We are in the Oakland studio of InSex, the legendary BDSM company, which I will learn in the next few days is part theatre troupe, part cult of personality, and part finishing school for perverts. Part 1 of 3.
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MontagFoto 4.8.13—Kristina Rose is using her phone
You know that thing about the abyss and how you look into it and it looks into you? Check out the abyss on Kristina Rose as we take pictures of each other
Julie Simone creates clothing featuring the professionally unclothed
Julie Simone, for all her cruelty on film, is one of the least angry people I know, and her new “Deconstructed Beauty” t-shirt line takes an often-whimsical look at celebrities from the world of the BDSM arts.
[PR] “Not the Wizard of Oz XXX” producers not not hitting the poppies
I really don’t know why All Media Play keeps me on their mailing list. I’ve asked to be removed. Still, someone must be buying these movies (I just haven’t met any of them) and I like the idea of there being some all-purpose anti-defamation league out there, because why should Jews get to keep it for themselves?
MontagFoto 4.1.13—Sasha Grey Goes Chasing Rabbits
Both for Easter Monday and April Fools, I’m reminded of “Malice in La La Land” starring Sasha Grey, one of many high-minded and big-budget independent productions that occasionally sweep through Porn Valley and are rarely heard from again.
Could we start again, please? Good Friday with Paul Thomas
Gram Ponante talks with Paul Thomas about “Jesus Christ Superstar” and how he doesn’t like Happy People Having Happy Sex
MontagFoto 3.25.13—Dana DeArmond and elegant design
Do you root for Dana DeArmond? I root for Dana DeArmond.
So Long, Harry: Harry Reems dies at 65
Hair-carpeted and randy, Reems could have been the face of the carefree 70′s
Know When To Run: Why I Like Drunks And Porn
Drunks have a low barrier of entry. I think I feel the same way about porn.
Kimberly Kane walks the talk, dog
“It would be pretty cool to chance upon Kimberly Kane in the neighborhood just walking her dog in that urbane floor-length getup of hers,” I thought. “Oh wait—I’m doing that right now.”
The Cupboard is bare, but Kelly Shibari isn’t
I have turned the paradigm of the gluttonous BBW on its head with this poignant and revealing photograph.
MontagFoto 3.18.12—When Assnet became self-aware
It was May, 2006, a year after I’d started Porn Valley Observedin earnest, when I attended my first “Pussy Party,” and it became one of those rare events in which I knew I was having a good time while I was having it.
Opening Up the Pod Bay Doors with Sinn Sage
People talk behind Sinn Sage’s back a lot, and it’s all nice things. It might have something to do with the quality of her back.
Steak, Blowjob, and Pecan Pie Day with Alex Chance
“I have a small mouth,” says Alex Chance, “but I use my hands a lot.”
Siri at Home or: If You Want to be Topless, Be Topless
I’d asked her to dress so that the average reader would want her to take more clothes off, and she complied.
Potential Space: Porn Stars without Makeup
The makeup-free photographs alternately reveal the bottomless personality of the performer unaffected by makeup or the role of cosmetics in the way we experience porn stars who would be unrecognizable to us without them.
Historians weigh in on “True History of She-Male Cock”
“It stands to reason that if there is a movie called ‘The True History of She-Male Cock’ that there have been false histories,” says historian Doris Kearns Goodwin
MontagFoto 3.11.13—Focus on the Butthole
You may think that this will be a wistful post, and you’re right. How could I not be wistful about a movie called “Cum in My Gaping Butthole”?
MontagFoto 3.4.13—A Rose, A Daisy, An Uncomfortable Leopard Skin Couch, And Dildos
…Similarly, the low-wage stripper “house girl” need only land a few porn movies before she can return in triumph to her old club as a bona fide feature dancer, then have her shoes stolen.
Rocco Siffredi will squeeze your breasts painfully if you don’t wear a hat
“It says that the only way to keep Interstellar Beings from entering our skulls is to wear hats if you are female or sunglasses if you are male,” Siffredi said. “And you see, I have already purchased sunglasses.”


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