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- On Friday night, 22-year-old student Elliot Rodger killed six people and wounded seven more in Santa Barbara: Rodger shot himself before police caught him. According to his own videos before the murders, Rodger was an outraged “pick up artist” (PUA) who wanted to kill [sorority] girls for not fucking him. The PUA boards he was on have deleted his posts, and claim that proper use of game – manipulating girls into fucking him – would have “saved lives.”
The Pick-Up Artist Community’s Predictable, Horrible Response to a Mass Murder (Slate)
- “Talking with a good friend the other day about all the recent attention regarding sexual assault on college campuses… we quickly got around to an angle that cuts close to home: What would we tell our teenage sons, who themselves will go off to school in the next few years?”
What I’m Telling My Son About Drunk Sex and Consent (TIME)
- Intimate photographs – specifically photos with nudity – should be deleted at the end of a relationship if one of the partners calls for it, a court in Germany has ruled.
‘Revenge porn’ victims receive boost from German court ruling (Guardian UK)
- SugarDVD is working on an app for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. It currently is working with motion-capture studios in Los Angeles to generate original, virtual reality-optimized content that will take full advantage of the Oculus Rift’s technology.
SugarDVD Planning an App for Oculus Rift VR Headset (XBIZ)
- The Casual Sex Project, an online experiment dedicated to gathering the most diverse, engaging, and enlightening hook up sex stories, is run by Dr. Zhana Vrangalova, a NYC-based sex researcher, educator, and NYU instructor.
This Woman Is Collecting Thousands of Casual Sex Stories to Learn More about How We Hook Up (Nerve)
- A poster depicting Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis as “Abortion Barbie” was unveiled in Los Angeles on Thursday in advance of her Hollywood fundraiser and bankrolled by a conservative Midland [Texas] woman.
Conservative Midland woman funds “Abortion Barbie” posters in Hollywood (My San Antonio)
- DAMMIT. The naked men in Denmark doing Crossfit (Spartan Mentality) story is a hoax.
Nude Crossfit Is A Hoax? NSFW Workout Photos Go Viral (Social News Daily)
- A three-story Bushwick [New York] building is being converted into a judgement-free living space for polyamorous lovers. Leon Feingold (of Open Love NY), the real estate agent representing the free-love residence claims “It’s not a sex-fest. It’s not a place to come and get your freak on. It’s a place to come home to.”
Brooklyn Based Apartment Building for Polyamorists (Observer)
- 18-year-old Alyssa Funke performed in one scene for CastingCouch–X as Stella Ann. After putting on a brave face to rebuff online ridicule and bullying, most believe the torment led to her suicide.
The tragic suicide of a teenager harassed for an amateur porn video (Washington Post)
- The deep-necked T-shirt is a dangerous item of clothing for a man. There is only one thing it’s good for, and that is a visual hammer-blow to focus attention on a manly chest, a dead-aimed bull’s-eye boast for the breasts, an in-yer-face whoop for a studly rack.
Jude Law and the Great Male ‘He-Vage’ Crisis (Daily Beast)
- Toronto agency Union helps Axe reinforce its position as the mating-man’s go-to product by adding pheromones to company business cards.
AXE adds sexy sweat to essential business card information (FastCo Create)
- “As a sex worker of 10 years who has been involved in activism and policy work, I have heard the full gamut of assumptions people make about the industry… so let’s go over nine of the biggest lies told about sex work.”
9 Lies We Have To Stop Telling About Sex Workers (Policy Mic)
- Madonna and Katy Perry donned erotic accessories and posed in erotic shapes, but the whole shoot is remarkably sterile and unerotic. It’s a feat in and of itself.
Madonna & Katy Perry by Steven Klein (Fashiontography)
Nice Slate read, but I’d consider the murderer more of a Nice Guy(tm) than a PUA. They are both about as mature as a hyperactive kitten on catnip, so it’s easy to confuse the two.
The feat is erotic in itself … at least as far as the last two girls.
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