AUSTIN – Whatever one may think about Farrah Abraham reportedly being axed from her MTV gig over her various connections to the adult industry, it hardly should come as a surprise to anyone. Mainstream entities, even those that routinely trade on and profit from the public’s...

ROME, Italy – Some people are just too easily impressed and/or enraged. Take Argentinian play-by-play announcers working soccer matches, for example. It doesn’t matter how mundane a scoring play may be, those excitable motherfuckers are going to scream GOOOOAAAAALLLL!!! for all...

BRISTOL, England – In the newsroom section of the Avon and Somerset Constabulary’s website, you can read about all sorts of interesting news involving the A&S police, including the recent seizure of “Samurai swords and a quantity of class A drugs” in Taunton, or advice about...

NEW YORK – More than ever before, I find myself wondering as I read the morning headlines whether I’m reading them correctly, or if a particularly strong tab of acid I took back in 1996 just hasn’t worn off yet. I’m not talking about headlines that simply suffer from confusing...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (or maybe MONTREAL) – If I were to tell VICE one of my fellow adult industry-focused freelance writers and I soon will start writing Hunter S. Thompson-inspired children’s books, would they publish a feature calling this an industry-wide trend? I ask because,...

SAN FRANCISCO – No matter how “adult friendly” a mainstream platform may be (or at least start out to be), it’s never a surprise to me when one tightens its content policies or community guidelines to make it clear porn is an expressive form non grata thereon. The crowdfunding...

CANBERRA, Australia – Forget about Watergate; never mind the Iran-Contra affair; stand aside Russian election-meddling fake news. The real governmental scandal is taking place Down Under –- where women reportedly glow and men allegedly plunder. It was bad enough when the only...

NEW YORK – As porn has become a more acceptable subject for open, public discussion, all sorts of media outlets, advice columnists and random people with internet access have begun to offer porn-related advice. There’s so much porn advice now, from so many different sources, you...

CANBERRA, Australia – According to the National Health and Medical Research (NHMRC) Council in Australia, gay men are developing muscle dysmorphia in increasing numbers due to watching gay porn. “The more you are exposed to pornography, the more likely you are to have eating...

RAQQA, Syria – When reading or thinking about ISIS –- what motivates its foot soldiers, the extremity of its ideology and all the varied ugliness and violence of its methods –- one of the last things on anybody’s mind is in what ways ISIS members may be like the rest of us. It’s...