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Top 100 Sex Bloggers Are Worth (At Least) A Thousand Words

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:35:19 EDT

If you're looking for something new to add to your reading list, you might want to dip into this list of the Top 100 Sex Bloggers of 2008. There's bound to be someone on there you haven't met yet, since we can't possibly keep track of all of them for you. Plus everything is more fun in groups, isn't it? (betweenmysheets.com)

Warning: Boobs Ahead. Do You Understand And Wish To Continue?

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:55:51 EDT

Those of you who have spent any time on the interweb searching for smut have surely run across the warning that accompanies any Blogspot blog that someone somewhere has deemed "objectionable." Of course, Google would never actually "censor" content on their free web hosting service—they just put up a giant sign post blocking you from the site you're trying to reach, and imply that you must be some sort of twisted perv for even wanting to see it. But if you're okay with that you can go ahead and click through, you big freak. We could write a book about the silliness of that system, but we much prefer this more subtle form of protest: the "I Understand And I Wish To Continue" Award. It's given out by one Blogspot blog to others that have been thrown behind that great beige wall because their erotic content is too hot for sensitive eyes. It almost makes us wish we were on Blogspot too so that we might be eligible to win one. (Almost, that is. We're sure you understand.)

· The "I Understand and I Wish to Continue" Award (gatochy.blogspot.com; image via finenudes.blogspot.com)
· See also: Google Ghettoizes Sex Blogs (Boinkology)

If your business is pleasure, how do you...

Lux Alptraum — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:55:35 EDT

If your business is pleasure, how do you separate business from pleasure? For their sexy sex issue, The L Magazine approached over twenty sex professionals, including some Fleshbot Crush Objects like Jamye Waxman and Baby Sinead (as well as someone else you may know ... ahem) to find out how their work effects their private lives. The good news? Yes, they get to take the sample sex toys home with them. (thelmagazine.com: super accurate depiction of sex professional office life from porn-o-rama.com, via)

Playboy's Hottest Blogger Contest: You're All Winners! (Even If Some Of You Have Bigger Racks Than Others)

Jonnobot — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:50:37 EDT

Since one of the contestants in Playboy's curiously opportunistic Web's Hottest Blogger contest (as if people would be blogging anywhere else?) is on the Fleshbot masthead and at least one or two others are confirmed friends of ours, we're not exactly in the most neutral position to tell you who to vote for. So we'll just try to be as objective as possible and recommend you support the blogger who's showing the most cleavage in her photo ... even if it does happen to be the blogger who happens to be on the Fleshbot masthead. Hey, all's fair in sex and blogging. And boobs. (playboy.com)

Is Porn The Same As Cheating?

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:45:20 EDT

A group of bloggers and their commenters who normally write about things like capital gains taxes and the legal ramifications of wiretapping are in a bit of slap fight over a recent column by FoxNews.com "sexpert" Yvonne Fulbright. The column was about the warning signs of porn addiction (Sign #1: if you're reading this, you have it), and the debate revolves around an offhand remark stating that many partners just assume that using porn "is the equivalent of having an actual affair." (Except Playboy! That's totally cool.) At least one guy agrees, saying that paying for porn is sort of like paying to watch a prostitute have sex with someone else and that sort of makes you a cheating asshole! Others responded with more nuanced arguments, like "that's insane."

The conflict also has something to do with a "moral continuum," which we thought was some kind of weapon on "Star Trek" but apparently is something that measures how much trouble you're currently in with your girlfriend. Which leads us all back to our original question: Is looking at porn the "equivalent" of cheating on your significant other? We were going to make this today's poll question ... but given our readership, we think we know how that one would turn out. Leave your thoughts in the comments anyway.

· "8 Signs Your Partner is Addicted to Porn" (foxnews.com)
· "Honey, I Think You Should Know, I’ve Been Seeing Joanna Angel" + "Porndultery" (juliansanchez.com)
· Porn and Adultery (Culture Wars) + Part (II) (theatlantic.com)
· The Douthat-Carter Continuum (willwilkinson.net)
· A Post Calculated to Boost TNR's Web Traffic (tnr.com)
· To the People: 9. He Blogs Less (tothepeople.com)

· Thumb via Cheating Strap-on Lesbians (lesbianstraponparty.com)

The Other Half Of Half-Nekkid Thursdays

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:30:12 EDT

Long-time blog dwellers are familiar with Half-Nekkid Thursdays, a weekly tradition where bloggers of all stripes post photos of themselves in various states of undress. The interpretation of "half nekkid" is wide open, of course—pictures can range from an exposed elbow to full-frontal—but the simple concept gives plenty of average folks an opportunity to show off their inner exhibitionist once a week. There are some people, however, who like the idea, but don't want to turn their personal cookie recipe or stamp collecting blog into an amateur peep show. So they need a place like The Other HNT, where bloggers can post their more naughty—and more importantly, anonymous—boobie and ween shots. This blog clearly states that it "is not intended to become a porn site of any kind," which is fine, except ... it's Monday morning and this is the internet. A blog overflowing with bare breasts and flopping penises doesn't have much choice in the matter, now does it?

· ...The Other HNT (hntanon.blogspot.com, via Indie Nudes)
· Guidelines for "Half-Nekkid Thursday" (osbassoblogspot.com)

Hairong Tiantian: Art In A Box (With Crotchless Fishnets!)

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:45:08 EDT

Remember that female blogger in China who asked men to send her pictures of their flaccid penises? Yeah, us neither, but the Shanghaiist does and he checks in with an update on her latest saucy adventure. First of all, her name is Hairong Tiantian and for the last few weeks she's been living on the street in Beijing. Actually, not on the street so much as living in a glass box, alongside a male artist in his own box. They're sealed off from each other and the rest of the world, but completely on display for anyone who cares to watch. It's supposed to be an artistic comment on the "isolation of many couples in today's hectic, time-starved world" but it's mostly become an exhibition of Tiantian and the sexy lingerie that she spend most of her day lounging around in; the only symbolism that passersby seem to be contemplating involves her baby doll outfits and fishnet stockings. In case you haven't figured out that she's a bit of an exhibitionist, there's also some photos of her hanging out on a bridge without her shirt. Only a few days left to see the girl in the box, but we're guessing this won't be the last time she manages to garner some attention.

· "Hairong Tiantian turns heads (and raises them, too?)" (slideshow @ shanghaiist.com)

Previously: Morning Wood: You're All Persistently Aroused