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U.S. States Making Sex Toys Safer
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The mother of all porn feuds
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What’s the problem: A noisy neighbour, or nosy neighbours?
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Have you heard the news?
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Notes on riding the bus: Society’s self censorship
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U.S. States Making Sex Toys Safer
Blisstree reports that over 2 dozen U.S. States are working towards making sex toys BPA. free. If you’ve heard of BPA it’s probably because it’s been illegal to make children’s toys containing it for years. The reason? BPA breaks down and can become toxix in the blood stream. As yourself what’s a quicker route to [...]
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The mother of all porn feuds
Okay, so the feud is actually fairly minor. But I couldn’t resist the pun, and I wanted to link to this story because it demonstrates just how pervasive the Madonna-whore complex is. As Salon sums it up “Just weeks after adult actress Madison Young gave birth, she launched an art exhibit titled “Becoming MILF.” The [...]
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What’s the problem: A noisy neighbour, or nosy neighbours?
Front page challenges It shouldn’t come as a surprise when the mass media sensationalizes and demonizes alternative sexuality, and yet the Friday August 19th edition of The Province still managed to bring my esteem for the paper to a new low with their story headlined Racous sex club parties rock Delta neighbours in their online [...]
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Have you heard the news?
Have you heard the news? No. Of course you haven’t. Because nobody in the Vancouver media is covering it. I’m talking about sex, of course. Sex coverage in our daily papers is limited, for the most part, to the entertainment section and the sex lives of celebrities. Otherwise the majority of sex coverage you’ll read [...]
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Notes on riding the bus: Society’s self censorship
The other day I was riding the bus reading John Ince’s excellent book “The Politics of Lust.” I’ve skimmed and read parts of it in the past, and it’s really inexcusable that I haven’t gotten around to reading it cover to cover until now. Anyway, having just finished the chapter entitled “Genital Purdah” and starting [...]
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U.S. States Making Sex Toys Safer
Blisstree reports that over 2 dozen U.S. States are working towards making sex toys BPA. free. If you’ve heard of BPA it’s probably because it’s been illegal to make children’s toys containing it for yea...
The mother of all porn feuds
Okay, so the feud is actually fairly minor. But I couldn’t resist the pun, and I wanted to link to this story because it demonstrates just how pervasive the Madonna-whore complex is. As Salon sums it up “Just weeks ...
What’s the problem: A noisy neighbour, or nosy neighbours?
Front page challenges It shouldn’t come as a surprise when the mass media sensationalizes and demonizes alternative sexuality, and yet the Friday August 19th edition of The Province still managed to bring my esteem for th...
A Metered Solution?
The website for the news magazine The Week has a story about Germany’s ‘remarkable’ prostitution tax meter. Here at Erotic Vancouver we don’t pretend to know a lot about the typical sex worker plying her...
Science and sex ed in a rational society
Recently I had the chance to visit Vancouver’s Science World (yes, I know, it’s the “Telus World of Science” now) to see their exhibit featuring animatronic dinosaurs, and while it was pretty exciting to...
In L.A. the debate rages on about condoms in porn films
Much of the porn industry seems more interested in profits than preventing HIV infections. The LA Times reports on the most recent infection scare in the city’s industry, as productions halt in the wake of the positive HI...