Psychopathia Sexualis

“Sex Times Technology Equals the Future”—J.G. Ballard

What: Arse Electronika 2007, a conference about pornography in the Digital Age. Speakers: the usual roundup of sexperts, theory jocks, gadget fetishists, smoke-shoveling cyberpundits, and hairy-palmed hangers-on. When: I’m delivering a keynote lecture on Saturday, October 5, at 11 A.M. PST. Conference schedule here. Where: Kink.com Porn Palace, 415 Jessie St. San Francisco, CA 94103. […]

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Brasil ’69

You are cordially invited to… Another (!) lecture on Netporn, the subject that has captivated minds and moistened loins around the world. This talk is part of the Frontiers of Contemporary Thought series, jointly produced by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), the University of the Sinos River Valley (UNISINOS) and Copesul, […]

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Paradise Lust

Believe it or not, people are still having sex. The religious right’s jihad against sexual expression hasn’t put a lid on the American libido. (Note: The following article originally appeared, under the same title but with different photos, in the spring/summer ’05 issue of Vogue Hommes, pps. 244-7. Under the inspired, focus-groups-be-damned guidance of Editor […]

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Toe Fou

Heavy-breathing devotees of subliminal seduction, start your engines. Text: Subtext: Is that an unnaturally well-hung big toe? Or an ordinary digit, digitally inflated to Jeff Stryker proportions? Or am I just having my own clam-plate orgy, here?

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