Apple Porn – Midweek Links

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• This reminded me of my post on the iPad and its alternative uses.  If you want more proof about the fun of iPad prOn, then check this out. Pretty huh? Viewing adult content on the iPad isn’t as controversial as the latest leak on the next iPhone, but it’s fun.
• Maths and erotic film? Who would have thought, but it has come to be and it’s called Rites of Love and Math.
• Yet another article on sex addiction titled: ‘Sex Addiction: Is it Real?‘ It’s an interesting question because I think that the name of this addiction isn’t really accurate. When I think sex addiction, I think intercourse, but sex addiction has become a catch all term that includes those who are supposedly addicted to online porn (is it different from being addicted to web surfing in general?). So I’m a little perturbed about the term ’sex addiction.’
• Another hilarious Gawker quote: The sex lives of people who hate sex.

‘What the Wild Things Do’ – Midweek Links

• A perfect example on how celebrities are misquoted. This is a good misquote, that is obvious right at the end of the article, attributed to Rachel Weisz about deviancy. One would have to be a moron not to notice that she doesn’t  use the word deviancy with masturbation. In short, Rachel suggests an alternative scene to the director and she is refused the whim of the discreet portrayal of masturbation.
• Speaking of masturbation, check out this week’s Pleasurists sex toy reviews.
• Then there is the weird and whacky world of animals getting it on.
• Interested in the Feminist Porn Awards? Then read about the winners.

BTW: I didn’t take the hot image of Rachel Weisz, but if you know who did, then you can let me know in the comments section below.

Whacky Japanese Sex Culture? – Midweek Links

The week is almost up, but not without my mid-week hump links or the mid-week fun I have surfing the web to make Mr Know-It fade from my consciousness, but this  mid-week theme was all about learning a few new things:

• What is it with the Japanese? I don’t ask that, but you can read something along the lines of this question here, especially in regard to crap relationships and toilets.

“the idea of  the toilet having the power to help rid  people of  shitty relationships (get it?  Toilet? Shitty?  Hi-five!) is based on the Japanese spiritual premise that the gods are present in everything – and that includes the potty.  Kawaya no Kami is the toilet deity or the porcelain god the Japanese pray to to heal illnesses and help in childbirth, so I guess this ritual makes sense. The Japanese must give birth to a lot of Aqua Tots.  (That’s what those in the biz call babies who are born in the toilet.)” [Toy With Me]

• Then there is the issue of misreporting, and this issue relates to the media hoopla over the game Rapelay just to get – ratings and attention and it’s a terrible way to go about it – creating sexual anxiety and attempting to start some sort of moral panic.

Turns out the act of journalism perpetrated by CNN wasn’t *only* talking about a very old, sensationalistic story that had zero to no newsworthiness and treated viewers like bumpkins who never had internet access. The news item came across as a tidy character assassination on hentai manga, and Japanese sex culture. Then they followed up with an explanation about why the Japanese are scary perverts. The “reporter” is Asian, so CNN is ostensibly safeguarded against the presumption of racial xenophobia. Today a manga creator furiously responded in one of the most reasonable explanations of hentai manga I’ve ever read — most especially about these very sexual extremes which are trafficked in Japanese porn, and make us Americans the most uncomfortable. [Open Source Sex - Violet Blue]

• I can’t end this week’s mid-week links without having a dig at an area within my own area – evolutionary psychology. No, I’m not in this specific area, I focus on another area in psychology, and tend to associate evolutionary psychology with graduates who have difficulty with statistics but who still want to be called scientists, so go about ‘extrapolating’ from things that present no conclusive facts, a lot like the bingo poster in the link. Also, it tends to be an area dominated by males who tend to maintain the gender divide and sex roles without any proof – who create sexual theories from thin air, and cannot research their hypotheses in an empirical manner.
• Whispers of white supremacism have haunted Sandra Bullock’s husband,namely due to his shenanigans with an alleged white supremacist, but now there is talk of a sex tape – one that claims that Sandra Bullock is in a Nazi themed sex tape. I’m thinking that there are more things that’ll come about about this marriage, and I think that Sandra Bullock’s image as America’s sweetheart will be dented a little.

‘A Cornucopia of Climaxes’ – Midweek Links

Imagine it, being at work and looking at porn. Who really does that? If you work in the adult industry and it’s your job, then I can get it…

• Read about the porn detecting stick and how it works.
• The title says it all: A cornucopia of Climaxes.
• 2010 Feminist porn award nominations.
• Yet another discussion about the weird things people ‘insert’.
• If some of you thought that the Winter Olympics weren’t that exciting -myself included – maybe your mind will change after viewing the 40 Most Sexual Photos from the Winter Olympics.

‘101 Sexual Positions That Won’t Spice Up Your Sex Life’ – Midweek Links

Sex is one of those things. Some days it’s fun and other days, publishers will milk it dry. If you’re one of the many who have tried to complete as many positions in the Kama Sutra as was possible without spraining a limb, bruising a rib or simply yelling, ‘fuck this shit!’, you’ll know that sex is so much more than a few toys and sex positions. So this mid-week collection of links is about exploding the sex myth:

• Greta Christina explores the myth and the annoying proliferation of books hoping to enhance sex in 101, 365 or 5 ways. If you’re a normal individual who works, on average, forty to fifty hours a week, you’ll have to agree with Greta and if you don’t, you’re living in a fantasy land (I’m just saying) or on a huge family trust fund (which explains having the time and patience to explore thousands of body positions – Yoga is easier, in comparison).
• Singles personals aren’t a recent phenomenon, check some vintage personal ads.
• Communicating the joy of sex with Durex takes a whole new meaning in these new Durex condom adverts.
• For those of you, like me, who don’t like the idea of big pharma whipping out vagina myths, read this. One would think that in the 21st century, we’ve moved beyond vaginal myths (including that little Freudian vaginal orgasm chestnut).
• The controversy around Craigslist is what gives it its traffic and notoriety. Read about this socio-legal conundrum here.

Virtual Sex and Vampires – Midweek Links

It’s mid-week, time for the mid-week hump. I’m currenlty reorganizing my paperwork and even considering a new laptop – as I’ve owned my current for almost five years. This week’s pleasant distractions include:

• A tale of virtual reality sex that goes awry titled Sensationz. The title is a brief hint at the techno sensations accompanying virtual reality sex.
• Stars like Madonna are synonymous with sex, which is fair enough, but the idea of sexiness they portray is often through additional (and extensive) help from imaging software like Photoshop. So if you have bad days, consider  Madonna and the lie that has been played out across the globe through her recent fashion campaigns. Whose fault is it? The fashion companies, Madonna herself (on some level, I think so) or the photographers?

• Humor from Toy With Me this week highlights Valentine’s Day. If you’ve ever experienced a so-so Valentine’s Day and thought, ‘Valentine’s Day Can Suck It,’ then read the Valentine’s Day Can Suck It post.
• If you thought that all the sex bot talk is over, think again. There is more on the sex robot.
• I haven’t rushed out to read the Twilight saga for various reasons, first among them being that I’m not into the ’sparkling’ beautiful vampire modern myth created by American publishers to appeal to female teenagers, when vampires are more closely related to serial killers in modern culture and I don’t like the idea of female submission (and potential suicide over a man) being promoted as a good thing in teenagers when the economies of this world are all fucked up and require women, just as men, to carve out identities and careers; you have to have mettle to be independent and survive in this world. Besides, co-dependent relationships aren’t good in the long run, besides, if you were a 100 year old vampire with so many experiences and, I’m supposing, confidence, why would you be interested in an emo teenager in the form of Bella -Lip Biter – Swann?  One thing I do agree with is that Twilight isn’t porn. And the only reason I know that is because some of my friends are filled with the same anticipation that they were filled with as teenagers reading Mills and Boon romance novels. Read why Twilight isn’t porn, here.
• Enjoy the Twilight parody below:

Any feedback? Leave your suggestions in the comments below. Link submissions? Use the contact form on the contact page. Have a good mid-week hump.

‘The G Spot Wars’ – Midweek Links

It’s time for mid-week link surfing.

• It seems as though the G Spot war is back on. Regular visitors here will recall a post of mine (with a totally awesome G-Spot image)  about the alleged G Spot myth involving a group of British researchers who claimed that the G Spot didn’t exit. Now, French gynecologists have hit back at the British, launching a counter-attack, claiming a ‘totalitarian’ approach to sexuality that basically labels the British researchers as chauvinists:

Denouncing the study carried out last year by British researchers as fundamentally flawed, the French scientists insisted the fabled erogenous zone did exist in many women – around 60% according to Sylvain Mimoun, the organiser of the conference.

But, they said, it had fallen victim to an Anglo-Saxon tendency to reduce the mysteries of sexuality to absolutes. This attempt to set clear parameters on something variable and ambiguous, they said, was characteristic of British scientific attitudes to sex.

“The King’s College study … shows a lack of respect for what women say,” said Pierre Foldès, a leading French surgeon. “The conclusions were completely erroneous because they were based solely on genetic observations and it is clear that in female sexuality there is a variability … It cannot be reduced to a ‘yes’ or ‘no’, or an ‘on’ or an ‘off’.”

• In the realm of sex blogging, there is a call for submissions for the 2011 Sexbloggers Calendar. Read more about the requirements at the official site.
• Attend Violet Blue’s Sex Ed and Viral Media class here.
• The countdown for Valentine’s Day is on. Check out a few Valentine’s sex accessories here.
• I can understand safe sex education but I don’t get this obsession with abstinence. The Washington Post has an article discussing an abstinence study and how programs encouraging abstinence can delay sexual activity. But in my mind, delaying doesn’t really minimize issues like STIs or pregnancy. The WP article also discusses recent policy changes, such as funds eliminated for abstinence education programs. Nothing small groups of researchers, with small sample populations, to put a dent in progress, sexual or otherwise.
• Blind sexual items may be so yesteryear, written for gawkers (and often by Gawker), but they’re goddamn entertaining tidbits of momentary lapses of celebrity logic that make the rest of us feel thankful we don’t have stalkers, who think they’re journalists, shadow our every move and write about our every fart.
• Did you hear about the ultimate Valentine’s Day present? It actually talks. It’s another sex doll that talks. Read about it here, and tell me, doesn’t the sex doll in the image remind you of Ann Coulter?

Artwork: Ouplay

‘Global Symposium on Cosmetic Vaginal Surgery’- midweek links

This mid-week hump begins on a passionate note. The only kind of vaginal surgery I agree to is that which isn’t cosmetic or that which doesn’t conform to some artificial standard. But if you’re interested in the field, yes field, of cosmetogynecology, read on:

• The 3rd Annual congress of the Global Symposium On Cosmetic Vaginal Surgery is on.

Back to the erotic realm (there’s nothing erotic about cosmetic vaginal surgery)…

• The blog phenomenon that is Tumblr has added a new erotica category and while we’re at it, check out the ten creepiest sex ed videos.
• In the realm of masculinity, a view about being a man.
• I can’t ignore the female part of the equation. Being a woman has its difficulties and ‘An Inconvenient Truth‘ provides information on the niggling matter that is Thrush.

‘Seal it with a Kiss’ – Midweek links

It’s time for another mid-week look at the erotic web.

• The first kiss is probably one of the most exciting developments in any relationship. I just wish there were more guides like this around when I was practically peeing my panties from nerves. Seal it with a Kiss is written by Violet Blue. The book, a mere baby after three weeks, has scored its first translation rights. Congratulations to Violet. Read the index summary and excerpt here.
• As for my first kiss? Well…that happened so long ago, it’s not that I don’t remember, it’s just that the kisses that followed were better. Each kiss is better than the first. Like everything, kissing gets better with practice. As for me, I’m more a book person. I’ve never been one for instructional DVDs, but if you are, there are video guides to French kissing as well.
• For the virtual sex enthusiasts, do it in Bonetown – a Grand Theft Auto-esque game.

‘The Ubiquity of Shaving (Pubic Hair)’ – Midweek Links

It’s Wednesday, mid-week hump time and as far as adult reads on the web are concerned, there are interesting discussions doing the rounds.

First on my list is one titled, ‘On the Ubiquity of Shaving’ in Greta Christina’s Blog. It’s about the social trend of public grooming and encompasses other aspects of modern sexuality, including the fantastical assumption of spontaneous sex and its supposed sexual superiority. I can think of many sexual disasters that I’ve experienced in the heat of spontaneity, but this isn’t the time.

If you, like me, are lazy podcast listeners, then a summarized list is the answer. Susie Bright has listed her favorite Audible interviews.

The AVN expo introduced enthusiasts to sex bots like Roxxxy and media outlets, blogs included, reacted in different ways. This blog post on Tiny Nibbles (Violet Blue) would have to be one of the better blog posts about Roxxxy.

Finally, in the realm of sex accessories…toys, Tenga Eggs (pictured)are the happening thing. Looking at the imagery, I almost mistook them for real eggs. Well the packaging is almost identical to the free range eggs at the market. They may look complicated but have no fear, notcot.com has the answers. Tenga Eggs are distributed by Liberator.

Image: via notcot.com