From the monthly archives:

April 2007

celebrity hate mail

16 April 2007
Okay, well, sort of on the 'celebrity' part. Paul Barresi emails me from a quaint AOL address, saying, Dear Violet Let me get this "straight". You were approached by an idiot at the GayVN's with no class and pointed to him as the best representation of a straight man in gay porn? Your story […]
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videoblogging week day 10

16 April 2007
Woke up this *afternoon* in a coughing fit, felt down. I watched a video my sweet friend Addy sent me, the original version of What's It's Like For A Girl. It made me want to make a video; I think you'll find the results surprising. A crime yes, but victimless, […]
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on the vloggies show: anything goes vs. civility enforced!

14 April 2007
This week I squared off with Sheriff Irina Slutsky of the Vloggies Show in a sexed-up face-off of the so-called 'blogger code of conduct'. I'm especially excited to see Irina introduce our confrontation by giving her opinion of the O'Rielly proposed blogging guidelines -- and then, of course, I'm the […]
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sick girl girly video night in: party of one

13 April 2007
I'm all sick-in-bed girl and utterly nonplussed about a long day of watching people being jerks on blogs, and missing a party I really wanted to go to. But I'm really glad I just watched Beyonce's video Green Light (at Vivane's)-- not a noteworthy pop song, but every single costume […]
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new bloggers undressed: sean bonner

13 April 2007
In this episode, I ask Sean Bonner what makes a sexy geek... sexy? Watch it on the show page or embedded after the jump. His answers are very revealing. (more...)
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sour grapes, sore loser: brian williams, MSM

13 April 2007
I think this pretty much depicts how MSM feels about bloggers, citizen media and online indy journalism -- this quote from Brian Williams, anchor of NBC Nightly News, speaking to NYU journalism students: You're going to be up against people who have an opinion, a modem, and a bathrobe. All of […]
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yay for fleshbot posts

13 April 2007
Two fun ones from me today, Stockroom And Stormy Leather: Together Again For The First Time and Elevator Girl Kyoko: Going Down!
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austin’s intel (non)building

13 April 2007
Since I'm a sick kitten and bed-bound, I've been teaching myself to edit and compress video on my laptop. I made a little project out of the first videos I shot with my new video camera (an older 2006 Sony DSC-M2 I ordered out of backstock) at SXSW this year. […]
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bay area craigslist sex acts by the numbers

12 April 2007
I'm late to blogging this, as I'm really quite ill with the flu (no insurance, ack), but it's a popular one this week: my datamining of sex acts on Bay Area Craigslist Casual Encounters, results and spreadsheet. Thanks to my friend Kevin Burton for the real-time tracking link, and Jonathan […]
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succumbing to the flu

11 April 2007
Fell asleep with a fever; woke up with it. Still, I dragged Sean off the couch and Jonathan to my vlogshow shoot (hopped up on theraflu) with Irina (much fun); now, a few hours later I'm sweating and on deadline for two manuscript edits, due tomorrow. Thoughts: * No more Justin.tv […]
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scientific american: a love letter

10 April 2007
I give linklove to Scientific American -- especially their blog -- quite often, but I think after today, I might consider making my feelings more formal. Basically, I read a really questionable piece about sex and gender in the NYT today (Pas de Deux of Sexuality Is Written in the […]
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flynt, conduct

10 April 2007
Just turned in my edited piece to O Magazine, yay! In the process today, I got to meet and chat with Theresa Flynt (Larry Flynt's daughter!) about female porn viewers, and got some solid numbers -- she's actually *really* cool. So awesome! Also -- I got yer blogger code of conduct […]
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new video a plenty: plus new bloggers undressed with sex blogging legal advice

10 April 2007
All embedded after the jump: videoblogging 2007 day 3 and (tonight) day 4; the new episode of bloggers undressed where EFF staff attorney Jason Schultz talks about the legal issues around blogging, sex and dating. Plus -- yayomgyay -- my dear friend Sean Bonner is my current houseguest, cuddled up with […]
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happy birthday, mom!

8 April 2007
Today's the birthday of the amazing woman who adopted me as her daughter a couple years ago -- Theresa Sparks. I went through all my teen years and my entire adult life without family, until I got adopted by SRL, and more recently by Theresa, who is the best mom […]
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videoblogging week day 2

7 April 2007
Quick: the tale of Alex (co-starring my cat Alex), before I head out the door! Embedded after the jump if you prefer. (more...)
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the penis platter, ow

7 April 2007
I mean, ew. (And no emails about my 'ew' as I happen to *love* penii. Just not ever, ever like this) Snip from the BBC: There are many thousands of Chinese restaurants around in the UK and everyone has their favourite dish, but only in China itself do chefs specialise in […]
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videoblogging week day 1

6 April 2007
I am very late to the game with this -- I like, totally realized it had almost passed me by, so I shot this video. It's rather fitting that I'm starting day 1 on pretty much day 7. So, cocktail in one hand and bad porn in the other, here […]
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happy friday night

6 April 2007
Image of me by seventeenstars. I'm listening to Blues for Max by Chick Corea. Just found: pinups by Isabella Valentine, goes great with my Campari on ice.
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in defense of irina slutsky

6 April 2007
OMG! Irina plays a journalist on TV too!
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sweater puppies, sorta journalism, and amanda congdon

5 April 2007
This week's Chron column is a slight departure from the usual, but not too far out from my purview: in Sweater Puppies and Sorta Journalism I take a look at (reluctant journalist *and* reluctant rack-owner) Amanda Congdon's comments about how being a new media person entitles her to act any […]
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