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Kink Your Kindle: Best sex books of 2009!

11 December 2009
Image by Arslan Truelove (also). This week's column was such a pleasure to put together; since I've edited erotic anthologies for nearly ten years, I love, love, love sex books. The end-of-year posts are always a treat because I get to re-experience my encounters with various media; put the two together […]
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behind the leweb talk: 24 hours later

11 December 2009
Image by Blogowski. The reactions to this talk are the weirdest I've encountered in my many years of talking about sex at tech conferences (incl. SXSW, ETech, Forbes Internet Leadership Conference). Women loved it; all the feedback and backchannel chat from women has been excited and positive. And there's been a […]
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free livestream show from Kink’s Upper Floor

9 December 2009
Image by Richard Kadrey/Kaos Beauty Klinik. This is a Tiny Nibbles PSA: I felt it was my duty to tell you about Kink's free livestreamed show tomorrow (December 10) from their Upper Floor. At the Armory, there will be an elaborate scene enacted live in the decadent quarters constructed on the […]
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the view from paris [podcast]

8 December 2009
Image taken with my Android (Moment) with FX Camera and FlickrDroid. A special edition: live from Paris! In this quickie, I read "The View From Paris" from Alison Tyler's collection, "Exposed" -- this afternoon, from the garden next to the Louvre. The image in this post is my view; the Eiffel […]
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time for sexy geek nominations!

8 December 2009
Image "Fire (Show Me Light)" by Rai Robledo (rairobledo.com). I know -- I’m opening up nominations two days later than usual (disclaimer: I'm in Paris right now to speak about the future of sex on a global stage; it's all okay). But like 2005, '06, '07 ('08), and '09, I’ll be […]
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on talking to doctors about sex

8 December 2009
Image by helenaa75. My most recent San Francisco Chronicle column was really popular, and even got me invited to more than one medical convention. In the The Sex Doctor is Out, I cover the topic of finding a sex-positive doctor (at the very least one you can talk to about sex […]
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a festive holiday CL Casual Encounter

8 December 2009
Image by artsy_j. Leave it to Craigslist Casual Encounters to make those Starbucks holiday beverages into something dirty. From San Fransisco, a dispatch: Starbucks bj after Peppermint Lattes, you said my tongue was minty - w4m - 18 (laurel hts / presidio) I lost my contacts and was walking into walls, you were […]
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more love from the help desk? yes, please!

8 December 2009
The cool peeps at Zendesk have been at it again with more love from and for the help desk; I was told there was a lot of talk about this one before adding it... We sexy geek fans are glad they did! Help Desk Love Gone WAY Too Far is […]
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love the help desk? thought you’d never ask…

2 December 2009
Now that is customer service. December 8 is the official 'love your help desk agent' day -- who knew? No one! It's new! Thanks to Zendesk we now have Love Your Help Desk Day, to encourage a moment of appreciation for help desk customer support reps. To this end they've made […]
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for the love of FLNGS: best multi-user sex blog

2 December 2009
I recently discovered what has to be the best multi-contributor sex blog (for visual erotic art) on the internet right now: FLNGS (latenightfeelings.com). It includes the ongoing contributions of legendary talents Nathan Appel, Bob Coulter, Chase Lisbon, Merkley???, George Pitts, Tony Stamolis and now, Katie West. Right now one of the […]
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actually, most commercial porn is dangerous because it might bore you to death

2 December 2009
Image by artsy_j. The other risk with porn is that you may end up in anger management classes while waiting for your skintube video to buffer. Other than that, when you find hot porn, no one gets hurt unless they've carefully negotiated the scene beforehand and then asked the lady with […]
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kittehs are always a welcome distraction

30 November 2009
The above image is part of a must-see larger piece by Eric Elenbaas (ericelenbaas.nl, via). It's a lovely distraction for a girl who should be rehearsing her next appearance... And while on the subject of eros and kittehs, this pic brought a smile to my face tonight (ponyxpress.tumblr.com).
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Women and Porn: on Oprah

30 November 2009
Here I am, talking to Oprah about porn. Yay! She's really fun to talk to. I just found the above segment with my appearance on the show via Twitter. A little over a week ago I was delighted to be a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about […]
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the climate in which the sex-positive phone platform wins

30 November 2009
Image by Noah Kalina. The iPhone's app store has long had a reputation for prudery. So it doesn't surprise me to see the Android pulling ahead with an open model that shows it has the market awareness to truly survive in the wild, allowing room for things like the just-announced, adults-only […]
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if you’ve ever wondered what those Met Art photo shoots are really like…

30 November 2009
I really admire the beauty in those European pinup models (and big-name photographers) at Met Art and generally regard their work highly -- the combination of tasteful and explicit content with fairly wholesome-looking, natural ladies unarguably puts our domestic men's magazines to shame. But I've always wondered what the vibe […]
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in which we are certain your vagina does not need a breath mint

30 November 2009
Image by yasu529. This is one of those items that does not necessarily have a happy ending, nor give anyone happy face (especially not anyone who deep-sixes a dubious suppository into their precious parts). However, the last word on the topic, provided by longtime friend, colleague and fellow sex educator Charlie […]
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lascivious housewares

29 November 2009
I've been angling to do a lascivious housewares post for a few days now, and while longtime readers know how much I've yearned for the Seven Deadly Sins Plate Set, I found a few things that make me want to spend money I don't have and complete my wanna-be naughty […]
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the thing is, if I had a penis I don’t think I’d stick it in a Cuisinart

28 November 2009
But I'll admit that the video by Kanojo Toys for the (Japanese) Ona Max Revolution Sex Machine (kanojotoys.com) is a must-see. Especially since I'm surprised it hasn't been pulled from YT yet... But, wow. Here's another classic from Kanojo, sans testicle-dildo demo:
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female sexual desire a la the NYT Magazine

28 November 2009
Image by Half Pinay - Laretta Houston. There's a really interesting, in-depth article about the research around women and sexual desire in the NYT Magazine. Caveat that it's in the NYT Magazine because if you don't clear your cookied or use some kind of bugmenot, they still make you log in […]
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UK university job offer to study lapdancing pays less than lapdancing

27 November 2009
Just found this item: Leeds University advertises for lap dance research officer (telegraph.co.uk). The advertised position is for: “Research Officer - The rise and regulation of lap dancing and the place of sexual labour and consumption in the night time economy”. The ad states that “prior experience of conducting research […]
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