Huh, I didn’t realize that there are now two Linda Lovelace (70’s porn star turned feminist activist) biopics in the works. One of which is rumored to star Kate Hudson. Clearly I haven’t been keeping up on my Hollywood news. I’ve had a weird star crush on Kate Hudson ever since I saw pictures of … Continue reading
Category Archives: porn
Sex in the Air
Well, it seems you can take reality TV out of The Valley but you can’t take The Valley out of reality TV. Hubby found himself on a porn set the other day when the reality show he’s filming incorporated a porn star angle, AKA a little afternoon girl-on-girl action with Jesse Jane. The scene—he relayed … Continue reading
My So-Called Life, Handcuff Mishaps and Girls Who Like Porn
Recently I’ve been re-watching My So Called Life and reliving my teenage yearning for Jordan Catalano. Why oh why they canceled that show, I’ll never comprehend. Anyway, I was watching the episode where Rayanne gets handcuffed to Angela’s parents’ bed and it reminded me of another embarrassing story, so I thought I’d share. Here goes. … Continue reading
porn / Relationships / Sex
DIY Porn
Over the weekend I read this Globe and Mail article: How DIY porn might save your relationship and thusly I’ve been reflecting on the ways that DIY helped the state of my union. By that, I mean both my relationship with porn and with my husband. As I’ve no doubt blogged about before, I used … Continue reading
Office Sex
Are offices the new nunneries? This clip from an Alain de Botton talk has me pondering whether they are. Apparently, in 18th century French literature 98% of sex scenes are set in a nunnery or monastery. By comparison, Alain muses about whether the modern day equivalent of nookie in the house of God is office … Continue reading
Why Lady Porn Day Is a Sexy Reminder
It was Lady Porn Day last Tuesday over at rabbitwrite.com and all week women have been sharing their relationships to porn. The basic manifesto of this day and week has been this: Girls aren’t encouraged to talk to each other about porn– the same way we aren’t encouraged to talk to each other about masturbation. … Continue reading
men / porn / Relationships / women
He’s Just Not That Into Anyone… And She Wishes He’d Shut Up About It
This week I’ve been following the buzz surrounding Davy Rothbart’s He’s Just Not That Into Anyone in NY Mag’s Porn issue. He also appeared on The Joy Behar Show this week to talk about the same issue, which is how watching too much Internet porn can decrease one’s appetite for the real thing and cause … Continue reading
Thoughts on “Hard Core”
This weekend I’ve been mulling over Natasha Vargas-Cooper’s Atlantic article: Hard Core. After multiple readings and a lengthly discussion about it with the hubby, I’m still left pondering–the sign of a great article. While I agree with many of Vargas-Cooper’s well articulated propositions, something about her tone tweaked a soft spot of mine. Initially, I didn’t … Continue reading
Internet / porn / privacy / Uncategorized
Your Porn Habits Are No Secret
Just read this piece about the privacy of your web habits on The Daily Beast, which reveals that for the skilled detective, your search history is far from secret. Shock and awe, I know. I guess I’ve never really assumed that my, say, porn viewing trail (since I developed one) was secret from the IT … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving, America!
Happy American Thanksgiving, all! It’s almost time for me to get baking. I’m making this Pumpkin Gingersnap Pie (courtesy of my pal, Op) again, which was a big hit at our Canadian Thanksgiving five minutes ago. As expats in LA, it seems like we just feast all fall. Or at least my love handles feel … Continue reading
Emily Southwood 