LOS ANGELES – I learned several things in reading a recent Glamour article about the unfortunate demise of the BBW Performer of the Year AVN Award – including the fact there’s such a thing as a “prestigious” porn awards show, apparently. More importantly, I learned if you want to...

MONTREAL – By now, you’ve likely read plenty about what happened with Bellesa.co – how, following on the fawning praise of a Bustle article, backlash from within the adult industry was swift and severe, leading to an extended mea culpa from its CEO, and the (likely temporary)...

TAMPA, Fla. – Following in the footsteps of other legislatures around the country, Florida is now considering a resolution which would declare pornography a “public health crisis.” The language of the resolution, HR 157, is virtually identical to that of the other states which...

CARTAGENA – When I was kid, soccer was pegged by many people as America’s fastest growing sport. In terms of creating a favorable impression among the girls at school though, I couldn’t help but notice soccer players ranked somewhere in between the junior-varsity football team’s...

MONTREAL – To be fair, my issue with the recent Rolling Stone piece “How the Internet Changed Porn” doesn’t involve its central thesis, or for that matter, involve any particularly significant point made in the article. Now that I’ve copped to the fact I’m nitpicking, here’s the...

LOS ANGELES – Shortly before the debut of Kink, a documentary he produced about Kink.com and the people behind it, James Franco explained his impetus for producing the film. He said he was interested in “how we define ourselves as people, how we interact with each other, and what...

LONDON – When it comes to advice columns, self-help books or drunken uncles dispensing their hard-earned wisdom at a family gathering, I have only one requirement, just a single hurdle these sources of guidance must clear if they expect me to pay attention: They must tell me...

KAMPALA, Uganda – There’s news both good and bad for Ugandans with the imminent arrival of their country’s much-anticipated, Korean-engineered pornography detection machine. The device is called for under under the Anti-Pornography Act of 2014 (APA), along with the creation of a...

MONTREAL – This just in: Brazzers is giving away free porn! I know what you’re thinking: The government must have replaced the 7  in 2017 on your calendar with a 1, thereby magically transporting you back to a time when someone offering Brazzers’ porn for free on Pornhub was...

MANCHESTER, England – The problem with having secrets has always been the same: If there comes a day when the secret comes to light, all the effort that went into keeping it was for naught. Often, all the consequences, ramifications, reprisals and criticism one tries to avoid by...