NEW YORK – More than ever before, I find myself wondering as I read the morning headlines whether I’m reading them correctly, or if a particularly strong tab of acid I took back in 1996 just hasn’t worn off yet. I’m not talking about headlines that simply suffer from confusing...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (or maybe MONTREAL) – If I were to tell VICE one of my fellow adult industry-focused freelance writers and I soon will start writing Hunter S. Thompson-inspired children’s books, would they publish a feature calling this an industry-wide trend? I ask because,...

SAN FRANCISCO – Patreon, a crowdfunding site where fans pay artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers and other creative individuals for exclusive access to work not available elsewhere, updated its terms of service last week, banning the sale of content vaguely classified as...

SAN FRANCISCO – No matter how “adult friendly” a mainstream platform may be (or at least start out to be), it’s never a surprise to me when one tightens its content policies or community guidelines to make it clear porn is an expressive form non grata thereon. The crowdfunding...

CANBERRA, Australia – Forget about Watergate; never mind the Iran-Contra affair; stand aside Russian election-meddling fake news. The real governmental scandal is taking place Down Under –- where women reportedly glow and men allegedly plunder. It was bad enough when the only...

NEW YORK – Women of Sex Tech has named Lauren MacEwen, chief executive officer for 7Veils.com, to its Female Founders list. Women of Sex Tech represents artists, creators, entrepreneurs, journalists, educators, innovators and engineers in more than six cities globally. The...

SAN FRANCISCO – Days after Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey launched a mea culpa tweetstorm admitting the social media platform doesn’t do enough to protect users, the company’s head of safety policy distributed an email outlining proposed changes to policies and the...

LONDON – Admittedly, you could pour everything I know about Josie Cunningham into a shot glass and there’d still be room for the tequila. Aside from vaguely remembering reading something about an English model who became famous in large part by getting breast augmentation surgery...

BERLIN – Thieves relieved a British pleasure products manufacturer of sex toys valued at U.S. $60,000 as the company was preparing to leave the Venus trade show in Berlin. The victims are calling the crime “the largest sex-toy heist in history.” “We had just celebrated the...

NEW YORK – As porn has become a more acceptable subject for open, public discussion, all sorts of media outlets, advice columnists and random people with internet access have begun to offer porn-related advice. There’s so much porn advice now, from so many different sources, you...