stuff to read

by Violet Blue on November 21, 2006

* Comic website Comic Book Resources has a scathing slap of a review for How to Make Money Like A Porn Star, the weird marketing spinoff graphic novel from ghostwriter #2 co-writer of Jenna Jameson’s How to Make Love Like a Porn Star and master chick picker upper Neil Strauss (with artist Bernard Chang). The cover art looks great, but I think I’ll skip the Arabs with razorblade dicks and sibling rape, though it all sounds like the makings of a good pickup line to me…

* Yesterday, closing arguments began for the COPA trial. “The case, which pits a host of plaintiffs represented by the ACLU against the U.S. government, will determine the constitutionality of the 1998 law that – if enforced – mandates age verification for websites containing material considered ‘harmful to minors.’ The bench trial represents a last ditch effort on the part of the government to save the controversial law that imposes a $50,000 fine and up to six months in prison for website operators who fail to comply with the law’s age verification requirements.”

* Tristan Taormino is going crazy with the porn directing these days. There’s a great interview with her at Eros Zine, where she talks about her transition from a famous anal sex writer to a porn auteur, and her porny new sex-ed video line.

* But what do their balls smell like? Found on Adrants: a site dripping with gender stereotypes that could actually mean you’re gay if they make you feel more like a man — Stuff4Dudes is selling videos of “Hot chicks in bikinis and underwear working out! They’re designed to look like real workout videos with one major difference: The cameras zoom in on the gorgeous models, completely ignoring the actual workout and instructor. Plus, the girls are in bikinis and underwear!” Oh. My. God. I am now deeply concerned for all dudes. For selected customers they are giving away the girls’ exercise balls, which in my hometown means something entirely different. And much more interesting.

Violet Blue

The London Times named Violet Blue "One of the 40 bloggers who really count" and Self Magazine named TinyNibbles one of the “Best Sex Resources for Women.” Blue is an autodidact and pundit on sex and technology, hacking and security, porn for women, privacy and bleeding-edge tech culture. She is a journalist for ZDNet, CBS News, CNET; she's an educator, speaker, crisis counselor, volunteer NGO trainer, and the author and editor of over 40 award-winning books.

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