• Never afraid of adventure, Mad Max actress Zoe Kravitz got dressed up in fetish attire for her cover story for the April/May 2015 issue of Complex.
  Zoe Kravitz Goes Dominatrix For Complex April (Celebrity Gossip)

• New rules proposed last week by the state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHA) would require adult film actors to wear eye gear for many scenes. The rules, which have yet to be finalized, would also impose strict hygiene standards and outlaw common porn practices.
  California porn stars could soon have to wear protection. Eye protection, that is. (Washington Post)

• Adult film star turned Bollywood actress Sunny Leone on Wednesday (May 26) visited the Thane police headquarters and met cyber crime cell officials based in the premises in connection with a recent FIR registered against her. The Dombivli police station in the Thane district had on May 14 booked Sunny Leone for obscenity under the Indian Penal Code, the Indecent Representation of Women’s Act and the Information Technology Act, and had forwarded the complaint to the Cyber Crime Cell for further investigation.
  Sunny Leone records statement in connection with obscenity case (Indian Express)

• Warning for survivors of sexual abuse, trauma: The U.N.’s poor handling of child sex abuse claims against French soldiers has human rights staffers in the field fearing for their jobs as they struggle with how to respond to highly sensitive allegations in the future, according to a letter to the world body’s human rights chief obtained by The Associated Press.
  Child sex abuse claims shake UN as revelations continue> (Refinery 29)

• Because of the advertised intended usage for most lubes, the FDA has been known to classify some brands as “class 2” medical devices, which would require official clearance before allowing further distribution. The process of receiving this “501(k) clearance” has proven in the past to be extremely costly, drawn out, and morally compromising. (Animal testing is required.) Failure to adhere to these mandated requirements can result in your products being seized by the FDA.
  Lube’s Battle: The FDA’s Crackdown on Lubricant Labeling (XBIZ)

• This season’s Bachelorette lady, Kaitlyn Bristowe, thought she had found a potential match. She gave her first one-on-one rose to Clint Arlis. But her heart was quickly broken when he declared his love for another man… His fellow contestant JJ Lane.
  Two Straight “Bachelorette” Contestants Fall In Love, Confess To Hooking Up In The Shower (Queerty)

• They might not have had the technology to send dick pics, but a graphic description of a “pego” and “gingambobs” would probably be enough to get a love interest itching to “bagpipe” you. Check out this 18th-century sex slang, and please oh please oh please find a way to work it into your sexting.
  How To Talk Dirty Using 18th Century Sex Slang, Because It’s Time To Take Your Sexting On A Time Machine Ride (Bustle)

• In a segment for Tyson’s podcast StarTalk, Bill Nye stopped by New York’s Museum of Sex to talk about the evolutionary imperative that drives all creatures to procreate.
  Bill Nye talks about sex (Mashable)

• Walking down Eddy from Market Street in downtown San Francisco, you wouldn’t notice the Citadel sandwiched between a karaoke joint and a parking lot.
  Fuck 50 Shades: A look inside the real BDSM scene (Kink and Code)

• Rapidly developing 3D printing technology has already had a major impact in many industries, including space exploration, food, and prosthetics. redOrbit asked the opinion of Tom Sancelot, who developed the site SexShop3D in anticipation of major market changes as result of 3D printing.
  Read more at http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1113398847/how-3d-printing-may-change-sex-toys-forever-052815/#lZfyl3L5oxv0zzjr.99
  How 3D printing may change sex toys forever (redOrbit)

• Adriana Chechik, Kylie Kalvetti, Ryan D. – Come Kisses (commentary video)
• Aruna Aghora, Denis Reed – Give Me Your Love

• The result of four years of hard work? A robotic butt named Patrick, who delivers instantaneous feedback to students about the prostate exam he’s receiving. Patrick comes equipped with four sensors, and its highly-visual software can inform students whether they’re applying optimal pressure. He might inform the student if the pressure is too soft or if they have neglected to cover the whole prostate.
  Robotic Butt Helps Medical Students Learn Professional Intimacy (KQED, thank you Cyrus!)

• Congrats, UK. It sucks to be you: Britain is at the cutting-edge of censorship, it has been claimed, as government plans to implement ID-based age checks for pornography websites gather pace.
  The UK is becoming the world leader in censorship (NAME)

• Merriam-Webster has updated its dictionary to include the words, WTF, meme, photobombing, and… NSFW! Yay! I remember having to explain to San Francisco Chronicle staff and management what that was. Not fun!
  Merriam-Webster Unabridged (Merriam-Webster)

• This is a wonderfully written first-person essay by a trans woman about her experiences with orgasm, pleasure and self-discovery. Highly recommended for all genders, actually.
  A Trans Woman Learns To Masturbate (Eros Media)

• CNN is staffed by drunk hamsters. There, I said it.
  Sex trade goes underground in China’s ‘sin city’ (CNN)

• Burgeoning industries like fintech, edtech and healthtech are constantly in the news. But not sextech. Given the ubiquity of sex, is that about to change?
  What is sextech and why is everyone ignoring it? (Hot Topics)

• A handful of anti-gay activists and their cameramen held an event Friday morning dubbing the longstanding Leather Archives & Museum a “perversion museum” that promotes incest, pedophilia and sadomasochism to children. But Rogers Park neighbors weren’t having it.
  Neighbors of Leather Museum Tell All 4 Anti-Gay Protesters to ‘Go Home’ (DNAinfo Chicago)

• The statute of limitations for criminal prosecution of sexual assault has just gone from four years to 20 in Nevada – and that’s because of the wave of accusations against comedian Bill Cosby. (I counted over two dozen last time I could stand to look.)
  Bill Cosby Assault Allegations Trigger Change in Nevada Sex-Crime Law (Daily Beast)

• Men are fulfilling their dreams of having giant penises that weigh multiple pounds with this medically dubious, illegal intervention. In Monster Meat, Vice meets Micha from Berlin, who decided a few years ago to take this irreversible step.
  This Is What Life Is Like With A Gigantic Penis (Vice/YouTube)

• I wasn’t wearing a skimpier top than usual, and I hadn’t recently gotten a boob job. The only thing I’d changed was my perfume. For a week, I’d been wearing synthetic pheromones “guaranteed” to make me more attractive to other humans.
  I wore ‘pheromone perfume’ to become a sex goddess (Fusion)

• Not many details on the yet, but it may have to do with the EU’s stance on net Neutrality. A leaked EU Council document shows that plans are afoot to stop Cameron’s censorship/web filtering plan in its tracks — and with the UK on the verge of trying to debate a better deal for itself within Europe, the Prime Minister is not in a particularly strong position for negotiating on the issue.
  Leaked document shows Europe would fight UK plans to block porn (Betanews)

• A recent report by Ameritest, one of the industry’s leading advertising testing firms, found that sex actually doesn’t sell. Sean Scott, Ameritest senior brand consultant, told Ad Age that sex just “doesn’t perform that well in spurring purchase intent.” In particular, the report took a close look at one of Carl Jr.’s latest ads, its 2015 Super Bowl “all-natural” burger commercial featuring model Charlotte McKinney and her bouncing “natural” boobs.
  Copyranter: Sex just don’t sell like it used to (Digiday)

• San Francisco, this looks fun: “What is it like to see a performance when you’re naked?” This question sparked “Nude Night” at the festival THIS IS WHAT I WANT. While patrons at San Francisco’s CounterPulse won’t be required to participate in the clothing-optional aspect of the opening night of festival (they’ll be asked to “be aware and respectful”), those who do get a $5 discount off the ticket price.
  Desire in focus at CounterPulse fest (SF Examiner)

• Games that deal with sex in a realistic way are largely unexplored territory. Mainstream games with sex scenes like Mass Effect or God of War exist to titillate and empower. But indie designers like Nina Freeman are pushing back, hoping to recouple sexuality and humanity by making players feel confused, awkward and vulnerable.
  If Sex Videogames Make You Feel Weird, That’s the Point (Wired)

• On Tuesday Night a joint operation involving Pattaya’s Tourist Police and a team from the Chonburi Provincial Police Special Operations Unit took place and targeted two shops which were reportedly selling penis and breast-shaped soap to locals and tourists. No one knows why.
  Penis and Breast-Shaped Soap seized by Police from South Pattaya Stores (Pattaya One)

Four Chambers is one of my favorite erotic art groups, and their video work continues to amaze, arouse and make you generally want to celebrate the power of bold art and artists. flux : tease is their brand-new work, a compelling four-minute video that has a riveting continuous shot in the beginning, then artfully takes us through a domination scene starring Joey Minx and Nenetl Avril, framed by artful (and emotional, narrative, tasteful) editing, perfect timing, and some really hot set-to-music action.

Find Four Chambered on Twitter here. Their mantra is indie DIY erotic cinema, and if you want to support their creative work, you can contribute to the Four Chambers Patreon.

I love, love, LOVE this gleefully cute video, Vanilla Whip: A Documentary About Love. The language, I believe, is fairly universal.

They have a Facebook page (I hope they get a real website before Facebook deletes them), and I found AKTUALNY PROJEKT: KLIMAT I WANILIA // VANILLA WHIP. I hope to see more of this fun project, even though Google doesn’t seem to return any accurate results for it… I’ll be on the lookout.

• Two of Britain’s top creatives have teamed up to make one of the most extravagant erotic brand films ever — a frenetic two-and-a-half-minute film for London adult retailer Coco de Mer.
  Ad of the Day: Adult Retailer Makes Probably the Craziest X-Rated Ad Yet (AdWeek)

• This Friday the news hit that 3.5 million personally identifiable records were leaked from systems belonging to the adult oriented website, AdultFriendFinder. The really interesting part wasn’t so much the tenting of fingers and overly ravenous bystanders but, more so the number of people cringing behind their monitors across the vast expanses of the Internet.
  The human cost of the Adult Friend Finder data breach (CSOnline)
  See also: Adult Friend Finder confirms data breach 3.5 million records exposed (CSOnline)

• What you won’t find [on PornHub], despite the fact that in book form it has sold over 100 million copies and as a film has made more than $500 million, is contract porn. But now, with its release on DVD, Fifty Shades of Grey — maybe the only movie ever made that’s understood the appeal of a woman looking at a man across 12 inches of hard-wood conference table and murmuring “no anal fisting” — puts contract in the light it deserves (glowing, above the Apple logo). It’s not so much that with Fifty Shades, porn has gone mainstream; it’s that with Fifty Shades the mainstream has been revealed as porn.
  50 Shades of Libertarian Love (The Los Angeles Review of Books)

• In 2006, Oprah Winfrey cancelled an appearance on her show by Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the parents whose 15 children had made them famous not just to fellow evangelical Christians but to the secular world as well. Only now is Discovery beginning to acknowledge the likelihood that eldest son Josh Duggar molested all but one of his five younger sisters.
  The Web Has Known About Josh Duggar for Years. When Did TLC Find Out? (Defamer)

• Sex and robots: The concept of AI—specifically of the foxy, sexualized persuasion—has permeated pop culture for a very long time, most recently exemplified with Alex Garland’s Ex Machina. And should these AI rise up, what kind of role would sexuality and sexual identity play in their existence—if at all? Hopes&Fears corralled a group of varied experts to weigh in through a group panel discussion to see what the future holds for us, the AI… and our respective crotch parts.
  Artificial Sexuality: a roundtable discussion on screwing robots (Hopes and Fears)

• Federal agents arrested a State Department employee flying out of Atlanta this week and charged him with running a massive, repulsive “sextortion” racket using U.S. State Department computer access. He stole sexually explicit photos of young women from their Internet accounts, threatened to release personal information on them and their families (or cause them to lose their jobs), and then blackmailed them for more sexual photos and videos. He phished, hacked and terrorized hundreds of women with the aid of his government computer access.
  State dept. worker accused of ‘sextortion’ has hearing in Atlanta (AJC)

• Simone Steenberg and Lolo Bates, both photographers studying at the London College of Fashion will be curating a fashion photography show, called Pink Pistols, at Doomed Gallery in Dalston London opening June 18th 2015, about celebrating and exploring the female body and showing unconventional fashion photography.
  “Pink Pistols” A fashion photography show celebrating and exploring the female body (C-Heads Magazine)

• “The mainstream video game industry, replete as it is with violence simulators and power fantasies, is a shrinking violet when it comes to honestly portraying intercourse. Sex [in video games] is treated like a Fabergé egg, a delicate treasure with incalculable value but no other purpose than to look nice on a shelf and point out to friends. In the God of War series, sex is a reward mechanic that churns out points in exchange for quickly mashing buttons. But you never see the sex, you just hear it!”
  Let’s Talk About Sex (in Video Games), Baby (The Mary Sue)

• It’s the yearly article where someone discovers the used panty trade and tries to make the topic seem… not used.
  Inside the Thriving Online Market for Women’s Dirty Underwear (VICE)

• “In real life, almost every article about sex dolls (a term I’m using interchangeably here with “love doll,” even though not everyone who owns such a doll does so for sexual purposes) has stated that the market for such dolls is almost entirely male—but not entirely.”
  The Human Side of Sex Dolls (LadySmut)

• Ever wonder what it’s like to see a penis ejaculate into your face while dressed to the nines in the South of France? Well then Gaspar Noe’s Love might be for you. Despite several instances of tastefully lit fellatio, and a 3D image of a large penis’s sperm cascading towards the audience, Gaspar Noé’s Love proved to be the dumbest movie screened so far at Cannes — as well as the most soporific.
  Cannes’s 3D Porn: High Heels, Tuxedoes, and Midnight Money Shot (Daily Beast)

• Controversial op-ed: “To paraphrase Janet Mock: Trans people aren’t ‘passing’ as men or women. We’re being. Out of all the words in the transgender lexicon, “passing” is the one I hate most. And that’s no small feat.”
  Op-ed: I’m a Trans Man Who Doesn’t ‘Pass’ — And You Shouldn’t Either (Advocate)

• A first-person essay about male bisexuality.
  Learning to Embrace Sexuality’s Gray Areas (NYT)

• They were supposed to be enforcing the law. Instead, the FBI alleges, a pair of rogue FBI agents ran a sex-for-hire stable, staffed with illegal talent. One DEA source told The Daily Beast on the condition of anonymity that the incident is a slap in the face for the agency.
  DEA Agents Ran Jersey’s Sleaziest Strip Club (Daily Beast)

Carlo Mollino (1905-1973) was an architect, designer, photographer and writer, not to mention a race-car driver and a pilot. His buildings include the Royal Theatre in Turin, and his furniture, like his photography, is ever more valuable. In 2005, a Mollino table sold for $3.8 million, setting a world record for twentieth-century decorative art.

Upon his death, it was discovered that he had a vast, stunning body of work in Polaroids spanning 1962-1973.

DesignBoom tells us that these were, “the private photographic work he kept which included over 1,000 polaroids portraying beauties of Turin’s nightlife in the nude in mise-en-scène settings. These photographs were part of the preparation of his “house for the warrior’s rest,” known as Casa Mollino, a villa in Turin, situated along the River Po.”

Mollino, said to be one of Italy’s most influential mid-20th century designers, wanted to model his death on those of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs, whose souls were taken by boat to a sumptuous city, where they enjoyed opulent afterlives. Casa Mollino was a house he created for his afterlife, “inspired by the project of the construction of the Egyptian pyramid which is the house for the perpetuity of the pharaohs.”

Flashbak has this nice collection. See also, more here and here.

• Ava Austen, Tiffany Doll – See Me After Hours
• Cathy Heaven, gentleman friend – Taking Charge
• Bojena, Jay Snake – Private Thoughts
• Tiffany Naylor, Tiffany, Doll – Sexology

• Carol Vega, Christian Frei – I fucking love IKEA
• Samia Duarte, many others – Crossfit Orgy
• Moni, her boyfriend – I Pegged My Boyfriend

• Ela Darling – No Escape (squirting video)
• Skin Diamond – live BDSM show (deep-throat video)

• Eva Lovia, Antonio Ross – Porn Lovers
• Gina Gerson, Kristof Cale – Come Covered

• Aria Alexander, Van Wylde – Too Tight For Words
• Aria Alexander, Silvia Saige, Alex Jones – Taking Turns

• Lucie and Ryan – Tease
• Jade and Tommy – Just Married

• Mira, Sharon Lee, gentleman friend – Beach Fuck Party
• Noemilk – Anal Desire
• Sahara Knite – Deepthroat

• Simona A, Subil A – Amber Depth
• Ariel Rebel – Chaysa
• Avri – self-fisting in public

• Silver Shoes – Blue Artichoke Films
• Jiz Lee, Kay Garnellen, Wolf Hudson, Mor Vital – BIODILDO 2.0 (image above)

• Yay Stockroom! Fetish gear from L.A.-based erotic boutique The Stockroom appear in the latest Taylor Swift music video, Bad Blood, above. Stockroom took a chance on me and published my book Fetish Sex in 2006. Swift’s people reportedly picked up $13,000 in fetish clothing from The Stockroom, and Swift wears an outfit from The Stockroom’s latex brand, Syren Couture, in the video.
  Stockroom Supplies Fetish Attire for New Taylor Swift Video (XBIZ)

• Last month the A&E Channel aired a few episodes of its reprehensible show 8 Minutes, a reality program about a pastor who “saves” sex workers from “the life.” Now several women have come forward after being on the show saying that they were never connected to the resources promised, were pressured into signing contracts, and were misled about their level of anonymity on the show. The show, unfortunately, is not an anomaly.
  Combating Trafficking Takes Much Longer Than Eight Minutes (RH Reality Check)

• As politicians in D.C. push to censor the web in the name of catching sex traffickers, civil-liberty lovers may find some solace in a recent federal court ruling. Maintaining a “free and open Internet” is more important than thwarting traffickers at all costs, ruled Judge Richard Sterns of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
  Backpage.com Lawsuit: Sex Trafficking Doesn’t Trump Internet Freedom, Says Federal Judge (Reason)

• I don’t know about you, but this raises some questions about just how cozy Facebook is with law enforcement in sharing (and spying on) its users’ private communications. Also, warning for survivors of sexual abuse and trauma on this one. No one seems to know — or wants to say — just how often Facebook gets involved in tipping off law enforcement about suspicious online behavior. Facebook won’t say, ICE claims it doesn’t know, and FBI just said “No” when asked if they had any data on the number of Facebook tips they investigate.
  Facebook helps police bust sex predators (Fusion)

• Today, the U.S. government released a sizeable tranche of documents and other material recovered during the Osama Bin Laden raid on the Abbottabod, Pakistan, compound used to hide Bin Ladin. An official at the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence today said that the sexually explicit content would remain classified even as other parts of Bin Laden’s personal files were released.
  Bin Laden’s Porn Stash Is Kept Secret (XBIZ)

• Faced with a Department of Justice investigation into air marshals, the men and women charged with protecting U.S. commercial flights from terrorism, former and current air marshals are coming forward to describe a “wheels-up, rings-off” culture rife with adultery, sex work, and other misconduct.
  Air marshals say a party-hearty attitude prevails at the agency (Reveal)

• The prostitutes at AP need to brush up on their sex work terminology… A California sex worker charged with killing a Google executive with an overdose of heroin aboard his yacht pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter and administering drugs. A Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge sentenced defendant Alix Tichelman to six years in prison, bringing a sudden and unexpected conclusion to a case that garnered national attention.
  Sex worker pleads guilty in overdose death of Google exec (AP)

• I would like to test this, please: Lovense and VirtualRealPorn are creating a way to enjoy synced-up virtual reality sex. The trick involves using a Bluetooth dongle, specially coded VR videos, and Lovense’s Max and Nora sex toys to make the toys’ vibrations and rotations sync with the VR action seen in your headset.
  New Sex Toys Sync Up to Virtual Reality Porn (Wired)

• A judge in Fresno County, California, ruled last week that a lawsuit against the Clovis Unified School District’s abstinence-focused sex education program was justified because it was out of compliance with the state’s law mandating sex education to be medically accurate and free of bias.
  Judge’s Ruling in California Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Case Shows Importance of Strong Policies (RH Reality Check)

• Well-deserved: Big congrats to Cecilia Tan! The Pioneer Award is given annually to a few “pioneers” of romance, and the Career Achievement Award in Erotic Fiction is an honor – Tan won both this year!
  RT Award Recap: Cecilia Tan Pioneer & Career Achievement Award speeches (Cecilia Tan)

• Join San Francisco Sex Education for a night of education on and exploration of Sex and Video Games, led by a specialist in the field. Morgan “Red” McCormick has been a regularly invited speaker at Penny Arcade Expo on the topic of transgender representation in video games, and much more. Join us as we learn about the history and progression of sexuality in video games.
  SFSI Seminars: Sex and Video Games (Brown Paper Tickets)

• Dr. Nadim Uddin Siddiqui hosts a weekly call-in show about sexual issues on a Pakistani cable television channel. The program, Clinic Online, is a rarity for a conservative Muslim nation, but has proved popular, particularly among women.
  Live On Pakistani TV: A Call-In Show About Sex (NPR, via Thomas Roche)

• Religious leaders aren’t usually the best advisers on how to spice things up in the bedroom, but Orthodox Jewish couples struggling to sustain passionate marriages are finding a savior in Rabbi Natan Alexander. Men and women dissatisfied with their love lives are making pilgrimages to the Judaean Mountains near Jerusalem, where Alexander may prescribe them a Sqweel.
  Toy Vey: The Rabbi Selling Kosher Vibrators (Bloomberg)

• Twenty years ago, while people were shoveling processed foods down their gullets, they were also erotically consuming the sex toy equivalent of toxic processed foods. Yes, in the not so distant past folks were heading to their local smut emporium to purchase dildos, butt plugs and other goodies made from toxic, porous materials chock full of phthalates and other unpronounceable scourges.
  The frisky new world of non-toxic, cruelty-free, eco-friendly sex toys (Hopes and Fears)

• Fun article: A growing cohort of Torontonians are indulging their wildest fetishes – and negotiating every slap, spank and lash of the whip.
  The Kink Club: inside the secret world of BDSM (Toronto Life, thanks, Viviane!)

• The group of eight women sing, dance and enact poetry as getting-to-know-you exercises, but the themes written on the whiteboard reveal the deeper nature of the work: “Misconception, whore, mother, domestic violence, abandoned-thrown out, rebirth.” These are big motifs to tackle, but that’s what the San Francisco Bay Area Sex Worker Film and Arts Festival (now in its ninth year) is about — asking difficult questions.
  Sex workers act out in S.F. theater workshop (SF Gate)

• An Egyptian court has ordered Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb to impose a ban on pornographic websites. A similar decision taken two years ago denounced pornographic content as “venomous and vile,” but failed to come into force. The Wednesday ruling is to be immediately enforced.
  Egypt Court Bans Online Adult Content (XBIZ)

• Warning for survivors of sexual assault and trauma. Author Cathy Young writes: “To me, this crusade against “rape culture” over-simplifies the vast complexity of human sexual interaction, conflating criminal sexual acts like coercion by physical force, threat or incapacitation—which should obviously be prosecuted and punished whenever possible – with bad behavior.”
  Feminists want us to define these ugly sexual encounters as rape. Don’t let them. (Washington Post)

Shine Louise Houston, the Director and Producer at Pink and White Productions, is definitely one of my personal heroes (and a friend, though we haven’t seen each other in like a million years). One of my all-time favorite quotes in our contemporary sex revolution came when Houston said, “There is power in creating images, and for a woman of color and a queer to take that power. I don’t find it exploitative; I think it’s necessary.”

I’ve had the privilege over the years to be able to support Houston’s projects, sometimes with really hot exclusives, and I’m ridiculously excited to find out that Houston is working on a new film: SNAPSHOT. Announced Monday, the crowdfunding just began here on Indiegogo, and I strongly recommend throwing even just $5 in the kitty.

I’m Shine Louise Houston, and I’ve been creating erotic queer cinema through my company Pink & White Productions for almost a decade. My films have screened across the globe, have received numerous awards, and appear frequently in academic work and sexuality textbooks. In my films, I work to create an alternate vision of what’s sexy, one that is more reflective of the queer communities and communities of color that I identify with.

This summer I’m taking a big directorial leap by making my first independently produced feature film, SNAPSHOT. It will be my 5th feature film, but the first that Pink & White will have full control over.

(…) Growing up queer, I was always frustrated with the coming out stories I was hearing and seeing: there were so few queers of color, the representations’ idea of ‘sexy’ wasn’t mine, narratives were formulaic and stereotypical, and the production quality left a lot to be desired. SNAPSHOT is an attempt to provide a different coming out narrative in a tone that reflects some of my most profound filmic influences. It involves two women of color as its main characters. The character whose “coming out” is in focus is in her late 30s — and her coming out has to do more with the intricacies of new desires than with gender.

There’s much more to read on SNAPSHOT’S crowdfunding page, including its timeline and goals. But it’s the personal text from Shine that’s a must-read; it’ll give you goosebumps, make you smile, and if you’re like me, a bit of both while shouting “viva la revolucion!” Also, in San Francisco style, SNAPSHOT is about a murder.

SNAPSHOT is an erotic suspense thriller that draws inspiration from film classics such as Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Antonioni’s Blow Up.

As a queer love story, SNAPSHOT doesn’t shy away from portraying explicit sexuality, which gives context to the characters’ intimacy and exists as a key element of my storytelling. Popular examples of movies that include realistic sex are Shortbus and the lesbian film, Blue is the Warmest Color. My pornographic aesthetics draw heavily from Radley Metzger. Pink & White Productions films show the mechanics of intimate sexuality, and uncensored portrayals of genuine pleasure, which is what our company is best known for.

Donate to SNAPSHOT! Help make it happen! I really want to see this film!

• “Something happened in Hollywood in the 1960s: A few entrepreneurs gave Tinseltown a handful of strip clubs that were unrivaled for their respectability and their caliber of beautiful women. Far from the raunchy present-day “gentlemen’s clubs” where dollar bills are stuffed into g-strings, these places were clean, well-lit tourist destinations: the Pink Pussycat, the Largo, the Classic Cat and the Body Shop.”
  What’s New, Pussycat? (Treats Magazine)

• This week, Alison Tyler’s post Got Indies? really inspired me.

• “So, some idiots who own an electronic billboard in a rich neighborhood in Atlanta couldn’t be bothered to password protect its internet connection, even though they’d been warned about the security issue by a researcher (they told him they were “not interested” in the information). You know where this is going…”
  Goatse Lulz (Eros Blog)

• “Every revolution needs its revolutionaries: people who question the cultural norms and instigate change. A sex culture revolutionary could be an artist, educator, activist or business owner who is motivating a change in culture’s relationship to sexuality.”
  How To Be a Sex Culture Revolutionary With Polly Superstar (Badoink)

• Late last night while responding to interview questions from an Alternet writer, I came across this delightful website dedicated to Vintage Fetish Magazines.

• “A Florida woman who fled to avoid the circumcision of her son was arrested Thursday for contempt of court, her attorney said. Heather Hironimus went missing with her 4-year-old child nearly three months ago, going into hiding as her long court battle against the surgery reached its climax.”
  Fla. Woman Who Fled to Avoid Son’s Circumcision Is Arrested (NYT)

• My latex-loving friend 3XL announced he has new kinky t-shirts and stickers in four snazzy designs.

• “Erica has photographed herself fully naked on the subway, riding a bike over Brooklyn Bridge, having her hair cut by a barber, snow shovelling, getting “tattooed” by Ami James, stepping out of a taxi, playing pig pong with Susan Sarandon, and so on…”
  Nude in New York: The Power of Naked. {Whole Buncha Nudity} (Elephant Journal)

• I’ve been really enjoying the blog Unicorn Booty lately.

• “Conservative organizations are losing it over ABC’s new sitcom that lists Dan Savage as an executive producer. Last Tuesday, the trailer for the upcoming ABC sitcom The Real O’Neals dropped online. The new comedy follows a “typical Irish-Catholic family” in modern America—typical in the sense that they have a gay son, an anorexic son, a scam-pushing daughter, and a crumbling marriage.”
  Dan Savage’s New Sitcom Will Destroy Us All (Daily Beast)

• On the 27th of April, The Singing Sailor Underwater Defense System was installed into the sea in the archipelago due east of Stockholm. The Singing Sailor is a subsurface sonar system sending out the Morse code: “This way if you are gay”. For any submarines passing close by, The Singing Sailor also features the message “Welcome to Sweden. Gay since 1944.” (the year Sweden legalized homosexuality) as an animated neon sign.
  The Singing Sailor (svenskafreds.se)

• While the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling left intact most of 18 U.S.C. § 2257, the recordkeeping regulation for producers of sexually explicit content, the decision is a victory in many respects. Diane Duke, the CEO of trade industry group Free Speech Coalition, remarked that today’s decision prohibits “the routine, warrantless inspections, which were the hallmark of the original regulation. The 3rd Circuit’s decision struck down the recordkeeping inspection as unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.”
  FSC Responds to Today’s 3rd Circuit Ruling Over 2257 Regs (XBIZ)

• Marlon Wayans (Scary Movie and A Haunted House) has announced that a parody of Fifty Shades Of Grey is in the works. The Hollywood star confirmed that he has taken on the challenge of reworking the film adaption of EL James’s S&M trilogy for a new audience. The project, entitled Fifty Shades Of Black, will be a comedy co-written by and starring the White Chicks actor. Wayans is teaming up with filmmaker Rick Alvarez once again for the forthcoming movie.
  Fifty Shades Of Grey to be given Scary Movie treatment by Marlon Wayans (IB Times)

• The HBO documentary Thought Crimes aired last weekend, about the so-called “Cannibal Cop,” a Queens-born NYPD officer convicted of conspiring to kidnap, cook and consume young female targets). I’m in it commenting about extreme fetishes, though you don’t get to hear me talk about vore/cannibalism fetish, and the importance of context with extreme/disturbing fetishes. It’s a great, but frustrating (and disturbing: warning for survivors) documentary.
  The 60-second interview: Erin Lee Carr, director of ‘Thought Crimes’ (Capital New York)

• A federal jury is hearing opening arguments next week in a civil case where Continental Airlines’ baggage handlers are accused of humiliating a gay couple by causing a sex toy to be exposed when released on a baggage claim carousel.
  Sex Toy Gets Exposed at the Airport; Couple Sues (XBIZ)

• Mic spoke to Lust Films director Erika Lust, porn creator Ms. Naughty and MakeLoveNotPorn.tv content curator Sarah Beall about what it’s like to create porn for women. For Lust, Beall and Ms. Naughty, feminist porn wasn’t a business venture so much as it was about creating a social change and providing material women might actually find sexy.
  6 Empowering Things Feminist Pornographers Can Teach Us About Sex (Mic)

• From Norway comes a frank sex ed series for preteens, to teach kids the science of the birds and the bees. Line Jansrud, a medical doctor and host of Newton—Norway’s science show for 8 to 12 years olds—is French kissing a tomato. “This tomato does not have a tongue, but it feels roughly the same,” she says. The program is a new part of the sex education that third graders get in Norway, via NRK, the Norwegian public broadcast channel and NRK Super, the largest Norwegian website for children.
  Are These the World’s Most Graphic Sex-Ed Videos? (Daily Beast)

• It’s not just penises that are taking Instagram’s backchannels by storm, it’s all manners of sexy bits: 15-second jerkoff videos, exposed anuses, a bevy of braless breasts. Though nudity is banned by Instagram’s community guidelines, a cottage industry of illicit hashtags has sprung up to find and share these photos.
  Inside Instagram’s Long Guerrilla War on Porn—and the Users Who Keep Coming Back (Talking Points Memo)

• With the launch of its new blogging platform nearing, adult search engine BoodiGo is calling for adult performers, bloggers and webmasters to start reserving subdomains now. “BoodiBlog will offer adult bloggers a stable, adult-dedicated platform on which they can write about and promote whatever they wish.”
  BoodiGo Taking Name Reservations for New BoodiBlog Platform (BoodiGo)

• In a decision that’s being hailed as “historic,” a judge in California has ruled that health classes focusing exclusively on telling students to remain abstinent until marriage fall short of the state’s comprehensive sex ed requirements.
  ‘Historic’ Ruling States That Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Isn’t Sex Ed (ThinkProgress)

• It’s hard to look at this and believe that AdWeek isn’t trying to create controversy by reminding brands they now live in a world where not everything is under their control, and that user platforms are for users.
  Here’s Why Twitter’s Porn Problem Freaked Out Brands (AdWeek)

• Kate Peters’ collaborative project Cam Girls is a terrific portrait series. Her pixelated images are photographs of a computer screen, and the women on them make their living offering online sexual performances.
  Portraits of Sex Cam Girls, Captured Through Skype (NSFW) (Wired)

• Though it requires STD testing for every straight-sex scene it films, Kink.com’s precautions for gay actors contributed to the spread of HIV, an actor claims in court. Plaintiff John Doe says he notified Kink.com immediately when he tested HIV-positive in May 2013, but that studio bosses kept his status quiet until shooting wrapped, leaving regulators in the dark and causing a delay that potentially resulted in HIV exposures for two performers.
  Porn Actor With HIV Pins Blame on Kink.com (Courthouse News)

• “Sadly, the decline in free speech at American universities, and the proliferation of ludicrous “trigger warning” mandates for books and courses, are topics covered largely by the right-wing media, so often I must hold my nose as I examine their sources.”
  Life Is “Triggering.” The Best Literature Should Be, Too. (New Republic)

• Warning for survivors of sexual assault, trauma, abuse. For psychological reasons, Angel Perez does not call what happened to him rape. But he vividly recalls being taken to Homan Square, a warehouse used by the Chicago police for incommunicado detentions, where police inserted something into his rectum.
  Homan Square detainee: I was sexually abused by police at Chicago ‘black site’ (Guardian)

My pals over at Lovehoney are at it again: Their fun and always-delightful Design A Sex Toy competition is back. The winner of each category can win $1,500, with the bonus Judges’ Pick award receiving an extra $3,000 (submit here).

Then, Lovehoney makes and distributes your toy, and shares all the sales royalties with you. Apparently the guy who invented the 2009 winner the Sqwueel has raked in over $150K. That’s not too bad for a bit of extra regular income and adding a cool toy to the ‘verse (and not having to hassle with manufacturing, trademark and copyright, legal, shipping, being treated like a fucking criminal by Facebook and Instagram when you try to promote your legitimate business, getting kicked off Kickstarter and then having to make it your whole damn life on Indiegogo).

Here’s Lovehoney’s spiel:

Lovehoney has assembled a panel of expert judges, including the ‘Philippe Starck of sex toys’ – Lelo and Tickler Founder Eric Kalén, Lovehoney Operations Manager Paul Jaques, Lovehoney Product Director Bonny Hall and Lovehoney Online Trading Manager Alice Little.

There are three categories to enter: Sex Toys for Men, Sex Toys for Women and Sex Toys for Couples. The winner of each category will win $1,500 and the Judges’ Pick will receive an extra $3,000 (…)

The Lovehoney team will consider all designs submitted to them, from high tech computer-generated designs to 3D models, and even a scribble on a Post-It note. What are you waiting for?

PS – Lovehoney made me this cute discount page.

• Kala – Fendia
• Afrodita – Depali
• Francesca – Untamed

• Dee – Sweet Release
• Carolina – Webcam Girl

• Mila – My Little Genie
• Dakota – Tropicali

• Milla – Sayma
• Suzanna A. – Queza
• Genie – Presenting Genie
• Amelie B. – Confira

• Lauren Crist – Aniry
• Sindy – Varea

• Ana Rose, Ava Courcelles – Charm
• Whitni – The Lazy Chair

• Yuki Kawamoto – Shaving Time (gallery 1, 2)
• Satomi Suzuki – Office Striptease, Office Shibari

• Sydney – Workout Girl (video)

• Pepper Kester – A Dash of Pepper
• Paris Lincoln – One Night in …

• Anna T. – Enjoying Life
• Adel P. – Take Me

• Sybil A. – Badem
• Zsanett Tormay – Ekoss

• “Ek Paheli Leela” has sparked all kinds of conversations, jokes and a small skirmish involving at least two prominent Indian politicians on Twitter. That’s because it stars Sunny Leone, a.k.a. Karenjit Kaur Vohra, the Indian heroine and reality-show personality who is also a popular American porn star.
  The Porn Star Sunny Leone’s Bollywood Makeover (NYT)

• The November 1972 issue of Playboy is the magazine’s best selling issue of all time. This is due to the proliferation of one iconic image from the magazine: that of centerfold model Lena Söderberg. The original image was digitized by researches at the University of Southern California Signal and Image Processing Institute (SIPI) in 1973.
  The Playboy Centerfold At The Center Of Computer Science (Digg)

• When entrepreneurs Alexandra Fine and Janet Lieberman of Dame Products launched a crowdfunding campaign via California-based Indiegogo to bankroll a high-tech sex toy last year, they knew investors might be squeamish. Fine and Lieberman’s effort became the most highly funded adult product in the history of online crowdfunding, surpassing even their “stretch” goal of $200,000 by 375 percent (they raised nearly $750,000). Indiegogo recently named Eva the most successful campaign ever run by an all-female team.
  How A Sex Toy Set Crowdfunding Records On Indiegogo (Forbes)

• This is both funny, and really, really bad. It’s time to call shenanigans on what is, without a doubt, the biggest failed social experiment of our time: Wikipedia.
  Gland Slams (Adult Mag)

• Along the murky border of China and Myanmar, the stringent morals of both countries give way to a no-man’s-land where prostitution is unchecked, gambling is rampant, and the tiger bone wine flows freely.
  A Border Town Built for Vice (Narratively)

• Porn stars are supposed to be the epitome of sexiness, which to most people means young and tight-bodied. But to be a porn star takes more than just good looks—sex appeal is more than just an impulsive physical attraction. “People’s desires start out as a dream, desire starts in the brain,” says Norma Stitz. “And that’s why I am still sought out at the age of 57.”
  The Plight of the Over 50 Porn Star: Why Age Is Just a Number (Daily Beast)

• Have you wondered what it’s like to get fucked by the Apple Watch? Canadian erotic author Leonard Delaney did. This article is fun, though keep in mind the writer is clueless about erotica, and is unfortunately so titillated that they miss observing some of the really cool, pointed, and freakish things in Delaney’s writing.
  The Writer Behind the Weirdest Tech Erotica You’ve Ever Read (Gizmodo)

• We can still count on Vice for the deeper investigative stuff. “(…) when I was made aware of Private Gym, a program that claims to be ‘simply the world’s best personal trainer for your pelvic muscle system,’ and ‘as good as Viagra,’ I was intrigued.”
  I Tried a Four-Week Workout Regimen to Strengthen My Dick (Vice)

• North Las Vegas police got the case after the mayor asked the department for help removing what he believed to be child pornography from his personal iPad. A detective helped out but didn’t check any of the mayor’s other electronic devices or press Lee on why his story didn’t make sense in light of evidence found, a police report filed last year shows.
  Police Chief: North Las Vegas mayor got special treatment in child porn investigation (Las Vegas Review Journal)

• Near the end of the latest “Clueless Gamer” segment on Conan there’s a glimpse of one of The Witcher 3’s sex scenes: It takes place on a stuffed unicorn, because apparently that’s something that happens in the actual books the games are based on.
  The Witcher 3 Lets You Have Sex On A Unicorn (Kotaku)

• A 33-year-old South Africa man says three women forced him into a car at gunpoint Tuesday, then made him drink an unknown, erection-inducing drug and raped him. According to the Star’s South Africa correspondent, Stephanie Findlay, “local news organizations have reported women at the Zimbabwe border selling semen to sangomas, traditional healers who then use the substance in their popular rituals.”
  Man Claims Three Women Drugged and Raped Him, Then Bagged up His Semen (Gawker)

• I have long awaited the day I have an excuse to finally send the wonderful Mr. Bruce Schneier traffic from this blog. “This scam is particularly interesting, because there are good chances that the victim will never realize that he’s been scammed — in fact, he probably had a good time.”
  Online Dating Scams (Schneier on Security)

• Dr. Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College, London has found that menopause may not decrease a woman’s sex drive as we once thought, giving hope for sexual satisfaction and activity into old age. Time has the original report, but I found Bustle’s overview to be the best of the lot.
  Menopause May Not Lead To Lower Sex Drives, Says New Study (Bustle)

• Adult erotic drama “Marriage 2.0” is a legitimate cinematic achievement with a dialog-driven plot, moving performances and stunning cinematography of our beautiful Bay Area — as well as some attractive people boning. Marriage 2.0 (sound alert) had its official premiere at the Victoria Theatre (San Francisco) at a gala event with all the film’s stars on hand in what producer Magnus Sullivan called an attempt to “reestablish adult as a relevant cinematic medium”. < Interesting footnote: The Victoria Theatre's owner was a vocal opponent of Kink.com moving into The Armory, itself only a few blocks away from the theatre.
  Porn Stars And Fans Glam It Up At ‘Marriage 2.0′ Premiere At The Victoria (SFist)

• Paige Fox, Cathy Heaven, scandalized cat – Madame Marchant Puts Her Assistant Through Her Paces
• Christian X, Rebecca More, Megan Coxxx – The Anniversary
• Amarna Miller, Alexei Jackson – Run
• Tiffany Doll, Tiffany Naylor – The Stimulation Study
• Samantha Bentley, Ian Tate – The Positional Study

• Clarke Kent, Pau Pappel – Boat Buddies With Benefits
• Carol Vega, Alexa Tomas, Joel Tomas – Spying on a Couple Having Sex

• Veronica Rodriguez, Riley Reid, Violet (no relation!) – Playtime Commentary < love this!

• Amarna Miller, gentleman friend – Cheating On Shinji
• Danni Marie – Ultimate Despair

• Amy Faye – Searching For A Hook Up
• Ava Taylor, gentleman friend – She Loves Hardcore

• Anastasia Black, Mallane Mccvoy – Natural Passion
• Kenna James Sammie Daniels – Lesbian Anal Pleasure
• Amber Cute, Denis Reed – Art of Anal

• Using a script that crawled 4,814,732 clips on Clips4Sale, Guardian writer Martin Robbins crunched numbers and did some data visualization on categories and costs, with interesting results. It turns out that porn prices have almost exactly tracked inflation.
  Porn data: visualising fetish space (Guardian UK)

• The queer Austrian men’s magazine Vangardist, which is distributed exclusively in Germany, Austria, has printed an entire issue in ink that was infused with HIV-positive infused blood. This was more than a stunt, though: it’s meant to bring awareness to the increasingly prevalent stigma associated with HIV.
  Austrian Magazine ‘Vangardist’ Prints Issue in HIV-Positive Blood-Infused Ink (Flavorwire)

• Astroglide has debuted a new lubricant, Astroglide TTC (Trying to Conceive), which is specially formulated to provide a better environment for conception. According to the company, lab-tested Astroglide TTC has been clinically proven to allow sperm to move freely and unhindered.
  Astroglide Debuts Sperm-Friendly Lube (XBIZ)

• UK web filters have made it harder to access pornography online and recent changes to the law banned everything from spanking to facesitting in a bid to protect children from “harmful material”. Now the Conservative party wants to go one step further and hide all pornographic websites behind an 18+ verification check. Critics argue the move sets a dangerous precedent.
  Pornography is under attack (Wired UK)

• A recent news story about plans to open a “halal” sex shop in Islam’s holiest city, Mecca – in Saudi Arabia, one of the Arab world’s most conservative countries – went viral among Muslims and non-Muslims alike. But a physical store remains only a wish – some critics called it wishful thinking – expressed by Abdelaziz Aouragh, the Moroccan-Dutch entrepreneur behind El Asira , an erotic e-shop described as halal – meaning sanctioned by Islamic law, similar to the concept of kosher.
  Sex and sharia: Islamic erotica is fine – if it’s sold virtually (Haaretz)

• Porn star Bonnie Rotten was walking around NYC topless last week in various parts of the city, including Washington Square Park and Times Square, shooting a spread for Inked Magazine.
  Video: Topless Porn Star Attracts Most Shameless Men In Manhattan (Gothamist)

• A porn actress has upset authorities in Egypt after posting a picture of her bare backside while riding a camel in front of the Pyramids. Carmen De Luz put the cheeky photo of herself at the Giza Pyramids on her Instagram page with the message ‘welcome to Egypt.’
  Egyptian authorities have been left fuming by one tourist’s holiday snaps (Mirror UK)

• Amid a national push to punish those who distribute sexual photos without consent, NFL linebacker Jermaine Cunningham will be the most recognizable defendant yet to face “revenge porn” charges when he appears in court Wednesday.
  NFL Linebacker’s Case Highlights Rise of Revenge Porn Laws (AP/ABC News)

• Abstinence education in action: Earlier this year, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 8 of the 11 states with the highest rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were in the South.
  Texas High Schools See Spike In STDs (CBS Local)

• “There are many for whom dealing with the boner-wielding heirs apparent of Beavis and Butthead is too much and have cast Tinder into the fire for good. Tinder for them is too littered with single word bios, out-of-focus selfies revealing bad tattoos, and messages inquiring about nudes before inquiring about your day. But I’ve found enough value on Tinder to keep going, swiping and unmatching bad profiles out of my life at the first sign of unreasonable expectations. Their corner of Tinder is a dark place, dense with hapless souls who didn’t realize that the centuries-long period of dick overvaluation is over.”
  The Dickonomics of Tinder (Medium)

• Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. withdrew a job advertisement seeking candidates who resemble a popular Japanese porn actress (Sora Aoi) to motivate computer programmers after drawing criticism.
  Alibaba is Pulling Its Ad for Job Candidates With Pornstar Qualities (Bloomberg)

• “…he’s not wearing his sexytime suit. Nor is he probing her with his sweet sweet mating arm. A male octopus does have a penis – but it’s a relatively small organ that’s tucked up near his head, and it doesn’t actually come into contact with his mate. For that, he has a special arm called a hectycotylus.”
  Famous Cephalopod-On-Woman Sex Scene Reveals Octopus Isn’t That Into Her (Gizmodo)

• Shortly after the Get To Work expansion went live, some Sims players started to notice something was up. There were a lot of alien abductions. These were an intentional feature, in part. But they weren’t meant to start happening all the time. Even stranger was the fact that male Sims were suddenly ending up, how do I say this… with child.
  The Sims Bug Abducts Men, Makes Them Pregnant (Kotaku)

• Researchers with Malwarebytes Labs identified a malvertising campaign impacting popular adult website xHamster. The malicious advertisement – served up by ad provider TrafficHaus – was spotted on Friday and taken down by the end of Saturday.
  Angler Exploit Kit pushed in xHamster malvertising campaign (SC Magazine)

This edition of Kink Your Kindle features some absolute showstoppers in the world of new erotic fiction — and the fiction genre, period. I’m not sure what changed in the past few months, but something certainly has in the world of erotica. The newest crop of hot, lit smut is deep, and I highly recommend each and every one of them. Best of all, most of these are indies, and self-published works, so we’re supporting the writers directly! YAY!

With the exception of any nonfiction titles, every selection in this post contains explicit sex, ranging from romantic trysts with hardcore sex to character-driven, thoughtful – but very nasty – porn. Expect unusual and rich stories, characters with complexity, riveting realistic sex, and skilled storytelling.

Searching for erotic Kindle books is a nightmare of poorly written (auto generated? plagiarized?) free books, most exploiting dated (and often offensive) stereotypes that are a turn-off. But they all rank high on Amazon’s search, page after page – making it impossible to find quality erotic titles. I hope that Kink Your Kindle helps to hack a path through the rip-offs and Kindle spammers, and that through this you discover new authors you grow to love.

• Take the Heat: A Criminal Romance Anthology ($3.99) multiple authors, including favorites Giselle Renarde, Tamsin Flowers (@GiselleRenarde, @TamsinFlowers)
  “Crack. That would be the one word to describe this awesome anthology. I could not put it down. Not for deadlines of my own, bedtimes if I had better sense or any other reason. I crawled back to my e-reader on breaks and hugged it during morning coffee. Each story is different but holds the same sweet edge of sex and danger that always keeps me coming back for more. Hot!!! 5/5 for sheer panty soaking heat. I loved it!!” (Amazon review)

• Haunted ($1.99) by Sommer Marsden (@sommer_marsden)
  “Hang on folks, you’re going on a wild and scary ride with some romantic delight tossed in here and there to us anchored. The characters were well done. The story line unfolded in vivid detail. The author’s words created such imagery that I could see the haunted amusement park: the defunct rides, dilapidated buildings, even the faded clowns. Not only see but hear the screeching roller coaster grind on the tracks with sparks flying, hear the shrill screams and the laughter of long ago. No spoilers but there are a lot of memorable scenes you don’t want to miss. This is a must read that will keep the romance lovers and the paranormal lovers content.” (Amazon review) See also: The Accidental Cougar ($2.99)

• The Eyes of Bast ($3.50) by Lisabet Sarai
  “When instinct tells Shaina to visit the feral cat trap she’s set in Central Park, she listens to that inner voice. She discovers she’s caged a magnificent black tom, but the cat inexplicably vanishes after she tends to his wounds. Seeking the errant feline, Shaina encounters instead a handsome stranger whose slightest touch sets her body on fire. As the day dawns after a night of ferocious passion, her mysterious lover is forced back into his true shape – the tomcat she rescued. Born a cat, Tom was transformed into an unwilling shape shifter by a sorceress who craved a human plaything to satisfy her perverse lusts. Centuries old and irresistibly powerful, Delphine Montserrat will stop at nothing to find her runaway familiar. Shaina vows to do whatever is necessary to defeat the vicious but seductive witch and save the man she believes is her soulmate.” See also: The Witches of Gloucester ($2.99)

• The Incubus and the Angel: Magic University Book Three ($6.99) by Cecilia Tan (@ceciliatan)
  “The Incubus and the Angel is an entertaining read that has a similar magical world structure as the Harry Potter books, though these tales of magic definitely aren’t for children. Kyle is a strong hero but with a touch of femininity which helps him relate to Lindy in ways an alpha male type couldn’t. He’s been hurt emotionally, but willing to keep searching for his soul mate.” (You Gotta Read Reviews)

• Hot for Her: Dirty Boys Get Everything They Lust For: Four Adult Short Sex Stories ($2.99) by Lana Fox, J.T. Louder, Angela Tavares (@foxlana, @jtlouder, @herebookybooky)
  Women writing porn from the male point of view… is it hot? Hell yes! “From a taxi-cab customer with lusciously bounceable breasts to a college coach whose wife knows the meaning of share time, the women in HOT FOR HER know how to take their pleasure, and the men who crave them can’t get enough. Taking the male point of view, these four pleasure-focused stories build quickly and erupt with force. Everyone’s having the orgasms they’ve dreamed of, in settings far away from home.”

• The Spanking House: And other stories ($3.89) by Alison Tyler (@AlisonTyler)
  Eight exquisite short stories about spanking – and the thrilling erotic friction that leads to the moment of contact – make Tyler’s newest collection of her favorite filthy pastime a must-read. Highly recommended. “In the backseat of a shiny black limo and over the end of a classic cherry-colored convertible. I’ve been punished while bent over a motorcycle. Smacked with a wooden ruler while duct-taped to a desk. But over-the-knee is my favorite position, my favorite place to be.”

• Spyder’s Trouble (A BDSM Space Opera) ($5.99) by Korin I. Dushayl (@eroticawriter)
  “As the shadow of a repressive piety movement spreads across the system’s free worlds, the Lady Cassandra and her slaves must flee home. The Dominatrix persuades her loyal clients to smuggle her out of the city where she lives. When he rushes to her aid, Spyder’s troubles follow him. Pursued both by the law and the lawless, Spyder and his navigator exploit every evasive maneuver and smuggler’s trick they know…”

• The Companion Contract ($3.99) by Solace Ames (@solacewrites)
  “The Companion Contract is such a gem — while Amy may (sometimes) enjoy playing the submissive, there’s never a question that she’s a capable and strong woman, in total control of her life. Watching her act as a friend to Miles, as he grapples with addiction and rebuilding his life, is just as satisfying as seeing her fall for Emanuel. And brava to Solace Ames for writing Xiomara, a spirited heroine who deserves her own story. As a trans woman of color, Xiomara isn’t the kind of character readers see all that often in romance, and Ames brings her to life with both vibrancy and humanity. More, please.” (RT February 2015 Seal of Excellence)

• Indecent Desires ($2.99) by Sophia Valenti (@sophiavalenti)
  “Angela has always admired her neighbor, Nate, but her interest is piqued even more when she spies him delivering an over-the-knee spanking to a pretty lady. Her curiosity doesn’t go unnoticed, however, and the following day, Nate invites her over for a better look–and some well-deserved punishment of her own. She soon realizes the price of peeping on your neighbor, especially when he’s a Dom.”

• Silent Shadows Come: Erotic Tales of Ninjas ($3.99) edited by Jennifer Levine (@jlevine3), multiple authors
  “We know that ninjas were historically spies, assassins, and saboteurs, trained to blend in using disguises and stealth, but beyond that… well, it’s up to our imaginations to decide (…) In one story, Nina Parker shows us the cunning mind of the shinobi in “A Job To Be Done.” A ninja knows that a single problem may have many solutions and that some obstacles can be overcome in ways that are… well, mutually beneficial. But what if a ninja underestimates just how distracting that solution may be?”

• Cream: An Erotic Romance ($2.99) by Lana Fox (@foxlana)
  “Sultry jazz singer Caroline Spence has a penchant for smokier numbers—and, as it turns out, men of a similar temperament. So when the darkly dominant Marcus takes her on as his submissive, she surprises him by sharing his love of double cream, both in a bowl and on her body, as well as a passion for kink that could lose him his job. Still, it turns out Marcus isn’t the only one who wants Caroline. Two men. One siren. And a challenge that changes her life.”

• Lips Like Ice ($6.99) by Peggy Barnett (@scifrey)
  “Lips Like Ice is the best kind of erotica. Barnett’s world is creative and alive while at the same time being fantastical and bizarre, her characters feel hyper-realm and the sex is hot! But at the same time, the book is also the best kind of fantasy, working as a masterful allegory for the gender challenges that face men, women, and beyond in our own culture. Barnett pens a roadmap to the mistakes real people so often make, and creates a sympathetic story of error and correction; of frustration and kindness. And the sex is HOT! This is a must-read for fans of genre-bending fantasy; steamy, envelope-pushing erotica; and as a dude, I feel like every guy should read it for a greater understanding of the forces we’re subjected to, and the mistakes we can avoid through greater understanding.” (Amazon review)

• Paperback only, but too good to leave out: Dog Men ($15) by Alana Noel Voth (@alananoel)
  “The action here is deep and meaningful — characters make difficult choices, and endure the consequences. Not many writers would have you feel genuine, wrenching pity for the plight of a brain-eating zombie, or the most beautiful man in the world (…) The stories are sex-soaked — hustlers, porn shops, trysts that are messy and hot and explicit. People risk everything for sex (“love was holy”) — their reputations, their bodies, their lives. And the sex is not straightforward. This is as about as far from vanilla as I can imagine. Sex with an edge. Failed sex, masochistic sex, salty, painful, difficult and real.” (Trigger Warnings, The Lit Pub)

• Nonfiction: Connecting to Kink: Safely exploring your BDSM fantasies online ($5.99) by I.G. Frederick (@eroticawriter)
  “I.G. Frederick does what few other BDSM writers and practitioners have done, acknowledging that many find their way into kink online. This book offers vital guidance on how to sensibly and safely explore the issues and the landscape – virtually first, and then in the flesh.” -Remittance Girl, author of Gaijin and The Waiting Room

NEW FROM ME

• Filthy Housewives and Bisexual Husbands (3.89 each) edited by Violet Blue, multiple authors (@violetblue)
  My two latest collections feature many skilled authors I’ve published in Best Women’s Erotica – and they’ve crafted 14 delicious predicaments for 14 deeply loving, adventurous, and fairly filthy couples.

“What you need to know about Filthy Housewives is that it offers literary pornography at its finest. What’s masterful about this collection is the sheer erotic creativity it displays. Every single story might start off sounding like something you’ve read someplace, some time, but no—Filthy Housewives offers seven arousing, inventive sexual fantasies, and each one will provide you with at least one moment, one image or scent, that will stay with you long after you’ve finished reading.” (Amazon review)

“Anyone thinking Mad Men? I know I am. And yet, when you open Bisexual Husbands, and begin your journey, it’s nothing like anything you’ve ever read before. Between the covers are seven hot and kinky tales of husbands gone wild – pushed and prodded into it by their wild and kinky wives. Before they realize what’s going on, they’re caught up in something they never knew they wanted. In between stories, cleanse your palette with bits and bites from Violet herself – tips on how to kink up your bar, or the proper way to lube up. All tips feel like they should be published in Good Housekeeping, but it keeps with the feel of the collection. Old fashioned on the outside, but thoroughly modern and shiny new on the inside.” (Amazon review)

Previous Kink Your Kindle book lists:

• Kink Your Kindle: Sherlock slash, Love and War, slutty couples, kidnapped chefs
• Kink Your Kindle: Filthy chefs, slow surrenders, and debauched fairy tales
• Kink Your Kindle: Free Fetish Sex, Bisexual Boyfriends, Twisted Bondage
• Kink Your Kindle: Group sex, erotic dystopian sci-fi, Bitcoin smut, kinky romance
• Kink Your Kindle: Jewel thieves, body swaps, filthy bisexuals and unsatisfied sex slaves
• Kink Your Kindle: Criminals, bisexuals and kinky new erotic fiction
• Kink Your Kindle: Filthy Black Friday 2012 Edition
• Kink Your Kindle: Hot Summer Smut
• Kink Your Kindle: Selected Explicit Novels
• Kink Up Your Kindle: Now For Android
• Kink Your Kindle: New Sex and Erotica Kindle Books

• Frances Yean – The Parlor
• Maya Virdi – Maya’s Second Video

• Vanea H. – Wet Climax
• Angel – Sweet Angel
• Nataly and Alessandra – Lickable

• Gana – Lizida
• Lupita – Fysko
• Mia Sollis – Navee

• Davon Kim – Erotic
• Zafira – Sexy Shower

• Karina L. – Prima Ballerina
• Maggie P. – Premiere
• Renata L. – Spring Sun
• April E., Sonya D. – Picknick For Two

• Denisse Gomez – Xgym Base
• Sapphira – Snow Games

• Bella Blond, Eva Berger – Prevalence
• Ana Rose, Jimena Lago – Immersion

• Dutch artist and designer Mark Sturkenboom’s 21 Grams (a reference to Dr. Duncan MacDougall’s belief circa 1907 that the human soul weighs 21 grams) is a “memory box” containing a dildo with a compartment for storing the ashes of a deceased partner, complete with a wearable gold-plated brass key. Inside the box is a scent diffuser and an amp, that connects to an iPhone to play music through floral-shaped speaker holes.
  21 Grams is a sex toy that contains the ashes of a dead partner (Dezeen)

• Recently, sex toy manufacturer Tantus Inc. heard claims of “silicone allergies” from sex toy consumers. Wondering if the industry as a whole was seeing this as well, Tantus reached out to a PhD in Toxicology as well as being a DABT (Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology), whose job includes biocompatibility testing and working with the FDA on 510K (medical device) submissions.
  SILICONE ALLERGY: Is that a thing? (Tantus Inc.)

• According to new research from Indiana University, as many as one in five sexters are coerced into sending sexual texts by threats or manipulation from their partner. The practice is so widespread among young people — and so deeply traumatic — that the developmental psychologist Michelle Drouin thinks it constitutes a new form of intimate partner violence.
  The sexting scandal no one sees (Washington Post)

• A new e-book, Invaded by the iWatch: An Erotic Short Story, hit the Kindle store recently. As its title suggests, the book is erotica centered around Apple’s iWatch. The author of Invaded by the iWatch, a Canadian consultant who writes under the pen name “Leonard Delaney,” told Fusion that writing erotica about the Apple Watch was the logical next step after the success of his first two tech-themed erotica e-books, Taken by the Tetris Blocks and Conquered by Clippy (and ZOMG there’s a ‘Boxed Set‘!) “Discover how a forbidden sexual romance between a woman and a watch is possible. This 4000 word short story contains sexual encounters with technology, blow-jobs, and group sex. It’s only for super mature people who can handle it.”
  There’s Apple Watch erotica, and it’s as awkward as it sounds (Fusion)

• Sixty-one concrete bungalows on twenty-four acres, with 120 resident offenders at any given time. The sex offenders arrived six and a half years ago when Pat Powers, an offender himself, came and claimed the place in the name of Jesus Christ. They live in this exile, of course, because there is nothing lower than their kind. Many of the younger residents had 15- or 16-year-old girlfriends when they themselves were 18 or 19, so ended up doing fifteen years in prison and then were put on the registry as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.
  The American City Where Sex Offenders Live (GQ)

• In China [and Taiwan], friends and family of the deceased may have to do without a special form of funereal entertainment: strippers. According to a statement from the Ministry of Culture on Thursday, the government plans to work closely with the police to eliminate such performances, which are held with the goal of drawing more mourners.
  China Says Please Stop Hiring Funeral Strippers (WSJ)

• The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a final decision rejecting a challenge to the validity of all claims of LELO’s patent covering inductive charging of personal massagers, which directly relates to the sale of the We-Vibe 2, We-Vibe 3, We-Vibe 4 and We-Vibe 4 Plus products. The final decision has cleared the path for LELO to seek monetary compensation from Standard Innovation Corp., as well as all distributors and retailers that sell infringing items.
  U.S. Patent Office Rejects Challenge to Validity of LELO Patent (XBIZ)

• I’m sure this isn’t all we’ll find out about the AHF. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Friday filed suit against the three former executives who alleged earlier this month that the organization defrauded public programs in California and Florida of at least $20 million a year in false claims. The former executives’ whistleblower suit alleged that the AHF defrauded federal healthcare programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Health and Human Services HIV/AIDS grant programs by unlawfully paying referral incentives to employees and patients in violation of an anti-kickback statute.
  AHF Sues Former Execs Who Filed Whistleblower Suit (XBIZ)

• The arrival of Meerkat and Periscope led to a rash of stories in the mainstream press about the impending flood of filth on the new live streaming platforms. But for now, cam performers have mainly stayed away from Periscope and Meerkat, leaving the nudity to unpaid exhibitionists. Snapchat has been popular though, despite the service’s attempts to shut cam girls down.
  No Porn on Periscope? Cam Girl Sites are Delighted (The Next Web)

• Charlie Evens, one of the two men behind the now-defunct revenge porn site IsAnyoneUp.com, has expressed some remorse in an interview with CNN for his work on the site — he says he has “disgust for myself.” However, “How much those women were worth, it was like $500 a week, $1,000 a week.”
  Man who stole pics for revenge porn site now remorseful as trial nears (Ars Technica)

• Two Transportation Security Administration screeners have been fired after conspiring to grope attractive men at Denver International Airport, Denver police said. During the patdown, the male TSA officer used the palms of his hands to touch the passenger’s front groin area and buttocks, which violates TSA policy. All this came to light after an anonymous tip from a TSA employee in November.
  TSA officers fired for plotting to grope men (CNN)

• Wanksy is an anonymous street art vigilante who draws pictures of dicks around potholes in Manchester, England, with the intention of attracting attention to the holes so they get fixed.
  ‘Road Artist’ Wanksy Uses Drawings of Dicks For Social Good (Animal NY)

• Boo! Hiss! By the end of July, Abercombie & Fitch, along with its sister brand Hollister, will no longer use sexualized marketing tactics, including its famed shirtless in-store models.
  Shirts on, Boys. Abercrombie Says It’s Done With Sexualized Marketing (AdWeek)

• According to a new study, comprehensive sex education is exactly what adolescents and young adults need. The Population Council suggests that one of the ways in which we can make sex ed more effective is by addressing the issues of gender inequality. It’s those sex ed programs that include gender inequality and power issues that are the most successful.
  Addressing Gender And Power In Sex Education Makes It More Effective, Says New Study, So Let’s Step It Up (Bustle)

• CNN discovers the use of DCMA takedown requests to remove revenge porn, but should really consult a lawyer (and read revenge porn help sites) about their entire reporting of the practice. They could also read the section in my new book about it, which has actual legally useful advice (I had consultants). But no, the specious “women are copyrighting their breasts” theme takes precedence over accuracy…
  To fight revenge porn, I had to copyright my breasts (CNN)

• Veronica Rodriguez, Bruce Venture – Tasty Creampie
• Jillian Janson, Kassondra Raine – Foreplay

• Lutro, Taylor Sands – Dutch Delight
• Mila Jade, Nina Elle, Tyler Nixon – Stepmom Seduced My Tutor

• Diamantina, Liv – Spicetwice

• Brooke Wylde, gentleman friend – Hardcore POV, Passion HD (video)
• Megan Rain, gentleman friend – Hardcore POV, Passion HD (video)
• Chloe Amour, gentleman friend – Hardcore POV, Passion HD (video)
• Lea Hart, gentleman friend – Hardcore POV, Passion HD (video)

• Johny and Sicilia – Erotic Massage
• Den and Josephine – Favorite Mistress
• Sicilia and Kristof – Delightful Surprise

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its guidelines on Ebola transmission on Sunday night, urging survivors to abstain from all forms of sex or use condoms every time “until more information becomes available,” rather than three months as previously recommended.
  Signs Ebola spreads through sex prompt a CDC warning (Seattle Times)

• Laverne Cox, star of Netflix comedy series Orange is the New Black, continues to break new ground for trans awareness this week with a historic nude photoshoot captured by photographer Norman Jean Roy in Allure’s annual “Nudes Issue”.
  Laverne Cox Shatters Stereotypes in Nude Photoshoot (Unicorn Booty; image above via)

• Great short interview with Mona Eltahawy about her new book, “Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution.”
  Mona Eltahawy Doesn’t Need to Be Rescued (NYT)

• Thanks for putting this together, Ms. Naughty! Here are the winners of the 2015 Feminist Porn Awards…
  Feminist Porn Awards 2015 – The Winners (Ms. Naughty)

• The SmartBod team, which includes engineers from Google X and Amazon, has been working with sex researchers to develop its product. They’ve constructed approximately 50 prototypes which have been 3D printed at UC Berkeley’s startup labs and accelerators, then tested on a rotating group of about 10 people.
  SmartBod: Former Google and Amazon Engineers Reimagine the Technology of Vibrators (Paste Magazine)

• SexShop3D.com has announced its partnership with Authentise, a leading licensing platform for the 3D printing industry. SexShop3D.com is a 3D sex toy marketplace that launched in July, 2014, where designers can register to become sex toy creators and sell their creations to customers who print their sex toys at home using a 3D printer.
  SexShop3D Securely Streams 3D Sex Toy Designs (XBIZ)

• Uproxx asked a cross-section of adult performers about the worst reaction they’ve ever gotten from people finding out they did porn. The responses this time out really ran the gamut, from “No one’s every been an assh*le about it” (April O’Neil) and “I’ve never gotten any bad reactions” (Jade Nile), to “A guy threw a rack of napkins on my and called me a whore” (Violet Monroe) and the succinct but effective “I was disowned.” (Rain DeGray).
  Porn Stars Describe The Worst Reaction They’ve Ever Gotten From Someone Finding Out They Work In Porn (Uproxx)

• Adult performer Samantha Bentley is back on Game of Thrones. The British adult star, who has amassed more than 75 adult movie credits in the past four years, enjoyed a modest part in the fourth season of the HBO hit series, playing a prostitute in a Bravos bath scene opposite Liam Cunningham’s Davos Seaworth.
  Samantha Bentley Discusses Return to ‘Game of Thrones’ (XBIZ)

• Middle school health classes usually have a segment on sex education. Wiseguyz, a nonprofit based in Calgary, Alberta, is working to broaden what “sex ed” can teach youth — specifically, boys between the ages of 13 and 15. Their participants instead talk about weighty issues like masculinity and the hyper-sexualized portrayal of women in media.
  Sex Ed That Turns Boys into Men (Medium)

• A currently-crowdfunding vibrator and app called Little Bird can be connected with digitized erotic short stories to heighten the experience of reading hot writing and sex. The app, called B.Sensory, will be able to be installed on a smartphone, connected with the Little Bird vibe via Bluetooth, and synched with erotic short stories.
  New App B.Sensory Connects Your Vibrator With Erotic Literature, Because Sex Toys Just Keep Getting Better (Bustle)

• While sexuality is a taboo subject in Islam, a halal sex shop that caters to Muslims will open soon in Mecca, Saudia Arabia.
  Halal Sex Shop Opening For Muslims In Mecca, Saudi Arabia (IB Times)

• The evolutionary significance of penis size has been a topic for abundant speculation, often packaged with the myth that the human phallus is far bigger than in other primates. (Article title is misleading; article does not answer its own question but has an interesting discussion of clitoral and vaginal measurements.)
  Does Size Matter for Women? (Psychology Today)

• Denmark passed legislation Tuesday banning bestiality, toughening a law that animal rights activists feared was encouraging animal-sex tourism.
  Denmark: Bestiality Is Banned Amid Concerns of Sex Tourism (Reuters/NYT)

• Who’s having the loudest sex in NYC? In all 311 received 133 complaints between Jan. 1, 2014 and Feb. 12, 2015, from people moaning and groaning about their neighbors’ clamorous coitus, records show. (This article includes a fun “loud sex” map of NYC.)
  The Most Loud Sex Complaints in New York City Come From This Building: Data (DNA Info)

After discovering the incredible body of work belonging to Australian photographer Justin Fox late Friday night, and all the stunning, dreamy nude editorials, I was hooked. Then I found the gallery dedicated to his photography cohort and cat companion Mia, and all her work in photo sets and videos with beautiful babes of all kinds, and realized I was hooked.

Like many readers here, I’ve loved spotting cats in porn, and especially cherish the Indifferent Cats In Amateur Porn Tumblr. But Mia is the opposite of indifferent, and when you see her mimicking the poses of Fox’s all-natural glamour nudes, you know she’s really digging her impromptu modeling gigs.

We can tell how much the models love working with this feline pinup superstar, but Mia, your fan base just got bigger!

• It started when Alice Dreger’s 9th-grade son came home from school and told her that his sex education class was going to be focusing on abstinence. Dreger took a seat in the corner and brought out her laptop. And then she began to tweet.
  What happened when a medical professor live-tweeted her son’s sex-ed class on abstinence (Washington Post)

• A sad day for slutwear: Frederick’s of Hollywood Group Inc., a Los Angeles lingerie brand, has closed all of its stores and will do business only online. Born out of the World War II pinup craze, the company was the brainchild of Frederick Mellinger. He initially opened a lingerie business in New York before moving the shop, renamed Frederick’s of Hollywood, to Los Angeles in 1947. Despite Mellinger’s famous quote that “sex never goes out of fashion,” the company fell behind competitors.
  Frederick’s of Hollywood closes all stores, strips down to Web (LA Times, thank you Cyrus!)

• “I had seen in the flesh what a simple ‘I have herpes‘ could do when said fearlessly, without shame,” Ella Dawson wrote. “Because when a real person — a woman you know and respect — casually mentions having herpes, it stops being a punchline and starts being someone’s reality.”
  Meet the woman who tells everyone, ‘I have genital herpes’ (Washington Post)

• Instagram has clarified its community guidelines to better explain its policies around pornography and harassment. The social network has specifically banned “close-ups of fully-nude buttocks” — but said it would continue to allow photographs of post-mastectomy scarring and women breastfeeding.
  Instagram bans ‘fully-nude’ buttocks (Wired UK)

• The war on sex work is a war on women: In May 2013, Monica Jones, a student and LGBT activist at Arizona State University, was arrested for “manifesting prostitution.” According to the FBI, police arrested over 57,000 people on such charges in 2011. The vast majority were women.
  Molly Crabapple: How police profile and shame sex workers (Fusion)

• A Japanese artist currently on trial for obscenity over vulva sculptures says her arrest shows how far behind her country is in terms of sexual equality. She was arrested last year after building a kayak shaped like her vulva and for emailing plans of the boat, which included pictures of her scanned genitalia, to others. If convicted of distributing or holding obscene images for the purposes of selling, Igarashi could face up to two years in prison and a fine of up to £13,400 (2.5m Yen).
  This woman faces two years in jail for making a vulva canoe (Independent UK)

• Opponents of revenge porn laws warn that the spate of new legislation endangers free-speech laws. The ACLU has raised concerns about First Amendment rights and has cautioned against making revenge porn a felony, instead suggesting civil remedies.
  Could All These New Revenge-Porn Laws Actually Be a Bad Thing? (NY Mag: The Cut)

• According to the company, Ashley Madison is the second most profitable dating enterprise on the internet, second only to Match. That’s why it’s reportedly preparing to go public in the hope of raising $200 million to fund international expansion.
  Ashley Madison IPO proves Adultery is big business (Engadget)

• “Sing What Happens” is a show in which a male singer performs karaoke while a ladyfriend performs… an accompanied instrumental on the skin flute (she jacks him off).
  The Japanese Game Show Where Guys Sing While Getting Jerked Off (Amped Asia)

• Veteran adult performer Justine Joli’s move into manufacturing and distributing pot-infused edible products, namely marijuana jerky, is (bizarrely) seeing porn and marijuana hailed as “the new business bedfellows” by CNBC.com. Three years ago, Joli, who has performed in about 250 adult films, started up Green Fairy Edibles; today, the star plans on moving away from porn, dissolve her adult website and invest hardily into Green Fairy Edibles. “I’m doing what most entrepreneurs do,” she told CNBC.com. “I’m selling off my life and going all in. … One day of making jerky [makes me] the exact same amount I would make on set.”
  CNBC: Porn, Pot Are the New Business Bedfellows (XBIZ)

• A chiropractor in the small town of Lamoni, Iowa, has had his license pulled after being accused of trading services for sex with clients and for performing exorcisms, reports KCCI. The board also stated that Manuel had instructed some of his patients to stop taking their prescribed medications.
  Iowa chiropractor gets license yanked for performing exorcisms and trading services for sex (Raw Story, via Mistress January)

• Free The Nipple (the film) follows a group of young women who take to the streets of New York City topless, to protest the archaic censorship laws in the United States. Activist Liv and With set out to start a movement and change the system through publicity stunts and graffiti installations while armed with First Amendment lawyers. The film explores the contradictions in our media-dominated society, where acts of violence and killing are glorified, while images of a woman’s nude body are censored by the FCC and the MPAA (as well as social media websites).
  Free The Nipple (Unscathed Corpse)

• In 1978, the CIA was caught up in a BDSM Cold War affair. A potential Soviet asset had fallen for a professional dominatrix who made decent money peeing on entertainment lawyers. Also in play was Mary Tyler Moore’s landscaper, merely because he was sweet on the dominatrix and her record collection.
  How a pro-domme, a Russian diplomat, U.S. intelligence and Mary Tyler Moore’s landscaper conspired to create a dance classic (JWZ)

• Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, who has appeared in all seasons of the popular show, said she stopped her mother in her tracks when she attempted to have a conversation with her about sex when she was 16. “I said, ‘This isn’t necessary, I know everything. I know every single thing that a person can do – and more’. The show is very inventive.”
  Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner ‘didn’t need sex education talk’ because of ‘inventive’ script (Independent UK)

• Orphan Black erotic fanfic?! Of course! I’m a huge fan of the show, and not surprisingly, so is Autostraddle… To get you in the mood to make crazy (nasty) science, or just for the premiere of the new season this weekend, Autostraddle rounded up 15 different Cosima/Delphine erotic fantasies.
  Fan Fiction Friday: Get In the Mood to Make Crazy Science With 15 “Orphan Black” Fics (Autostraddle)

Main post image via: GIRLSGETAHEAD: DOCUMENT JOURNAL (premiermodelstyle.com)

• Masuimi Max – Budoir

• Olivia Devine, Denis Reed – Afternoon Delight
• Maryjane Johnson, Ava Taylor, Van Wylde – Dig In Deep
• Megan Rain, Ryan D. – Lustful (gorgeous!)
• Mila Jade, gentleman friend – Persuasive Passenger
• Krissie, gentleman friend – Sexier Than Fiction
• Kate England (and gentleman friend) Casts Josie Jagger

• Samantha Bentley, Ian Tate – The Positional Study
• Tiffany Naylor, Seth Strong – The Physical Connection

• Sicilia, Kristof – Delightful Surprise (gallery)
• Dee, Kristof – Submissive (gallery)

• Jayden Lee, gentleman friend – An Anal Pro
• Anissa Kate, two gentleman friends – Busty DP Beauty (also: video)
• Liza Del Sierra (love her!) – Taking It Up The Ass
• Lexi Lowe, Omar Williams – Fucked & Disorderly