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This is what I’ve been reading this week.

Sex News/Interviews

More teens charged with child pornography for taking naked pictures of themselves. Who exactly are we protecting here?

Kids with lesbian parents have fewer behavioral problems.

An interesting article about mate selection and how sometimes we’re only interested because others are.

A newish documentary about not being the perfect victim and a corresponding story of a homeless woman who was raped.

Surgery is no longer a requirement for changing gender on your US passport.

AAG explains rape culture and the comforting feeling of “It can’t happen to us.”

The stigma behind being in porn.

Politics

Audacia Ray’s take on the pro-porn vs. anti-porn battle.

Steve Jobs wants to give you freedom from porn, but do you really want that? These activists are taking it to the streets.

I don’t know about you, but with Apple and now Windows 7 marketplaces not allowing adult content I’m very happy to have an Android phone.

Same-sex couples will now be protected under VAWA.

Health

The FDA is reviewing a new emergency contraception pill that could be taken up to 5 days after unprotected penis in vagina sex and would not lose it’s effectiveness over those days.

Apparently it’s scandalous that women have abortions after IVF, but not if you actually pay attention to the facts like this article does.

The government looked into changing the ban on gay blood, but upheld it.

Education

How can men express sexual interest in a feminist way? Read the comments for some possible answers and add your own.

The difference between BDSM and abuse.

Bodies

Video: What Real Women Look Like. How the media’s images effect women’s self-esteem and self worth.

American Apparel apparently decides on hiring and promotion based off your body.

Playboy thinks women’s breasts change with the times, but really it’s what is currently in fashion that shows up in it’s mags, not how the breasts have actually changed.

Just for Fun

A new movie loosely based on a true story about a woman who wants to make Hollywood movies, but ends  up directing porn instead and loving it.

Speaking of movies, a new independent film is trying to be made but needs your help. From a woman who was raped and learned how to embrace sex positivity.

Curvaceous Dee defines pansexuality for us.

What have you been reading?

Okay so it’s Monday, which isn’t technically the weekend. But it is Memorial day weekend which means that I’m still safe, right?

Anyhoo this is what I’ve been reading this week.

Sex News/Interviews

Eden Fantasys isn’t the only sex shop caught in a scandal.

A new porno film featuring only women and trans people of color was released.

Another new porno is coming out, but this one features vajazzled ladies. When will this trend die?

What the hell is wrong with Australia lately? Seriously! First they banned small breasts and female ejaculation in porn and now they are searching travelers for porn when they enter the country. So much for the US being the only western country that is so fucked up about sex.

Lelo announces a new product line. It looks like they’re going in a very different direction on this one. I will have to see them in person to form an opinion. (via @britisshameless)

Spin-ups is a new website where you can see pinups from all 360 degrees. Not sure how I feel about this yet.

Politics

With all the hubub around high schools that were discriminating against queer and trans youth we missed the great story of a cross dressing student who won prom king.

America’s acceptance of same sex relationships crosses the 50% approval line.

Lt. Dan Choi informs us about what is really going on with the DADT repeal amendment.

Users submit ideas to new GOP website for future of America. Hilarity ensues.

A new film about our obsession with virginity is in the process of being made.

Health

That Toy Chick informs teens where they can get free/cheap condoms and lube.

An interesting article written by a high school senior (extremely well written for his age!) about sex education at Catholic high schools.

Britain airs the first television ad for abortion services. It’s pretty tame, but you can guarantee that people are all up in arms about it.

Just for Fun

Complex.com announces the 50 prettiest porn stars of all time. Here’s a hint: They’re all  thin women with long hair and light skin (and often enormous boobs). I was impressed with the racial diversity, but that’s about all the diversity there was. #13 Aria Giovanni will always be #1 to me though.

This is not sex related at all, but I’m gonna share anyways. Bleeding Heart Bakery which is my favorite place to get cupcakes just came out with a new cookbook.

An ad for McDonald’s in France features a closeted gay boy eating with his dad. It’s so cute!

What have you been reading this week?

Ok I’m going to try a new thing here where I link to the interesting stuff I’ve been reading each week. I’m always wanting to share with you guys but I don’t want to write an entire entry for each link so this is a nice middle ground.

But then again I’m awful at trying to do things on  a particular day. But I will try! So this will get posted on the weekends, no promising which day.

Erotica

Puppet Master – Lily sees a couple frantically making out in a corner and decides to whisper directions into one of their ears. This makes for a really hot scene.

A review of bondage cuffs that was really more about the sex.

Sex News/Interviews

Violet Blue has an exclusive interview with Jillian Lauren, author of “Some Girls: My Life in a Harem.” In it, VB asks what harem sex is really like.

In Eden Fantasys: A Pattern of Deception all of the arguments against this company are laid out. The abuse of employees, the censorship of a supposedly open community, the shady linking practices

Google tells cougars to take a hike, but has no problem with sugardaddies.

AAG offers up an addition to the Oklahoma ultrasound bill.

Nicholas Cage will apparently only eat animals that have dignified sex … whatever that means.

Syd Blakovich tells Fleshbot all about her experiences with rough sex.

Swinger arrested in China for licentious behavior. Samhita talks about changing sexual norms and internet panic.

Politics

A hilarious video telling gays they should marry illegal immigrants to solve everyone’s problems.

You’ve probably heard about the Rekers/Rentboy scandal, but do you understand why it’s so messed up? Here is a story of an effeminite little boy who went through Rekers’ cruel treatment and later committed suicide.

Britain proposes a new law that grants accused rapists anonymity.

Health

In Phoenix a nun was excommunicated for approving an abortion that saved the life of the mother. Without it, the woman and fetus would have died and left her four other children without a mother.

Not sure how effective this really is, but RHReality Check offers up a natural alternative to “the pill.”

Education

Heather Corinna offers up some amazing insights about why we need to include disability into our sex education.

Just for Fun

That Toy Chick plays with gender a bit.

What have you been reading this week?