hey new feminist antiporn organizations, let’s put a smile on that face: this week’s Chronicle column

6 November 2008
Porn kills! Not really. But I wish stupidity hurt, like, a lot. Great image of Nicole Lee Suicide by vice48sr5005. There's a new anti-porn movement in town, and it's -- the feminists again. I know, whatta letdown. But I've got quite a few surprises in this week's column, Please Use Porn […]
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about last Tuesday

6 November 2008
Shot with my Ocean. After working and voting, I just couldn't sit still. I started the evening at Twitter HQ, where they were having a company party (and keeping the service running smoothly as the world of Tweets exploded, mine included). I was taken aback at how nice and gracious everyone […]
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waking up with the lovely paintings of Panni Malek

6 November 2008
Dirty 2 by Panni Malek. Just getting my coffee on and readying for the day, I realized I've had this gorgeous painting by Panni Malek open in a Firefox tab for about two weeks now. I keep revisiting it, so it was definitely time to share. Malek is a young and […]
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actually, the cyber maid is going to make you filthy

5 November 2008
And, when you watch the video of how to play with the augmented reality desktop virtual girlfriend, your neighbors may actually call Animal Cops thinking you have an injured rabbit and a bullhorn, so keep a mind on the volume levels. I blogged about the cyber maid last July when […]
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all my books, wow

5 November 2008
I'm working hard on updating the pages on this site, cleaning up code and about to launch a sex-ed multimedia surprise of sorts... But the page I finished today just kind of has me sitting here thinking I should just go drink a beer now, and relax. Here are all […]
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the best xkcd sex comics

5 November 2008
Scrabble by xkcd. Last night was euphoric, but some of us here in California (and San Francisco) woke up with a hangover the size of Prop 8 and Prop K combined. We must be made happy. And like many, many people, I love xkcd comics. So I took a minute or […]
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last minute election stimulation

4 November 2008
Image to stimulate your economy by Richard Kadrey / Kaos Beauty Klinik. Two things: one, here's HR Reality Check's voter guide: RH Reality 2008 Election and Reproductive Health (via Viviane). Next, You really have to read my dear friend Carol Queen's blog post about visiting Salt Lake City, Utah before the election […]
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SF’s prop K: global sex work food for thought

3 November 2008
Image by ipanemic. As we slide election-ward (and I know many people who have already voted) I wanted to mention that I've gotten a number of queries about my feelings on Prop K -- a San Francisco measure that would decriminalize prostitution. I've directed friends and readers to my in-depth piece […]
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tiny nibbles research labs quandary

3 November 2008
What do you think: should I review -- here, for you -- the Penetration Station, the Bo, or the Lollipop? I'm inclined to try the Bo, though the Lollipop is cute and could make a fun story -- though the Penetration Station could be unintentionally hilarious (or, really functional and […]
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slight gourd shrinkage in Seattle

3 November 2008
Image of 2007's run by John Cornicello, more here. It's often what I see *after* Halloween that makes me squeal and twirl happily on my office chair, scaring the cat and entertaining my downstairs neighbors. One of the reasons I'm so interested in AI and cloning and replication is so that […]
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another permutation of porn adopting social media

3 November 2008
Image of Dana A from this Met Art gallery. A long, *long* time ago I wrote an article for AVN Online about what a smart, business-savvy porn version of Flickr would look like, relying on peer-to-peer social media structures to make a personalized user experience and foster brand loyalty, and yes, […]
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Iran’s sexual uprising

3 November 2008
I don't know about you, but I know so very little about sexuality in Iran and countries from that part of the world that I'm really hungry for information about what's going on there -- especially with the influence of the Internet and peer-to-peer tech communication (enabling privacy in public), […]
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on Cinematical about Zack and Miri Make a Porno, horror movies, sex, more…

2 November 2008
Image by the extremely talented RobF1.4, who I think really needs a gift pro account. In Zack and Miri Make a Porno, things don't turn out quite as planned -- and behind the scenes, the film struggled against the shadowy, frustratingly non-transparent MPAA for a number of reasons to be able […]
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dark elf sex needed on Craigslist SF-Bay Area

1 November 2008
Image by orangeglad. The comment on the above image was, "Why are dark elves such porn stars?" What a really good question. Um... I bring to you, dear readers on this dark and stormy San Francisco night, a Craigslist ad (currently live) that's been pulled no less than twice now and […]
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witchy pretty girl friday

31 October 2008
Image of Amandine from this gallery. This week you get a quickie because I have some fake blood and black eyeliner waiting for me in the bathroom... :) The theme is -- today! Alya is having a black Halloween (as opposed to a Black Celebration -- that's goth humor). Amandine is a […]
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let’s play dress-up

31 October 2008
Image from the Pirates collection at Agent Provocateur. A while back I pointed you to the jaw-droppingly decadent Season of the Witch campaign (and its nipplelicious Easter eggs) over at heady lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur. I'm excited to tell you that they're currently featuring a Witches collection and a Pirates collection […]
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red sex, blue sex

31 October 2008
Image of vintage pinup Nancy "Kitty" Carroll via carbonated, from their incredible vintage Halloween collection. The New Yorker has a fabulous article by Margaret Talbot called Red Sex, Blue Sex which explores why so many evangelical teenagers become pregnant. It's really creepy and difficult to stop reading once you've started. There […]
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happy halloween!

31 October 2008
Image "Scream" by billybofh, also seen in the Scream Queens -- Beautiful Horror Flickr pool. Here are a few distractions to get you in the mood for tonight... Check out the super creepy nude photography of ciphotodesign (Javier S. Sanudo). Homemade Sex Toys tells you a million different ways you can […]
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tiny nibbles research labs: Lifestyles SKYN condoms

30 October 2008
An image live from the laboratory, via my Ocean. A little while back I was contacted by a rep from Lifestyles condoms about their new non-latex condom, the SKYN. Always skeptical but ever on a quest to find non-latex solutions, I wrote them back and asked for a few samples. I […]
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porn smackdown — NYC’s L train vs. BART

30 October 2008
Image by Mr. Love. Nope, no contest. And maybe that's okay... Turns out, the L train is much filthier, and I'm not referring to the stinky, senseless gross industrial carpeting on our BART trains. Eve sent me this Curbed item To the Girl Watching Porn on the L Train This Morning... […]
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