Thursday Nibbles: Rabbit Habit New Year, Changing Black Porn, OkCupid-Match Sale Controversy

* The big news is IAC’s Match.com Acquires OkCupid for $50 million. Then the bigger news is that OkCupid took down their legendary post that called Match.com a sham: Why You Should Never Pay for Online Dating (since it’s gone: here’s a .PDF of the removed post). Then: OKCupid: We Didn’t Censor Our Match.com-Bashing Blog Post. (prnewswire.com, news.ycombinator.com, observer.com)

* Yes – then answer is yes, it kind of does – even if for an HIV charity. Does This Faux Condom Dish Go Too Far? (SFoodie, via uncited source lifestyleasia.com)

* Hey – I added this new page to the top nav bar, just to get things in order around here. It’s a page of featured VB videos, a visual resume of sorts… :)

* Happy Chinese New Year! Babeland helps us celebrate by taking a whopping 40% off the (totally worth it) Rabbit Habit vibrator, plus free shipping. (babeland.com)

* Needed: Lesbian Couples Sex Survey – highly recommended, please share. (surveymonkey.com)

* I’m glad I didn’t miss this: Alexander DeVoe – Changing The Game In Black Porn (thewellversed.com)

* Share this, make it a resource: Lead With Love is a great 35-minute documentary to help parents when their kids come out. (leadwithlovefilm)

* Hip-hop music video filmed at the porn convention called “Rub Your Tits (If You Like Hip Hop)” – which to me is like saying “scratch your nuts if you like baseball.” (thewellversed.com)

* Oh – also: I’m spending a lot more time on my Facebook fan page. Come by and say hi before they take it away for no reason.

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{ 5 comments }

1 J. February 7, 2011 at 11:21 pm: I like the “cashed version” typo :-)
2 stephen parkin February 5, 2011 at 4:17 am: If that’s cous cous, then, yes it does go too far. Disgusting stuff.
3 Greta February 3, 2011 at 1:36 pm: Violet–

Please, PLEASE give a shout out to “SHAKEDOWN” a documentary about the LA Black-lesbian strip scene. This is going to be an awesome documentary and needs funds.
This is such a critical part of the queer scene, & the recognition it will get with this doc is groundbreaking. Let’s get it funded and OUT.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1889777212/shakedown
4 Sundawg February 3, 2011 at 12:49 pm: Violet, you kick ass. ’nuff said.
5 Bacchus February 3, 2011 at 7:37 am: LOL — we didn’t censor our post, we just took it down. It’s true — censorship is a government function … but that’s still the most valuable blog post they ever wrote!