January 2008

Nope, not about sex: about pranks. Remember the Aqua Teen Hunger Force marketing ploy that turned into a terrorist threat? Boston is being re-pranked as we sit here; read my techyum post for details and images/links/videos of last night’s adventures and last year’s unforgettable (and utterly repeatable) meme. Oh, and a GETV video interview with the cute locals who recovered three of the LED Marauders found here in SF.

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Image via Brandon Herman.

This week’s SF Chronicle column is a writeup about controversial author Stephen Elliott‘s newly edited collection, “Sex For America: Politically Inspired Erotica“. It’s fun and revealing, especially what he has to say about sex on the campaign trail in the good ‘ol US of A… And if you’re in town, go to the opening night book party tonight at the Center for Sex and Culture for reading, burlesque and more. Snip from the midsection of Stephen Elliott’s ‘Sex for America’ — Will American politics ever be sexy? Violet Blue thinks Elliott’s new book might make it so:

(…) He’s an interesting guy; cute enough, too — we went on one heated date, knowing we’d not be seeing the last of each other professionally or otherwise anytime soon (and not just because we tend to run into each other at Kink.com parties). So when I heard his newest book — this time a collection he’s edited — was bound and about to hit the stores, it made me want to do the same to him. Metaphorically, of course.

“Sex for America: Politically Inspired Erotica” is Elliott’s latest salvo; a collection of erotic fiction by authors ranging from Jerry Stahl and Steve Almond to the local Michelle Tea and even James Frey (finally in the fiction genre, are we?), the book runs the gamut of relevant, current and, of course, transgressive political erotica.

Wait a minute. WTF is political erotica? We have ways of making editors talk. I hunted Elliott down, borrowed some gear from Madame S, and asked him a few questions about the book.

Violet Blue: “Sex for America” is your newly edited collection of erotica that gets down and dirty with American politics. What in the hell made you want to do such a thing?

Stephen Elliott: Well, “Sex for America” lies at the intersection of my two favorite topics, politics and sex. I’ve worked in politics and done a fair amount of political organizing. The first nonfiction I ever wrote was about a political campaign. Then I started writing politically inspired fiction and then did a nonfiction book about the 2004 presidential campaign, which involved spending a year traveling with all the presidential candidates. While that was going on, at the exact same time I’m really getting into politics, I start openly exploring my sexuality in my writing. The result of that was my novel “Happy Baby” and my story collection “My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up” (which is actually more of a sexual memoir). So “Sex for America” makes a lot of sense to me. It’s an anthology of politically inspired erotica, and the stories are amazing.

VB: Why isn’t American politics — or why aren’t our politicians — sexy? Or, if you think they are, can you tell the rest of us the reasoning behind your twisted point of view?

SE: I guess I do think American politics is sexy, and if you’ve ever been on a campaign, it’s amazing the amount of sex going on. Every campaign season dozens, no, probably hundreds of marriages are broken up by campaign affairs. It’s a totally erotic endeavor. (…)

Link.

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Image by Dustin Lacina.

I don’t do blogrolls or link trades, and I try to only link to sites and friends I think will be around for the duration. It always takes me a while because I do personal writeups based on my experiences, opinions and feelings. Tonight I added a bunch of new ones to my linklove page for resource reasons in a variety of categories:

* Boinkology An up-to-date sex news, entertainment and info site that’s women-run and features original blog content and their own video: caveat — dating and het-focused. Nice inclusion in any RSS feed. We’re not friends, but they have the right attitude.

* Savage Love (podcast, blog, column). My friend Dan could go in any of these categories, but I’ll put him in the top one where he belongs. Irreverent and accurate, he’s one of the best educators of our time. (This one took me long enough, doh).

* Sex In The Public Square Active on current sex topics, big on building community, eroticism and occasional snarkiness, this is one of my new favorite regular haunts.

* Sexual Intelligence with Dr. Marty Klein Sex and politics with a direct approach: his blog is a nice way to keep your sex news feed current and opinionated.

* Sex or Not? A very eclectic and endlessly fascinating sex entertainment blog in another language whch makes it even more fun.

* Sexoteric A very eclectic and entertaining mix of explicit imagery, art, and occasional poetry. They catch some good stuff there.

* Shake Well Before Use Ariel Waldman’s excellent sexy and tech blog — it’s work-safe but has a bite. Very fun stuff.

* Shiny Shiny Not about sex, but I am a drooling addict of thie girl-powered and -focused tech gadget blog.

* Adorkable Grrl Not too much sex blogging, but a cute, smart fun to read friend.

* Dave Naz Incredible and completely adventurous erotic photographer (of the hardcore variety) — his blog never lets me down. And he’s sweet and soft-spoken and has tons of humility.

* Dustin Lacina Friend, erotic photographer (Gawker Artist) and all-around badass. I love Dustin! (image via)

* Steve Diet Goedde An outrageously talented fetish photographer, good friend and seriously sweet guy.

* Susan Mernit Very active in tech, and a wide breadth of sex in the blogosphere, Susan is a prize, sweetheart and sublime critic. Yahoo Personals is extremely lucky to have her in charge.

* ISIS-Inc A fabulous online service dedicated to innovative strategies and high-tech solutions for sexual health education and STD/HIV prevention, with a focus on tech and getting accurate info to youth.

* The Kinsey Institute Dedicated to research, scholarship, plus events and a gallery.

* National Sexuality Resource Center A collection of online sexual lifestyle magazines chock full of mainstream sex content that isn’t full of stereotypes and typical Cosmo-Maxin sex garbage. Fun stuff, yet academic, and they’re deeply invested in advancing sexual literacy. They have an incredible religion and sexuality resource page. Also en Espanol at SexualidadesLatinas.org.

* The Midwest Teen Sex Show A fun, rambunctious video podcast that coversll all kinds of sex topics, and gets the conversation started with parents and especially for teens. Highly recommended.

* The Sexual Freedom Network They “believe that sexual freedom is a fundamental human right” and back up their mission with news, First Amendment focus, LGBT resources, and serious sex ed on all levels. A good candidate for resources and news.

* Gamelink The biggest selection of porn for sale (and most diverse): limited VoD and pay per minute, but still, they carry my friends Vivid Alt…

* I Shot Myself Women-run indy/amateur site down under that features women of all (hot) varieties making their own explicit photo shoots. Very yummy, lots of hot free content.

* I Feel Myself Women-run indy site that features really sexy amateur women filming their own explicit jack-off sessions. High quality and tasteful, with regular free content.

* Next Door Hookups A paysite with plenty of freebees — but most notably, it’s straight porn shot from a gay male perspective so the focus is on the (good looking) amateur guys. Refreshing, this girl loves it.

* Stroke that Dick Straight amateur boys making money jacking off for a basic paysite — incredibly enjoyable.

* Vivid Alt The mainstream porn’s rogue division makes some of the hottest porn around with a growing stable of art-focused directors and their site has all kinds of goodies. Love it.

And added to the free clip site list: RedTube.

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I first really want to direct your attention to the video we have up on Fleshbot right now, Star Trek O-Faces: Where Lots Of Men (And Women) Have Come Before.

When I worked at the Dildo Hut, there was this butch dyke I was close friends with (we’re still pals, though we see each other less) who was really into Next Generation. Like, *really*. And she always always always had the hottest girlfriends in the world — she always had a Suicide Girl or some kind of model she was fucking. And sometimes she’d tell me about their Next Gen role-play. Sure, Data and Yar, everyone’s done that one. But she’s the reason I still call Patrick Stewart “Captain Daddy” in casual conversation, even though no one gets it when I do. The height of their fantasy play? Klingon sex. She told me about it sometimes, always reminding me that, “you know Klingons have the rough, dirty sex.” She’d describe their hot Klingon battles. Let’s just say that Worf was really into female ejaculation.

Me — sure, I’m a Next Gen appreciator, but it was the original series that did it for me. Call me old-fashioned. So, I present you with the very best Star Trek (original series) slash video I’ve seen yet (with some pretty fantastic writing and music, I might add).

Kirk/Spock: The Prize (or, The Whipped Cream Maneuver) by mortmere:

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Okay, maybe it’s not as novel as David Lynch’s daily (weather) report, but mine’s more cute… It’s been rainy, freezing and miserable here in SF — but that hasn’t stopped adorable Rachel at Nude in SF; here’s the Google-licious nude map of her walk during the insane storm we had on monday. Is it wrong to want to ogle a girl *and* make her chicken soup at the same time?

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