick, Marilyn Chambers, RIP:

Two luminaries of sex culture that I would have paid dear money to see tangle live & in person on desire, performance, and politics passed away Sunday — queer theory provocateur…

Let’s not forget Jeff Bezos does like sex

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:34:33 -0400

Let’s not forget Jeff Bezos does like sex:

Here is a photo composite of Jeff “not a sexless founder-entrepreneur” Bezos on a bearskin rug from my Valleywag days.

Because we need this now:

Amazon coder: “someone internally” tagged thousands of titles “adult”

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:34:26 -0400

Amazon coder: “someone internally” tagged thousands of titles “adult”:

Frustrated with the misinformation swirling about hackers claiming responsbility for the removal of hundreds of sexuality & GLBT related titles from front page search results and the deletion of…