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• “So: this week, some sexual predators on the internet released private photos of various female celebrities, including fan-favourite Jennifer Lawrence. They did this, I imagine, because the actions of various terrorists in the gamer community last week weren’t quite enough of a nail in the coffin of any notion of masculine respectability left on the planet earth. Thanks, predators and terrorists! It’s awesome having a penis this week.”
  Destroy All Monsters: Celebrity Boobs! Boobs! Boobs! (TwitchFilm)

• The celebrity nudes hacking scandal is a good reminder that a “just say no” approach isn’t going to stop anyone from sexting anytime soon. This issue isn’t a story about “right” or “wrong” ways of thinking about privacy — it’s a wake-up call about security and sexuality.
  Wake up: The celebrity nudes hack is everyone’s problem (ZDNet)

• A number of people woke up today to discover that Tumblr search no longer returned any adult content at all — but it appears that Tumblr has quietly activated safe search settings for *some* users. I’m not sure what happened yet, but if you look for a tiny padlock icon on the right-hand side and find it locked, you can have normal (uncensored) search restored by clicking to unlock the lock icon.
  Tumblr is now for toddlers (UPDATED) (Japan Subculture Research Center Annex)

• Buzzfeed read seven of the most popular works of Bigfoot erotica and assessed them by several relevant qualities.
  An Incomplete But Definitely Exhaustive Review Of Bigfoot Erotica (Buzzfeed)

• A California family was indicted Tuesday by federal prosecutors for selling counterfeit penis pills marked as the brands Viagra, Levitra and Cialis. Each family member faces up to 10 years in prison and a $2 million fine.
  Calif. Family Indicted for Selling Counterfeit Penis Pills (XBIZ)

• Sexual abuse has been systemically under-reported among Asian girls due to deeply entrenched cultural taboos – obscuring the reality that there is a rampant problem of minority girls being abused by members of their own community.
  The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim (Guardian UK)

• The U.S. porn industry lifted its ban on filming, just a day after production halted when a performer tested positive for HIV. As it turns out, that test result was a false positive, industry group Free Speech Coalition said in a statement. “Production on adult film can resume safely,” the group said Friday.
  Porn filming moratorium lifted after HIV case turned out to be a false positive (Washington Post)

• This little game is so cute and fun! Fap Ninja is MiKandi’s first adult game. The game features Fap Ninja, a sexy badass female ninja who’s always searching for the ultimate orgasm. T.E.N.T.A. (Tiny Erotic Ninja Tentacle Assistant), Fap Ninja’s fiercely loyal octo pet monster (because hentai), and Hot Horny Honzo, the legendary samurai and sex toy maker.
  Fap Ninja – Adult Android App (MiKandi)

• Cory Allen Contemporary Art (CACA) has announced that the recently leaked nude images of Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton will be the latest additions to Los Angeles artist XVALA’s “Fear Google” campaign and will be on display to the public, unaltered, in the artist’s upcoming show “No Delete” next month at CACA’s The Showroom in Saint Petersburg, Fla.
  Leaked Nude Photos of Jennifer Lawrence & Kate Upton to be Displayed by Los Angeles Artist in Upcoming Exhibit (E! Online)

• Village Roadshow is the Australian movie studio that the US State Department admitted was used as the token “Australian” movie studio in the MPAA’s big lawsuit against iiNet. It has said that without reforms the entire industry will die, and that infringement is on par with terrorism and pedophilia.
  Australian Movie Studio Says Piracy Is Equivalent Of Pedophilia & Terrorism (Techdirt)

• GQ named Kim Kardashian Woman of the Year? The process is structured like the “tech meritocracy” I guess… As a teaser for the GQ issue announcing her accomplishment, Kardashian posted the above photo from her GQ photoshoot on Instagram.
  Kim Kardashian Shares Butt-Naked Photo From Racy British GQ Photo Spread (E! Online)

• San Francisco has created the first health system sex and gender social-identity guidelines and policies in the U.S. The Health Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved The City’s first systematic sexual orientation guidelines. The policy will help doctors better understand what risk factors exist for San Francisco residents of all sexual orientations (and genders), according to health officials.
  Health Commission approves SF’s first systemwide sexual orientation policy (SF Examiner)

• The celebrity stolen nudes scandal has shined an uncomfortable light on everything from cloud security to sexual privacy. Now there’s finally a very public conversation happening about how hard it is for women to fight online attacks such as this. I think it’s time to talk about fighting back.
  Despite security flaws, legal failures: How to fight revenge porn (ZDNet)

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The London Times named Violet Blue "One of the 40 bloggers who really count" and Self Magazine named TinyNibbles one of the “Best Sex Resources for Women.” Blue is an autodidact and pundit on sex and technology, hacking and security, porn for women, privacy and bleeding-edge tech culture. She is a journalist for ZDNet, CBS News, CNET; she's an educator, speaker, crisis counselor, volunteer NGO trainer, and the author and editor of over 40 award-winning books.

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