Britain’s Close Call With Porn Filters: Two Perspectives

29 November 2010
Update: Hey, my article made it to the ZDNet/CBSi front door! Yay! Last week I got an email from Zack Whittaker, ZDNet's iGeneration blogger. He sent me an article on BBC that had stats about wee ones looking at pr0ns that made it look like an epidemic -- an impossible set […]
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New SanFranSexy Zine Online Now

28 November 2010
Wonderfully, the online magazine SanFranSexy has just released its fourth edition for December -- and you can read all of SanFranSexy #4 in its embedded .PDF form here. AS usual, they'll make color printed versions and scatter them around town in places such as Wicked Grounds Cafe. Fantastic; it has […]
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Kink Your Kindle: 2010′s Top Hot Sex Books for Gifting, Coveting

26 November 2010
You are looking at the Violet Blue / TinyNibbles Hot Sex Book Gift Guide 2010. Don't miss the 2010 hottest toys and sexy gift guide, Cyber(Sex) Monday: Top Sex Toys to Give and Get. I look at dozens and dozens of sex books all year; authors and publishers send them to […]
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My Geek Gift Suggestions on ZDNet – Gadgets Plus Buttery Dancing Girls

26 November 2010
I love writing for ZDNet/CBSi. I really, really hope they keep me. Today: Gifts That Keep On Giving: Offbeat Gadgets, Toys and Tech. Contains an aggressive octopus, cool gadgets, a story about dancing girls and a few gallons of melted butter vs. a Lumix point and shoot, LOLcats, stocking stuffers […]
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Hot Thanksgiving Erotica by Alison Tyler: “Giving Thanks”

25 November 2010
Today is Thanksgiving in the US. You know, the day before the shopping blitz. It's actually supposed to the holiday for giving thanks; that's what it means to most of us nowadays, anyway. It's the day of great food (hopefully!) and taking a minute to think of the things you're […]
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Babeland Babe of the Month: Holiday Gift Picks by Alex

25 November 2010
Okay, technically the Babe of the Month picks are from both of us! I was very excited when Babeland asked Alex and I to select the number one holiday gift recommendations from their online store. Gifts for someone's first sex toy surprise, my favorite porn film of the year, and […]
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Thursday Nibbles: Naked Street View Guy, Naked Skeptics, Free FaceTime and Streaming Porn on Black Friday

25 November 2010
* Did you hear the one about the naked guy in the trunk (boot) of a car caught on Google Street View? Google deleted the image, but it sure is... curious. Curiously German? (news.cnet.com) * Everyone has discounts this friday, but who has free porn on Black Friday? Video on demand […]
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Take A Break With Pretty Girls

24 November 2010
While I push through my Black Friday gift guide deadlines and have a huge Wednesday Nibbles news post in drafts, chill for a minute with these new Met Art galleries, which are really fantastic this week. Because I am on deadline, naturally I am looking at porn when I should […]
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A Smile from Cyanide & Happiness

23 November 2010
Just wanted to make you smile. Thanks to my friends and family at SFSI for the tip.
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Filters, Search and Sexual Discrimination: New Yahoo! Product Says No Gays, But Lesbians Okay

22 November 2010
I was astonished when ZDNet colleague and SEO expert Stephen Chapman sent me a tip about Yahoo!'s new product, Clues, with the message that it seemed to be filtering out certain terms. In a few minutes of entering terms, I saw something very upsetting. Clues was supposed to be like […]
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Going Commando on the TSA: Girl Strips Naked in Security and Records It, Info for True Scotsmen

22 November 2010
Above is a video of a woman who, one day ago got on an international flight from Sea-Tac (Seattle) to Sri Lanka. She is an exhibitionist and an activist. She is still in transit, but before she got on her plane, she stripped down to transparent lingerie and recorded her […]
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Erotica Vs. Street Art in London: Suelan Photography

21 November 2010
This would have been the show to see in London -- I'm very irritated that I missed the chance to tell you about it in October, because photographer Suelan is really amazing. I found her on a random Flickr erotica hunt, the combination of eros, photos and street art drew […]
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Seal It With A Kiss – In Russian Hardcover; Plus First Chapter Free (In English!)

20 November 2010
[gallery link="file"] I just posted this gallery of Seal It With A Kiss in Russian on Daily Violet but I'm so excited about my first hardcover and first Russian translation that I can't resist sharing it here, too. This is a really big thrill for me! Also, I noticed that Amazon […]
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TSA = No. NMA = Yes.

20 November 2010
I, for one, bow to our HItachi-wielding overlords. I read today that Congress and various administration get to skip security when they fly commercial at the airport -- the same rat bastards who pass the TSA scanner and pat down laws. Inmates running the asylum, indeed. I want safety as much […]
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Pretty Girl Friday (on Saturday Morning)

20 November 2010
Just got this great gallery in my inbox from I Shot Myself (women-run, Australia) and I think you'll like it -- Jess is really pretty. They sent me the .zip tonight, so you can see the entire gallery after the jump. (more...)
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So Gorgeous: Photos by Logan White

19 November 2010
Lush, opulent, eerie -- sexy: that's how I'm going to describe Los Angeles based Logan White's stunning erotic photography. If her gorgeous, dreamy images don't turn your head... Then do take a minute to appreciate that this is a one-woman enterprise, and I've been talking to a friend of hers, […]
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Ellen Stagg’s 2011 Мишка Calendar

18 November 2010
The Мишка Calendar by photographer Ellen Stagg is a huge street culture/cult phenomenon, and this year's edition promises to live up to its reputation. The above video teaser is great, and there is a release party this friday from 7-10Pm at Мишка (350 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY). The calendar has Stagg's […]
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Wednesday Nibbles: Sex and the TSA, Porn in a Cup

17 November 2010
* TSA, TSA, TSA. What a big fucking disaster. Just when we think it's really bad, it somehow gets worse. A few days ago I posted Two Tales of TSA Sexual Assault on Techyum, where two individual sane and travel-savvy women blogged about getting the new pat-down and walked away […]
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Jezebel’s “Creepy and Porno-Like” Is Actually My Hot [Suit Supply Ads]

16 November 2010
I was sent the post The Cool Factor and The Display of Disinterest (thanks Praemedia), and instantly found the fetishy, modern, dominance/submission themed fashion porn from Suit Supply's new ad campaign really hot. Then I clicked through to Jezebel's post about the ad campaign two weeks ago (hey, I've been […]
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Sex Ed In America And Social Media Harm Reduction: For The Love Of Scarleteen

15 November 2010
After weeks of scheduling, I finally met with documentarians for Sex In America this afternoon, a six-part series on sex around the world. I was being interviewed for their American segment. Most of their questions were about sex education in these United States, and as it happens when you explain […]
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