- “We’re in the dentistry school lab at King’s College London, which has been taken over for the day by Taiwanese artist Kuang-Yi Ku for his Fellatio Modification Project. … The next step for everyone is to design our dream oral sex prosthetic, adding texture through tiny rubber bumps, cones, ribs and ripples.”
* Sex and dentistry: I made a fellatio prosthetic for my mouth (New Scientist)
- “California voters rejected a ballot provision Tuesday that would have required all performers in porn movies to wear condoms, and created a variety of legal repercussions for filmmakers who did not comply. With 97 percent of precincts reporting in, Golden State voters opposed the measure by a margin of 54-46 percent.”
* Calif. rejects mandatory condoms for porn stars (Washington Examiner)
See also: FSC Issues Statement on Defeat of Prop 60 (XBIZ)
My piece, with interesting details: California’s Prop 60 would make it legal to harass porn stars
- “…Trump’s signature on The Children’s Internet Safety Presidential Pledge purportedly required him to speak out against child pornography and sex trafficking and “give serious consideration to appointing a presidential commission to examine the harmful public health impact of internet pornography on youth, families and the American culture.””
* [Porn] Studio Heads Weigh In on Trump as President (XBIZ)
- “Dating terms were once packaged in a palpable set that included “pinning,” “necking” and the like. Over the years, this collection has expanded to what it is today: A dizzying, infinite scroll of words like “fuckboy” and “thirst trap.” Clearly, things have gotten more complicated .”
* A Dictionary for the Modern Dater (The OkCupid Blog/Medium)
which law results are you most interested in on ejection night?
— Chuck Tingle (@ChuckTingle) November 9, 2016
- “The long wait may soon be over. Next year the first commercially available sex robots are expected to hit the market. If all goes as planned, you’ll be able to take home a robotic love doll — one that’s very lifelike and ready for interactive companionship, both romantic and sexual.”
* State of Sex Robots: These Are the Companies Developing Robotic Lovers (Future of Sex)
- “One of the main questions in life is: Why is sex so good? According to a new review paper, it’s because sex — like dance, yoga, and other body-based pleasures — is rhythmic, and that rhythm has a way of uniting and heightening the senses.”
* A Fine Argument for Why Sex Is So Good (New York Magazine)
- “From people looking to escape the anxiety and tension of waiting for election results to those trying to reach across the aisle for a bipartisan encounter, here are excerpts from the best Craigslist ads looking for Election Day sex in New York and D.C.”
* The Best Craigslist Ads Looking for Election Day Sex (New York Magazine)
- “A British banker (Bank of America-Merrill Lynch) was convicted of murder Tuesday for killing two Indonesian women in Hong Kong and torturing one of them over three days while using cocaine in a gruesome case that shocked the Chinese financial hub.”
* British banker convicted in cocaine, murder, torture, sex worker case in Hong Kong (CBS News)
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— Internet of dongs (@internetofdongs) November 6, 2016
- Evan Rachel Wood: “…there’s also something to be said for showing it so that people don’t get desensitized and they are traumatized by it and see it for what it is, which is a horrendous act. We also have responsibilities to not whitewash over it. And I think that’s the angle that “Westworld” takes with it. And that’s why I was okay with it. As somebody who advocates for victims of sexual assault and a survivor myself, I never would do anything that I felt was gratuitous or fed into that in any way.”
* ‘Westworld’ Star Evan Rachel Wood Teases Episode 5 Plot, Tackles Sexual-Violence Criticism (Variety)
- “In true Black Mirror style, we’re being forced to consider something we’d prefer to ignore. All throughout this series, there’s some sort of reference to porn, whether it be the blatantly obvious one in “Fifteen Million Merits” or the mentally scarring one in “Shut Up and Dance.””
* What’s Up With All The Porn In ‘Black Mirror’? (Moviepilot)
