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• It started when Alice Dreger’s 9th-grade son came home from school and told her that his sex education class was going to be focusing on abstinence. Dreger took a seat in the corner and brought out her laptop. And then she began to tweet.
  What happened when a medical professor live-tweeted her son’s sex-ed class on abstinence (Washington Post)

• A sad day for slutwear: Frederick’s of Hollywood Group Inc., a Los Angeles lingerie brand, has closed all of its stores and will do business only online. Born out of the World War II pinup craze, the company was the brainchild of Frederick Mellinger. He initially opened a lingerie business in New York before moving the shop, renamed Frederick’s of Hollywood, to Los Angeles in 1947. Despite Mellinger’s famous quote that “sex never goes out of fashion,” the company fell behind competitors.
  Frederick’s of Hollywood closes all stores, strips down to Web (LA Times, thank you Cyrus!)

• “I had seen in the flesh what a simple ‘I have herpes‘ could do when said fearlessly, without shame,” Ella Dawson wrote. “Because when a real person — a woman you know and respect — casually mentions having herpes, it stops being a punchline and starts being someone’s reality.”
  Meet the woman who tells everyone, ‘I have genital herpes’ (Washington Post)

• Instagram has clarified its community guidelines to better explain its policies around pornography and harassment. The social network has specifically banned “close-ups of fully-nude buttocks” — but said it would continue to allow photographs of post-mastectomy scarring and women breastfeeding.
  Instagram bans ‘fully-nude’ buttocks (Wired UK)

• The war on sex work is a war on women: In May 2013, Monica Jones, a student and LGBT activist at Arizona State University, was arrested for “manifesting prostitution.” According to the FBI, police arrested over 57,000 people on such charges in 2011. The vast majority were women.
  Molly Crabapple: How police profile and shame sex workers (Fusion)

• A Japanese artist currently on trial for obscenity over vulva sculptures says her arrest shows how far behind her country is in terms of sexual equality. She was arrested last year after building a kayak shaped like her vulva and for emailing plans of the boat, which included pictures of her scanned genitalia, to others. If convicted of distributing or holding obscene images for the purposes of selling, Igarashi could face up to two years in prison and a fine of up to £13,400 (2.5m Yen).
  This woman faces two years in jail for making a vulva canoe (Independent UK)

• Opponents of revenge porn laws warn that the spate of new legislation endangers free-speech laws. The ACLU has raised concerns about First Amendment rights and has cautioned against making revenge porn a felony, instead suggesting civil remedies.
  Could All These New Revenge-Porn Laws Actually Be a Bad Thing? (NY Mag: The Cut)

• According to the company, Ashley Madison is the second most profitable dating enterprise on the internet, second only to Match. That’s why it’s reportedly preparing to go public in the hope of raising $200 million to fund international expansion.
  Ashley Madison IPO proves Adultery is big business (Engadget)

• “Sing What Happens” is a show in which a male singer performs karaoke while a ladyfriend performs… an accompanied instrumental on the skin flute (she jacks him off).
  The Japanese Game Show Where Guys Sing While Getting Jerked Off (Amped Asia)

• Veteran adult performer Justine Joli’s move into manufacturing and distributing pot-infused edible products, namely marijuana jerky, is (bizarrely) seeing porn and marijuana hailed as “the new business bedfellows” by CNBC.com. Three years ago, Joli, who has performed in about 250 adult films, started up Green Fairy Edibles; today, the star plans on moving away from porn, dissolve her adult website and invest hardily into Green Fairy Edibles. “I’m doing what most entrepreneurs do,” she told CNBC.com. “I’m selling off my life and going all in. … One day of making jerky [makes me] the exact same amount I would make on set.”
  CNBC: Porn, Pot Are the New Business Bedfellows (XBIZ)

• A chiropractor in the small town of Lamoni, Iowa, has had his license pulled after being accused of trading services for sex with clients and for performing exorcisms, reports KCCI. The board also stated that Manuel had instructed some of his patients to stop taking their prescribed medications.
  Iowa chiropractor gets license yanked for performing exorcisms and trading services for sex (Raw Story, via Mistress January)

• Free The Nipple (the film) follows a group of young women who take to the streets of New York City topless, to protest the archaic censorship laws in the United States. Activist Liv and With set out to start a movement and change the system through publicity stunts and graffiti installations while armed with First Amendment lawyers. The film explores the contradictions in our media-dominated society, where acts of violence and killing are glorified, while images of a woman’s nude body are censored by the FCC and the MPAA (as well as social media websites).
  Free The Nipple (Unscathed Corpse)

• In 1978, the CIA was caught up in a BDSM Cold War affair. A potential Soviet asset had fallen for a professional dominatrix who made decent money peeing on entertainment lawyers. Also in play was Mary Tyler Moore’s landscaper, merely because he was sweet on the dominatrix and her record collection.
  How a pro-domme, a Russian diplomat, U.S. intelligence and Mary Tyler Moore’s landscaper conspired to create a dance classic (JWZ)

• Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, who has appeared in all seasons of the popular show, said she stopped her mother in her tracks when she attempted to have a conversation with her about sex when she was 16. “I said, ‘This isn’t necessary, I know everything. I know every single thing that a person can do – and more’. The show is very inventive.”
  Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner ‘didn’t need sex education talk’ because of ‘inventive’ script (Independent UK)

• Orphan Black erotic fanfic?! Of course! I’m a huge fan of the show, and not surprisingly, so is Autostraddle… To get you in the mood to make crazy (nasty) science, or just for the premiere of the new season this weekend, Autostraddle rounded up 15 different Cosima/Delphine erotic fantasies.
  Fan Fiction Friday: Get In the Mood to Make Crazy Science With 15 “Orphan Black” Fics (Autostraddle)

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• With Ryan Reynolds now announced as starring in Deadpool, the promo is under way and the “Merc With A Mouth” is doing his very best Burt Reynolds impression in the first released image from the set.
  DEADPOOL Bears It All In First Still (TwitchFilm, image above via)

• The Playboy staff found old photos and blueprints that showed a series of underground tunnels that went from surrounding celebrity homes directly to the Playboy Mansion. The plans reference the homes of “Mr. J. Nicholson,” “Mr. W. Beatty,” “Mr. K. Douglas” and “Mr. J. Caan,” where the secret passage ways led to and from Hugh Hefner’s iconic home.
  Jack Nicholson and Other Celebs Had Tunnels From Their Homes to the Playboy Mansion (Complex)

• Having trouble conceiving? The Semenette, a strap-on dildo designed to eject donor semen into your partner, may be for you. There are a plethora of sex toys designed to bring you to orgasm, but precious few devised to get you pregnant. Until now.
  The Sex Toy That Knocks You Up (Daily Beast)

• For a mere $1,000 you can have a foreskin sculpture made by Italian anti-circumcision activist Vincenzo Aiello. Sadly(?), it’s not made of real foreskin; it’s just a replica made of silicon resin.
  For $1,000 You Can Get Your Own Sculpture Made Of ‘Foreskin’ (Unicorn Booty)

• As public health concerns mount, the porn industry sector based in California has been under assault by a variety of opponents in recent years. Mindgeek (the industry’s biggest conglomerate) now has a studio In Las Vegas for its Brazzers division. Other companies with a presence in Vegas include Bait & Tackle, Corbin Fisher, VCX Ltd. and Bluebird Films.
  Porn industry flirts with new shelter: Las Vegas (CNBC)

• The Liberian government recommended on Saturday that survivors of Ebola practice safe sex indefinitely, until more information can be collected on the length of time the virus might remain present in body fluids including semen.
  Liberia Recommends Ebola Survivors Practice Safe Sex Indefinitely (NY Times)

• Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a sex coach? Or, have you thought about going to a sex coach? Slutty Girl Problems interviewed sex coach Charlie Glickman to answer 10 of your biggest questions. Whether you want to learn more about sexuality or are considering working in the sex industry yourself, this is a must read!
  Interview with Sex Coach Charlie Glickman (Slutty Girl Problems)

• Bunny Ranch brothel owner Dennis Hof is hiring a team of “brothel testers” to oversee “quality” control at each of his seven Nevada legal brothels. “The job is exactly what it sounds like,” Hof said. “You get paid a full-time salary to have sex with beautiful girls — and then evaluate their performance.”
  Bunny Ranch Hiring Official ‘Brothel Testers’(XBIZ)

• [UK] Labour MP Simon Danczuk admitted his phone had tagged a porn site as a “favourite” on Twitter. However, the 48 year-old was unembarrassed about the gaffe and said the images had been tagged by a mistake by his iPhone. He said he did not use porn regularly, but insisted: “I am a man of the world and it is part of life, many people do.”
  I watch porn, says Labour MP Simon Danczuk (Telegraph UK)

• The MetArt Network, which earlier this month fingered 10 websites for stealing and streaming its content on 17 adult tube sites, has future litigation plans. The mathematics will prove [the tube sites] wrong in many of the cases,” a spokesperson for MetArt said, referring to one actual user who posted 27,000 movies in one month to one site. “That person’s either an employee of the site, an affiliate to the site, or the world’s biggest porn fan.”
  MetArt Plans Infringement Litigation Blitz (XBIZ)

• Ever wondered how many cock rings it takes to encircle the base of the Eiffel Tower? My friends at Lovehoney did, and they also wondered how many water-coolers full of lube their customers used each year. They found out and compiled five of their most interesting sex toy stats in the video above. Fun!
  5 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Sex Toys! (Lovehoney)

• A total of 10 bodypainted couples in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province [China], took part in an eye-catching wedding ceremony at the Hangzhou Paradise Amusement Park on Sunday.
  Hangzhou couples take ‘Naked Wedding’ concept literally (Shanghaiist)

• Game of Thrones star Carice van Houten has a simple explanation as to why she copes so well with the levels of nudity on the HBO fantasy drama. And she believes viewers who complain about the risque sex scenes might have their priorities wrong.
  ‘There is a lot of power in sex’ (Stuff NZ)

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• It’s satire — but what sweet, sweet satire it is to see male rappers sexualized like female rappers. Genderflip rules.
  Male Rappers Pose Provocatively In Support of Nicki Minaj (Tea Breakfast)

• This week’s target of the largely anonymous hivemind is indie game developer Zoe Quinn, who recently released the interactive fiction novel and educational aid Depression Quest. It’s an unusual entry for the gaming genre, but its out-of-the-box thinking is not what pissed off these predominantly male communities—they claim to be mad about an alleged sex scandal wrapped in what they see as a lapse in ethics. It is neither.
  The Anti-Feminist Internet Targets ‘Depression Quest’ Game Creator Zoe Quinn (VICE; see also)

• For the first time, we are hearing from the woman who is suing Facebook over the nonconsensual posting of sexually explicit photos which she says damaged her reputation; images which Facebook did not remove for a significant period of time.
  Woman sues Facebook for $123 million over ‘revenge porn’ (ABC13)

• The found photographs in Issue #008 of Useful Photography magazine, published by KesselsKramer show images taken from the introductory, non-intimate scenes from adult movies and magazines. I just wish they’d (properly, respectfully) name the actors in the photos.
  Ludicrous Images Of Porn Stars In between Sex Scenes (Beautiful Decay, a few more here)

• Why is Guardian so consistently backwards about porn and sex? I know what this article is about – a top HBO exec outlining why the sex scenes shown on Game of Thrones are part of the story – but I can’t figure out why Guardian feels it’s newsworthy.
  Game of Thrones broadcaster HBO defends scenes of sex, violence and rape (Guardian)

• The ‘Sex Box’ is an ‘extreme sex therapy’ show on WE that has couples talk to sex advisors about their issues in bed. Then they go and have sex in a soundproof box. Afterward, they come out and talk about it. WE tv announced it has ordered nine episodes of “Sex Box,” adapted from the British series of the same name, that will air in 2015.
  Sex sells! WE reality show ‘Sex Box’ lets couples get busy on set (NY Daily News)

• A Japanese manufacturer of realistic sex dolls Orient Industry, is on a PR campaign to tell media that business is booming, hooking outlets with a claim that their dolls are so realistic, its possible to mistake them for real people.
  Japanese Sex Dolls Are Now Being Mistaken For Real Women (So Bad, So Good; likely sourced here, via Thomas Roche)

• In a new article for MensHealth.com, sociologist Chauntelle Tibbals, Ph.D. takes readers inside the world of adult entertainment with the intention of deconstructing the myths surrounding male porn stars.
  Chauntelle Tibbals Deconstructs Male Porn Star Myth for MensHealth.com (XBIZ)

• Security researcher Cathal McDaid, who tracks spam on behalf of telcos and has looked into Kik’s pornbot matter extensively, says most of the porn spam is coming from a single criminal group.
  Who’s Behind The Porn Bots On Kik? (Forbes)

• A new study of American singles found that during sex with a familiar partner, men have the highest orgasm rates. On average, men experience orgasm 85.1 percent of the time, with their sexual orientation making little difference. For women, however, orgasm occurrence is less predictable. On average, women experience orgasm 62.9 percent of the time during sex with a familiar partner — and this pattern varies with women’s sexual orientation, with lesbian women experiencing orgasm more often than heterosexual or bisexual women.
  Study: Orgasm rates for single women less predictable than men’s, vary by sexual orientation (Indiana University, via Kinsey Institute)

• Doctor Who’s mysterious time traveler has been many things. The Oncoming Storm. The Last of the Time Lords. The protector of the innocent. But now, he’s becoming… a porn star? Behold an exclusive safe-for-work look at the new X-rated Doctor Who spoof, from the folks who brought you Game of Bones.
  Geronimo! First Work-Safe Look At The New X-Rated Doctor Who Spoof (io9)

• An IP address attached to the U.S. House of Representatives has been blocked from making anonymous edits at Wikipedia for 30 days for making a series of offensive edits to entries on transgender people and issues. The congressional IP address changed a description of Laverne Cox to say she is ‘a real man pretending to be a woman’ — among other things. It’s the third time this House IP address has been blocked by Wikipedia.
  Capitol Hill Staffers Blocked for Antitrans Wikipedia Edits (Advocate)

• This thing — the Indiegogo campaign for The Glov — has been on every gadget and tech blog hyped as “the future of sex toys,” which we’ve all heard for like the past 20 years. If it’s really about the future, why does it only come in the colors and fonts of The Ghost Of Sex Toy Past? Go Fug Yourself, indeed.
  The Glov: Things Abbey Likes (Cam4 Blog)

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• Hooray for Naughty Nerdy! “Ms Walker knew another porn star called Maisie Dee, having interacted with her online. Ms Dee appeared in three Game of Thrones episodes during the show’s second season. She (half-jokingly) told Ms Dee about her desire to get a role in Game of Thrones, and the pair talked more at work that evening.”
  Meet Aeryn Walker, the feminist Aussie porn star in Game of Thrones (News AU)

• A rapper who has worked with the Wu-Tang Clan cut off his own penis before attempting suicide by leaping from a building, police said today. Andre Johnson was rushed to hospital on Wednesday after he jumped from a second-floor balcony at an apartment building in North Hollywood. Mr Johnson was found on the sidewalk critically injured and was taken to hospital along with his severed penis. It is unclear if doctors are attempting to reattach his penis, TMZ reported.
  Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated rapper cuts off his own penis before attempting suicide by jumping from a building (DailyMail)

• A study published in The Lancet, a medical journal, documents the successful implantation of incubator-grown vaginas in four women at a hospital in Mexico City between 2005 and 2008.
  Laboratory-Grown Vaginas Have Been Hiding Among Us for Years (Slate)

• “An X-ray showed a rope with four knots stuck in the narrowest part of his urethra with 10 centimeters dangling out of the urethral opening.”
  Dr. Dong and The Case of The Urethral Jump Rope (JWZ)

• Sweetie looks much like other unfortunate young Filipinas. Just 10 years old, her user profile shows, she spends her days online fielding requests from men who offer her money to perform sexual acts in front of a webcam. Unlike her peers, though, Sweetie is a computer-generated avatar created by a Dutch non-profit group seeking to unmask sexual predators on the Internet. Some 20,000 people contacted Sweetie during the eight weeks she was online last year, while researchers in an Amsterdam warehouse used keystrokes to turn her head, make her stare attentively or reach to adjust her webcam.
  Pedophiles Lured by Avatar in Tech Industry Porn Fight (Bloomberg)

• China’s National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications just announced another big campaign against pornography. The “Cleaning the web” initiative is to last until November and target websites, search portals, mobile app stores, and set-top boxes that provide access to porn.
  China’s latest crackdown on porn has little to do with porn (Quartz)

• “If only they were a little more like . . . earrings,” the Kate Upton said of her 34-D’s. “If I could just take them off like they were clip-ons.”
  Kate Upton hates her breasts (Page Six)

• “We know you can use Bitcoin to buy booze and breast implants, and you used to be able to use it for drugs. But the three-month-old site Tits For Bitcoin (yup), which lets you trade cryptocurrency for webcam models, is a new one.”
  ‘Tits For Bitcoin’: Webcams and Cryptocurrency Are a Match Made in Heaven (Betabeat)

• “I’ve been performing in feminist porn for several years, and this year I attended the Ninth Annual Good for Her Feminist Porn Awards and Conference in Toronto. (…) The director’s vision was for us to act out a sensual kink scene inspired by the most popular fan-fiction in all the land: 50 Shades of Grey. However, dirty talk and rough sex were frowned upon, as the producers were aiming for something more BDSM-light.” (She’s talking smack about filming this scene for Ms. Naughty.)
  Authentically Yours: Feminist Porn Gets Political (SF Weekly)

• During its five-year, four-city pilot, the CDC is focusing on preventing dating violence among middle-schoolers in Baltimore, Chicago, Oakland, and Fort Lauderdale. As part of follow-up research to assess the program’s effectiveness, the pilot will compare an eighth-grade-only program in schools with a comprehensive approach spanning three grades and multiple spheres of influence.
  The New Sex Education Focuses on Preventing Violence (The Atlantic)

• In a new video created by TDA_Boulder for Sir Richards Condom Company, Andrew Kresge, director of operations for Sir Richards, says, “I’m doing my part to help the world. That’s what we do here at Sir Richard’s. For every condom you purchase, we donate one to a developing country. So far, Sir Richard’s has donated over 2.5 million condoms.”
  Half Naked Man Says the More Sex We Have The More Lives We Save (AdRants)

• An online petition that seeks to oust the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s CEO and president, Michael Weinstein, now has the support of the Free Speech Coalition. Weinstein has been asked to resign from his post for recent comments made about Truvada, the pre-exposure prophylaxis, FDA-approved medication for use by people at high risk for HIV. The drug is intended to help prevent transmission of the virus.
  FSC Supports Change.org Petition Targeting AHF’s Weinstein (XBIZ)

• The Louisiana House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly — 27–67 — to retain a law banning “crimes against nature,” including oral sex and all forms of same-sex sexual contact. The law has been unenforceable for over ten years, since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Lawrence v. Texas that laws criminalizing consensual private sexual behavior are unconstitutional.
  Louisiana Lawmakers Refuse To Repeal State Law Banning Oral Sex (ThinkProgress)

• I covered the reactive, transparent dress two years ago, but still want one! The INTIMACY 2.0 project (because it can’t truly be INTIMATE unless it’s in ALL CAPS) comes from Studio Roosegaarde, a “social design lab for interactive art, fashion, and architecture” based in China and the Netherlands. According to the project description on its website, the garment is intended to “explore the relationship between intimacy and technology.”
  This dress becomes transparent when it detects you’re turned on (Daily Dot)

• “Written in plain, user-friendly language and covering everything from revenge porn to identity theft to online dating, The Smart Girl’s Guide to Privacy is specifically geared toward women and other vulnerable members of the online population, who need guidance navigating the murky, often treacherous waters of the Internet. The Daily Dot recently talked to Blue about Heartbleed, Tinder, revenge porn, and why we shouldn’t have to Just Say No to sexting.”
  Violet Blue talks sexting, revenge porn, and why we should be a little scared of Tinder (Daily Dot)

• “Saturday night, a small posse and I drove down to Long Beach, Calif., to catch the “Best of Hump! Tour.” For the uninitiated, Hump is an exhibitionist extravaganza hosted every year by sex columnist-turned-dirty-movie emcee Dan Savage in which ordinary folks become weekend porn stars, shooting sexually explicit short films designed to arouse and entertain a room full of like-minded strangers.”
  Leave Your Hangups at Home: Hump! Amateur Porn Fest Hits the Road (Variety)

• “Maddy O’Reilly is an adult film star making her directorial debut in “Maddy O’Reilly is Slutwoman.” We asked Maddy to keep a diary for us during filming so you could read all about her experiences. Here is Day One.”
  What It’s Like to Direct Your First Adult Film (When You’re Also Starring In It) (BroBible)

• An auction to sell off the Girls Gone Wild franchise’s assets was called off last week because there were no qualified overbids submitted to the bankruptcy trustee. In February, bankruptcy trustee R. Todd Neilson secured a stalking horse bid for $1.825 million to purchase the brand’s assets, including its trademarks, domain names and litigation rights, as well as its assumed liabilities.
  TTIGirls Gone Wild Auction Called Off; No Competing OverbidsLE (XBIZ)

• “It’s been a while since we’ve seen shenanigans from American Apparel. But an image currently on their website promoting a new line of miniskirts features a women wearing a pleated miniskirt bent over exposing her underwear. And it caught our attention.”
  Pervy Upskirt Shot Touts American Apparel Miniskirt Line (AdRants)

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