And just why you think the net was born? “Vintage Porn Logos” is a 2-min. short film that’s a nicely edited blast from the past! This little tribute to 1970’s porn movies is full of some hot and sexy quick shots of compromising situations. That said, if you think that the logos are not the most interesting thing in porn movies, well, you ain’t gonna change your mind by watching this video. But still, watch it anyway!!
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A suspicious wife posed as a teenager online to catch her husband propositioning girls in a chatroom, Cardiff Crown Court has heard.
Cheryl Roberts, 61, pretended to be a 14-year-old girl and was asked by David Roberts, 68, to meet for sex.
Roberts admitted engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child and making and possessing illegal images.
He was given a three-year community order and banned from having access in person or online to under 18s.
The couple have now split up and are getting divorced.
Different computer
The court heard that mother-of-two Mrs Roberts became suspicious about the amount of time her husband was spending in his study and of a message which popped up on their computer while he was out.
While Roberts was chatting online in his study, Mrs Roberts used a different computer in the living room at their home in Pantygog, Bridgend, and pretended to be a schoolgirl.
Cheryl Roberts called the police after catching her husband propositioning schoolgirls for sex
Roberts propositioned the "girl", unaware he was chatting to his wife, the court was told.
Prosecutor Martyn Kelly told the court that Roberts, a former pub landlord who used the nickname 'Corky' online, also used a webcam to film himself carrying out acts of indecency - which his wife could see on her PC just yards away.
Illegal imagesMrs Roberts was so shocked by the behaviour of her husband of almost 20 years she brought in police, who seized his computer and found dozens of illegal child porn images.
Roberts believed he had been caught through downloading the images and did not know until weeks later that it was his wife who had called the police.
The court heard that, when interviewed, Roberts denied having sex with any schoolgirls but admitted he was "prepared to do so".
Byron Broadstock, defending, said: "He's brought shame on himself and his family."
Psychiatrists' reports said Roberts might have a brain disorder which causes him to be an exhibitionist.A suspicious wife posed as a teenager online to catch her husband propositioning girls... more
Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel takes a behind the scenes look at the adult entertainment industry, examining its history and impact on the ever-changing face of new media.Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel takes a behind the scenes look at the adult... more
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the poster for TURNING GREEN lies. It showcases Tim Hutton, Colm Meaney, and Allesandro Nivola, but while they’re prominent figures in the film, it ain’t about them. Off in the lower right, with his back turned towards the camera, there’s your protagonist: A teenage boy, played quite engagingly by newcomer Donal Gallery. I can understand the motivation for pitching the name players in your marketing, but really, can’t you at least show the kid’s face?
Granted, beyond that poster, Michael Aimette and John G. Hofmann’s TURNING GREEN has had as convoluted a history as can be imagined: The story of James, a teen who, with his brother, has been shipped by their father to Ireland and who decides to rally up the cash for an escape by peddling contraband pornography to his classmates — much to the displeasure of his bookie boss Nivola and the bookie’s enforcer Hutton — the script was a finalist on the first season of PROJECT GREENLIGHT (the one that ended up producing STOLEN SUMMER — dodged a bullet there, eh, guys?), was actually shot in 2004, has been in release since 2005, and is only now making its U.S. debut. It’s a small film, but a cleverly conceived, beautifully photographed, and well-performed one — as neat a directorial debut as I’ve seen this year. Ben Affleck and Chris Moore should be kicking themselves.
Aimette and Hofmann gave me some insight into the film’s extended genesis and the olfactory-challenging lengths to which Tim Hutton would go to develop a character. Click on the link to hear the interview:
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Last month, atheists marked Blasphemy Day at gatherings around the world, and celebrated the freedom to denigrate and insult religion.
Some offered to trade pornography for Bibles. Others de-baptized people with hair dryers. And in Washington, D.C., an art exhibit opened that shows, among other paintings, one entitled Divine Wine, where Jesus, on the cross, has blood flowing from his wound into a wine bottle.
Another, Jesus Paints His Nails, shows an effeminate Jesus after the crucifixion, applying polish to the nails that attach his hands to the cross.
"I wouldn't want this on my wall," says Stuart Jordan, an atheist who advises the evidence-based group Center for Inquiry on policy issues. The Center for Inquiry hosted the art show.
Jordan says the exhibit created a firestorm from offended believers, and he can understand why. But, he says, the controversy over this exhibit goes way beyond Blasphemy Day. It's about the future of the atheist movement — and whether to adopt the "new atheist" approach — a more aggressive, often belittling posture toward religious believers.
Some call it a schism.
"It's really a national debate among people with a secular orientation about how far do we want to go in promoting a secular society through emphasizing the 'new atheism,' " Jordan says. "And some are very much for it, and some are opposed to it on the grounds that they feel this is largely a religious country, and if it's pushed the wrong way, this is going to insult many of the religious people who should be shown respect even if we don't agree with them on all issues."
Jordan believes the new approach will backfireLast month, atheists marked Blasphemy Day at gatherings around the world, and... more
It was in 2009 that airport security added the new full-body x-ray scanners to their arsenal of devices to humiliate and traumatise travellers. Sarah Barrett, head of customer experience at Manchester airport, says, “This scanner completely takes away the hassle of needing to undress.” Because we’ll do it for you.It was in 2009 that airport security added the new full-body x-ray scanners to their... more
Wow, and I thought the Palin family entertainment just couldn't get any better. Way to keep yourself in the spotlight, dude!Wow, and I thought the Palin family entertainment just couldn't get any better. Way to... more
Boy do I wish I'd been at last weekend's Values Voters Summit. I crossed it off my calendar because I was sure it would be a snore, but now I see I shouldn't have prejudged the event. It was full of interesting sociology theories by right-wing nutjobs thinkers.
For example, Michael Schwartz, chief of staff to Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla), talked about pornography at a session called "The New Masculinity." The Washington Independent has a story and a video. It's a blight, a disaster, a disease infecting society, he said. Well, so far so good. He gets no argument from me. That's what I think too.
But just when I expected to read his thoughts about the new masculinity's role in degrading and objectifying women and the contortion of heterosexual relationships, Schwartz proved he was an original thinker. No, pornography's chief sin is that it will make boys gay. (I speak in terms of male-female relationships because I am certain that not in Schwarz's dizziest daydream does he realize there is such a thing as actual gay pornography.)
According to Schwartz, a friend once told him that "All pornography is homosexual pornography, because all pornography turns your sexual drive inward."
So if we just tell little boys that pornography will make them gay, he reasoned, then they're bound to stay away from it. Because no one is as homophobic as a 10- or 11-year-old boy.
Well, I don't know.
Didn't we used to tell boys that indulging in, say, an inward sexual drive would make them go blind? Now it's gay?
I'm so confused.
-- Lisa RichardsonBoy do I wish I'd been at last weekend's Values Voters Summit. I crossed it off my... more
To our relief, we generally find workplace porn almost non-existent these days when we go to the garage to get the car serviced, but a new Fawcett Society report, Corporate Sexism: The Sex Industry's Infiltration of the Modern Workplace, has found that the problem is, in fact, not only thriving but expanding at an alarming rate.
The grubby "girly" calendar on the wall may be a thing of the past, but the new manifestation comes via the growing availability of sexually explicit images of women and pornography accessible via computers, mobile phones, DVDs, TV and magazines. But the report does not end there: if you're disturbed by workplaces becoming pornified when you thought that battle had been won a long time ago, you will be still more dismayed to learn that corporate entertainment increasingly means a visit to a lapdancing club for the "lads".
What is it about corporate entertainment or team outings that says human bonding is best served by dehumanising activities? If it is not lapdancing, we have simulated war games like paintballing. So much for "corporate culture".
This report is a follow up on the Fawcett Society's earlier campaign, Sexism and the City (2008), which found – in line with a number of other reports – that women were trailing behind in terms of pay and status. This is most often attributed to the long-hours culture, which conflicts with women's domestic responsibilities. However, this report, in its attempt "to unearth the practices and cultures that continue to hold women back", explores the impact on the workplace of the normalisation of prostitution, lapdancing and pornography.
Thankfully, lapdancing hasn't become completely normalised – yet. Companies do not openly admit to the use of lapdancing for executive entertainment; but it does take place, albeit on a nod and a wink. The vast majority of gentlemen's clubs is prepared to provide "discreet receipts" to allow employees to claim back these expenses without making the nature of the claim explicit.
A poll conducted by the Fawcett Society found that only 60% of women would be uncomfortable working for an organisation that allowed its employees to use lapdancing clubs for entertaining clients. There should, therefore, be enough leeway to institutionalise this discomfort into company policies that prohibit the use of the sex industry to entertain clients, as Fawcett recommends.
The most important finding of this report is that workplaces where such behaviours are widespread are also likely to be places where women workers experience a range of other sexist behaviours and harassment. This kind of culture is both a cause and a consequence of holding women back and excluding them from the higher echelons of power. Establishing this link between the sexual objectification of women and their devaluation as human beings and workers is an important one because it gives the lie to those sex industry apologists who argue that it is "empowering" for women to take charge of their sexuality and sell it if they so wish .
Aileen McColgan, a barrister, is of the opinion that pornographic material displayed for the purposes of sale may create a degrading and hostile environment, and could amount to sexual harassment under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, (PDF). The Fawcett Society should consider pursuing a test case along these lines. In the interim, this report is a useful first step in highlighting the idea that gender equality at work is undermined by unregulated and casually sexist attitudes to pornography. This is not about censorship, but about winning the argument that pornography does not belong in the workplace.To our relief, we generally find workplace porn almost non-existent these days when we... more
A 39-year-old former police chief being held in the Dallas County Jail on Wednesday posed as a woman to solicit nude photos from a 17-year-old, investigators said.
According to court documents, Michael Meissner used a bogus MySpace page, then asked for nude photos of teen boys.
Some of the boys who sent nude pictures to Meissner are barely legal and appear to have multiple criminal incidents on their records, an arrest warrant affidavit said. Investigators said they believe that Meissner used his position as police chief in Little River-Academy to find potential victims and has obtained nude pictures from people in the Belton, Killeen, Temple and Waco areas.
One investigator said that in 2006, while Meissner was police chief in Caney City, a 15-year-old boy spent the night with him without his parents’ knowledge or consent and looked at pornography stored in a police computer. The teen told one of Meissner’s friends what had happened and began to get threats from Meissner, the affidavit said.
Meissner altered the computer’s hard drive and operating system, and as a result, the district attorney chose not to pursue the case, the investigator said.
But now, investigators have more than 4,900 text messages and e-mails that they say outline the scope of Meissner’s enterprise, according to the affidavit. The stored messages show numerous pornographic pictures, as well as messages with references to sexual acts with boys and videotaping.
Those text messages show that Meissner filmed at a residence off Collins Street in Arlington. The text messages also describe the use of narcotics, the promotion of prostitution and other illegal activities, the affidavit said. A 17-year-old has agreed to be a witness for the state, according to the affidavit.
If he’s convicted on the six felony charges he faces, Meissner could spend 110 years in prison and be fined $70,000, police said. Meissner faces charges of aggravated promotion of prostitution, sexual performance by a child, possession or promotion of child pornography, engaging in organized criminal activity, misuse of official information, and obstruction or retaliation, Dallas County Jail records show. Bail has been set at $1.5 million.
Joseph Dauben, whom police suspect in connection with the case, was arrested on warrants in Plymouth, N.H. Dauben was in the Grafton County Jail in Plymouth on Wednesday, awaiting extradition to Texas, police said.
Dauben faces charges of engaging in organized criminal activity, obstruction or retaliation, and misuse of official information.
Meissner has a been a itinerate police officer and chief, once serving six days as the chief of the New Summerfield Police Department.
Meissner was charged in Tarrant County with impersonating a public servant in May 2005, but was no-billed by the grand jury.A 39-year-old former police chief being held in the Dallas County Jail on Wednesday... more
GENEVA — The number of Web sites containing child pornography is increasing and more images show serious abuses, a U.N. expert said Wednesday.
More than 4 million Web sites worldwide show images of children being sexually exploited, said the U.N. investigator on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Najat M'jid Maalla.
"There is an increase in the number of sites recorded," she told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, citing research by the U.K.-industry group Internet Watch Foundation.
"The number of images showing serious exploitation quadrupled between 2003 and 2007, showing abject images of brutal rape, bondage, oral sex and other forms of debasement," Maalla said. She did not give precise figures.
Over 750,000 people are using child porn sites at any time, said Maalla, a Moroccan medical doctor who was appointed to the unpaid U.N. post last year.
Internet chat rooms have become the main method for child abusers to recruit children, she told the 47-nation council.
A study by the U.S. National Center on Missing and Exploited Children found 83 percent of people who had child pornography possessed images of children aged 6 to 12 years old, 39 percent had images of children between the ages of 3 and 5, and 19 percent had images of children younger than 3 years old, she said.
Maalla urged international cooperation to stop the child pornography industry, which she estimated to be worth between $3 billion and $20 billion. She recommended countries share information on sites containing child pornography in order to block them faster.GENEVA — The number of Web sites containing child pornography is increasing and more... more
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"What is this inescapable desire we have to mess around with Jane Austen? The poor woman has been through the mill of late, with the literary world seeing Elizabeth Bennet contending with the undead in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and the Dashwoods about to take on tentacled sea creatures in Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. Meanwhile, onscreen, Elton John's Rocket Pictures is working on Pride and Predator.
So far be it for theatre to miss out. Fresh from a run on the Edinburgh fringe, Jane Austen's Guide to Pornography arrived at Battersea's Theatre 503 last week with an all-male cast and not a little innuendo. Steve Dawson's piece pitches a gay pornographic playwright, tired of only churning out one-liners and sex, up against Austen herself, who is near death, bored with her stories and "awaking screaming at the thought of another Mr Darcy". The pair look for inspiration from each other: Jane wants a bit of raunch in her new novel, Brett the playwright wants to inject true love into his writing.
There are some predictably nudge-nudge elements – ooh, let's make Jane Austen say "enormous cock", that'll be hilarious – but it actually works pretty well, particularly when Jane and Brett are squabbling over storyline ideas. It's silly, but it's also funny: "No one has ever fainted in my novels except for Emma, and that was the only one and not because she met this 'Dick' person," Jane tells Brett firmly. The burgeoning romance between the two actors/characters dreamt up by Jane and Brett is sweetly believable, ending with a clever twist on the "Marianne sprains her ankle" scene from Sense and Sensibility. Perhaps the mention of felching – "it sounds frightfully Mediterranean," says Jane – will get the Jane Austen Society up in arms, but the play is actually a very affectionate portrait of the author, so I hope not.
It does make me wonder, though, about this trend to sex up Austen. Someone has even written a book of "deleted sex scenes". Perhaps it's the buttoned-up nature of her characters – the closest we get to a bit of frolicking in Austen is probably Mr Knightley drawing Emma's hand through his arm. Maybe it's just immature and deliberately provocative, but I think our appetite for postmodern character cutting and pasting comes down to the genius of good writers. In Austen's case, we love her characters, we believe in their romances: we want to know – and see – more.""What is this inescapable desire we have to mess around with Jane Austen? The poor... more
Pornography and education is just the latest sexual scandal to rock South Carolina. Kristin Maguire, evangelical Christian and one of South Carolina’s most respected social conservatives, is a pornographer.
Maguire is one of Governor Mark Sanfords closest education policy advisers. Maguire was appointed to the S.C. Board of Education by Governor Sanford and recently elected its Chairwoman. Maguire is also the author of internet porn.
It turns out Maguire, a professed Christian who home-schools her four children, writes hardcore erotic fiction for the Internet. Maguire’s porno pen name is “Bridget Keeney.” In what appears to be a desperate attempt to keep her naughty secret, most of her writings have been removed from the Internet. Yet some remain, and have been preserved.Pornography and education is just the latest sexual scandal to rock South Carolina.... more
I've always been bewildered by rules of engagement. Regulations and guidelines governing acts you wouldn't think would have many rules. The porn industry has a set of self governing rules it loosely adheres to, believe it or not. Now of course there is common sense and decency that should govern all our actions. No one is suggesting a free for all. Just as in war children and the unwilling should be excluded at all costs. For the consenting, should there be rules or should the free market be allowed to do what it does so well. Are the "rules" a necessary evil or a form of censorship and a Constitutional violation.I've always been bewildered by rules of engagement. Regulations and guidelines... more
An executive at the Lion's Den Columbus headquarters, who declined to be named, said the chain has 38 stores and has found rural highway outposts a good business model. "It's the high traffic. And the customer likes the anonymity — they're not going to run into their neighbor."
But Abilene — terminus of the great longhorn cattle drives, boyhood home of Dwight D. Eisenhower — fought back. Some folks anyway. Citizens launched "Operation Daniel," named for the biblical prophet who was thrown in the lion's den but somehow tamed the beasts. As lonely truckers pulled into the parking lot, protesters met them waving signs that threatened, "Think Again or We Report." They vowed to send the tag numbers of porn-purchasing drivers to corporate employers. Wal-mart soon put out the word to its drivers to steer clear.An executive at the Lion's Den Columbus headquarters, who declined to be named, said... more
