LOS ANGELES – Pleasure-products brands CalExotics and its luxury division, JOPEN, showcased their hottest new products at the recent Adult Novelty Manufacturers Expo (ANME). The semi-annual event connects a smorgasbord of manufacturers with distributor and retail buyers. “ANME is...

What does it mean to be “honest” about porn and the nature of the porn industry? Is it true that, over the history of porn production, some terrible things have happened on porn sets? There’s no question in my mind this is true, although not nearly as widespread and commonplace...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – In 1999, The Wachowski Brothers’ blockbuster The Matrix awakened moviegoers to a virtual reality/augmented reality in which nothing is what it seems. The movie spawned three sequels, at least one television series and several video games. More than that,...

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Eldorado Trading Company has added Dorr’s new Mystic vibrator to the selection of award-winning adult toys, party supplies and lingerie Eldorado distributes. Eldorado has obtained exclusive rights to distribute the entire Dorr line, including the new vibe....

LONDON – Despite harsh criticism from the United Nations’ free-speech representative and other opponents, the U.K.’s Digital Economy Bill is set to receive a second hearing in the House of Lords next week. The House of Commons has already approved the proposed legislation. Among...

ATLANTA – How many Americans now remember, or ever realized in the first place, there was an H1N1 flu outbreak in 2009 that reached a level where public health officials declared it a pandemic? How many would recall then-President Obama declaring this strain of “swine flu” a...

STOCKHOLM – A chemical analysis performed by the Swedish Chemicals Agency has found sex toys contain fewer harmful substances than do children’s toys — and not by a narrow margin. According to a report the agency released this week, testing revealed 15 percent of children’s toys...

MOSCOW – The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! Actually, with the volume of sex apps emerging from Russia these days, it appears the Russians want everyone to be cumming. From apps that help users find one-night stands to fetish dating to facial recognition and...

NASHVILLE – For the second time in recent months, Tennessee State Sen. Mae Beavers has proposed a joint resolution to “recognize pornography as a public health hazard leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms.” As you might expect, the...

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Eldorado Trading Company, one of the world’s largest distributors of adult pleasure products and lingerie, has partnered with Rhode Island-based sexuality training and education non-profit The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health (CSPH) to create Elevate U....