From the monthly archives:

August 2013

Eye Candy: Quickies

by Violet Blue on August 30, 2013

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Alva Bernadine – or Bernadinism – is a prolific photographer and while his range encompasses some highly arousing imagery, also embraces the surreal to an extent that (dare I say it) may very well exceed that of our favorite out-there n00dz photog, Merkley???. So when you visit Bernadinism’s blog or Bernadinism.com, expect images you’ll find hot alongside images that may give your libido a case of spinning dizzy WTF – and possibly an image or two that might turn you off altogether. As with all things porny, cherry-pick your way to pleasure.

A post featuring Bernadinism here has been long overdue; I was reminded when he emailed me this morning to tell me he’s got six pages in a new erotic photography hardcover book (congrats!) edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

In case you’ve ever wondered why I’m not a fan of Jakubowski, it’s because I had a really bad experience with him in May, 2005. A long time ago, I know, but the issue remains. Jakubowski put my name on the cover and in all the promo materials for “The Mammoth Book of Sex Diaries: The Ultimate Collection of Sex Blogs” (the title changed a few times) before the book was released – and my name was still on the book cover after it was released. I found out the hard way, and no one at Carroll & Graf, or Jakubowski had asked if it was okay or told me in any way. It was actually how I found out about the book, making me worry my work was in it without permission (but also stoked if I was selected – I just wanted to have consent and be made aware of what was going on with my name and work, contracts, rights, etc.). My name was already online in a variety of retail outlets.

I asked him to have my name removed. Jakubowski was not nice about it, and used the tone of, like I was someone who didn’t matter anyway – he claimed he just stuck my name on there because he’d somehow found it on Belle du Jour’s website. So, I was not included in what was, at the time definitively, “The Ultimate Collection of Sex Blogs.” But I was used to sell it. After the book came out my name was still on the cover in all online locations as the book’s press push occurred, and the cover with my name appeared on Amazon, AllLibris, Powell’s, IBS, LIT, others, and in a few online reviews. Jakubowski insisted use of my name on his book cover was not an issue (but eventually corrected the cover in some but not all places the book was sold).

So I’m excited for everyone who gets published because I want great artists and authors to succeed and receive credit and validation for their work; I’m just not a fan of the way Jakubowski treats people he thinks are not important enough to warrant professional courtesy.

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Before I leave for Serbia next monday, I’ll be reviewing my two newest additions to our Eye Candy selections. I’ve been talking to the people who run and work at Nubile Films and Dorcel Club, and they’re letting me have my run of their websites, ask them a million questions, and much more, knowing I’ll be giving you my unbiased thoughts.

I’ve been featuring Nubile Films already in the past month: I like the woman that runs the ship, and the porn is really gorgeous. Dorcel Club has to be among the friendliest – and busiest – porn makers I’ve met so far, and so far they’re bending over backwards to answer my questions and even create tools for me to curate their site with. I’m also hopeful about Dorcel because they make very pretty and very nasty French porn, with some of my favorite stars.

This is the first time I’m linking you to Dorcel. Example: their newest scene with Ariel Rebel:

Let me know if there are sites you want me to review. If the proprietors are nice, and everyone who works there is treated well, it’s both ethical and hot, I’ll do it.

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Eye Candy: Best of Babes

by Violet Blue on August 25, 2013

Note: I’ve curated a lot more more Eye Candy if you’re still feeling peckish…

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  • Southern users spend more time watching porn than any other region, and the term “creampie” is the most searched term in the U.S. These results were part of a new mid-year PornHub.com state-by-state study focusing on the country’s most porn-hungry web users as reported in Cosmopolitan Magazine.
    PornHub Reports Southern States Biggest Porn Users (XBIZ)
  • Apparently the women are sold for “parties” on American ships. In an article written for the Duluth Star Tribune, Stark describes one disturbing anecdote of an Anishinaabe woman who had just left a shelter after being beaten by her pimp – who was a wealthy, white family man. He paid her bills, rent, and the essentials for her children, but on weekends, “brought up other white men from the Cities for prostitution with Native women… he had her role-play the racist ‘Indian maiden’ and ‘European colonizer’ myth with him during sex.”
    First Nations Women Are Being Sold into the Sex Trade On Ships Along Lake Superior (VICE Canada)
  • An Idaho man who allegedly had sex with his cat for a year was arrested last week on charges of animal cruelty and crimes against nature. Ryan Havens Tannenholz, 28, of Boise, isn’t just a questionable cat guardian, he’s also a self-proclaimed “furry” who takes on the fursona of a “sparkly” anthropomorphic dog he calls “Bubblegum Husky”
    Idaho Man in Doghouse, Accused of Sex With Cat (FindLaw)

  • The Armory Studios, local porn titan Kink.com’s educational wing, offers a variety of workshops. There’s “Yoga for Sex” (flexibility, breathing, etc.) There’s “Stripping and Lapdancing” 101 and “201″ (sensual movement, putting on and taking off clothing, etc.) And now, there’s a new “intensive” offering aimed at helping couples explore bondage and other fun activities for the BDSM curious.
    Kink’s Armory Studios Now Offering ‘Intensive’ BDSM Workshop (SFist)


  • Mark Schechter, owner of Adult Talent Managers LA and agent for Bay, told The Times that the actress went in Monday for her regular screening for sexually transmitted diseases and the results came back inconclusive. She went in for a second test Tuesday with a new blood sample. Preliminary results came back Wednesday as potentially positive for HIV. This story is currently a media feeding frenzy; it is not the most significant HIV [Southern California] porn industry story in recent history (LA Times can’t get enough of this news item right now). Still, the SoCal industry has ‘officially’ stopped porn production.
    FSC Calls for Moratorium as Performer Tests Positive for HIV– Updated (“The Real Porn Wikileaks”)
  • “Login instantly” is not new, but it’s an unusual choice for a social network, and a potentially alarming feature for a service that many OKCupid users consider deeply personal. Furthermore, most users don’t seem to be aware of it. Those who are have been complaining since 2009 about how easy it is to accidentally give out full account access. OKCupid declined to comment on the practice.
    Not OK, Cupid: dating site email security gaffe leaves your account wide open (The Verge)
  • A city on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island will require female students to pass a virginity test for entering senior high school in an effort to reduce the rate of “negative acts,” news reports said Tuesday. Muhammad Rasyid, chief of the Education Agency in the city of Prabumulih in South Sumatra Province, reportedly said the virginity test, which will be a response to the high rate of “adultery” and “prostitution” among female students, is slated to start next year.
    Indonesian city to require female schoolgirls to pass virginity test (Global Post)

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  • XBIZ is pleased to announce the addition of a special “Porn Studies” session to the XBIZ EU lineup, slated for Sept. 24 from 3-3:50 p.m. “Porn Studies” editors Clarissa Smith and Georgina Voss will speak about the academic journal, which has garnered significant media attention since the announcement of its advent in May.
    XBIZ EU to Host Controversial ‘Porn Studies’ Session (XBIZ)
  • Since Abbot Shi Yongxin took over the mythic birthplace of kung fu in 1999, he’s been derisively called a Kung Fu CEO. Shaolin Temple now has overseas temples, publishing offices. Hidden cameras installed in female abbot’s rooms, rumors of illegitimate children and overseas mansions. Shi Yongxi’s business-savvy Shaolin Temple has faced its shares of public accusations.
    Sex, Money, And Kung Fu: Shaolin Temple Plagued By Scandal (Buzzfeed)

Main post photo: via gallery at Yaya Kosikova by Ezra Patchett. (fashionography.net)

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Want: Delicious vintage lingerie from Dottie’s Delights

22 August 2013
Above: the Short Sheer Frou Frou Dressing Robe ($134) of my dreams! Okay, I'll settle down long enough to point you to the wonders of Dottie's Delights, combining vintage inspiration with modern production, plus sexy-as-hell models and terrific photography. Photos of Mosh in the Frou Frou by Todd Crawford.
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Photos and words: The Pirelli Calendar 50-year retrospective

21 August 2013
Image: from Pirelli Calendar from 2006 by Mert+Marcus (not in the Dazed gallery). This month's issue (September) of Dazed and Confused has a great article covering the erotic, artistic history of the notorious and coveted Pirelli Calendar. In FASHION ARCHIVE: PIRELLI CALENDAR Dazed Digital wraps the article around a large gallery […]
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Sex News: Uber for sex, Porn Filter Venn Diagram, porn webmaster AMA, #Slanegirl

20 August 2013
Above: Internet porn-filter Venn diagram (Paul Bernal) Two friends had an idea to break their sexual dry spells: Pure, an app set to release next week in iTunes, that supposedly brings the on-demand convenience of Uber or Seamless to the bedroom. On Pure, users designate their gender and the gender(s) of […]
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Eye Candy: Pretty, Hot Porn

19 August 2013
Scenes from director Sophie Bramly's film Ooooh (omg go watch the trailer) starring some of my favorite French porn stars (without makeup!), including Nikita Bellucci, Phil Holliday, Liza Della Sierra and the uber-hot Jasmine Arabia: Ooooh Sample 1 Ooooh Sample 2 Ooooh Sample 3 A few new videos from favorite sites: Capri Anderson - What […]
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Bound for Disappointment, or BFD: A parody novel by Sheri Savill

17 August 2013
Parody novel Bound for Disappointment by Sheri Savill unleashed its scathing BDSM insider-baseball satire upon the literary world July 10, but this thing's painfully, hilariously timeless. Savill's brilliant short novel manages to lampoon whingey female submissives, cloying sex culture personalities, a variety of cringeworthy male dominant stereotypes, tepid BDSM, and […]
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Super 8, and more beauty from photographer Kiril Stanoev

17 August 2013
I found the Super 8 photo set by Kiril Stanoev on Design You Trust (one of my favorite blogs), and followed breadcrumbs until I found a collection of their photos on the 500px Kiril Stanoev page. The website has a frustrating way of displaying content (especially erotic), but right now […]
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Sex News: Oculus Rift virtual sex, Avengers sex toys, copyright-free porn, Geek Squad

14 August 2013
Sex-simulation software developer ThriXXX announced it has integrated the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset into its soon-to-be released Chathouse3D product. It’s described as a peer-to-peer 3D chat client that lets adult-only users socialize in private virtual spaces, virtually date, and engage in multi-player sexual role play fantasies while plugged into […]
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Eye Candy: Pretty Porn Monday

12 August 2013
If we all have to go back to work, we might as well start the week with some sweet Eye Candy... Kristall Rush and gentleman friend - Give It To Her (video) Capri Anderson and gentleman friend - What She Wants (screenshots; video) Hegre Art meets Kink.com; beautiful - Emily in Extreme Restraints Connie […]
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William Wilde: I want it all, and Filthy Wilde Does Boys

11 August 2013
I want it all. I'm looking at all the luscious latex designs by William Wilde and thinking I'm doing something wrong. Above is the SS2013 collection, shot at London Fashion Week; below are samples from his new collection for men. I usually don't dig on latex for men (it's often […]
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Hot girls and linklove: Cult excellence from Driven By Boredom

10 August 2013
Above: Ladie Lane by Driven By Boredom. In my last Sex News post, I included the abysmal treatment of erotic photographer Driven By Boredom by Instagram, when the company abruptly deleted his account without notice, taking away the community he'd built with thousands of connections and years of work that only […]
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Sex News: ‘Lovelace’ sued, NSA sex harassment, Boob Jam for coders, Database pr0n, sex and apps

9 August 2013
Image via Vitruvian Man in Socks (Design You Trust) How the pressures of the shipping industry have shaped everything about the maritime culture of Filipino Seafarers. Right down to their penile implants. The Strange Sexual Quirk of Filipino Seafarers (The Atlantic) An NSA recruit describes failing the polygraph test in a fit of […]
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Eye Candy: Pretty Porn Quickies

8 August 2013
Satisfy Her with Kiera Winters Pretty Pussy with Dido Angel Eat You Up with Whitney Xenia Lily - First solo Three of Explicite's stars - toys and squirting Jesse Volt and Mike - (is that a GoPro?!) Sophie Dee - Juliland photos Sophie Dee - Mirror dildo Beata B - Fandado by Koenart Soko A - Potenca by Matt […]
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Whimsical naughty comic superheroes by Pixel Mixer

6 August 2013
This is the art of Pixel Mixer, aka Eugen Schmidt. At the moment, the Russian artist is having their stuff reblogged in all the usual source-credit-outside-our-business-plan-is-for-suckers places (Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.) - and it's an exercise in frustration to find information about them, or more info about their work. Can I […]
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Penelope Cruz writes and directs Agent Provocateur video, L’Agent

4 August 2013
The newest Agent Provocateur video launches its first spinoff label for an Autumn/Winter 2013 campaign, designed by Penélope and Mónica Cruz; the L' Agent video was written and directed by Penelope Cruz. It's actually her directorial debut, and it stars Irina Shayk and Javier Bardem. The L'Agent website has more, […]
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