- Ricky Saiz, who directed Beyoncé’s clip on a hot summer day in Brooklyn, said recently that he based the concept on George Michael’s “Freedom! ’90” video. He also discussed Beyoncé’s nipple-emphasizing bodysuit. “Our stylist Karen Langley was incredible,” he said. “When she brought out that Tom Ford for YSL molded bodysuit with the pierced nipples, I was like, ‘No way that B is going to wear this.’ (…)
Beyoncé Brings Sex to the Runway in ‘Yoncé’ (above, via Rolling Stone)
- Adult performer Siri has been named by Quora.com as one of the website’s Top Writers of 2013. Even after reading Quora’s PR on its “Top Writers” program and looking for a collected list, I still can’t find one and have no idea what being a Quora “Top Writer” means.
Adult Star Siri Named One of Quora’s Top Writers of 2013 (therealpornwikileaks)
- The so-called ‘Go away Cameron’ Chrome extension will allow UK internet users to visit any site they want, bypassing government restrictions on pornographic material.
‘Go away Cameron!’ Browser extension bypasses UK govt’s porn filter (RT)
- Erotica featuring Sasquatch, minotaurs, aliens, and boar gods may not fit everyone’s tastes, but some authors have made a killing selling monster sex ebooks.
Amazon is making it harder to sell Bigfoot porn ebooks (i09)
- YAY!!!! Curve magazine in its January/February issue includes an article on leading queer sex trailblazers, including pornographers as well as popular queer porn star Jiz Lee on the cover.
Porn Star Jiz Lee on Curve’s Cover (XBIZ)
- RedTube has been granted a temporary injunction against The Archive AG, which puts a stop to the letters demanding payment from RedTube viewers – for now.
RedTube users no longer face fines for watching copyrighted porn (Digital Trends)
- “If I hadn’t ended up as a Dominatrix, I may have retrained as a plumber.”
A Day In The Life Of A Dominatrix: The Unfortunate Ice Cream Incident (Sabotage Times)
- PornHub is going strong with the press releases and getting prime placement with its PR. Take it all with a grain of PornHub-data-only salt. “In 2013, the US earned the distinction of being the first country tracked by Pornhub to watch the majority of its online porn on mobile phones. About 52% of [PornHub] porn consumption was on mobile phones this year, compared to 46% last year, according to Pornhub. That’s significantly higher than anywhere else.”
The US now watches the majority of its online porn on mobile phones (QZ)
- “As a gay man I’d like to set the record straight *coughs* once and for all, so that I’ll be able to join in a round of hot-or-not without having my opinion rejected with a What would you know?”
A Gay Man’s Guide To Hot Women (Sabotage Times)
- Preston found perhaps one of the most arresting scientific papers published this year, a report on 10 hippo-neutering procedures European and Middle Eastern veterinarians performed. She describes the challenges of hippo castration, none of which I would have guessed.
How To Castrate A Hippo (Popular Science)
- Here’s a “banned commercial” from China that touts a product that is supposed to protect women from rape and abduction. The translation to English is almost as funny as the video itself.
Ladies, These ‘Security Pants’ Will Keep the Creeps Away From You (AdRants)
- A much-hyped protest for the right to go topless on Rio de Janeiro’s beaches fell flat Saturday when only a handful of women bared their chests for the movement. However, at least 100 photojournalists showed up… just in case there would be something to shoot.
Topless protest against obscenity laws falls flat on Rio beach (The Globe and Mail)
- I just want to reach through the Internet and slap the New York Times‘ collective face for calling high tech sex toys “sex doodads.”
Sex Toys and Cybersex Are Enhanced by New Technology (NYT)
- “The opt-in filters also deny access to the Parliament and Government websites and the sites of politicians, including Claire Perry, the MP who has campaigned prominently for the introduction of filters.”
The Best Story Yet About The UK’s Online Porn Filters (Forbes)
- RSS Through secretive negotiations with ISPs, the coalition has divided the internet into ‘acceptable’ and ‘unacceptable’ categories.
Cameron’s internet filter goes far beyond porn – and that was always the plan (New Statesman)
- The Daily Mirror UK celebrates the release of Amanda Seyfried’s Lovelace with its own infographic collection of Deep Throat statistics.
Deep Throat porn infographic: Linda Lovelace salary and 23 more facts about the adult film industry (Mirror UK)
- Americans’ porn-watching sessions are, on average, the longest on the planet, according to a new report about the world’s porn habits in 2013.
One Stat That Proves America Really Enjoys Its Porn (Huffington Post)
- A northern New Jersey couple claim their real estate agent kept potential buyers away from their vacant home so he could use it for “sexual escapades.”
Suit: Real Estate Agents Used NJ Home for Sex (ABC News)
