Wednesday Nibbles: Steam Powered Vibrator, Male Birth Control, More


Image of Sasha Grey from her very first bondage shoot *ever* (link includes videos).

It’s midweek, and I’m finding things on the shag rug I think belong to porn stars and am wondering if the black scrape next to my headboard is from a stripper heel — not mine, alas. Maybe this weekend I can do something about that; in the meantime, would everyone in the whole fucking world please stop sending me links to the many many posts about the steam powered vibrator? I started getting them last week and decided to wait (I met the maker at Noisebridge, took images, etc), but dear jeezuz fucking hell it’s like raining steam powered vibrator links in my inbox. Which hurts, and not just because the vibe is really heavy. That will be your first nibble. Now no more links; everyone else has posted about it. My work here is done.

* OMFG A STEAM POWERED VIBRATOR. Okay, here’s what really fucking cool about it: first, it’s made by a woman here in San Francisco, female hardware hacker (and friend) Ani V Niow, who decided to make this her first machining project — and it’s really all that and a bag of chips. It’s gorgeous and brilliant and the internal offset motor is powered by a tiny Tesla Turbine. It’s in a hot looking local art show called A Touch of Pleasure (Femina Potens), but almost best of all is the URL she snagged for it — steamfuck.me where you can read all about how she made it, and more.

* Shades of Andrew Blake — check out Nathan Strausse: Erotic Artist.

* Someone is still working on male birth control. Over in Europe, of course. Read about the latest development in Testosterone injections work like a male pill (guardian.co.uk).

* Today Steven Soderbergh’s “The Girlfriend Experience” starring Sasha Grey became available for VoD rent on Amazon, weeks before its May 22 theatrical release. I have an exclusive interview with her, a gallery, and more in my column tomorrow. Here’s a full gallery list of Sasha Grey’s Kink shoots.

* Apparently Robert Pattinson liked getting hella naked in his new film “Little Ashes” about Salvador Dali. (mtv.com)

* Penny Flame recently sent me a copy of her new film Penny Flame’s Expert Guide to Rough Sex (it’s quite good) from Vivid Ed — and then she quit porn. She’s a pal and a cool chick, and I’m happy for her to look at 8 long years in the business and decide to… (Re) BecomingJenny where she’s blogging about her process. It’s rad that she talks about loving her old job, still likes porn and that she’s not becoming an anti-porn Jesus freak like Shelly Lubben. She just decided to change her life. How refreshing.

* South Carolina is threatening Craigslist with criminal charges if it doesn’t stop with the sex already. Can we ask lawmakers to stop with the moralizing already? (arstechnica.com)

* Still, you can always visit Craigslist LA and fuck a guy in a bug costume. Good to see some things just can’t be taken away.

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  1. As for South Carolina threatening Craigslist, I think the best response would be simply to shut down access to Craigslist from SC IPs other than to a page saying “Your state government doesn’t like our content, if you have a problem with this, click here [link to setup that discovers the local legislators for people who want to complain]”.

    And we’ll see how long it takes for the SC state legislature to discover that their constituents like Craigslist better than they like their local incumbents.

  2. While that shoot looks good, I don’t think that is her first bondage shoot *ever*!!
    She did one awhile ago with devicebondage, her set and my girlfriend Fushia’s set got posted at the same time, which is the only reason I know this.

    Good stuff though! ^_~

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