Month: April 2008
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Sex for money, not love / Violet Blue asks rising adult superstar Lorelei Lee about the differences between sex work and sex not-for-work
Originally published in SF Chronicle. Lorelei Lee glows. Not simply because her hair is a halo of sunshine blond, her eyes a clear liquid gaze, or because all of her features combine uniquely to make her a stunning young woman — natural body and all. Lorelei Lee smiles. A lot. And in porn, that's a… Read more…
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About a penis: To cut or not to cut / Local author and filmmaker Paul Festa's experience in an S.F. circumcision study has Violet Blue examining a sensitive debate
Originally published in SF Chronicle. When my longtime friend and writing colleague (and local filmmaker) Paul Festa took the stage for the "Best Sex Writing 2008" (Cleis Press) reading featuring West Coast authors, I was prepared to giggle at whatever he was reading. After all, this was the guy who made an incident-gone-wrong hook-up with… Read more…
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WTF is feminist porn? / The Feminist Porn Awards announce 2008's winners, and Violet Blue wants to know why we can't all just get along
Originally published in SF Chronicle. Feminist porn. For many, seeing those words together is like putting together the words "comfortable flight," "lightly scented" and "Bill O'Reilly: journalist." We now have Jet Blue and Virgin America, not everyone can smell your panty liners, and there's no debate about the irony of the last bit — but… Read more…
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Hot gay sex is for homophobes / Psych study links homophobia and homoerotic arousal; Violet Blue wants Jay Leno to know he's safe
Originally published in SF Chronicle. It happens every time I innocently go to the neighborhood grocery store for soy milk. You see, I live in the Castro, in San Francisco, and everyone knows what that means. The streets are teeming with homosexuals. It's just like in those horror-movie fundamentalist videos: Everyone's in leather with their… Read more…