- Okay, so this tool might be a fake product, but the Dildo Selfie Stick is pretty much one of the most ingenious ideas of the year.
Sex-toy selfie stick is too good of an idea to remain fake (Daily Dot)
- Chances are you’ve seen photos of the Sexy Pizza Rat and Sexy Cecil the Lion (and Sexy Donald Trump and Sexy Minion and Sexy Lobster, and I can go on and on…) costumes floating around the internet. Go ahead and keep rolling your eyes and writing your outraged articles, because Chad Horstman doesn’t care what you think of his costumes.
We Talked to the CEO Behind Those Ridiculous “Sexy” Halloween Costumes (Maxim)
- This article is a must-read. “In June, a sheriff in Illinois called on Mastercard and Visa to stop processing payments for the classifieds ad site Backpage.com, which the law enforcer alleged was a hotbed of prostitution and sex trafficking. Within 48 hours, both companies had complied, leading Backpage to sue the sheriff for using the power of his office to circumvent legal avenues of addressing his allegations against the site, much as police had done to publishers deemed to be proliferating “impure” books in the 1960s.”
The Porn-Peddler’s Guide to Operation Choke Point (MiKandi)
- Using criminal software known as Blackshades, Leeds-based hacker Stefan Rigo, 33, was able to gain remote access to webcams anywhere in the world. Rigo spent five to 12 hours each day spying on unsuspecting people’s daily activities through Skype or in front of the computer.
British man hacked webcams to watch people have sex (NY Daily News)
- Canada’s new prostitution act is supposed to keep workers safe, but many in the profession say it puts them in danger. As Arielle Piat-Sauvé reports, the fight to sell sex safely is far from over.
Law V. Lust (maisonneuve)
This Guy Is Crowdfunding A Sex Toy With A Mouth, Vagina And Butthole http://t.co/ULOd2nfh3B pic.twitter.com/FXLXGPyPXq
— FutureofSex (@FutureofSex) October 8, 2015
- At CEATEC, the component maker paired up with TECHMAC to show off a dating game featuring a “Tokimeki Sensor” — “tokimeki” is a Japanese word for “palpitation” that’s often associated with dating simulators. The player places their hand on a board, with the index fingers placed on an optical palpitation sensor on the back. The subject then faces a flirty anime boy or girl on the left screen for about a minute, followed by its human counterpart on the right, and then the game will determine whether you’re into 2D romance instead of 3D.
This sensor knows if you like anime a little too much (Engadget)
- Patent troll TZU Technologies reportedly filed six lawsuits in June, claiming infringement of its intellectual property, patent number 6,368,268. The TZU claim is based on a 2002 patent issued to HasSex president Warren Sandvick, for a “stimulation system” that could be remotely controlled from another location — broadly encompassing the entire realm of teledildonics. Apparently the Cotman IP group, which represents TZU dropped the lawsuit against Kickstarter when it learned that the company was determined to fight it in court.
Teledildonics Patent Troll Drops Suit Against Kickstarter (XBIZ)
- Because of the abuse and lack of support, homeless LGBT teens often engage in “survival sex” or sex used as a means to survive extreme situations. The new amendment for safe harbor laws should include a ban on arrests and court proceedings for juveniles on all prostitution-related charges. There are currently no safe harbor protections for juveniles engaged in “sex survival.”
7 Solutions To Save Homeless LGBT Kids From ‘Survival Sex’ (aplus)
- Stanford University was sharply criticized on Monday for pushing an interpretation of campus-wide sexual assault data that activists said is misleading.
Activists Blast Stanford For “Misleading” Campus Sex Assault Data (Buzzfeed) See also: A Sex Scandal Rocks Stanford’s Business School (Bloomberg)
- Italian porn actor/director Rocco Siffredi is starting an academy to teach aspiring adult film actors and actresses the tricks of the trade. He will document his training in the reality show, “Universita del Porno,” to air in Italy, Perfil.com reports. Classes will be in session on the set of “Siffredi Hard Academy,” in which the porn veteran will instruct a group of 21 hopefuls on different techniques and tactics on how to be a believable porn actor on screen.
‘Porn University’ opens for aspiring adult film performers (NY Daily News)
- There is soooooo much sex in this show now. “Bomer went on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to discuss what it’s like getting that up close and personal with [Lady Gaga in American Horror Story: Hotel]. “Yeah, I think you see more of me in the first episode of this than you see in the first two Magic Mikes combined,” he admitted.”
Matt Bomer Discusses Onscreen Sex With Lady Gaga & American Horror Story: Hotel (Refinery 29)
- Obscenity lawyer Myles Jackman has announced his launch of an appeal on the crowd-funding website Patreon for monthly donations to fund his pro bono activism. Jackman is known for his work in representing criminal defendants charged with consensual adult pornography offenses and specializes in privacy and freedom of expression issues — especially for members of the BDSM, LGBTQ, adult entertainment industry and sex worker communities.
U.K. Lawyer Myles Jackman Now Crowdfunding Free Speech Activism (XBIZ)
- A federal judge threw out a former hotel owner’s lawsuit against a Connecticut town’s police force last week over a raid of the hotel during a swinger’s party. The gist of the judge’s ruling: a sex party is not a form of protected free speech under the First Amendment.
Judge rules sex parties are not a form of protected speech (Fusion)
- If your knowledge of the desnudas is through glancing at the Post or Daily News, you might expect that Times Square currently feels like a cross between a Dutch red-light district, a Wild West town, and a Caligulan orgy. In reality, while there have been a few notable incidents — a fight between an unstable female passerby and one of the performers; the arrest of another performer for alleged prostitution and drug possession — the atmosphere around the women seems friendly, even festive. They circulate around the plaza, smiling with the pleasantly distracted air of flight attendants, their outfits no more titillating than those of Vegas showgirls.
Times Square: The City’s Id, Now and Always (NY Magazine)
- Warning for survivors of sexual assault and trauma. “four men nabbed in an FBI sting operation targeting an extreme slice of the human trafficking underworld: people seeking sexual and domestic slaves. Court papers paint a disturbing picture of the lengths all four fiends went to keep their would-be slaves hidden. They outfitted their homes with things like soundproof boxes, window coverings, and even a 500-pound therapeutic bed with chains.”
FBI Uncovers National Sex Dungeon Ring (Daily Beast)
