London-based Spanish photographer Ana Nieto’s portfolio uncovers all of the above, and then some. Something’s so marvelously mundane about these soft bits of flesh paired up so. (via del.icio.us)

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Does Writing About Sex Have to Be Sexy?

We here at Sexerati say, Fuck no. No — unless — that is, like us, your definition of “sexy” has room for all of that hot, mental friction aroused from teasing out what’s so good […]

How continental!  In the US, explicit artists have more or less given up on the NEA, & smutmongerers are trying to keep the Fed at bay.  In Austria, a project called 25peaces has turned a grant of 1 million Euros into a city-wide billboard campaign to “reflect on the different social, historical and political developments […]

This is the truth: I would not be here if it were not for ana voog. 

An apropos treat from her to me to you: ana voog’s 12 days of xmas, which fits in line perfectly with that pure, erotic, giving, creative spirit ana is so known for.  ana, a musician, former stripper, the Net’s […]

Some of my nights used to start like his work: getting inside of that perfect peeled paint & wallpaper known to anyone who’s been out wandering in abandoned, off-limits locales.  Then behind that parted door, that empty window, there’s a woman in fur and rubber looking right at me.  Dark haired, dark-hearted.  She’s as doomed […]

From the twistedly prolific mind and body of sexWeb-auteur strepsata comes (((noisydaughter.com))), her online gallery cum zine cum podcast of rebel audio, photo, and literary stimulation.  This is the real deal and real dangerous, too: in her words, “She’s been to jail, she’s been in the middle of a war zone, and she’s been investigated […]

“Naked Truth,” a series at the Hindustan Times online, displays not only some gorgeous nudes but honestly ripe discourse on the power in being bare.  To give some context, browse the photo features on the historical traditions of divine and artistic nudity and then check out these excerpted poll results on the question of whether […]

Later this month, Egyptologists will gather at Swansea University’s Sex and Gender in Ancient Egypt conference at the campus’ Egypt Centre, to, among other things, uncover the roots of even our current efforts to defeat the doldrums of death with beauty, sex, and just a little scandal:

Carolyn Graves Brown, the centre’s director, said, “The Egyptians […]

Just six weeks left to catch webAffairs at The Erotic Museum in Hollywood, a solo exhibition of the work of webcam artist, Show-n-tell.  Her images, captured over the course of four years in adult chat communities online, reveal domestic scenes of lo-fi exhibitionism paired with choice chat transcripts of raw connection and complication.

Some might judge […]

Melissa P., a film version of the erotic memoir, 100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed, was only bested by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire when it opened this November in Italy.
Of course, in Italy, the film comes with the equivalent of just a PG-13 rating.  Probably no such luck in the States.  […]