* Comic website Comic Book Resources has a scathing slap of a review for How to Make Money Like A Porn Star, the weird marketing spinoff graphic novel from ghostwriter #2 co-writer of Jenna Jameson’s How to Make Love Like a Porn Star and master chick picker upper Neil Strauss (with artist Bernard Chang). The cover art looks great, but I think I’ll skip the Arabs with razorblade dicks and sibling rape, though it all sounds like the makings of a good pickup line to me…
* Yesterday, closing arguments began for the COPA trial. “The case, which pits a host of plaintiffs represented by the ACLU against the U.S. government, will determine the constitutionality of the 1998 law that – if enforced – mandates age verification for websites containing material considered ‘harmful to minors.’ The bench trial represents a last ditch effort on the part of the government to save the controversial law that imposes a $50,000 fine and up to six months in prison for website operators who fail to comply with the law’s age verification requirements.”
* Tristan Taormino is going crazy with the porn directing these days. There’s a great interview with her at Eros Zine, where she talks about her transition from a famous anal sex writer to a porn auteur, and her porny new sex-ed video line.
* But what do their balls smell like? Found on Adrants: a site dripping with gender stereotypes that could actually mean you’re gay if they make you feel more like a man — Stuff4Dudes is selling videos of “Hot chicks in bikinis and underwear working out! They’re designed to look like real workout videos with one major difference: The cameras zoom in on the gorgeous models, completely ignoring the actual workout and instructor. Plus, the girls are in bikinis and underwear!” Oh. My. God. I am now deeply concerned for all dudes. For selected customers they are giving away the girls’ exercise balls, which in my hometown means something entirely different. And much more interesting.
