Some laughter with the lovemaking, please: on porn, performance, and deadly seriousness

If there’s one thing that we see rarely — if at all — in porn, it’s laughter. What strikes me about most pornography is that it’s always so deadly serious. A nervous giggle is permissible in a few instances (such as those ghastly “casting couch” videos that are evidently ubiquitous, in which “innocent newcomers” are interviewed and then fucked for the first time on camera.) But laughter during sex, a shared joyful recognition that getting naked and sweaty and contorted is frequently hilarious? Nope. For too many, porn reinforces the obligation to perform, which creates anxiety, which creates in turn a deathly humorlessness.

via hugoschwyzer.net

This is something I’ve noticed too. Like most guys, I enjoy porn. But I’m often struck by how rare it is to see humor and laughter in porn. My sex life is a fair bit of giggling, laughter, FUN! I wish more pornographers would show that side of sex more often.

Porn 102 (NSFW)

via aim-med.org

Interesting discussion of the life of a porn star.

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Dinner in the Darkroom | LOL QUE

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Knitties (NSFW, I guess)

Human sexuality is so weird.

One for the ladies (NSFW)

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More ballet nudes (NSFW)

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SFW Porn

Femjoy, Met-art contacts?

A friend of mine asks:

“….I am considering doing some work for them. However, I found no contact info on any such web sites, nor have I found any info on the terms and conditions. I looked over Suicide Girls a couple of years ago — their conditions were unacceptable.

1. Does anyone have direct contact info for Femjoy, Met-art or similar?
2. Where would I look for suitable models? I prefer working with friends, but I not sure of finding even one available at this time. The shoots would be paid, obviously. I have not found any on Modelmayhem.com that I would consider useable — most look very bored with their work….”

A nation of snitches

House vote on illegal images sweeps in Wi-Fi, Web sites

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill saying that anyone offering an open Wi-Fi connection to the public must report illegal images including “obscene” cartoons and drawings–or face fines of up to $300,000.

That broad definition would cover individuals, coffee shops, libraries, hotels, and even some government agencies that provide Wi-Fi. It also sweeps in social-networking sites, domain name registrars, Internet service providers, and e-mail service providers such as Hotmail and Gmail, and it may require that the complete contents of the user’s account be retained for subsequent police inspection.

Wednesday’s vote caught Internet companies by surprise: the Democratic leadership rushed the SAFE Act to the floor under a procedure that’s supposed to be reserved for noncontroversial legislation. It was introduced October 10, but has never received even one hearing or committee vote. In addition, the legislation approved this week has changed substantially since the earlier version and was not available for public review.

Not one Democrat opposed the SAFE Act. Two Republicans did: Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian-leaning presidential candidate from Texas, and Rep. Paul Broun from Georgia.

Emphasis added. Any wagers on how Hillary and Obama will vote when this hits the Senate?

My kind of porn

Yes, I know it’s staged and little ridiculous. I don’t care. NSFW, of course.

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