Month: April 2009
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Manufacturing Outrage / Violet Blue: Why the SF Weekly should be 'whipped and gagged'
Originally published in SF Chronicle. In this column, Benjamin Wachs was referred to as a "failed screenwriter." The creative works in question were actually radio plays. We do enjoy getting worked into a lather about a lot of things here in San Francisco. As long as you keep the whipped cream and licorice whips on… Read more…
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Bye Bye Bisexual / Violet Blue: Does bisexual fakery ruin it for the rest of us?
Originally published in SF Chronicle. After all the recent (and upcoming) hype about "bromance," the "Sex and the City" negativity about people who "should just pick a side," and recurrent media trendiness portraying bisexuality for its shock value, I want to post flyers all over San Francisco. They'd read: "MISSING: INVISIBLE BISEXUAL. If not seen,… Read more…
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Jimmyjane: the eco-sexy lifestyle / Violet Blue: Local high-end sex toy designers Jimmyjane turn us on with sustainability (and lusty sex toys)
Originally published in SF Chronicle. Inside the Jimmyjane office Violet Blue Inside the Jimmyjane office Violet Blue From the Jimmyjane office Violet Blue EMBER: Natural Emollient Massage Candle in Honeysuckle Clover Jimmyjane.com Mark Johann ICONIC RING: AKA “Vibrating Ring” Jimmyjane.com LITTLE SOMETHING: Waterproof, Silent, Everlasting Vibrator Jimmyjane.com LITTLE CHROMA: Quiet, Waterproof, Everlasting Vibrator Jimmyjane.com Kate… Read more…
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Pull Out And Pray / Violet Blue: Bristol Palin still practices abstinence, while the rest of us softly weep
Originally published in SF Chronicle. **FILE** This Sept. 3, 2008 file photo shows Bristol Palin, daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Republican vice presidential candidate, and her boyfriend Levi Johnston at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. People magazine reports that Palin gave birth to her son, Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston… Read more…
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The Scandalous GayVN's / Violet Blue: This year's gay porn awards were a bag of mixed nuts
Originally published in SF Chronicle. I was an hour late to the gay porn awards. But thankfully, I got there just in time for the drama. The Castro Theater looked pretty glam as Sophiesunset and I walked up; rotating spotlight cans, velvet ropes, a limo, cars disgorging barely-dressed male models all loitering about, and instead… Read more…