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the NSFW stickers are very popular

15 March 2010
Above image is of a go-go dancer in a glass booth on 6th street around midnight, Austin, Texas (taken by Superpixel). I might have some left when I get back, but they're really, really popular -- and I'm thrilled! Now I'm about to head down the the Hilton lobby to […]
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the Blue guide to Austin (during SXSW)

13 March 2010
It shouldn't surprise anyone that it's four am friday night (saturday morning) and I'm just getting to this post (I've been collecting tips for it for over a week). My hotel room, which got upgraded to a top floor executive suite, is at this moment populated with attractive drunk people […]
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dirty, lesbian, love it: Lady Gaga’s Telephone video

12 March 2010
Maybe you are tired of my Lady Gaga fangirling, with all the weird sexual fetishes and alien fashion. That's okay; maybe you also like me and/or this blog for other things and will happily skip this post. Otherwise, I just watched her new video with Beyonce for "Telephone" and it […]
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violet blue + SXSW = NSFW

10 March 2010
If you're a longtime reader, you know that it's the time of year where I fly to Austin, Texas and attend SXSW (interactive), the tech/internet convention that's referred to as "spring break for geeks". Basically, this post is both a warning flare and a starting gun: this blog is about […]
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wednesday nibbles

10 March 2010
Image by DAVIDOVSKY. Points of interest in sex include porn as a possible one-a-day vitamin, a sperm donor's nightmare come true, bad news for gay Catholics, a true Handmaid's Tale, ABC concluding that porn censorship is leading to "labiaplasty madness" and much more. * An unflinching fan of Ms. Naughty, I was […]
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men, objectified: the men of porn (blog)

10 March 2010
Image by eMCi photo. It was my discovery of the blog Men In Porn that reminded me we haven't been objectifying men enough around here, and I mean the in an entirely good way. You know I'm a big fan of Guys With iPhones (in fact, it gets overused on other […]
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fashion is pretty cool

8 March 2010
Sometimes I find myself trolling for porn on fashion blogs more often than places that intentionally feature pornography. I know that for some, there is no difference. We in the pursuit of well dressed but half naked models salute you. Click on images to see the full spreads. The one linked […]
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on NPR’s All Things Considered: sex and internet history

7 March 2010
If you're arriving after hearing/seeing NPR's All Things Considered on sex and internet history, welcome! You might want to check out this fascinating timeline of sex and the internet, showing in depth a lot more of what we all talked about on the show. You didn't? Then check out something […]
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AmericanVice’s revolution goes mobile

6 March 2010
from: www.americanvice.com by clp.ly First it was the porn recession. Then it became a porn depression. When the porn trade industry show and awards shrunk a large percentage and moved to a smaller venue this year, we got articles about porn's financial meltdown -- which by all accounts, is also a […]
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Porn is Actually Good for You: A Happy, Gratuitous Post

6 March 2010
I'm feeling disgusted by the seriously slanted anti-porn feature being run in the Washington Post this sunday. And I'm irritated that no one will offer a counterpoint in mainstream media (oh yeah, I was the only one), so I maded you a happy porn post. Don't believe the porn myths […]
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because we can: a woman crushing a watermelon with her thighs

6 March 2010
I tweeted this video last night, but it's too amazing to only share there. My dear friend Mojo sent me this video last week when I was sad about pulling my column from the Chron. It will live again elsewhere when I decide on a good home (besides me, many […]
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STD testing in the private sector

5 March 2010
from: www.stdtestexpress.com by clp.ly In what my friend The Sexademic calls "an interesting move for the private sector" we now have STD Test Express, a fully private STD testing website. I pinged her before posting because Sexademic has been exploring more 'open source' options for STD tests lately, and we just […]
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new Kinsey study shows sex is in the eye of the beholder

5 March 2010
Is oral sex considered sex? It wasn't to around 30 percent of the study participants. How about anal sex? For around 20 percent of the participants, no. A surprising number of older men did not consider penile-vaginal intercourse to be sex. More than idle gossip, the answers to questions about […]
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best bottom contest: American Apparel’s finalists

5 March 2010
The submissions are all in for American Apparel's "best bottom" contest; when it was announced in January, reactions ranged from outrage and cries of "sexism!" to pervy excitement and posterior posturing of all kinds. I'm enjoying the range of butts that made the top categories and happy to see that […]
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Feminist Porn Awards announces 2010 nominations

5 March 2010
The Feminist Porn Awards has become a remarkable celebration of women and porn; they just emailed to let me know they've announced their 2010 nominations, and have an impressive stable of guests. Here are ten of the top noms: 1) 101 Positions for Lovers – […]
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did anyone else think the Olympics were dirtier than usual?

3 March 2010
I've had these in my tabs for a bit and just can't let them go to waste... Plus I get to say, 'and now for something completely different.' Above we have a lovely image from Bestweekever.tv's gallery of The 40 Most Sexual Photos From The Olympics, which we're all glad […]
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will the last one at SF Gate / San Francisco Chronicle please turn out the lights?

3 March 2010
Image of The Chronicle being printed in their now-closed plant. In 2006 I was tapped from the blogosphere to become San Francisco's sex columnist. I recently discovered that the SFGate (the online home of the San Francisco Chronicle) is copying my column archives and distorting them. After four weeks of asking […]
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local women-run porn makers Pink and White establish safer sex best practices

1 March 2010
Photo by my dear friend, Steve Diet Goedde. I've been wanting to see this happen for a very long time; at one point I even approached friends at Kink to crate a "best practices" based on their own spotless safer-sex guidelines and put them out for all to see (and hopefully […]
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sunday nibbles: chatroulette, Apple, KarmaPorn, Lady Gaga’s injured idol fetish

28 February 2010
Image: beautiful artwork by The Pearls (adriana munoz). Wherein I provide you with inarguable proof that there is no such thing as a "slow news week" for sexuality. This is just part of what's in my inbox, plus a bit of what I've encountered online. Cherrypick your clicks accordingly: * As a […]
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unintentional porn moment, plus sex and internet history

26 February 2010
Image from this gallery. I've been researching the history of sex and the internet to prepare for my NPR / All Things Considered interview (might go on the air tomorrow). I just got off the phone with the producer and had opened up my notes; I realized I did the entire […]
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