You may remember Cyan Banister, one of the founders of the only venture capital-backed adult startup, Zivity. Well, according to the Associated Press, Banister and her husband donated $4,800 to Rand Paul, a Republican running for Senate in Kentucky. Why is this a big deal? Because Banister is a porn[...]
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Less Taxation, More Stimulation
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know by now what the tea party movement is all about. If you have been living under a rock, let us explain: it’s a bunch of libertarians and conservatives getting together freaking out about stimulus packages and bailouts and generally supporti[...]
Laura Bush Supports Gay Marriage and Abortion
Remember American Wife, the book by Curtis Sittenfeld, about an American first lady who is wife to a conservative warhawk and who stands beside him despite how much she disagrees with him on issues? Probably not because, well, who reads anymore? Anyway, it was said to be loosely based on Laura Bush.[...]
Wisconsin Sex Ed: Between the Law and a Lawyer
When it comes to sex ed, some Wisconsin teachers are officially screwed. The state requires them to teach about contraception, but Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth has proclaimed that if any of them do, he’ll press charges. Leslie Madsen-Brooks covers the issue at BlogHer: R[...]
Sweden Bans Implants Citing Explosion Risk
Sweden’s Medical Products Agency (Läkemedelsverket) has banned three brands of silicone breast implants due to their risk of bursting. Gnarly. They estimated that some 35,000 European women have had their breasts augmented with dangerous Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) since 2001. Sweden is follo[...]
Democrats Hate Anime, And We Hate Them
Last week, NH State Rep. Nick Levasseur (D) issued an apology for updating his Facebook status with the following statement: “Anime is a prime example of why two nukes just wasn’t enough.” Classy, dude. Classy. “I would like to deeply apologize for the insensitivity of this p[...]
Florida: Outlawing Abortion?
A Florida legislator wants to outlaw abortion in Florida. “I just felt like we’re destroying a lot of Florida’s children, and we need to stop,” said State Rep. Charles Van Zant, R-Keystone Heights. The bill he filed in February would make nearly all forms of abortion a first-[...]
Condoms In Porn? Nope
In November, we told you about Darren James, a former porn star who contracted HIV in 2004 and unknowingly spread it to other porn stars. James has been trying to make it illegal for porn stars to have unprotected sex since, but it’s not going well. Los Angeles County officials said it would b[...]
Cindy McCain Supports Gay Marriage
Cindy McCain, wife of Republican senator and former Republican candidate for president in the 2008 election John McCain, has taken a public stance in support of same-sex marriage. Below she appears in a poster for NOH8, a group fighting the ban on gay marriage here in California. She and her daughte[...]
Slippery Slope: Government Regulation of Sex Toys
Last month in Canada, Dr. Carolyn Bennett, a Liberal Minister of Parliament, sent a letter to the Conservative Federal Minister of Health, Leona Aglukkaq, expressing concern about the sex toy industry and asking the government to take action in regulating sex toys. The letter, which you can read in [...]