A Week of Sex: March 4-10

Okay, finally gonna do my best to catch up and get back to regular posting. I know, bad blogger. I've probably earned a spanking. Well, if you must... ;)

Here's the week in sex news:

• LovePalz, The Real-Time Virtual Sex Toy for Long-Distance Couples, Will Launch on March 29

Does this remind anyone else of that episode of The Big Bang Theory where Wallowitz and Kuthrapali try out a long-distance kissing device, and basically end up kissing each other? Well, it's kinda like that... but not for tongues. If you're in a geographically-challenged twosome, this might be one to check out!

• The Future of Porn at SXSW? Cindy Gallop On How A World of Hardcore Pornography Has Distorted the Way A Generation Think About Sex

I wish I could have been there. This lady sounds seriously kickass. Wonder if she's in the market for a new best friend?

• Cindy Gallop: Make Love Not Porn

In case you're curious about the video mentioned in the SXSW article. I was. Also here's the link to her website. 

• Will Porn Be Banned In Europe? EU Set To Vote On Internet Crackdown

Mind=blown. Can you even imagine the internet without porn anymore? I can't. To be totally honest, I'm not really sure I want to. 

• A New Study Says Sheryl Sandberg Is Wrong About Husbands And Sex

Okay, so I'm almost hesitant to write this, cos I don't want to discourage men from doing their fair share of housework... but remember that thing going around about how men who do more housework have more sex? Yeah, it's not true. Necessarily. You know, unless you have a wife who appreciates that sort of thing. Which a lot of us do. *Ahem.*

• Carrying Condoms Can Get You Arrested for Prostitution

Did you know that if you're profiled as a sex worker in New York City and happen to be a responsible sexual person carrying a condom, you can be arrested and held for up to three days? Neither did I. 

• Modern Love: Twitter, My PA, and Life As A Sex Worker

Modern technology - social media in particular - has changed how we do business. All of us. Even those conducting it in less than traditional settings.

A Week of Sex: February 4-10

This week's post is waaaaaay late - I've been chipping away at it for ages and just want to get it posted!

• How Bad Body Image Can Ruin Your Sex Life

No surprises here - if you hate how you look you don't feel good naked. And if you don't feel good naked, it's hard to let go and enjoy someone else looking at you and touching you. No one is perfect, and there's a huge range of bodies out there. Some are more "attractive" than others, sure, but at the end of the day, yours is the only one you're going to get. So as hard as it sounds, suck it up, make peace with the flaws you can't (or won't) fix, and get down with your bad selves.

• Let's talk about sex: Threesomes, orgasms, porn, sexting and more - all your sex questions answered

Three online sex gurus answer a whole range of questions, from how ask for what you want in bed to whether faking it is every okay. 

• 2013 Sex Survey: Sexual Health

Every year the Georgia Straight publishes a survey on the sex lives of Vancouverites. This year is the 8th, and it'll tell you way more than you ever wanted to know about what goes on behind the closed doors of this west coast city!

• University Of Illinois Brings In Porn Star For Sex Seminars

The infamous Annie Sprinkle (former prostitute and porn star turned sex expert with a Ph.D in human sexuality) paid the University of Illinois to provide a week of events - everything from techniques demonstrated on anatomical models to a screening of her film, Annie Sprinkle's Amazing World of Orgasm. Sounds like a proper education to me!

That's it for this week - it's a short one! See you next week!

A Week of Sex: January 28-February 3

You guys, there is so much going on on the internet to do with sex every week, it's seriously impossible to pick a reasonable number of links to share! I'm trying, I really am. On the plus side, for those of you who are as insatiable as I am, this'll give you a few hours of entertainment. Enjoy, on me. (Get your minds out of the gutter. Not literally. You know, like a drink. NO NOT A BODY SHOT. I give up on you people.)

• 7 Ways Sex Can Kill A Marriage

Or rather, 7 ways lack of sex can kill a marriage. Mostly pretty common sense, but there might be one or two things in here you haven't figured out yet. Okay, probably not, because by just being here you're clearly very smart. 

• The Hook-Up: Porn and Talking to the 'Rents

A little too much 'hip' lingo, but still. Good, sound info, balanced perspectives and clearly intelligent authors. So I can forgive 'em for trying a little hard. I'm sure it plays excellently to the over-dramatic teen crowd, which is their target demo.

• Married Couples Who Have Sex Less Than Once A Month Are In Trouble

The title is a bit misleading... the point is, in a successful relationship, both partners should feel happy with their sex life. Whenever & however it works for them.

• Things You Should Consider Having Sex for Instead of Coachella Tickets

Totally just for fun. Asian dude posts on Craigslist offering Coachella tickets ("It might even be a VIP pass if you're lucky") if you are basically the perfect blonde or brunette girl who promises to put out. Are you f**king kidding me? 

• Twitter Vine porn: searches for explicit content banned on app

Twitter's new Vine app, which allows people to share short videos, is now embroiled in a porn scandal. Of course.

• Porn Stars Acting Out Internet Memes: The Most Confusing-Sexy Thing You’ll See Today

They're right. It is confusing.

• Here’s the Adorable Porn Site Super Bowl Ad That CBS Rejected

Sick of Budweiser and car commercials at the Superbowl? Me too. If only they'd approved this one for Pornhub. 

• Berkeley sex surrogate: ‘My work is like cooking school’

An interview with Carol Cohen Greene, sex surrogate and the woman behind Helen Hunt's character in The Sessions.

• Virginity And Sexual Satisfaction: Our First Time May Impact Our Future Sex Lives, Says Study

A new study shows that apparently how your 'first time' went could impact how much you enjoy your sexual encounters later in life. Not to put any more pressure on a rite of passage that is often fumbling, painful, awkward and over way too fast or anything.

That's it for another week of sex - if I missed anything fun, funny or just plain awesome, share in the comments!