Ain't No Wifi
That's a Lot of Toys
Image credit: Brett Hammond
"Some experts, like Sara Ramirez, the associate publisher for retailing for the adult entertainment trade publication XBIZ, agree that Americans buy somewhere between $1 billion and $2 billion worth of pleasure products annually. A more conservative estimate from IBISWorld pegged that number at $610 million in 2013 and projected it to grow to $792 million by 2018."
[NYT]
Wooper
via Kottke
Wait, What?
Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
"Nobody believes me when I say this but Playgirl readers really cared about those hunks. Similarly, Mental Floss readers really care about the facts. Which is to say that both brands have very enthusiastic audiences. The difference is that at Mental Floss we hear from readers in droves on the rare occasion we get a fact wrong. The correspondence we got at Playgirl was … different."
Not Ken
via @yatzer
Happy V Day
Now That I'd See
Slut Makeup Tutorial
Naked Pink
Just Say It
Image via NYT
The NYT has an odd/interesting/fascinating video story of a couple. The couple don't tell each other they love each other. The video looks at how/why/what. It's strange/lovely/weird.
"'I need to tell my boyfriend that I love him,' Ms. Leppo wrote in. 'Year after year I kept thinking "Oh, maybe this year," but it never happened, and now it has gone on far too long.'"
[NYT]
Wait, How ...
I Couldn't
Are You a Failed Slut?
Kathy Shaidle has a new book out: Confessions of a Failed Slut.
"Confessions of a Failed Slut blends personal reflections – 'How the Love Boat Ruined My Life' – with contrarian takes on porn (online and off), dating (ditto), 'slut shaming,' sex toys, 'robot hookers of the near future,' dinosaur erotica, the multiplication of genders and orientations, and what she calls 'the epidemic of beta male faggotry' plaguing the land."
[Amazon]
Boots Were Made for Stomping
Image via @natashapoly
male porn star
Image credit: Joshua Barbato
"u know why am i born . to be a porn star"
Tattooed Ballerina Guy
via @tracyclarkflory
The Peeping Sext
What's for Dinner
Image credit: @raisedbythewolvesau via This Isn't Happiness
Audio Porn for All
Image via eBay
"I started thinking about audio’s erotic potential last spring, while my friend Émilie and I were venting about porn. Hardcore vids had started to feel like an 'assault on the vagina,' she complained, while female-targeted porn (with white bedspreads and fewer closeups) was boring and quiet. Lately Émilie had been gravitating toward threesome scenes because at least they were all talking to each other."
[Playboy]