Recently, a lot of media and cultural snark has been directed at this image: (pictured: Geraldo Rivera) Don’t believe me? Troll around some, maybe for like 15 seconds. People have been saying all kinds of mean things, things like: Super gross. No. No, no, no. I cannot unsee Geraldo Rivera’s
So, maybe you’ve heard about this book Tampa (2013), the first novel by author Alissa Nutting..? Alissa Nutting is an assistant professor of creative writing at John Carroll University. She is the author of Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls, an award-winning collection of stories. Her work has appeared in the New York Times and O,
By day they deliver your messages… By night they deliver hot lesbian sex! Bike messenger movie? Girlfriends films? Yes! (plus it’s gotta be better than this) But what to say about Fixed Gears, Fast Girls? Now, after watching it, what to say…? (pictured: buy your copy of FGFG and/or watch it now here) Fixed Gears, Fast
Allison Vivas is a wife, a mother, and a feminist. She also happens to run a Pink Visual …a porn production company that’s heavily situated in technology. She’s one of the most well-respected leaders in the adult business. And now, she’s also an author. This June, Alli’s first book –
Through the magic of the interwebs, I recently came across this: “TakeDown Piracy Announces Gold Sponsorship of CineKink Film Festival” (XBIZ 1/31/13 here). CineKink is an annual event featuring films and videos that celebrate and explore sexuality diversity. In addition to screenings, plans for the festival also include a short film competition,
I’ve been following these “revenge porn” cases with a great deal of interest lately… A great deal of interest, but in this kind of weird disconnected way. Because, though the notion of assholes curating naked pictures of chics donated by variably embittered ex-boyfriends etc, posting them on the interwebs, and
Like blackface, yellowface is pretty racist. I wanna end that sentence with a sassy “duh,” but I can’t. Because unlike blackface, which today is generally regarded as a cultural taboo and has pretty much disappeared (to my knowledge), we as a culture are more accepting (accepting?) of yellowface. Yes. In
“Sex workers can give disabled people the chance to be touched in a non-medical way, perhaps for the first time in their lives.” * * * As you all may know, I have been an admirer of Tuppy Owens’ work for a long time now. Tuppy Owens (b. 1944) is a sex therapist, sexuality