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Nice Day for A White Wedding: A “Marriage 2.0” Shoot Diary

March 29, 2016 Gram the Man 2

Hot To Stop Worrying And Love San Francisco Polyamory

Polymath: Magnus Sullivan On “Marriage 2.0”

June 1, 2015 Gram the Man 0

“Our goal in the porn arena is simply to make a movie that people won’t want to fast forward through and, after it’s done, will go find someone and watch it again.”

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A Masturbation Weekend That Already Was

May 31, 2015 Gram the Man 0

In a way, it’s like declaring June National Buy Gas Month.

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2014: Why Nudity Matters

December 31, 2014 Gram the Man 1

2014 was the year porn became a visual medium.

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2013 Feminist Porn Awards award feminists, porn

April 9, 2013 Gram the Man 0

An appreciative crowd packed the Capitol Event Theatre here for the 8th Annual Feminist Porn Awards, honoring numerous celebrities featured on Porn Valley Observed as well as people we’ve yet to have the pleasure to know.

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Set to Screen: “The Truth About O” (or: “50 Shades of O”)

September 28, 2012 Gram the Man 0

As both America’s Beloved Porn Journalist and a Costco Executive Member, I am uniquely qualified to write about both the phenomenon of “50 Shades of Grey” versus the heightened reality of “The Truth About O.”.

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CatalystCon: In the room with sex workers and elephants

September 19, 2012 Gram the Man 4

…the inaugural CatalystCon in Long Beach was a refreshing, well-organized, and thought-provoking event filled with challenging ideas that didn’t shy away from difficult topics.

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“On Peeing”: The NPR Porn Parody

May 30, 2012 Gram the Man 2

Beating out “Meth Air” and “Fellate—Don’t Tell Me,” the first-ever National Public Radio porn parody will be Gram Ponante’s “On Peeing.”

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Love Army, San Francisco: Dr. Carol Queen and the Center for Sex & Culture

July 25, 2011 Gram the Man 1

Gram Ponante speaks with Dr. Carol Queen of San Francisco’s Center for Sex & Culture

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Bawdy Storytelling looks at sex from (415) to the 405

July 21, 2011 Gram the Man 0

If San Francisco is a place where everyone has sex but might have a tendency to be too in your face about it, Los Angeles is the hub of people profiting from sex but who might not be that good at it themselves.

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A BJ for Effort: Fellatio makes the heart grow fonder

January 18, 2011 Gram the Man 4

If you present a persona that he wants to dive into like a heated swimming pool, Miss X, he will come in your mouth with very little effort on your part.

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Free love Saturday night with Victoria Woodhull

August 12, 2009 Gram the Man 2

Nina Hartley, Carol Queen, and Lamalani, International Ms. Leather 2009, will grace a fundraiser Saturday night for the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, a non-profit organization that […]

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