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Twittergasms: The Real San Francisco Treat

Cable cars, dot com gazillionaires and Golden Gates aside, San Francisco is known for many things: its values, homegrown institutions like Kink.com, and generally being the object of Sodom-by-the-Bay nightmares for the entire Bible Belt. And let's not forget that everyone's favorite city also midwifed National Masturbation Month, which is getting more tech-savvy every year. This time around the San Francisco Masturbate-A-Thon—a fundraiser for SF's Center for Sex and Culture hosted by Nina Hartley on Sunday, May 25—will not only be doing its customary livecast of the wank-off, but has also launched a snazzy new blog and Facebook page and is promising plenty of Twittergasms to all comers. Read what a Twittergasm is, how to have one, and why masturbatrix extraordinaire Carol Queen says you should never, ever fake one after the jump. More »

11:00 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By Violet Blue
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mapping sex

The Way He Was: Nascent Sexuality Polaroid Study

We all have our own private map of those places that played a part in the development of our sexuality when we were growing up. But not all of us have made those maps as public as our pal Igor at Driven By Boredom has with a new project where he plots "the spots that gave me the most tingles" on a Google Map along with a Polaroid and a description of what made them so ... er, tingle-worthy: the construction house where he and his girlfriend would sneak into to mess around, the bushes at the Masonic Temple where he had the worst sex of his life.

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10:40 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Fleshbot
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Time Out's Naked New Yorkers: This Could Have Been You

This week's issue of urban go-getter guide Time Out New York is the "Horny Issue", and to commemorate the rebirth of spring or whatever they put out an open call for people to pose au naturel in the magazine. Apparently everyone took them on it, so they selected seven hopeful naked superstars-to-be (both guys and gals), let them pick the location and theme for their shoot, and then had wonderboy photographer Ryan Pfluger capture their parts for posterity.

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4:45 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Dashiell Bennett
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Latest by Tits McGee: Please do by all means call me Tits. Only my students call me Ms. McGee. Also, @ Hebear McGhee: given our shared surname, I am inclined to forgive. Hugs! more »

Durex' Sexual Wellbeing Survey came out over two months ago, but apparently folks in Malaysia are just now figuring out that they're not having enough orgasms. Maybe their internet tubes were clogged or something? We hear that can happen if you're not getting laid enough. (durex.com + thestar.com.my)

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The Not-So-Simple "Truth" About Porn Did you know that "Pornography is not about love, or caring or making good relationships" and that "Pornography often shows a person (usually a woman, a child or teenager) who is being treated in a sexual manner without respect or love"? (And that's just the first paragraph!) Looks like this whole "Simple English Wikipedia" thing is a little too simple if you ask us; good thing it's also "the free encyclopedia that anyone can change" too. (simple.wikipedia.org - thanks Jon)

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The Wide, Wide World Of Balloon Fetishism

Grizzled observers of the wide range of human sexuality that we are here at Fleshbot, It's always cute to see someone discovering something like baloon fetishism for the first time ... and even cuter when their investigative report includes dozens of photos of a sexy Japanese model enjoying it.

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12:30 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Fleshbot
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You know that sex expos have finally gone mainstream when they start happening in heavily Catholic, conservative countries like Mexico (and for that matter get written about in places like Portfolio). Up next: Sexpo Vatican, coming soon to a Holy See near you! (portfolio.com)

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Sex 2.0 Wrapup(s) We'd totally gloat about all the stimulating talk and cupcake-strewn shenanigans you missed at the Sex 2.0 conference in Atlanta this weekend, except ... uh, we weren't there either. Fortunately, plenty of our funky pals and assorted crush objects are posting about it today, so at least we have an idea of what went on. Is it too early to start making our plans for Sex 3.0 next year? (thesexcarnival.com + funkybrownchick.com + lustylady.blogspot.com + wakingvixen.com; see also video @ Naked City)

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Jennifer Lyon Bell is an Amsterdam-based erotic film director and curator, which totally sounds like a dream job if you ask us. And to think it all started when she first saw her first dirty movie in high school! We always suspected "Debbie Does Dallas 2" was a gateway drug ... (interview @ amsterdamweekly.nl)

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CherryTV Vs. The Frisky: Who Talks The Better Sex?

Because good things always happen in pairs (insert your metaphor of choice here), this past month saw the launch of not one but two ladies-talking-about-the-sexy-sex sites: CherryTV and The Frisky. As you might have guessed from the name, CherryTV (above) is one of those "internet television" websites we've been hearing so much about. Videos are broken down into two categories: "Cherry Dish," where the ladies of CherryTV give their opinions on a wide range of topics (from faking orgasms to how to reach the best orgasm to whether vibrators numb your ability to orgasm), and "Fresh Advice," where sexy sexperts (including the frequently Fleshbotted Jamye Waxman) teach CherryTV viewers the ins and outs of better banging. More »

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11:27 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Lux Nightmare
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Latest by alexx55: BUY LUBE????????? I could SELL IT! The REAL STUFF, I mean! Oyyyyyyyyyyy more »

Because the Mac vs. PC sex toy study wasn't enough, now some French folks are taking it to the next level with a survey (yes, in French) that aims to determine whether choice of OS has any relation to breast and penis size. Brings a whole new meaning to that "Hey baby, is that an iPhone in your pocket?" line, doesn't it? (vaginus.org, via sexoteric.com; thumbnail via iPhone Porn Grid)

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In spite of all the attention pornographers pay to making their paysite concepts as authentic as possible, we'd never recommend using porn to learn about other cultures (well, except where the Japanese are concerned). For more evidence, check out Guanabee's overview of what Latina porn teaches white men about Latin culture. We already knew the whole concept of "piñata pussy" was totally wrong, but wait ... Colombia and the US don't share a border?! (guanabee.com)

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Sex Work 101: School Yourself Confused over the meaning of terms like "call girl" (which is outdated) and "street worker" (which is much better)? Interested in knowing more about how that amorphous "sex industry" you keep hearing about really works? Let friend of Fleshbot Audacia Ray help teach you the, uh, ins and outs of sex work in the succinctly named Sex Work 101, a fledgling project intended to "add to public knowledge about sex work and to encourage discussion about the issues sex workers face". At the very least, it'll save you from any embarassing gaffes in your conversation when you're talking about these issues; and who knows, it might even inspire you to do some more personal research of your own. (sexwork101.com)

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Sex 2.0: Sexuality, Feminism, And Waffles Because we can never have enough opportunities to get together with like-minded geeks online experts and talk about sex, several members of the Fleshbot Collective are considering a trip to Atlanta later this month for Sex 2.0, a one day conference focusing on the "intersection of social media, feminism, and sexuality" which is also quite possibly the only event of its kind in the world to be held in a 10,000 square foot, fully equipped dungeon. Plus, we hear there are lots of Waffle Houses in Atlanta. Mmm, Waffle House. (event info @ sex20con.com; see also interview with organizer Amber Rhea @ sexuality.about.com)

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No Love Lost: Photographs By Michael Grieve

It's hard to take a picture on a porn set or backstage at a strip club and not have it look like a lot of work we've seen before, particularly when so many artists and photographers have been mining this same territory for years now. That said, UK photographer Michael Grieves attempts to depict these "increasingly entwined and performative worlds of pornography, prostitution and stripping" via his own unique perspective: "'No Love Lost' does not attempt to be a statistical documentation but works as a lyrical documentary metaphor in a factual world about real fictional encounters and conveys a sense of the difficulties of meaningful human connection in spiritually vacant environments." OK, so maybe calling the adult entertainment world "spiritually vacant" isn't exactly a unique concept, but several of his photos do manage to convey a certain tenderness for their subject matter despite their ostensible detachment. (And at the very least we learned that there exists what seems to be a thriving porn industry in Peterborough, UK. Who knew?)

· NO LOVE LOST: Eking Out the Seamiest Boltholes (viceland.com, via Tiny Nibbles)
· Michael Grieve: No Love Lost (lensculture.com)

Previously: "SFV Porn" by Vera Hartmann, Jeff Burton, "The Other Place", Jean-Christian Bourcart's "Infertile Madonnas": Deep Inside The Brothels Of Frankfurt, Elyse Butler: Sexual Tension, Strippers Of London, "Pink Box: Inside Japan's Sex Clubs", "Pornoland", Larry Sultan

10:59 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Fleshbot
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"A picture is worth a thousand bucks an hour" Contrary to what the news media would have you believe these days, not all prostitutes look like a certain high-priced gubernatorial plaything-slash-aspiring music superstar; contrary to a lot of the drawings in the amusing Project Prostitute, however, they're not all fishnet-wearing, cigarette-smoking streetwalking vamps either. The uninteresting truth may be that prostitutes come in all shapes and sizes ... and as this project demonstrates, so do our attitudes toward prostitution. (We might prefer the fishnet-wearing streetwalker types ourselves, but then we're cheap that way.) (projectprostitute.com, via veryshortlist.com - thanks Elizabeth; thumbnail [top] by Roz Chast)

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We always imagined that the early days of sex were, well, sexy — you know, complete with good lighting, pleasant music, maybe a few scented candles — but, alas, it seems that that was not the case. So much for our "hot caveman-meets-Raquel Welch in a fur bikini" fantasies. (timesonline.co.uk + youtube.com)

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In this age of streaming hi-res video and elaborate Flash animations it's easy to forget the old-fashioned appeal of a regular old animated .gif, but there are times when they transcend their antiquated technology and become art. Especially when they contain Playmate boobies. (artfagcity.com)

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