Do you remember how I recently visited the truly glorious city of Pittsburgh, PA? (No? Well, there’s a write-up of my entire trip on UPROXX here) The super fun and informative interview I did with Pittsburgh’s own Chelsea & Becky for Adult Empire is now available for your viewing pleasure right
Award-winning director and performer Candida Royalle passed away on September 7, 2015. She was 64. Royalle suffered for years from recurrent bouts of ovarian cancer. According to her longtime friend Annie Sprinkle, via Facebook, “A few weeks ago she had to go to the hospital for a few days. Her
(Some) Powerful Women Directors Working in Porn I recently got to speak to HuffPo Women re just a few of the powerful women directors working in the adult entertainment industry. Reporter Catherine Pearson and I spoke about history, presentation (e.g. smoke and mirrors), and what in the world might compel a
Is transgender porn growing in popularity? I recently spoke to Chris Morris at CNBC (8/27/15) about transgender porn growing in popularity – this adult content production trend and what it means for and indicates about wider social acceptance of transgender people in general. The article draws an interesting parallel, then divergence from,
Are strip clubs bad for your relationship? Put simply, no. But keeping secrets and being dishonest about your erotic desires and related behaviors (and being in situations where you feel compelled to do so) probably is. I’ve always been one of those people… When a friend would tell me their
The Unlaced Librarian, Leandra Vane, has written a fantastic, thought-provoking review of Exposure. My favorite part of the review is where Leandra muses about Exposure‘s genre – is it sociology, or is it autobiography? This is something that’s happened in other reviews before, and it continues to be my absolute
I’m super excited to be a guest on Jon Pressick’s Sex City Radio show this Tuesday August 25th! The show will begin at 8 pm PDT/11 pm EST. You can listen live via the University of Toronto’s CIUT 89.5 FM community radio right –> here CIUT 89.5 FM is Toronto’s preeminent listener-supported
I talked sex, tech, privacy, and AshleyMadison with TQ Avery of Majic Atlanta 107.5 R&B radio. AshleyMadison is only one of many sites on the interwebs catering to people looking to step out on their spouses/partners, discretely. And this week, hackers made good on their promise to release AM members’ previously-stolen
Have you read Exposure yet? If not, what are you waiting for? There’s definitely a lot to be learned from Exposure: A Sociologist Explores Sex, Society, and Adult Entertainment. Have you read it? And if so, did you love it? Hate it? Something in between that’s difficult to capture in 140
I was recently a guest on the Matty P Radio Saturday Morning Cereal Show. Myself and Nate Glass spoke about the state of adult entertainment and explained the ins and outs of piracy. It was a fun and interesting talk you can hear right here. Here’s some info about the