3-D Movies: Wave of the Future?
Between the news this week that James Cameron is predicting that all movies theatrese will be 3D within five years AND the latest movie craze to hit Hong Kong, like ah, 3D Soft Porn in packed theatres...
View ArticlePETA Launches Pornographic Website
In the coming months, the domain ".xxx" will become available to pornographic websites — and PETA wants in. Many companies are planning to buy the domain in order to stop X-rated sites from using their...
View ArticleRevenge Porn, Cyber Warfare and More
Posting nude picture of others online for revenge, a former News of the World reporter exposes underhanded tabloid techniques, and the real threat of cyber warfare.
View ArticleInternet Policing? Britain Moves to Block Porn Websites
It seems that British Prime Minister David Cameron has been trying to guilt trip the Internet industry in the United Kingdom as a way to get them to sign on to a measure that would regulate pornography...
View ArticlePaul Schrader On His Controversial New Film, "The Canyons"
It’s a film project so unconventional, it has eager audiences wondering if it’s the greatest idea to come out of Hollywood in years, or the craziest.To put it together, the following ingredients were...
View ArticleThe Directors of "Lovelace" on America's First Porn Star
Today, pornography is as perennial as the grass. Log onto any smartphone or computer or flip through the upper cable channels on your TV, and there it is.But back in 1972, porn was anything but...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'Planes,' 'Percy Jackson,' 'We're the Millers,' 'Lovelace,'...
This week's Movie Date podcast features a wide range of movies that have Rafer and Kristen asking: When should a movie go direct to video? Is a Harry Potter ripoff ever as good as Harry Potter? How...
View ArticleSlate: The Ted Cruz Is One Angry Canadian Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Debtageddon, is it coming?; Iran, is it good for the Jews?; revenge porn, is it legal?
View ArticleMovie Date: 'Thanks For Sharing,' 'Starlet,' 'Don Jon'
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen talk sex, sex addiction and porn. Tell your kids to leave the room because they're reviewing 'Thanks for Sharing,' 'Starlet,' and 'Don Jon.' And...
View ArticleWhy Amazon Should Keep Publishing Rape and Incest Porn
The online magazine Kernel is after Amazon for publishing pornographic eBooks that fetishize rape and incest. The books Kernel writer Jeremy Wilson found are awful. If your default position is to...
View ArticleA Porn Site Shows You Strangers' Searches In Real Time (Not Even Remotely...
The website PornMD, which is a search engine for the major free porn sites, has unveiled a new feature that shows you the text of other people's porn searches in real time.This blog post has taking me...
View ArticleMaybe People Aren't So Ashamed of Their Porn Habits After All
Yesterday, PJ wrote an article about Porn MD's transfixing real-time display of other people's porn searches. In that article, PJ posited that part of the appeal was that it was a peak into a universe...
View ArticleWhat Listeners Loved This Week
Click here for the pop-up playlist.They are, in order of appearance:"Get Ready to Pay More to Ride the Subway" (WNYC News) "A Belly Dancer Found Her Calling in a U2 Video" (Studio 360)"Porn Monopoly"...
View ArticleTalk Dirty to Me: Audio Porn is Making a Comeback
Editor's Note: This segment contains content that some might find offensive. Listener discretion is advised.It's not news that pornographic material is readily available online. But in an era where we...
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Teen Porn Industry Exposed in New Documentary 'Hot Girls Wanted'
Editor's Note: The below article is a condensed version of this interview. Click here for the extended interview.Consider this: Netflix is the single biggest driver of internet bandwidth, accounting...
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Teen Porn Industry Exposed in 'Hot Girls Wanted'
Consider this: Netflix is the single biggest driver of internet bandwidth, accounting for over one-third of all downstream usage during prime time hours.But if we step away from single companies and...
View ArticleCandida Royalle, Feminist Porn Pioneer, Dies at 64
Candida Royalle is hardly a household name, but her influence on the world of sex and film is notable.Described as a sex educator, artist, porn producer and pioneer of the feminist sex-positive...
View ArticleLet's Talk About Porn
Porn. It’s something that people use in their most intimate, private moments. It’s a way to acknowledge desire—without any of the attachments of intimacy. For some of you, that's incredibly freeing....
View ArticleDavid Simon’s “The Deuce” Charts the Rise of Pornography
David Simon believes in the dignity of labor, “even when it’s undignified.” What “The Wire” (which he created) did for the drug trade in Baltimore, “The Deuce,” also on HBO, does for sex work and the...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: A Year in Resistance, Porn and the Presidency
In case you missed them, hear two of our favorite segments from the week:A Year in Resistance (First) | Porn and the Presidency (Starts 01:04:04)If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on...
View ArticleHow Porn is Influencing Teens' Views of Sex
Maggie Jones, New York Times Magazine contributing writer and visiting assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses her reporting on teenagers, porn and sex -- specifically, how much...
View Article#29 Phoebe and Buck Angel Talk About Sex, Baby
The trans activist and former adult film star joins Phoebe to talk about DIY porn, the challenges of transitioning, and his journey to self-love and acceptance. --- About the podcast: Phoebe Robinson...
View ArticleLet's Talk About Porn Again
We're revisiting our most-listened to episode ever, about porn. Your stories about secret hard drives, fantasy plot lines, illegal downloads, titillating Tumblr feeds, and giving porn up completely....
View ArticleWhat Deepfake Technology Means for Women
Despite some reports that deepfake technologies are being used to target governments and politicians, experts have warned that women, not politicians, are the overwhelming target of these deepfakes....
View Article'Stiffed' Podcast on the Rise and Fall of a Feminist Porn Magazine
In 1973, a group of feminists teamed up with porn king Bob Guccione, the open-shirt, gold-chain-wearing publisher of Penthouse. The idea was to create a porn magazine for women. A new podcast, Stiffed,...
View ArticleSecrets, Turn-Ons, and Fantasies: Your Stories About Porn
In 2016, a listener we’re calling James sent us a voice memo. He described himself as a recovering porn addict, and was struggling to stay away from it while his wife was away. So we wanted to know...
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