OJAI, CA — Jennifer Moss describes herself as a social artist and environmental activist. Others call her “remarkably self-confident,” “athletic,” and just plain crazy. One thing she is not is uncontroversial.Moss, 32, is known around Ojai, CA, as the “Pastie Lady.” The...

BURLINGTON, VT — Author and adult industry observer Frederick Lane’s fourth book, The Court and the Cross: The Religious Right’s Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court (Beacon, 2008), has debuted.According to publication notes, the book “is a detailed look at the efforts of...

ICELAND — Women often joke about the value that men place upon their private parts, so few will likely be shocked to learn that there is now a museum dedicated to showcasing the might and magic that is the penis; both human and otherwise. The location of the museum,...

MONTCLAIR, CA — “Converting” a building to a new use is a common enough occurrence, but when the building in question is being “converted” from a porn shop into a Pentecostal church, the word and process take on entirely new meanings.That’s precisely what’s happening in...

GERMANY — Comcast Corp. isn’t the only U.S. internet service provider throttling the bandwidth of high-volume users, according to the results of a German study obtained by The Associated Press this week.Cox Communications employs the practice, too, and nearly as...

TORONTO, CANADA — The ubiquitous “they” say that good things come in threes. That’s certainly the case for visitors to AdultRental.com, because the site has just added three new content lines sure the please the erotic palate of porn hungry fans.The venerable Penthouse...

KUWAIT — A Kuwaiti official has confirmed the country’s Ministry of Communications is blocking access to adult sites on the Net. Eng Nasser Al Khandari, director of the Telephones Monitoring Department within the ministry, said the agency also is monitoring the Web for...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — No matter how self-actualized or empowered a woman is, there come times in her life when she realizes that as good as she is, she could still be a bit better. Such is the case for websites, as well – and HotMoviesForHer.com is no exception. A sibling site...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Minor roles, sensational coverage, and Jenna Jameson’s zombie stripper aside, adult performers have not had the best luck moving through the semipermiable membrane separating mainstream film from its more honestly sexual industry counterpart. Meanwhile,...

CYBERSPACE — Despite steady growth in the number of homes with internet access worldwide, one in five U.S. households remains unconnected and one-fifth of U.S. heads-of-household never have used email, according to two new reports from Nielsen Online and Parks...