Tonight for San Francisco’s premiere literary festival, I’ve had the honor of being invited to read along with Stephen Elliott, Rachel Kramer Bussel (here from New York), Carol Queen and others. From beds, in lingerie. I wonder what Stephen will wear… Anyway, afterward there will be a spanking booth for charity and I’ll help administer…
Month: October 2009
The real sexbombs of the Mad Men era
AMC’s dramatic series Mad Men is now in its third season here in the US, and despite my usual reluctance to dig the popular stuff without a critical eye, I’m definitely hooked. Tight writing, a clever and calculated balance of character- and narrative-driven storytelling, style/costuming/design choices that tell stories within the overt stories (and about…
Susan Sarandon’s daughter and Special Agent Mulder
This is a scene from last night’s Californication. David Duchovny, come back to us. Bring that INSANELY hot girl with you. San Francisco has enough Prosecco and stripper poles for all three of us. I’m a sex writer; leave LA do some research already. Screw that ‘sex addict’ cover story for your beard. You know…
The sexiest camping photos you may ever see
Never been the kind of girl to go camping — love my dry clean only clothes, and does my hair ever look like it wants to “rough it” (in the wilderness, you dirty birds)? No. (It does look fabulous when fresh out of my motorcycle helmet, however.) Anyway, sweet sweet reader A alerts me to…
Go Lorelei!
We miss Lorelei Lee here in San Francisco like you wouldn’t believe — we were all excited for her move to NY for grad school (and some even benefited from her pre-move giveaways). But she left lots of love, friends and adoring fans here. Still, I’ll never forget the first time I heard her read…
Thank you for coming out
Now that I’ve giggled and wiped tears from my cheeks after watching the above video, I strongly recommend that if you do anything unselfish today, or anything to contribute to National Coming Out Day — watch the video. Even if you’re out, or don’t think you can do anything. This sideways Greeting Card Emergency video…
My Facebook “Fan Page”
I finally published my Facebook “fan page”. It’s at http://vbly.us/blue and/or facebook.com/violetblue if you want to see it. I’m thinking I’ll put my upcoming events and appearances on the calendar there, and I’m considering some other fun original content… Stay tuned if you’re into Faceplant :)
HIV is literally a sex-work coin flip in South Africa
Image by “wankerz“. It took me a second while reading this article about potentially legalizing sex work in South Africa prior to next year’s football [soccer] World Cup — to realize that sex there with a pro is now a 50-50 gamble for contracting HIV/AIDS for the average customer. We’re on the edge of something:…
Three new books
Image by Aphro (aka ASTROblaque). Actually, I’ve got four new books coming out in the next (OMG) four months. I’m even amazed at myself for how much work I’ve done this year: and I’m certain it’s going to pay off. The upcoming titles are absolutely some of my best work, and I know you’ll love…
The hot food porn podcast with linecook415!
Image by Møan. A week ago tonight — we’re still recovering — I was a guest on the linecook415 podcast with Hot Food Porn and dotBen. It was raunchy. It was goooood. We drank much maple bourbon and answered questions about what food you should never eat before sex, what we think the food equivalent…