WASHINGTON – When the news broke of Hugh Hefner’s death, expressions of condolence and affection poured in from all corners of pop culture, from John Lurie to Kim Kardashian, Gene Simmons to Paula Abdul. Unsurprisingly, the perspective of anti-porn crusaders was not as positive...

NEW YORK – In a recent column for Glamour, sex therapist Emily Morse responded to a letter from a reader who said she’d like to talk dirty in bed but doesn’t want to “sound like a porn star” when doing so. “I have no idea how to talk dirty,” wrote “Marci,” a...

LAS VEGAS – It’s been a rough week for Kevin Hart, whose most famous movie may now be a too-dark, shaky short film shot in not-so-glamorous Las Vegas locations. I thought about sitting down to write a sober, sympathetic post about how extortion is always wrong, two wrongs don’t...

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...