Equally opportunity objectification, right? Everyone naked, in perfect harmony...that's our dream, at least.

· Srsly: who buys a car because of its headlights? (copyranter.blogspot.com)

Yes, it's true, the video does feel like some 80's teensploitation pool flick (well, except for the lack of any nipple)—but come on, it's to raise awareness for breast cancer. And there are no nipples!

If the children of the world need to be protected from something this softcore, well, we don't want to see what they're like when they grow up.

· What is it about slow motion and breasts? (adrants.com)

Though the film was unseen by festivalgoers—the organizers deemed a civil disobedience screening too much of a risk—the official jury decided that it warranted the prize for "Best Short Film." It may not be quite the dramatic crumbling of Australian censorship that we were hoping for...but it's still nice to see Australians standing up for their right to view sex on film.

· "Matinee" (blueartichokefilms.com)

Concerned for their festival participants' privacy, the organizers of Burning Man have set up a new photo policy, one that's intended to keep photos of naked playa residents off of porn sites (and also Facebook—how did they know where we find our porn?). It remains to be seen whether the policy will actually be effective. But one thing's for certain: our plans for the launch of PlayaPunani.com will definitely have to be put on hold.

· Worried Over Porn Shots, Burning Man Sets Up Photo Policy (xbiz.com)
· Photo via Amateur Nut (amateurnut.com)

What was it that felled the buxom, bored housewife? Nothing more than plain old censorship: the Indian government—who were none too keen on Savita's rampant sexuality—banned the site from India's interwebs (being American, we can still see her just fine).

Of course, this is India we're talking about—India, the birthplace of Hinduism—so we suppose there's always a chance that lovely Savita will return to the people in a reincarnated form. For the sake of all her fans, we've got our fingers crossed.

· India Mourns the Death of Savita Bhabhi (indipepal.com)
· Savita Bhabhi (savitabhabhi.com)

Specifically, the California Employment Training Panel, which provides subsidies for training to make in-state corporations more competitive on a national scale. For years, Kink had used the program to provide its employees with video and multimedia training—but alas, they've now been cut off from this training.

What happened? It seems that a certain writer for the San Francisco Weekly decided to investigate why the state of California was subsidizing "torture porn"—and in the process, set off a chain of events that left Kink.com out in the cold. You can read the whole story over on the SF Weekly's website—but be warned, it's peppered with lots of poor reporting, judgmental talk about alternative sexuality, and, well, more poor reporting (though antiporn sources are quoted discussing the obvious abuse of Kink.com's models, not one of the models is quoted discussing his or her experience). A few sample quotes, just to give you a taste:

Riedel denies the victimization charge. "Most of our models have been around longer than the down economy," he said. "We go through an extensive interview process to make sure they're okay with this. We don't like working with models that aren't into this. If it's not consensual, it doesn't work."

San Francisco clinical psychologist Melissa Farley doesn't buy that. In 2007, she posted on her antipornography Web site, Traffick Jamming, the famous photograph of a hooded Abu Ghraib prisoner alongside a photograph she says came from Kink.com of a shackled, blindfolded woman apparently being poked with a cattle prod. "In this economy, this is something women would rather not do, but they feel they have to," she said. "This is a form of economic coercion. But people would rather not think of it that way. People think of it as a matter of rights, rather than ask the question, 'Should people have a right not to do this?'"

The company has passed itself off in articles in The New York Times Magazine, Salon, 7x7, and other publications as a hip, if esoteric, high-tech media startup. Yet its business plan is more medieval than modern, consisting, as it does, of giving people money if they'll agree to being on camera while being stripped, bound, impaled, beaten, and shocked.

Ah, fair and balanced journalism.

· Whipped and Gagged (sfweekly.com)
· See also: SF Weekly's Matt Smith Screws Kink.com: Unfair, Unbalanced, Malfeasant Journalism (sfappeal.com)
· Thumbnail: Mika Tan on Fucking Machines (fuckingmachines.com, via Ask Jolene)

Students at the University of Maryland were all set to attend a screening of the most important porno ever made—until some state legislators caught wind of where, exactly, these pirates were sticking their swords. In response, Sen. Andrew P. Harris (R-Baltimore County) introduced a bill to withhold state funding from any public university that allowed the screening of a triple-X film, which caused university officials to cancel the screening, which in turn led to a flurry of press (including Adella, DP's director of marketing, appearing on CNN to defend the adult industry).

And it doesn't end there: protesting of the university's decision, a group of students are planning to screen the film anyway, preceding the XXX action with a discussion of free speech, and how it relates to the pride of Porn Valley.

Man, we miss college.

· Porn Flick Screening at U-Md. Still On, as Is Funding Threat (washingtonpost.com)
· Image of Jesse Jane courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

The sex ed podcast, which has been educating (and occasionally titillating) the teens for over a year now, has seen its short lifespan beset by a lack of advertising and a surplus of censorship. Why can't we all just let the midwest teens learn about sex in peace?

· ‘Midwest Teen Sex Show' Episodes Removed from Myspace, YouTube, Facebook (tilzy.tv)

We'd like to encourage all of our readers to show their support for Dan Lacey—and, by extension, for all artists who choose to use eBay to sell their work. Nudity has long been a part of fine art, there is nothing deviant or depraved about depicting the human body. And those who would take away our right to enjoy erotic arts need to be taught lesson.

Please, spread the word about this. Email eBay to express your support of erotic art, blog about the importance of artistic freedom, and let the wouldbe censors know that we will not stand for their petty, closeminded attitudes. Seriously, anyone who thinks that a picture of a fully clothed America Ferrara should be considered "child porn" should not be setting the standards for the rest of us.

· “Obama Porn” Artist Shifts From Obama PornTo Implied Child Porn and Full Frontal Nudity on Ebay (jdlong.wordpress.com)
· Alamo City Pundit Leads Drive To Have Paintings Removed From Ebay (faithmouse.blogspot.com)

KidRex—certified by kids, for kids!—is pretty good at its job. Just try searching for "vagina" (go on, try it). You won't get anything! Not even an anatomy lesson! Likewise penis, clitoris, breasts (though oddly, not breast), masturbation, gay, lesbos (pity the poor Lesbian children!).

But what happens if your child happens to hear about that nice lady Gianna Michaels, and wants to learn more about her? Well, suddenly that kid-friendly search engine isn't so kid-friendly. Let's all just hope the kids limit their porn interest to big names like Jenna Jameson and Ron Jeremy—those are safely blocked. (And remember: want to find porn in a computer riddled with blocks? Just get creative with your search terms!)

· KidRex (kidrex.org)

Well, first off, the law bans "pornographic images which depict an act which threatens a person's life or would cause serious harm to the anus, breast or genitals, regardless of whether the scenes are real or acted." We're guessing this means we'll be saying good-bye to old faves like "Slaughter Disc", electrostim... and, well, most of the offerings from Kink.com, actually.

It also bans "depictions of sex with animals or corpses, regardless of whether the animal or corpse is real." Translation: no more: Necro Babes, "Re-Penetrator", or "Porn of the Dead" (and what about the furries?).

Frustrated? Angry? Want to fight back and help the Britishers get their smut? Contact Backlash or the Consenting Adults Action Network to learn how you can help out the pervs across the pond.

· Extreme porn becomes illegal (politics.co.uk, thanks MonMouth!)
· Thumbnail via Whipped Ass (whippedass.com)

And yet they have: "Veggie Love"—and ad celebrating the joys of vegetarian sex—was deemed far too lascivious for primetime. Specifically, NBC objected to the following shots:

- licking pumpkin
- touching her breast with her hand while eating broccoli
- pumpkin from behind between legs
- rubbing pelvic region with pumpkin
- screwing herself with broccoli (fuzzy)
- asparagus on her lap appearing as if it is ready to be inserted into vagina
- licking eggplant
- rubbing asparagus on breast

Well, someone was paying close attention to that ad....

· "Veggie Love": PETA's Banned Super Bowl Ad (peta.org)
· NBC's Sexually-Explicit Super Bowl Ad Rejection Makes Us Blush (peta.org)

The crackdown on websites that are "threatening morals by spreading pornography and vulgarity" continues in China, targeting sites like Baidu, Google and Sina.com. TV reports actually showed government officials hauling digital equipment from offices. We're glad we live in the good ole U S of A. Even though our own government may have made us sad for a good, oh, eight years, at least we still have our porn!

Via The Register: Sci/Tech News for the World. (theregister.co.uk)

· Martin drops porn filtering from FCC free wireless broadband plan (arstechnica.com, via Violet Blue)
· Sasha Grey, just because (timdir.com, via Ask Jolene)