With an ad like that Sonic, you can put it anywhere

Only. Ten. Days. Learn more about the movement here, and then come share your 5th element while soaking up all the music, fashion, art, flesh hooks, leather, and freakiness that you can handle. It’s a gathering of the 5th, which means anything (anything) is possible!

Not in Dallas? Not a problem. Go to the I am 5th youtube channel and do a video response about what makes you fifth! I wanna know!

I’m cynical perhaps. But with all these astonishing blessings, Facebook just happened to find another group of people to give an “extra special” privilege to.

Being banned for having pics up of a FtM’s post-operative chest on your account.

This story is blowing up across various blogs, but as near as I can tell comes first from VUE out of Edmonton. They report on the account ban against Dominic Scaia, after he posted pics of his naked chest on his profile. Anyone who’s even glanced at social network will know this is par for the course. Except, being a transsexual man, apparently, he still has a woman’s breasts according to Facebook’s moderators. Nevermind the expensive, painful, surgery he endured to remove them, they’re still there, no matter what, in the eyes of the “ew, ew, ew” crowd.

That alone is a kick in the teeth, but I ask another question. What makes all breasts pornographic anyway? Why can’t it be like the difference between, say, potential and kinetic energy? You know, tits at rest are potentially porn, but tits covered in chocolate and having the nips pulled between someone’s teeth are at “pornographic escape velocity”.

For the nearsighted, that last line is a WAKE UP CALL TO DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS!

“None of the funds made available in this act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading and exchanging of pornography,” is the teeny little evil addition reported on by Dr. Klein. Not to sound flippant, but just how fucking addicted are our “leaders” to collateral damage that they have to make so sweeping and casual an assault on our freedom of expression? Don’t they send enough unmanned drones to waste anyone with the misfortune of being near a suspected terrorist?

As for Apple’s contribution to the absurd, almost fetishistic compulsion to make people safe from porn, check here for just a tiny selection of some of the apps and e-books censored or outright denied distribution, because of the terrible sin of having “gay themes” or using the word “sperm”. That’s how Moby Dick’s electronic version wound up censored, believe it or not. My favorite has to be outright banning the Kama Sutra as thoroughly “obscene”. Well excuuuuuuuse a 6000 year old culture for having spiritual expressions that are sex positive and don’t conform to some kind of Silicon Valley Calvinism.

Get laid, people. Seriously. It helps.

I can't help but think, when I see this woman, about how Chile's does the "guiltless grill" options with fewer calories and low fat. Non-exploitative, sex positive, feminist porn for all? Yes, fucking please!

Reported in Sexis, is this interview with Erika Lust, porn maker and, now, author of “Good Porn: A Woman’s Guide”

She talks about creating affirmative places for all genders, arousing every part of person, not just their genitals, and making work that “scratches the itch” while enriching the global discourse of sex. She asks her self the radical question, what kind of porn do I want my daughter to see, knowing full well she’ll see some in our culture no matter what? Porn that makes her ashamed and scared, or porn that helps her feel free and powerful?

What the hell else could I say to get you all to go out and get this book and every film she’s ever made immediately? Free body shots with every purchase?!

Even though “gag gag” doesn’t exactly conjure up pleasant imagrey, it’s miles ahead of some of their other taglines. Case in point, the back of the box boasts “She’s so dirty, even her doll smells.” Great. It better smell like smoke and fairy jizz.

But I can’t wait until they come out with one that has a dick. I’d bet even the Lady herself would want to own one. If she doesn’t already, of course.

Man, that rainbow was soooo satisfying. Time for a smoke.

In case you haven’t heard already, one of SiP’s favorite charities, the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, is this year’s beneficiary of the NYC Sex Bloggers Calendar. As if that isn’t cool enough, I actually am a pin-up in the calendar (so you KNOW you’re gonna buy one!). One of the things I love about the calendar is that you can buy one of the days and have it printed with whatever message you want. So, you can write a birthday greeting for your sugarpie, advertise your business (maybe even a discount code good on that day?), or just say whatever is on your mind.

The days are $25 each, or you can buy 5 days for $100.  This is a really small price to pay for some great advertising, and it all goes to support WFF, which is even better!  Visit their website to buy a ticket (there’s a paypal button on the site), or email NYCSexBloggersCal@gmail.com. 

To help spread the word about the calendar days for sale, Dallas’ own Gloryhole Productions is offering a special incentive. For a VERY limited time, if you purchase a day on the calendar, you will also receive a free ticket to the Glory of Rome party on August 28th (check out the details on their site).

This offer is only good for a very short time!  Please put “Glory of Rome” or “Sex in Power” in the comment box. When you get your confirmation email, forward it to gholeproductions at gmail .com and we’ll hook you up with a ticket. Limited to two tickets per person.