Porn 2.0: We Click, Therefore We Get Off

"Every minute, almost two million people to log on to look at porn - with 70% of that traffic taking place during the 9-5 workday." Current TV takes a look at how pornography drives technical innovation. More »

Do We Need To Be Told How To Have Sex?

The backlash against a pornified view of copulation is now almost as popular as porn itself, raising the question: are we overthinking sex? More »

Assablanca, Schindler's Fist, & More

"Reborn as porn" is sort of sick, sort of funny. [b3ta.com]

How Hugh Hefner Changed The World

Two new articles about Hugh Hefner detail his supposedly adorable childhood (comics, ping-pong), his squalid old age (the Playboy Mansion now smells bad), and what inspired him to create his sex empire. More »

Mackenzie: Hot, Steamy, Scrumptious Food Porn

You want titillating, arousing, begging-to-be-ravished food porn? You got it. More »

Christie Hefner: "Liberal Feminist," Capitalist Porn-Monger, Or Both?

A Times profile paints Christie Hefner, who recently retired as CEO of Playboy Enterprises, as a feminist and liberal leader. But given how she and dad Hugh made their money, is this possible? More »

When Nudity Is "Fashion"

Blogger Hayley Elisabeth Kaufman has a post [link possibly NSFW] on Refinery 29 about fashion magazines that offer eroticism with style. She writes: More »

Porn Identity

Amanda Marcotte: "On one hand, [asking why women don't watch more porn]'s like asking why men don't read more romance novels. You can usually tell when you're in the intended audience, you know. Women aren't stupid." [Pandagon]

Man Charged Under "Extreme Pornography" Law

In Northern Ireland, possessing "extreme pornography," i.e. anything with "sexually violent images," can land you in jail for up to three years. So far the law has only been used once, against a man also charged with statutory rape. [BBC]

Can Interracial Porn Ever Not Be Racist?

That's the challenge posed on Racialicious by Wendi Muse — but she's got some caveats. More »

Porn Stars Bummed Over Demise Of Porn Plots

Porn movies today are junking plot in favor of more sex. However, this may not spell the downfall of Western civilization. More »

How To Write Erotica

Want to learn how to write steamy sex scenes? Check out these tips from a woman, and these slightly more offensive tips from a man. More »

Orgasm Faces: Immersion: Porn Brings Voyeurism To The Fore

Robbie Cooper's film of young adults discussing (and demonstrating) their love of pornography is now up on Wallpaper's website. Featuring three women and three men, the film is essentially SFW (with the exception of some audio), but still fairly unsettling. More »

Innocence Project: What Search Doesn't Bring Up Porn These Days?

In our experience? Not too many. But we've compiled the definitive "safe word" list, cause we're servicey like that! (Note: never, ever look up "NSFW." They take it very literally.) More »

"Thinking Woman's Crumpet" Hopes To Turn On Smart Ladies

Let's start with the headline: "Can an ex-civil servant finally persuade women to buy erotica?" More »

Porn Misleading Kids About The True Nature Of Sex

Fresh from The Onion news channel: porn is (wrongly) teaching kids that sex can be enjoyable. Also, Grand Theft Auto fails to teach children about "the emotional side of killing whores." [The Onion] More »

Marilyn Chambers, 1952 - 2009

On Monday, we posted that adult film actress Marilyn Chambers had unexpectedly died April 12, just 10 short of her 57th birthday. Today, we pay homage to the legendary star. More »

Porn Ultimatum

According to a press release, Hustler is parodying Kim Kardashian's reality show with Keeping It Up for the KardASSians, which promises "3-way action." Kinda gross, considering the women are supposed to be related.

Red State Citizens Consume The Most Online Porn In The USA

According to a nationwide study of anonymous online credit card transactions, Americans living in traditionally religious, conservative states consume more online porn than their godless liberal blue state fellow citizens, with Utah leading the way. More »

Website Bashes Porn Myths About Women, Invents Some Of Its Own

Remember when Naomi Wolf warned us that porn would turn young men off of real women? Well, now one website is fighting back. More »

Porn Shown During The Super Bowl (And It Wasn't An Ad)

During the Super Bowl broadcast last night, viewers of one network in Arizona were treated to 30 seconds of graphic porn during the final minutes of the game. More »

Police Hold Goat On Suspicion Of Robbery • Caylee Anthony's Grandfather: Suicidal?

• Police in Nigeria are holding a goat in custody on suspicion of attempted armed robbery. Vigilantes turned the beast in, claiming it was a robber who used black magic to transform himself. • More »

Amy Fisher Talks Dirty With Fleshbot

Today Jezebel sister site Fleshbot features an interview with Amy Fisher (link NSFW), the former "Long Island Lolita" who spent seven years in jail for the shooting of Mary Jo Buttafuoco. More »

Bukkake Alert

A new commercial for Bailey's involves a pale, creamy liquid dropping onto pink, parted lips. Subtle! Click pic to see embedded clip. [AdRants]

'Playboy' Gets Religious

The Blessed Virgin Mary appears! Just in time for Christmas, Playboy has released an issue in Mexico with a woman depicting um, a sexy nude Virgin Mary on the cover. [The Sun]

Tyra Talks About Watching Brandy's Brother's Sex Tape

Remember when Brandy had a wholesome image? But then her life went down a road — as it so often does with child stars — that was paved with hard knocks, scandal and embarrassment. (Getting knocked up out of wedlock, making up a story that she'd secretly gotten married months prior to insemination, killing a lady in a car accident.) Well, Brandy was on Tyra yesterday to promote a new album. After she was done kissing Brandy's ass, Tyra decided to get weird and ask her if she ever watched her brother's sex tape with Kim Kardashian. Then tried to lie and say she never saw it. Then admitted to watching it for "research." You can almost see Brandy's skin crawl in the clip above.

Why Won't Sexist Advertising Go Away?

In an essay on The Huffington Post, writer Alex Leo notes that while this was a big year for women — the first serious female presidential candidate, the first predominately female state senate, the first female Top Chef — the advertising world has a lot of catching up to do. Ms. Leo names the five sexist trends in ads that just won't die:

More Women In Porn Making Waves Behind The Camera

While Hugh Hefner's daughter Christie (seen at left) may be one of the more famous women in porn who's never actually been in porn, there are actually plenty of women cashing in on the industry. MSNBC's Brian Alexander talked to more than a few of them about what it's like to make your money in an industry that many people consider less-than-mainstream — and far from than feminist.

The Economy Sucks, Condi Has No Advice And Saxby Chambliss Is A Perv

• Now that it's been a full year of shitty economic news, we are officially in a recession and have been for a year. Aren't you glad to know? [MSNBC]
• The market is not glad to know, and it slid almost 700 points after learning the obvious. [NY Times]
• In other obvious news, Condoleezza Rice doesn't plan to give much advice to Hillary Clinton. What advice she does give, we're guessing Clinton doesn't plan on following. [MSNBC]
• Bill Clinton is pretty happy about Hillary's nomination, though. [Real Clear Politics]

Political Porn

Last week, British actors Thandie Newton and Ricky Gervais were employed by The Graham Norton Show to add some much needed British wit to the poetic script of the political porno, Who's Nailin' Palin. Naturally, Thandie Newton knocked such lines as "Why dontcha take yer nuts out of your little Gucci purse, grab your noodle and act like a man" and "Feast yer eyes on Mama's jugs," out of the park. Sigh. The NSFW — well, depending on how cool your boss is with sophisticated political discourse — clip can be viewed by clicking on the picture at left. [Funny Or Die] More »

Are "Girls Saying Yes" To A Tasteless Political Message?

Some Brooklyn denizens have taken it upon themselves to recreate the iconic 1960s anti-war poster featuring Joan Baez that said "Girls say yes to boys who say no." The new (pro-Obama) poster reads "Girls say yes to men who say Obama," and it's creating a wee tempest in the ladyblogosphere. The women of Bust are pro-poster, calling it "cheeky" and adding, "It’s nice to see that politics can still be fun." The women at Salon aren't so amused. More »

On Friday a "gonzo porn" director named "Max Hardcore" was sentenced to 46 months in prison on obscenity charges. Some are arguing that this is a violation of the 1st amendment, but blogger Susannah Breslin has a more nuanced take. "In Max Hardcore movies—"Anal Agony," "Hardcore Schoolgirls," "Max! Don't Fuck Up My Mommy!"—women are verbally and physically degraded in an unprecedented myriad of ways...Most of the time, Little as Hardcore is the perpetrator of these acts…Watching Little's work is less like watching a porn movie than it is akin to witnessing a vivisection…if you're going to posit Paul 'Max Hardcore' Little as the latest victim of the Bush administration, if you're going to lament one more strike against your First Amendment rights, you should bear witness as to what a porn star drenched in vomit looks like." [Reverse Cowgirl]

Soft-Core Porn? Or Clothing Commercial?

There's something about the low-budget production value, the cheesy music and the women just sorta "hanging out" and embracing themselves in this Eileen Fisher commercial that brings to mind soft-core porn. (It's mostly the music.) You know, right before the dude arrives on the scene and starts seducing and undressing? Is it just us? Clip above.

Updates On DJ AM & Travis Barker's Plane Crash; Tina Fey Loses Purse At Emmys

• Following the terrible plane crash in which drummer Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein were seriously injured, there were reports that Chris Baker, Travis's friend and business partner, was on his way to be home with his pregnant wife. These reports were erroneous. [Yahoo News via E!]
• Both Lindsay and Sam blogged about the horrifying plane crash. Wrote LL: "It's so scary to think that life can end so fast...we must all treasure each and every moment—and be thankful for what we have." [E!]
• Travis Barker is burned "mostly from the waist down." DJ AM is "really really badly burned," and the worst is on his face. [E!]
• Mandy Moore has rushed to the bedside of ex-boyfriend DJ AM. Travis Barker's ex-wife Shanna Moakler hopped a flight to be with Travis. [E!]
• Random celebs react to the DJ AM and Travis Barker news. [E!]
• DJ AM and Travis Barker could be hospitalized for weeks but are expected to fully recover. [CNN]
• A tire blowout could be to blame for the plane crash. [People]

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An "internet researcher" has discovered that porn's internet reign is over: "Young users spend so much time on social networks that they don't have time to look at adult sites." Whereas XXX stuff was previous the top net activity, porn surfing has dropped to only about 10 percent of searches; MySpace and Facebook now occupy the top slots. "As social-networking traffic has increased, visits to porn sites have decreased,'" said the researcher, adding that 18- to 24-year-olds particularly are searching less for porn." Of course, no allowance is made for the fact that these kids probably don't need to look at porn because of MySpace, but...hey, semantics! [New York Post]

The Telegraph has unearthed a new "trend" on YouTube in which young women post videos of themselves begging for sex to get revenge on their cheating boyfriends. Sadly, two of the videos that are evidence of this "trend" are obvious fakes. One video (link NSFW) shows a blonde woman robotically reading from a script and then directing potential suitors to call her at a pay-per-minute phone number, which sounds more like a porn scam than a search for boyfriend revenge. Another video shows a brunette actress named Stacy Cunningham who seems to be performing a screen test, not a search for sex. Welcome to the internet, Telegraph; we should also let you know that your Nigerian Prince isn't going to transfer that 18 million GBP into your bank account any time soon. [Telegraph]