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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 [...]

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:

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 [...]

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)

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 [...]

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 [...]

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). [...]

Web Porn Zen: Wikipedia, You Have the Right to Objectify Me

As found on the blog of postmodern pornstar Tatum Reed: “I, Tatum Reed ackowelege [sic.] the public domain and license of the above photograph taken in New York City, May of 2007.” Is Reed still working out her notoriety with Wikipedia users? Her argument for her entry’s continued existence is that her media [...]

The Cult of True Prostituted Womanhood

Why do debates around prostitution fall apart so completely? Laura Agustin, author of the new book Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry, offered this in an interview with Susie Bright this week:
Traditional prostitution debates are theoretical, focusing on the abstract question of whether selling sex can be considered a [...]

No, Really, We Internet People Fuck Better When You Think Of Us

(Hello, Nerve readers. I hope you enjoyed the only bit of sex advice I’ve ever given on the internet. Now I don’t usually do that. Or this, either. For you, just for today, an excerpt from my own journal.)
Triumphant, triumphant, joyous, raucous sex. Some virtue in it, to accept that [...]