“A literary novelist writing a genre novel is like an intellectual dating a porn star. It invites forgivable prurience: What is that relationship like? Granted the intellectual’s hit hanky-panky pay dirt, but what’s in it for the porn star? Conversation? Ideas? Deconstruction?” That’s Glen Duncan, over at the New York Times on Colson Whitehead’s “zombie novel,”… Continue reading Ho-(Book)Bag: The Tits and Sass Book Club Begins with Zone One
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Spoiler Alert: Girlvert by Oriana Small AKA Ashley Blue (2011)
This is the first book I’ve read that I had to set down because it caused me to have a heaving fit (on two separate occasions, actually). As in, certain muscle groups in my body involuntarily contracted in a desperate attempt to push something that I had read out of my throat. Those were just… Continue reading Spoiler Alert: Girlvert by Oriana Small AKA Ashley Blue (2011)
.XXX Domain Ads: “Can You Afford Not To?”
Last month The Fearless Group released some video spots advertising the .XXX domains now available. They feature Vice Magazine founder Gavin McInnes and this spot has him making it rain with, I guess, the money he saved? It’s sort of like a porny Geico ad. Here’s the message at the end of the ad (and… Continue reading .XXX Domain Ads: “Can You Afford Not To?”
HIV Scare in the Adult Industry Gives Michael Weinstein Another Chance to Act Like a Hypocrite
On August 29th, my shoot was cancelled, and I had the day off from work because someone in Florida had tested positive for HIV. This is the bizarre result of working in an industry in which we necessarily disclose our sero-status to our coworkers, and negative STI test results are prerequisite for employment. A few… Continue reading HIV Scare in the Adult Industry Gives Michael Weinstein Another Chance to Act Like a Hypocrite
The Silver Lining of FalseFlesh
I just finished reading a story in the latest Utne Reader about this ultra-creepy software that came out last March. Check it out: FalseFlesh is an image editing software program that lets users apply X-ray vision to people in fully clothed, G-rated photos. So, without being a real life stalker or rapist, you can create homemade… Continue reading The Silver Lining of FalseFlesh