- Above: the ever-wonderful Ze Frank on sex questions – via Vivane (Viviane, on whose couch I’m having the pleasure of sleeping on this week in NYC).
- Celebrated series Bawdy Storytelling is coming to NYC next week and doing two shows. Thursday, Oct. 25th – Bawdy Luxe – an intimate evening in a Manhattan loft. Storytellers so far include Midori, Laura Antoniou, Nayland Blake, and Sinnamon Love. Friday, Oct. 26th – Bawdy Storytelling – No Hold Barred, at Galapagos Arts Space, Storytellers confirmed so far are Mike Daisey (yes – that Mike Daisey) and Ducky Doolittle. (Bawdy Storytelling)
- For Observer Rex Reed writes about the new sex surrogacy film, “The Sessions, a wonderful movie with splendid performances by John Hawkes and Helen Hunt, as well as a careful and sensitive screenplay and flawless direction by writer-director Ben Lewin, is the best movie about the pain, ecstasy and life-enriching courage of a handicapped person that I have seen since Jon Voight’s Oscar-winning work in Coming Home.”
Sexual Healing: The Sessions Breathes New Life Into Oft-Avoided Subject (Observer)
- Ronald Baker claims he was forced to inject the penises of gay adult film stars with the prescription enhancement drug, TriMix, then fired after he accidentally pricked himself in the thumb following an injection.
Man Suing Gay Porn Studios For Forcing Him To Inject Actors’ Penises With TriMix (Queerty)
- An Argentine national sex symbol who shot to fame with a series of erotic soft-core films has been appointed to an official position within the country’s government. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said Isabel Sarli – the first Argentine actress to perform full-frontal nudity on screen – would be “a true representative of national culture” as Argentina’s new ambassador.
Argentina appoints former erotic soft-core film icon Isabel Sarli as government ambassador (NY Daily News)
- This week, Mediabistro’s PR blog PRNewser is currently running a series called “PR and Porn” – and while it’s interesting, the reader caveat is that the series focuses on one PR agent and his start client Joanna Angel, and is only a small and specific slice of the huge porn PR pie. They’re on part five “Joanna Angel, the Brand” as of this writing.
PR and Porn: Weeklong Series (PRNewser)
- The 2012 Pink Pageant (Transgender Beauty Pageant) was part of the closing ceremony of Nepal’s first-ever LGBT sports festival.
18 Candid Photos From Nepal’s Transgender Beauty Pageant (Buzzfeed)
- For awareness, of course: The 60 Best Natural Breasts of 2012 for Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Coed)
