- Hunter Moore, who has been called “the most hated man on the Internet” for his operation and defense of revenge porn website “IsAnyoneUp” was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury. Moore and an alleged accomplice Charles “Gary” Evens were indicted on 15 counts, including conspiracy, seven counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information and seven counts of aggravated identity theft.
Revenge Porn King Hunter Moore Indicted by U.S. Attorney (TIME)
- While children have undoubtedly long considered Downton Abbey to be musty adult entertainment, the show is getting a very adult makeover. The porn version of Julian Fellowes’ award winning drama is set at the illustrious estate of Bottomley Manor owned by * ahem * Lord and Lady Grabhem who live there with their stepdaughters Abby and Fanny and, naturally, a manservant called Master Bates. The film stars Ben Dover, Clarke Kent, Jasmine Jae and more as well as and Lexi Lowe as the titular Abby.
Hold On To Your Bloomers: Downton Abbey Gets A Porn Makeover (TIME)
- This well-researched article about the effects of certain foods on sex has been copied badly by Complex, Nerve and other outlets. The original piece is far more interesting. Here it is.
10 Foods You Should Avoid If You Want A Better Sex Life (Elite Daily)
- There are actually some amusing items in this article, despite the author’s unnecessarily reactive and reductive framing. I’m pleased to discover the Brony aka ‘My Little Pony” butt plugs :D
If This Is The Future Of Sex, We’ll Stay In The Past (NSFW) (Huffington Post)
- Swedish designer brand LELO announced the launch of Ora, an all-new sensual massager that simulates the feelings of oral sex for women. Offering an experience unlike any design currently on the market, its landmark features create swirling circles and fast flicks to stimulate the clitoris, while combining surging vibrations across 10 stimulation patterns.
LELO Launches Oral-Sex Stimulator Ora (XBIZ)
- FriXion combines social networking and remote hardware control to provide a wide variety of, essentially, remote-operated sex-toys to the lonely, the adventurous, the curious, and the just downright happy-to-do-it however-they-can. This interview with FriXion devs is great.
Interview: FriXion and the future of connected sex (NAME)
- Remember when porn meant something? At the lackluster 2014 AVN Awards, an event long-billed as the Academy Awards for the adult industry, things got a little weird. Great article.
My Night at the NSFW Oscars (Things Get Weird at the AVN Awards) (Daily Beast)
- This article doesn’t bother to hide its childish distaste for the subject matter, but I’m excited to read the good news: The James Franco-produced documentary Kink, which details the lives of the employees of notorious fetish website kink.com, has now found a home with MPI Pictures and will be receiving a theatrical release in the summer of 2014.
James Franco Finds Distributor For BDSM Documentary “Kink” (NewNowNext)
- Gay porn company Falcon Studios is now attempting to hearken back to the days when barebacking was cool. In their latest release California Dreamin’ 1, the studio filmed all its scenes with condoms but managed to digitally remove the prophylactics in post-production.
Porn studio digitally removes condoms from release to provide ‘pre-condom fantasy’ (The Verge)
- Sex with Glass is an app that is being developed to allow couples having sex to see what their partner is seeing. Here are five other apps that might be expected to go into development; more interesting content only slightly marred by the Guardian’s idiotic sex-negativity.
Google Glass apps that could change your sex life and boost your ego (NAME)
- Toon Timmermans, a Dutch entrepreneur, is launching Kiiroo, a company that sells digital sex toys for the modern age. The Kiiroo is made of plastic and rubber, and conforms to male and female body parts. What makes Kiiroo different is teledildonics – the two devices are tethered together via the web, on the Kiiroo platform.
Behind Kiiroo: The Company Whose New Sex Toy Helps You Hook Up With Strangers (NAME)
- Great op-ed: “What does trouble me, though, is the general state of affairs with respect to the industry’s public relations where piracy lawsuits directed at end-users are concerned – a state of affairs that I think can be quite fairly and accurately described as “not at all good.”
The Pitfalls of Porn End-User Copyright Litigation (XBIZ)
- After having delighted British audiences (and horrified Guardian UK) with its ribald depiction of sex taking place within the confines of a box, rather than the more traditional hallway full of slamming doors, the Channel 4 series Sex Box could be making its way to America.
British series Sex Box, about having sex in a box, could be coming to American TV (AV Club)
- Porn Valley (LA segment of the global porn industry) is moving to Las Vegas. While Los Angeles requires health checks and charges hundreds of dollars for location permits, Clark County, where Las Vegas is located, does not require health permits and gives out location licenses for a nominal fee.
Porn Production Moves to Vegas After Condom Law (AP/ABC News)
The Elite Daily 10 foods to avoid link is broken, it should point to http://elitedaily.com/dating/sex/10-foods-you-should-avoid-if-you-want-a-better-sex-life/