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Quickie: Anti-Sex Bipartisanship, Premature Puberty, Free Porn

Sabrina Morgan — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:04:30 +0000

Commentary: Does Sitcom Strategy Explain Anti-Porn Laws? (AVN)
Precocious Puberty on the Rise (Alternet; thanks to Sexoteric for the link)
Forum Aimed at Limiting Spread of Free Porn Launches (XBiz)
Stevensville man undeterred in his long battle against obscenity (Missoulian.com)
Kink.com Acquires Historic San Francisco Armory Building (XBiz)
Comment: Sarah Carey: We need more sex, not detox (The Sunday Times)

Quickie: FBI Meets With Adult, Gay Marriage, Voluntary Content Labeling

Sabrina Morgan — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:03:03 +0000

The FBI Meets With Adult: 1 (XBiz)
Citizen journalism website seeks sex-trade worker to cover Pickton trial (Canadian Press)
Porn Sites Start Adapting to Wii (1up.com)
Indications of a Slowdown in Sex Entertainment Trade (New York Times)
Sex Offenders Fill Geriatric Wards of U.S. Prisons (NPR)
Sex-Crazed Teens, Porn and Booze Bunk: 2006′s Worst Science Journalism (PNN Online)
Massachusetts Lawmakers Advance Proposed Gay Marriage Ban (Boston.com)
First same-sex union celebrated in Switzerland (Advocate.com)
Do X-rated Web Sites Merit Scarlet Letter? (The Plain Dealer) *

* For more information on the voluntary Restricted to Adults label, visit RTALabel.org.

Quickie: Abstinence-Only, Internet Porn vs. Rape, Mens’ Rights

Sabrina Morgan — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:37:55 +0000

(This is something new I’ll be doing. There are a lot of stories I’d like to pass on, but don’t have a chance to write a full commentary for. I’ll be posting those links as Quickies. Let me know what you think in comments.)

‘Rare’ Obscenity Case Targets Writings (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Porn Accusations Turn Up Heat in Virginia Senate Race (Times Online)
A Week to Fight Pornography (Asheville Citizen-Times) *
How the Web Prevents Rape (Slate, via Sexoteric)
Abstinence-Only vs. “Intercourse Only” (Figleaf’s Real Adult Sex) **
Stop Sex Infections the Smart Way (Wired)
First Flickers of Male-Centric Consciousness: A Work in Progress (Figleaf’s Real Adult Sex)

* I’ll be blogging on this later.

** Update, 11/2 9:36p EST: See also commentary at Viviane’s Sex Carnival, The Huffington Post, and Violet Blue’s Tiny Nibbles.