Month: October 2011

On his new blog, Jon Millward has published the results of 5,000 escort reviews based on data from the UK sex work review website PunterNet. Don’t miss his infographic, in the shape of a blonde woman on a couch (the most popular hair color and location for sex acts, respectively). Millward spent two weeks stripping,…

GOP Frontrunners Would Make Contraception Illegal; Rachel Maddow Responds With Basic Sex Ed Lesson for Romney

As you may know, one of the big questions in the Republican U.S. Presidential primary is just how rabidly anti-choice each candidate can be. Afraid of being labeled not-rabidly-anti-abortion-enough by Republican voters, the candidates have been struggling to one-up both each other and themselves — with anti-choice positions migrating ever further right — in some…

Don’t miss my article from the weekend, Hacktivist Collective Anonymous Attacks Child Porn Websites and Publish User Names(Pulp Tech) Why feminists can’t be sex-positive: “A lot of criticism of sex-positive feminism is really criticism of sexy women. It’s hard to find a piece that isn’t dripping with disgusted descriptions of women who wear high heels…

Female indie porn director Courtney Trouble is tired of Big Porn telling her to edit consensual fisting out of her indie porn films to gain “mainstream” acceptance – and get distribution though their hallowed, shriveling channels. In the first week of October, beloved queer porn star Jiz Lee and adored director Courtney Trouble announced they…

Look, I’m not going to spend too much time on this one because the hysterical opinion and anecdote-based, copy-and-paste rant on Psychology Today “Porn-Induced Sexual Dysfunction Is a Growing Problem” already got used in March as the poster child for porn research hoaxing. Media literacy – is seriously lacking in media outlets. Stop pulling our…

This past week hacktivist collective Anonymous claimed credit for taking offline over 40 websites used for sharing pedophilia – and for exposing the names and identifying information of more than 1500 alleged pedophiles that had been using the sites. Anonymous Attacks Child Porn Websites and Publish User Names (Pulp Tech) Rihanna has reached a settlement…

Fashion photographer Steven Meisel took model Stella Tennant to fetish extremes for a recent Vogue Italy shoot, The Discipline of Fashion. Yes, that’s actually Tennant’s waist tightlaced into haute couture corsetry for fashion’s sake. Don’t fret if you’re unfamiliar with corset fetish and tightlacing. It has nothing to to with bulimia or suicidal body dysmorphia…