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Convert YouTube Videos for Your iPod Apple TV and iPhoneTutorial: How to Copy Files Off YouTube and Convert them for your Video iPod, Apple TV, iTunes or iPhone (thanks, Rascal)
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Rachel Kramer Bussel: The Case For Open Relationships (Huffington Post)“monogamy has become fetishized as the only answer to a large degree, with the result being that many people are either locked into relationships they aren’t happy with, or are conducting affairs on the side and feeling guilty about it (or not).”
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Child rape sentence ‘pathetic’ (The Australian)Nine males who pleaded guilty last month to gang-raping a 10-year-old girl at the Aurukun Aboriginal community on Cape York have escaped a prison term, with the sentencing judge saying the child victim “probably agreed” to have sex with them.
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Scout Leader in California Accused of Abuse (New York Times)A scout leader who once sued the City of Berkeley for challenging a national Boy Scout ban on members who are gay or atheist has been arrested on felony charges that for at least five years he sexually abused young males in the troops he led.
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Human Awareness InstituteDiscover how your beliefs about love, intimacy and sexuality affect your relationships, sexual satisfaction, marriage, body image and ability to find love.
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UrbanTantra.org(asm)Urban Tantra is a book about consciousness cleverly disguised as a sex guide…Urban Tantra is also the first queer, transgender, and BDSM friendly Tantra book.
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Environmental Toxin Collects in Breast Milk (Wash. Post)Scientists have discovered the mechanism by which a chemical known as perchlorate can collect in breast milk and cause cognitive and motor deficits in newborns.
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Nsfw: Fark Attempts to Trademark NSFW, Gizmodo is Like ‘WTF? TFSU!’Fark, in their quest to rulzor teh internetz, filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office to lay claim to the acronym NSFW.
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Warning sounded over ‘flirting robots’ (Beyond Binary)A program that can mimic online flirtation and then extract personal information from its unsuspecting conversation partners is making the rounds in Russian chat forums, according to security software firm PC Tools.(via Regina Lynn)
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A visit to Hell (Sex and Blogs)The Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris opened its secret collection of erotic manuscripts and art to the public for the first time in nearly 40 years on Tuesday.
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soon…(Kinkerbelle – masochistically delicious)The best kind are wide open palm, done slowly and methodically with intent.
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Contraceptive Technology conferenceA conference which discusses current research as well as recent and future developments in contraceptive technology. 3/5-8 & 4/2-5, 2008
from Gothamist:
Who needs a strip club when you can just ride the New York City subways? In March, four limber women took to the subway in a quest to win $10,000 from DareJunkies.com. The website offered the prize to the best public pole dance. The video features Laura Lee Anderson, Jessica Wu, Marissa Lupp, Isis Masoud, and regular subway riders as the four grind their way to the $10,000 prize. The scantily clad women were hogging the poles for twirls and using the overhead handles for other dance tricks – one of them even did a split on the subway floor! While there was at least one rider unhappy with the stunt, several other riders seem pleased with the dancing, especially one male rider who received a lap dance. Some riders even missed their stops by six stations to continue watching the show!
It’s an Audacia news Monday! Whatever that is. Seriously though, I have two exciting announcements for today, which I’m going to deliver in the slightly impersonal but very professional form of The Press Release. Check out my new shiznit, kids!
Sex-centric Video Blog LiveGirlReview.com Launches
NEW YORK, Dec. 10 – New York-based Waking Vixen Productions is proud to announce its latest web venture, Live Girl Review (http://livegirlreview.com), an all-review video blog featuring Audacia Ray as the host. The site will post reviews of porn, websites, sex toys, books, movies, and art three days a week, with a cheeky “Inside Dacia’s Dirty Mind” column on the alternate days.
Host Audacia Ray is a former Fleshbot contributor, author of Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing in on Internet Sexploration, and the the director and producer of bisexual adult feature The Bi Apple, which won for “Hottest Bi Sex Scene” at the Feminist Porn Awards hosted by Good For Her in Toronto this past June.
About the new site, Audacia says, “Live Girl Review is the place where I’ll talk about everything sex-related that comes across my desk. After six years in this business, there’s a lot of it, and I know what I do and don’t like – so the videos will be a look into my personal tastes, and I’ll only pick stuff that I think has potential to be really hot and cool.”
Folks with material they’d like to have reviewed on the site can contact Audacia at dacia[at]livegirlreview[dot]com.
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10 – HotMoviesForHer.com, the by women, for women sister site of adult video-on-demand giant HotMovies.com announced today that sex writer/blogger extraordinaire Audacia Ray will be contributing a monthly column to the site.
“Audacia is a great writer and will be a great addition to HotmoviesForHer.com. Her views on sexuality and the adult industry are filled with intelligence and a touch of humor that is thought provoking and entertaining at the same time,” commented Monica Jean of HotMoviesForHer.com. “I’m thrilled to have another strong female voice filled with experience and knowledge on the site.”
Audacia Ray is an executive editor of $pread Magazine, a contributor to the porn blog Fleshbot and a freelance writer and editor. She is the author of Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads and Cashing in on Internet Sexploration, a look into the interface of female sexuality and the Internet, as well as writer/director/producer of Adam & Eve Pictures award-winning bisexual feature adult film “The Bi Apple.” Ray also recently launched her latest web project, www.livegirlreview.com, a video blog dedicated to reviewing sex media and culture.
“Writing about porn and sexuality for HotMoviesforHer gives me the opportunity to interview interesting people and further develop thoughts I have about the industry. It’s a great forum for open discussion of issues that affect both women watching porn and women making porn,†Ray commented on the new partnership.
Audacia Ray’s column will begin appearing on HotMoviesForHer.com today, Monday, December 10, 2007.
A belated birthday to the the fierce and lovely Tatsumi Girl!
It isn’t quite a match made in heaven, but a U.S.-based online dating company turned to ritual prayers and a Shinto priest to help boost its business in Japan.
It is common for busy singles and their relatives to visit shrines to pray for luck in finding love in a country where hectic lifestyles make it difficult to meet potential partners.
Match.com CEO Thomas Enraght-Moony and other company officials followed suit on Thursday, visiting the Shiba Dai-Jingu shrine in central Tokyo to take part in a private ceremony that included the offering of a sacred sakaki tree branch.
In Japan, singles have warmed to online dating although it is still not as popular as in the United States and Britain. Match.com, part of Internet conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp, launched in Japan in 2004 and now has 840,000 members. “For Match to be successful, one of the things that’s important is that I learn about the countries where we operate,” Enraght-Moony said after the ceremony, held in an inner chamber with gold-trimmed beams and offerings of apples and rice wine.
After the ceremony, he signed a huge wood prayer tablet in Japanese asking for Match.com’s 15 million worldwide members to find love, covering it with red heart stickers.
More than two-thirds of Japanese in 1935 had arranged marriages, in which couples were introduced by family members or colleagues and tie the knot after just a few dates, a government-affiliated think tank says.
But those “omiai” marriages, in which factors such as a man’s income and a woman’s upbringing were equally as important as their personal chemistry, are now outdated, and nearly 90 percent of Japanese find their marriage partners on their own.
Today’s singles are generally delaying marriage as both men and women opt for carefree lifestyles, a trend blamed for Japan’s rock-bottom birth rate.
Match.com has also found that many Japanese don’t believe in divine powers–or even technology–to decide their romantic fate.
With members worried that their dates are faking credentials such as their job, salary and university degree, the service now gives members the option to fax or e-mail copies of paychecks and diplomas to prove the authenticity of their personal data.
DUNCANVILLE, Texas – The most popular address on Cedar Ridge Drive is Jim Trulock’s split-level home, which has a group sex room and attracts as many as 100 people to swinger parties featuring “Naked Twister” nights.
But the festivities could soon be over. In response to neighbors’ complaints, the city has outlawed sex clubs in residential areas. Citations have been issued, and search warrants may be next.
“It’s crazy that they want to force their morality down our throats,” said Dawn Burton, 45, a regular guest at the parties. “We’re all frustrated.”
So are those who complain of the noise, traffic and parking problems that occur in their otherwise quiet, upscale neighborhood every Friday and Saturday, when Trulock’s home is transformed into “The Cherry Pit.”
Duncanville, which proclaims itself “The Perfect Blend of Family, Community and Business,” is an unlikely venue for a neighborhood swinger club. The city of 36,000 just southwest of Dallas has about 50 places of worship and not a single registered sexually oriented business.
Duncanville officials insist they are not just another prudish Texas town giving the boot to spouse-swappers. They say it all boils down to a matter of law: Trulock is operating a business featuring live sex acts.
“It’s not trying to judge anyone or pass judgment on someone’s lifestyle,” city spokeswoman Tonya Lewis said.
To support its claim, the city notes that the Cherry Pit accepts money from guests and promotes the parties on its Web site.
“We’re not about infringing on the rights of the Cherry Pit patrons or owners,” Lewis said. “But now your right to have fun has infringed on everyone else’s. And now you have to draw the line.”
Other cities have wrestled with the same issue.
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Passion Plays: Marie & Jack & Damon & Hunter
A holiday double-header of works from Comstock Films, offering up tidings of love and joy in their ground-breaking series of documentaries about the passions of real-life lovers.
MARIE AND JACK: A HARDCORE LOVE STORY
The one that started it all! Comstock Films’ first feature is a glimpse inside the private sex-life of married adult stars Marie Silva (aka Aria) and Jack Bravo. (Directed by Tony Comstock, 2004, USA, 28 minutes.)
DAMON AND HUNTER: DOING IT TOGETHER
Sumptuous and richly detailed, this recent documentary is a truly intimate look at rising adult stars Damon DeMarco and Hunter James. Banned in Australia! (Directed by Tony Comstock, 2006, USA, 46 minutes.)
Director Tony Comstock will be on hand for a Q&A discussion following the screening.
SCREENING LOCATION:
Pioneer Theater, 155 E. Third Street (@ Avenue A), NYC
Admission: $10; $6 seniors/students; 18+ only.
AFTERPARTY LOCATION
China, 150 Avenue B (@ 4th St.), NYC
More info and tickets are at http://www.cinekink.com
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Strippers, Snipers, and Bombs (Hobo Stripper)It’s midnight and I’m shimmying in front of a coked up sniper named Jim. (via $pread)
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Jakob Quits JakobAndJulia.com (Boinkology)Why yes, it seems that it is the end of JakobAndJulia.com
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Fresh Air: Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of “The Graduate”Today’s show is a tribute to the 1967 film classic The Graduate. There is a new 40th anniversary collector’s edition DVD. Mike Nichols directed the film, and he won an Oscar for his work.
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From sexual trauma to healing sex / Author Staci Haines opens up to Violet Blue about sexual healing after incest, rape or abuse (Violet Blue)
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Demanding “no” for an answer: more on Robert Jensen’s Getting Off ( Figleaf’s Real Adult Sex)My own feeling is that the increase in violence coincides extremely well with the advent of sexual autonomy in 3rd-wave feminism which autonomy, by the way, was made possible in large measure by Andrea Dworkin’s work on consent.
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Blow-up dolls (The lustful quality of watching her erotic demise)I can identify at this early age a fascination with creating a second skin, one that i could slip in and out of for those moments i didn’t want to be recognized and instead experience life as a different person.
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Clips: OMG! It’s The Sex And The City Movie Trailer! (Jezebel)The trailer for Sex and the City tells us both nothing and everything we need to know about the movie
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UPDATE: Gmail accounts shut down (PC Pro: News)Google’s attempts to fight a network of spammers has resulted in it accidentally disabling a number of innocent Gmail accounts.
(Holiday card from someecards.com)
I plan on updating this as I come across other lists. Or leave them in the comments, and I’ll add them.
Gift Guides
Always Aroused Girl’s What to Get For that Hard-to-Shop-for Perv
“It’s the eighth of December. Do you know what you’re giving all the horny people in your life?”
AfterEllen’s Best. Lesbian. Holiday. Ever.
“We at AfterEllen.com have rounded up a few choice gifts to recommend, from the best DVDs and games to lesbionic fashion for you and your home.”
AskMen.com’s Holiday Gift Guide
Kathy Belge’s Lesbian Holiday Gift Guide 2007
“Looking for the perfect gift for the lesbian on your list? Whether she is your lover, your sister or your wife, you’re bound to find a few things here every lesbian will want.”
10 Terrific GLBTQ-centric Gifts (Denise Tanton; BlogHer)
“We also may be really really OUT and sort of militant or we may be really really OUT and unable to take a gay gag gift in the spirit in which its intended. Think carefully about the GLBTQ you are gifting with a queercentric gift – if in doubt, go heteronormative.”
Babeland’s Gift Guide by Price (Good for that non denominational gift swap I’m invited to next weekend)
Badfaggot’s easy as 501(c)(3)
“A little of your time, sweat, or cash volunteered for a good cause can take you some amazing places. (Yep, even subway escalators.) It’ll change your world, and it’ll change you. Don’t believe anyone who tells you different.”
Blogher’s Great gifts to spice up your love life (by Susan Mernit)
“So I can’t say that every gift recommended on this list has been personally road-tested, (though some of them have). But the gifts that haven’t been checked out by yours truly have been suggested by friends who’ve bought them to share with their own significant others, or tested and or reviewed by sex-positive bloggers I respect.
Violet Blue’s Lube the Halls – top picks for 2007′s holiday toys
“Maybe I shouldn’t have started mulling over my annual sex toy list after a big vegan Thanksgiving feast. I had barely cracked open the Firefly lube when I fell deep into a postprandial slumber.”
BoingBoing’s Charitable giving guide, the 2007 edition
“It’s that time of year again — time to make some charitable donations while the giving spirit is on you and while you have the chance to shelter some of your income from the revenooers.”
Cheap Thrills’ Handmade Shopping Guide, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. (highlighting handmade gifts sold on Etsy.com)
Daily Dose of Queer’s Top Gay Christmas Gifts
“So, it’s that time of year again, you’re looking forward to ‘the big day’, you know where you are going, who you are going to see, you’ve got everything sorted and arranged but… oh Horror!”
Desire’s crap-it’s-cold-and-depressing-and-i-intend-to-drink-myself-into-a-stupor-surrounded-by-awkward-relatives holiday gift guide.
FabSugar’s Holiday Gift Guides
Feministing Gift Guide 2007
“The holidays are upon us, and even if you’re not celebrating anything at all–it’s fun to give gifts, especially when they’re super cool feminist ones!”
geekaresexy Ultimate iPod Accessories Gift Guide
“It’s a fact: Everyone loves the iPod. While Apple’s media player doesn’t have any incredibly special features by itself, the amount of accessories developed for it is staggering.”
The GayGamer Holiday Gift Guide ’07
“We’ve covered DS, PSP, PS3, PS2, Wii, Xbox 360 and PCs in a concise list that hopefully help you make soem descisions on what to get for yourself or the other gamers in your life.”
Good Vibrations’ Guides: Hot New Sex Toys, Steamy Erotica Books, Porn for the Holidays, Best Sellers
Mominatrix Holiday Gift Guide
“We all know you don’t need another cotton blend sweater, and he certainly doesn’t need another tie.”
Reverse Cowgirl’s A Dirty Little Christmas Gift Suggestion List 2007.
@santacause on Twitter
“Delivering joy to girls and boys, with a philanthropic twist”
Cory Silverberg’s Holiday Sex Shopping on a Budget
“Not all of us have a budget for the newest $300 diamond studded dildo, but by the time the holidays have finally arrived we all can use at least a little sexy pick-me-up (a great way to avoid uncomfortable silences under the mistletoe).”
Cory Silverberg’s Ideas for Sexy Holiday Gift Giving
“Looking to spice up your gift giving? Share a little sex positivity with those nearest and dearest to you y checking out these guides to the best erotic fiction, nude photography, sex toys, and sensual gift ideas.”
Cory Silverberg’s Luxury Sex Toy Christmas Gifts for the Holidays
“You may not be able to open these presents Christmas morning with the family, but they’re guaranteed to keep you warm at night and inspire a new year’s worth of sexual exploration.”
Cory Silverberg’s Sexy Stocking Stuffer Gifts for the Holidays
“…here is a line-up of new and old favorites from my favorite sex toy retailers to suit shopping budgets great and small.”
Sugarbutch’s butch/femme holiday guide
“My Butch/Femme Holiday Gift List is getting out of control. I have four pages of notes in my journal, multiple notepad files with links and images. And I just can’t seem to polish it up enough to finish, and fuck, time is running out.”
Tristan Taormino’s 8th Annual Sexy Gift Guide
“Whether you’re deciding what to give your loved ones this holiday season or making a wish list for yourself, I’ve combed catalogs and the Web, and tested dozens of products, to bring you this year’s sexy gift guide.”
Ten Gifts To Improve Your Relationship (Lisa Stone, Blogher)
“These lists are the best gift ideas I never thought of for my family, and perhaps for yours too.”
Sex Toys Babeland is Thankful for
“These are the toys our customers love and that we think are fantastic. We own them, we use them, we love them.”
Twisted Monk’s Holiday Gift Guide
“It is that time of year again, the holiday season, and we here at TwistedMonk.Com have been working overtime to bring you some great gifts for the rope fanatic on your list.”
Viviane’s Sex Carnival 2006 gift guides roundup
Wish Lists
TRAC is the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, maintained at Syracuse University. In August 2007, there were 62 federal prosecutions of child pornography, according to timely enforcement data from the Justice Department. Though unchanged from the previous month, filings in this category are down by about half (49.7%) from the previous year, and down 20% from five years ago. These declines follow a period of rapid growth for federal child pornography prosecutions which began after President Bush took office.
For reports on the latest enforcement trends, go to:
http://trac.syr.edu/tracreport
In addition to providing counts of the child pornography prosecutions and convictions that occurred in August, similarly timely information is available for many other categories of enforcement such as terrorism, white collar crime, official corruption, drugs, etc. Free reports are also available for major agencies such as the DEA, FBI, IRS and DHS.
For anyone wondering, Jefferson’s parties are kind of like this. ;-D
[from Square America]
Look, kiddie porn and terrorism are bad. Obvious. But what better way for a government to push through controversial legislation quickly than to harness their emotive properties? After all, what self-respecting member of the US House of Representatives would vote against legislation called Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online, or SAFE? Only two, it turns out (Rep. Paul Broun from Georgia and Rep. presidential candidate, Ron Paul), with 409 members voting yesterday in favor. The new bill requires everyone (that includes you and Starbucks) offering an open WiFi connection to the public to be on the lookout for report known “illegal images” and “obscene” cartoons and drawings. The reporting requirement extends to cover social networking sites, ISPs, and email providers. Failing to dutifully report what you’ve seen (or haven’t seen but are unwittingly complicit in) could leave your data seized and in debt from fines of up to $300,000. This isn’t a call to arms, however . . .
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How ‘Bout You Suck My Dick (Madeline in the Mirror)Giving head is about giving: hard to do when you’re feeling uncharitable toward someone, but so rewarding when you’ve done it well.
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Abby Winters, “Exploitation†and Beat Ups (Ms. Naughty)The article is long on self-righteous moralising but extremely light on for names.
The best of this week’s blogs by the bloggers who blog them. Highlighting the top 3 posts as chosen by Sugasm participants. Want in Sugasm #109? Submit a link to your best post of the week using this form.
This Week’s Picks
From virgin cocksucker to blowjob queen
†I love to play and tease with my hand and tongue, lightly licking, sometimes using my panties or another soft fabric to run across the shaft.â€
Interlopers
“Oh yes, I’ve seen it all before, I know what you’re here for.â€
Old Friends
“His cultured voice warm, approving, promising; it makes me wet every time, an uncontrollable Pavlovian response.â€
Mr. Sugasm Himself
The Count
Editor’s Choice
Hot and Cold
BDSM & Fetish
Cuffed Off Guard
Dream #10
Mattress Navigation
Metal
More ideas of my own.
Naughty girl confesses
Or just submitting… (Part 3 about S)
PART 2 -She Came In Wearing A Corset, Stockings, And A Smile
Pre Game: Sex Camp, Antici….pation
So Delicious
Sex Poetry
Haiku Festival of Erotic Power and Rope
Sex News & Reviews
5 Naughty Gift Sets to Get for Christmas
Feminists Make Better Mates
Fetish Film – Outpatient (Latex, Bondage, Breathplay, Femdom, Spanking)
Intern Sex Toy Review – The Turbo Stroker
Kama Sutra Bliss
NEW Kinky Designs!
Toying With Pleasure – Jamye Waxman
Thoughts on Sex and Relationships
Emotional Sex is Too Much Work – Who Does She Think She Is?!
More Precious Than Flattery
One way, not the other – why don’t women get eaten out more?
Potential, Real
Sex Advice & Interviews
4 Advanced Cunnilingus Techniques
5 tips to being a sexy ‘cougar’
“Dancing With Werewolves†an Interview with Spanking Superstar Niki Flynn
Erotic Writing and Experiences
The Alley: Man working abroad
Almost a Zipless Fuck
Bathtime
HNT: Rehabilitation IV – The Return of the Cake!
Hooky
In the Laboratory
The list of notches on my bedpost
Lunch
More MILF (Men I’d Like To Fuck)
“Sheâ€â€¦
Sugarbutch Star: Jefferson
Touch
A train experience
What it feels like for a girl…who wants to make another girl come
NSFW Pics & Videos & Audio
Audio: Red Wine Seduction
A Busy HNT
Leg Language by Andrew Blake
Peek-a-Boo Map
Pornsaint Kayla Jane Danger
Tiang Fang – White
Veronica (MC Nudes)
See also: Fleshbot’s Sex Blog Roundup each Tuesday and Friday.
Photo: Jessica DiFeo (Twistys)
