Register today and it’s only $40 — register after 11:55pm ET tonight and it’ll be a still-very-reasonable $50.
A note from organizer Amber Rhea:
Hi all, just a reminder than the $40 admission ends at 11:55pm tonight. After that, it will be $50. We will not be taking any registrations at the door. You MUST pre-register; no [...]

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Dr. Kris Gowen, who studies the effect of the internet on teen sexuality, has been wondering about erotic fan fiction lately and whether teens are writing and publishing it.
Teens creating ‘adult’ content
Of course they are. You shoulda seen my private writings — journals and stories — back in the day. You can tell, reading through [...]

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From a friend of a friend and sent to a friend, who replied “Your friend is a ninja.”
‘Struth.
GOOD JUDGMENT CAN�T BE BOUGHT OR LEARNED FROM BOOKS. PEOPLE AREN�T BORN WITH IT, AND IT ISN�T TAUGHT IN SCHOOL. ONLY SELF-AWARENESS AND VAST KNOWLEDGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND POTENTIALITIES, WHEN COMBINED WITH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, RESULT IN [...]

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Why does this surprise anyone? The internet is all about relationships and talking. Pretty soon, there won’t be any reason for men to log on at all.
*evil grin*

Women outnumber men online, and more teen girls blog than teen boys

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Last year I was deathly ill — mainly of exhaustion, I think — and missed half of Arse Elektronika, so I can’t speak with authority about everything that happened. It’s all the cool kids in sex-tech, though, doing cool-kid things, and from all accounts, last year was a blast.
This year’s theme is Do Androids Sleep [...]

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My friend Carly Milne, author of Sexography, has teamed up with Chelsea Bowers and Kevin Apgar to launch a blogging contest to benefit Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) during the month of April, which is National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. The goal is to raise enough money to offer victims of [...]

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Dr. Petra Boynton explains in detail what happens when magazines contact sex researchers for articles.
Say what we want and keep it light: how (some) magazines like you to talk about sex
A while back I was asked by a colleague to comment on a feature about men and sex. The piece was to be about [...]

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Please join me for champagne, appetizers, sex toys and the launch of my new book, SEXIER SEX: LESSONS FROM THE BRAVE NEW SEXUAL FRONTIER.
April 1, 2008 (this is not a joke! LOL)
8pm – 10pm
Freddy and Eddy have graciously offered to host the event in their sensual boutique — see pictures here: http://www.freddyandeddy.com/storeinfo.htm
Freddy and Eddy – [...]

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ok so i admit i haven’t seen a lot, but this is incredible. and totally off topic, too, so don’t waste your time looking for fucking machines or boobies or anything.
freeze in new york – grand central station
note that because it’s not sex-tech, it’s possible this is an ancient internet meme that’s already made the [...]

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Annalee Newitz’s latest column shows, yet again, why I have always been and will always be an Annaleen groupie.
I almost don’t want to quote from it, because the whole thing is good and I want you to experience the whole thing … but if you’re super busy and skimming through my blog and just want [...]

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Watching how producers and reporters expose their ignorance and prejudices and rudeness as they rush to cover the Spitzer story — see Audacia Ray’s posts here and here in which she gives some appalling examples — reminded me that I wrote a piece three years ago about tech replacing pimps and empowering women to do [...]

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