violet blue

Violet Blue spoke at what has turned out to be the last Gnomedex. She gave a talk on the (many) attempts to build communities to discuss sex and sexuality, and how they’ve faltered over the years (communities closed or sold) or been attacked by invoking a service’s terms of service (TOS), the most recent being the Our Porn, Our Selves Facebook page.

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Linkage for May 15

by Viviane on 05/15/2024

in sex

A meddlesome hussy takes on the enemies of sexual sanity: Furry Girl has a new blog: Feminisnt.com.

Karina Longworth reviews The Girlfriend Experience:
“On the whole, Soderbergh seems less interested in what it feels like to be a professional girlfriend, and more interested in what it looks like to be in any kind of relationship in a time and place where economy is at the center of every conversation, everyone is looking to get more out of every transaction, and the culture accords an extraordinary amount of fetish power to young, beautiful women who can  commodify themselves without compunction.”

Always Aroused Girl has a new project:
“Beyond the Birds and the Bees will be an online resource where people can share accounts of conversations between parents and children on the topic of sexuality. We’ll explore how people have taught their children about sexuality, how they’ve been taught, what’s effective, what’s not, and what’s downright funny.”

Violet Blue has a column about the terrific new Carnal Nation site (and is nice enough to mention this blog in the same paragraph as Fleshbot and Nerve.com):
“Locally run, it’s a new national sex magazine that’s starting from home base with Carnal San Francisco — with features like Andrea Nemerson’s sex and parenting “Now What” column, a column on sex disasters, sex horoscopes, and timely news features like Dead Wood: Hard Times Equal Flaccid Sales for Erotic Mags, Bigger Prices for Bigger Bras: A Bust in Britain, Doin’ It Doggie Style: French Company Making Sex Toys for Dogs and even Idaho Mayor Declares May Anti-Pornography Month.”

Bacon lube: “Damn, that’s bacony!”

A Bronx woman was stalked and killed yesterday by a man she met online (NOT CL).

Tristan Taormino is posting pics on Twitpic from the set of her latest movie (NSFW)

The adult theme park of your dreams. With butt sinks.