Perez Hilton, Child Pornographer?

| June 15, 2010

So let’s see. In five months, Cyrus will be 18, and fair game. But right now she’s a child and Perez could get 15 years in prison for posting a Twitter link. One-size-fits-all punishment doesn’t work for me, in this case …

Writing about Sex? You’re Fired.

| May 13, 2010

I first became acquainted with the woman known as The Beautiful Kind a couple of years ago when I ran across her sex blog and was greatly amused, in particular, by her “Ask the Slut” advice column. She struck me as a rare talent right away — not so much for her sexual exploits and experiences as for her literary voice. Raw, unfiltered, unfocused, unpolished … yes, all of those things. But also powerful, brave, funny and full of potential. “With the right editor, she could write a great book,” I remember thinking. “That is, if she’ll listen.”

FaceBook Sex Game

| February 19, 2009

FaceBook has a virtual hookup club, where you can seduce hotties, proposition MILFs and DILFs and, in general, embark on that career of sexual conquest that has thus far, perhaps, eluded you in real life. If you’re not satisfied with your success, recruiting an entourage “will help you pick-up hotter hotties in the Club and accomplish kinkier sexual conquests. Size does matter …”

Secondhand Porn, Live from San Francisco

| February 18, 2009

A friend of mine reports from California, The Land Where Trends Begin, on the latest in San Francisco: Porn Exhibitionism. He calls it a topic but I’m elevating it to a full-fledged trend and calling Secondhand Porn, which is catchier and sounds more dangerous and awful, just to see if the news networks will jump all over it.

On Privacy, Sexual Culture and Writing

| February 9, 2009

In attempting to conjure a really good and potentially popular book that is, at its heart, the story of an evolving sexual culture, I have so far faced two main obstacles. Both have to do with privacy. The first came from within myself. How much of myself would I have to reveal? Quite a bit, [...]

You've Been Tempted.

Shadowy "Into Temptation" has been a forum about evolving social-sexual networks and how they have changed and are changing lives. In other words, we talk about dating and sex.

The original intention was that this blog would also chronicle a book project on the same subject; but that is in flux, on hiatus, perhaps meant for another time.