Image by Skye Shelly. A hugely amount of sex, tech, culture and health (and even sex-impacting legislative) stories are of great importance but never make it to mainstream media, and came in under the radar. In this week’s SF Chronicle I give them these stories their due — and more. My column is titled The Child Porn Lie (And Other Hits): Violet Blue: The top five underreported sex stories of the year, NOT “The Year in Sex̶...

I'll admit it: I made a rookie mistake with the Oui. I judged a book (well, vibrator) by its cover. But how could I not? It was just so shiny! And metal! And heart-shaped! if anything, it looked more like a very girly lighter than a sex toy—and though I am not a smoker, I do have a soft spot in my heart for very girly lighters. And discreet vibrators. So I took the bait and asked for one. I knew pretty much immediately that it was probably ...

Choosing a wedding ring for you partner is possibly one of the hardest things you'll ever have to do - will it fit? Will it look right? Is it the right cut? Will she know I got it out of a Kinder Egg? Choosing an O-ring for your strap-on harness however, is a lot easier and LoveHoney are here to show you how! [More]

Two months ago we reported that Sasha Grey had signed with Doc Johnson to launch her own signature line of sex toys. Now, thanks to Sasha's MySpace, we've gotten a glimpse of what lies ahead. It seems Sasha has gone for the works, with all three orifices getting engooped. Just imagine, one day you—yes, you—will be able to penetrate (the cyberskin replica of) Sasha Grey's mouth, pussy, and ass! Isn't the future awesome? · NY S...

Scintillating erotic fantasies spring to life from the fecund imagination of Celeste as we travel back to a time when just seeing women in their underwear was a viable fetish. Hooray! With all the holiday hustle and bustle in full swing, we bet you think we forgot all about you. Nothing could be further from the truth! In fact, we've got just what you need to warm yourself up and shake off those winter blues—our very own Fleshbot Supreme Co...

This weekend, something amazing happened in New York City. Even though it was only late-mid-December, even though Christmas hadn't even happened, and yes, in spite of global warming, it snowed. Call it a Chanuka miracle. The unseasonable snowfall had us pretty stoked: really, what's better than walking through a city awash in a blanket of pure white snow? Why, just one thing: a city awash in a blanket of pure white snow... and full of naked babes...

I'll admit it: I made a rookie mistake with the Oui. I judged a book (well, vibrator) by its cover. But how could I not? It was just so shiny! And metal! And heart-shaped! if anything, it looked more like a very girly lighter than a sex toy—and though I am not a smoker, I do have a soft spot in my heart for very girly lighters. And discreet vibrators. So I took the bait and asked for one. I knew pretty much immediately that it was probably ...

A reader recently wrote in with an interesting observation: it seems that quite a few porn starlets are Geminis. Was it actually true? Did it mean anything? We decided to do our own investigation. To start off, we polled the highly scientific sample of the sixteen pornstars included in Extreme Pornstar Showdown, using IAFD to determine their birthday and sign: Ava Devine: January 22 (Aquarius) Alexis Texas: January 28 (Aquarius) Ava Rose: Februar...

A look back at the week that was... · There can only be one Extreme Pornstar Champion... and that champion is Stoya. · How do rumors get started? We found out this week. · What, like you haven't picked up girls in bikinis? · PornCop: stopping false advertising, one porn at a time. · Good things come in small packages—like these girls! · They may not be teens... but they're so hot, we don't care. &mi...

Image by fetishmamma for Smile-and-cry.ru fetish atelier. There’s not much for me to add, other than to point you toward the fabulous post Porn For Women Retrospective 2008, where the woman who runs the porn-for-women site For the Girls gives the most complete, incredible, fantastic wrapup of everything related to women as porn consumers that occurred in 2008. And the funny part to me was reading Oprah’s claim about female dollars spe...

We knew that drug stores were stocking cheap "personal massagers"—but Rite Aid having an online vibrator buying guide, and stocking toys we might actually buy? That's news to us! (riteaidonlinestore.com, thanks Brendan!)

Diamond is a Georgia peach. She wants to be a porn star. The melons she holds in her hands are tiny compared to the hooters she proudly possesses. Comparing the size of the cantaloupe to one of her treasures is like comparing a baseball to a basketball. Diamond says she loves to see a man cumming. "It turns me on to see my partner orgasm," Diamond says. That's a worthy goal. XL Girls made Diamond happy by providing that very thing...a...

After almost four months, and fifteen grueling battles, Extreme Pornstar Showdown has come to a conclusion. You, the people, have watched battle after battle, and you have chosen Stoya as your champion. And we can't say we're surprised: in the short year since Stoya was signed by Digital Playground, she's won our hearts again and again, proving that she has what it takes to be a star—no, a superstar. And with her natural beauty and unenhanc...