Category Archives: Insidery

The fifty years of lit smut that wasn’t (thank you, Mr. Lawrence)

Fifty years ago today, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Grove Press’ right to distribute Lady Chatterley’s Lover — “A novel, no matter how much devoted to the act of sex can hardly add to the constant sexual prodding with which our environment assails us,” argued Grove’s lawyers — striking down obscenity laws [...]

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The inevitable #amazonfail infographic

(via National Coalition Against Censorship)

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Let’s not forget Jeff Bezos does like sex

Here is a photo composite of Jeff “not a sexless founder-entrepreneur” Bezos on a bearskin rug from my Valleywag days.
Because we need this now:

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#overshare

Maria Diaz has asked us to follow along with her SXSW panel, A History of Growing Up Online, right now as it goes down via #overshare on Twitter. (Quote: “We were the forerunners of blogs…“)

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Sex @ SXSWi

From March 13 - 17, the internet’s going on spring break to Austin for South by Southwest. SXSWi, the Interactive festival, is a four or fiveish day blur of panels you meant to go to, people you hope you remember, and parties and parties and parties. The goto app last year for managing the mad [...]

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Missed connections infoporn

Condensed and sorted state-by-state: craigslist Missed Connections USA. Separate maps were made for w4m, m4w, w4w, and m4m. (via Metafilter)

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We Interrupt

The Sex Gang is playing under the hood. Mind the mess.

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The Future of Sexerati

Year Three of Sexerati begins now, and I’m taking it elsewhere we’re back where we started, but read on for what’s new now:

To pull the sheets back for a moment, Sexerati has produced sex in what we would once have called my future (the present) in forms that still feel novel. The Pink Ghetto [...]

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The Future of Sex Starts Tomorrow

Join me live in streaming video special to the Club of Amsterdam’s conference on The Future of Sexuality, Thursday November 29th, at 9:30am Pacific (18:30 CET). I’ll be discussing & taking questions on sexuality in the information age, from my new flat in San Francisco via Skype to wherever you may be. That [...]

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Does One Need To Be Chokefucked To Be a Reliable Porn Expert?

Who are our master porn experts? We’ve had classy theorists (and class favorites might be Laura Kipnis and Linda Williams), activist thinkers (two from the Libertarian camp alone being Nadine Strossen and Wendy McElroy), and not the least of which, porn star philosophers (Carol Queen, Annie Sprinkle, and Nina Hartley make a representative triumvirate). [...]

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