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Finally Sex Journalism We Can Understand

19 July 2010
I know you're going to click on the NMA News (Taiwan) video above and think uh, I don't remember this in The Sims. But that's okay. NMA News takes today's headlines and locks them up on Second Life's Shutter Island for a few hours before showing us the real stories. It's […]
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Call for Submissions: Women – Describe Your Orgasms

19 July 2010
Respected sex educator and internationally controversial performance artist Midori is seeking written submissions from women about orgasm, in your own words. As a writing project it sounds enviably exciting: she is looking for first-person accounts from women describing the experience, feeling and sensation of orgasm. I really hope to eventually […]
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I Really Do Want A Ducati: Elizabeth Raab Photography

18 July 2010
I've been thinking about what my next bike might be for a while; I keep coming back to Ducati. Beyond my reach right now, but still. So in email conversation, to make matters worse, a friend sends me the website for photographer Elizabeth Raab. Achingly stylish, totally beautiful; there are […]
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Did You Know? Abby Winters Broke Up With Australia

18 July 2010
Abby Winters is probably the widest-known Australian porn company; I've long loved I Feel Myself and Girls Out West: but they all they typify the non-porn-star, natural beauty and sex-postive, non-exploitative ethic that personifies how Aussie porn is seen by the rest of the world. Authentic amateurs, happy to be […]
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Relax, Everyone: It’s Just Porn

17 July 2010
I'm sitting here feeling genuinely irritated that Newsweek isn't allowing comments on their book review of "Pornland" even though they are making it seem like they are. They do that bullshit cookie thing that makes you think your comment was accepted, so lame, so typical. I registered and left a […]
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New OkTrends Post: The Biggest Lies In Dating and Sexual Presentation

17 July 2010
Getting hot sex, romance, keeping sex hot, making love work: even if we believe honesty is the "best policy" I've noticed that it seems like we seldom practice what we preach. It's usually with good intent, but still... I've been giving a lot of thought as to why people feel […]
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TLC’s “Strange Sex” Series Starts This Weekend

16 July 2010
This goes on the growing list of things I want to see: on this Sunday July 18, TLC (cable channel here in the US) begins airing its six-part series called "Strange Sex." Naturally I wonder what's ended up in this category with slight trepidation that certain sexual activities falling outside […]
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Film I Want To See: Orgasm Inc.

16 July 2010
Posted on my Facebook Page by reader D.D., Orgasm Inc. [trailer above] is a film I really want to see. It has familiar faces in it such as Dr. Stuart Meloy (a topic of a few of my talks and a subject in my future sex Chronicle column) and friend […]
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Wake Up Call: John Stagliano’s Obscenity Trial Will Affect Us All

15 July 2010
UPDATE Friday July 16: All charges against John Stagliano have been dropped on a technicality. "'I hope the government will learn a lesson from its experience,' [U.S. District Court Judge Richard J.] Leon said in a rebuke. He cited a string of "difficult, challenging and novel questions" raised in the […]
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[Videos] Armand Van Helden: Hear My Name and Shake That Ass

15 July 2010
The music isn't my favorite but after seeing Armand Van Helden's video for Hear My Name on The Sex Carnival, I'm a fan regardless. Taking tea in a luxe mansion and doling out spankings all day long does not look like such a bad pastime... I also have no problems whatsoever […]
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The Savage Love iPhone App (Is Made of WIN)

14 July 2010
Now this is the kind of joy and delight the iPhone was made for: I'm pleased to tell you about the Savage Love iPhone App (fresh as of July 9)! Yay Dan Savage! I mean, who hasn't wanted Dan in their purse? At their fingertips with sage advice about adult […]
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Pretty Intermission: Anna and Alena

14 July 2010
The models are awfully skinny for my personal tastes, but I love the Andrew Blake vibe in this Met Art set. You know I'm all into that fashion porn these days.
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Eloquent Analysis (And Seduction Secrets): Love in the Age of the Pickup Artist

13 July 2010
Seen on Hacker News and sent by a sweetheart: Love in the Age of the Pickup Artist by S.G. Belknap is a must-read. A spot-on analysis of pick up artist's techniques in the post-"The Game" era, plus a simply beautiful, personal piece of writing suitable for those who love New […]
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Kink in July: Kink Live Visitor’s Gallery

12 July 2010
It had been a while since I'd visited Kink's armory, and last night I got to watch a shoot for Kink Live and check out some of their new sets. It was great fun, a warm and friendly vibe and I have to say that their new sets are mind-blowingly […]
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Summertime Sexy: Hilo Chen’s Ultra-Realistic Paintings

11 July 2010
Sent from a friend: Hyper Realistic Paintings – Hilo Chen (ufunk.net). Hot, sweaty, sexy, lots of biknis and beach scenes by Hilo Chen, all in vivid oil on canvas. Glorious! (Also: I spotted one with the Twin Towers in the background; always such a weird feeling.)
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The Periodic Table of Swearing

10 July 2010
Sadly, The Periodic Table of Swearing by Modern Toss is currently out of stock. It was also extremely expensive. Still, the very British-flavored periodic table of verbal obscenities and graphic insults is really entertaining (click to view large size for detail, link via The Awesomer). I'm definitely going to start […]
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Femina Potens Beauty: July’s “Thin Line Between Art and Sex”

10 July 2010
Femina Potens might just be one of the most happening and significant art spaces in the United States. Seriously. And not just because the central them is sexuality: this space is a movement, an intersection for art and thought, and an evolution in the space between artist and art, subject […]
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Indonesia’s “Evita”? Julia Perez Takes on Indonesia’s Conservatives

10 July 2010
This is a great story that defies stereotypes; Julia Perez is a sex symbol in Indonesia, a primarily Muslim country (86%) who is currently running for deputy district head in Pacitan, the province Indonesia’s president comes from -- with a big focus on sexual health, women's rights, sex ed for […]
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please bury me in this dress

10 July 2010
This is a personal post, so if you're not here for a long-winded LiveJournal moment, skip it and get back to the frolic. (more...)
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Open Source Sex Advice (on Facebook)

9 July 2010
I'm not a sex advice columnist, nor do I particularly want to be one, but I thought it would be fun to answer a sex question once a week on my Facebook page. I have over a decade of training and do hotline sex crisis counseling now and then, and […]
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