- Kevin Bollaert (the fucktard behind revenge porn site ugotposted.com and changemyreputation.com), 28, was found guilty Monday of 27 counts, including identity theft and extortion, and faces up to 20 years in prison. The San Diego County Superior Court jury was unable to reach verdicts on two charges of identity theft and conspiracy.
Revenge-Porn Website Owner Convicted, Faces Up To 20 Years (HuffPo)
- I guess they only expect straight men to win Employee of the Year? A Chinese tech security firm has come out with a quirky idea to make their employees happy as they are offering a night with a porn star for their Employee of the Year bonus.
Tech firm offering Employee of Year night with porn star as bonus! (Yahoo! News)
- iDollators link together through groups around the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada and Europe. They share ideas, visions, fears, and, above all, their love for life-sized, realistic silicone dolls, made by specialized companies for as much as $6,000 a piece. Some iDollators save up for years in order to acquire the perfect life-size companion.
Guys and Plastic Dolls (Narratively)
Above: Stephen Colbert showing two other dudes how to bring sexy back.
- Sounds like predecided propaganda to me… Maybe ‘documentary’ should be in quotes? “The film’s central mission is to highlight the impact working in porn has on the women who participate in it. Instead, [the documentary] “Hot Girls Wanted” offers unexamined statements and vague intimations about how doing porn harms women and watching it warps men.”
The Netflix Porn Doc ‘Hot Girls Wanted’ Reinforces Tired Sexual Stereotypes (VICE)
- “In the mid-1960s, Dad purchased several porn novels through the mail. (…) At the time, pornography was still a taboo business. Paperbacks were sold in the back rooms of adult theaters, on hidden racks at newsstands and at adult bookstores in cities.”
My Dad, the Pornographer (NYT)
- Allie is betting her future as a contestant on a new reality show called “The Sex Factor.” On the show, which is currently in production, eight women and eight men compete for “porn stardom” and a $1 million prize.
Inside the Reality Show Where Aspiring Porn Stars Compete for Stardom (ABC News)
Above: Madonna’s new corset-fabulous video “Living for Love“
- Apply critical thinking skills to the generalizations, dear readers. “Mating strategies are as varied as the creatures that make up the animal kingdom, but most fall into one of two broad categories: monogamous or polygamous.”
Use Finger Length—Not Genetics—to Predict Promiscuity (PS Mag)
- A group of seniors were recently introduced to the raunchy world of virtual reality porn. Their reactions were recorded for posterity.
Seniors Watch Virtual Reality Porn For The First Time, React Accordingly (HuffPo)
- Despite its explicit language (not to mention catchy ditties about things like “Waiting for Wood”), the musical “Pretty Filthy” is winningly guileless — almost downright innocent. It’s also frequently hilarious.
‘Pretty Filthy’ is a surprisingly wholesome musical about the porn industry (NY Post)
- Rome’s mayor and officials are considering a “red light” district to shield sex workers from exploitation and families from embarrassment.
Rome Officials Mull ‘Red Light’ Prostitution Zone (NYT)
- You have imagined the press tour for the upcoming film 50 Shades of Grey—by now firmly established as among the most disastrous of the past decade, if not so far this century.
50 Shades of [Sigh]: The Disastrous 50 Shades of Grey Press Tour (Defamer)
Hey @amazon this escalated quickly pic.twitter.com/yyPZ5MgH2I
— Jeff Lyons (@usedwigs) February 4, 2015
- A jump in the Swiss franc against the euro, which threatens to push the country’s economy into recession, is boosting trade in brothels across the border in Germany.
Strong Swiss franc boosts trade at German brothels (Reuters)
- “I directed four ultra-low budget features for Roger Corman, and I thought we worked fast and cheap, but once you start digging around behind the scenes, you realize no one — absolutely no one — works harder, faster or cheaper than porn crews.”
How the Porn Industry Set the Stage for Micro-Budget Filmmaking (Indiewire)
- Trojan is linking a new marketing effort to the “50 Shades of Grey” film, which debuts on Feb. 13, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The effort includes a 2-minute video on YouTube and a 15-second trailer.
Trojan Pegs Video To ’50 Shades Of Grey’ (Mediapost)
- A UK helpline for victims of revenge porn has been launched as part of a concerted push to tackle the growing problem of explicit photographs being shared online without the victim’s consent. Also, we just launched our new redesign at Without My Consent — go check it out!
Revenge porn victims’ helpline launched in UK (Guardian UK)
- Some BDSM practices, practitioners argue, can enhance the psychological well-being of their participants. And recent science has started to support these claims, suggesting that certain forms of BDSM may have anti-anxiety effects, as well as other mental health benefits. (Highly recommended: Dr. Morgana Maye’s Love Your Kink.)
Can Bondage Play Reduce Anxiety? (NY Mag)
- Brian Watson is a historian with a Masters of Arts focused on the history of pornography and obscenity, so he answers questions on sexuality, privacy and obscenity in the AskHistorians subreddit page as well.
Reddit moderator has MA in history of porn (News AU)
