I’ve been on holiday, so it’s been a bit quiet on the friday news front. Here are some links, which come with the usual disclaimer of possibly not being the views of CCK, safe for work, or to your liking. We just think they’re interesting.
As always with Friday news links, they may not reflect the opinion of CCK, be suitable for those under 18, the workplace, or those of a certain mindset. We take no responsibility for how you react to these links, we just think they’re interesting. The editor, however, wishes to apologise to anyone who does in fact, know which day comes after Friday.
Don’t oversimplify the human response to Japan’s plight [The Guardian].
Civil Partnerships legalised on the Isle of Man [Lesbilicious].
… by reading the #fucktoyfriday stream on twitter. Which isn’t really helping. Oops. On with the links!
Men are dirty and disgusting, women are pure and flawless… Right? [The Good Men Project]. (since coming across that link, I got trapped in the website loveliness that is The Good Men Project; a recommended read no matter what your gender).
Use of a motorised sex toy demonstration (by a willing woman) following a lecture on human sexuality at Northwestern University in Canada has sparked controversy. Our Wills has something to say about that, but until then, here’s the BBC.
Porn discussion round-up following Ladypornday from [Pandora Blake].
Gender Differences and casual sex: the new research – an analysis from Thomas at Yes Means Yes, which finds:
“that most of the gender difference in women’s and men’s propensity to agree to a broad-daylight, out-of-nowhere proposition for casual sex is driven by women’s perception that their risks are higher, and their likely enjoyment is lower from the proposer.”
Sex and Disability – Not Sexual Disability [Erika Lust] (I’m doing something on this, looking specifically at kinky sex and disability – watch this space – E)
This frankly awesome piece on disability by Steve Sparshott. Make a cup of coffee and sit and read it properly, it is that good [The Nervous Breakdown].
And in case you haven’t seen it – Charlie Sheen Dubstep. Enjoy your weekend, folks, if you’re coming to the social I’ll see you tonight!
… you know the sort of day, where you get sucked into the endless spiral that is The Internet and suddenly you find it’s half three and you’ve been compulsively clicking links on wikipedia and you know more about obscure diseases than you even thought you wanted or needed to know. Except being me, and knowing where I work (here, in case you didn’t know), I’ve not been looking at wikipedia. I’ve been looking at the opendildonics wiki, and looking into home-made sex toys.
I’ve already wondered what would happen if there was an accident and your home-made dildo made from a condom filled with grit split [Vaginal Arts & Crafts] and considered how to explain what I’m doing with a pile of cornflower (also, it needs food dye) [Chinasmack]. Although this homemade fleshlight is still the winner for sheer MacGyver-tastic brilliance. Obviously, if you’re not so keen on getting crafty before playtime, we can help you with that.
Oh, and ice cream made from breast milk has gone on sale in Covent Garden [BBC].
Filament’s Suraya Singh Sidu on Dusk, a porn channel aimed at women in The Netherlands [Good Vibrations].
Cambridge University’s Union held a debate on the motion “This house believes that pornography does a good public service” – and the motion was passed. Anna Span wrote her account of the debate for AVN; Cambridge First summed up the debate as well.
“an opportunity for ladies of all genders (or however you identify) to open up a dialog: What is feminist porn? What is your history with porn? What do you find hot? And ultimately it’s a dare to share your hot links. Because the more we can openly talk about porn and what we like, the more likely it is that porn for women will continue being made“
- there are lots of links to excellent posts on the site, as well as some in-house interviews, like this one with queer porn actress and activist Jiz Lee.
Talking of porn, you might have noticed the new reviews tab up at the top of the page. If you’ve bought something from CCK, tell us about it! (or if it’s something you bought elsewhere that we sell). And because the 3rd of March is World Book Day, we’ll be celebrating all our favourite kinky books – so tell us what yours are, and maybe we’ll feature them on the blog! (we’ll definitely enter them for the monthly review raffle, where each review is a ticket to the draw for some goodies from the CCK shop).
And those were your links! Enjoy – and have a superb, possibly kinky, weekend. I’m off to knit. – Emma
It’s Friday, which is the traditional everybody-in staff meeting day at CCK towers – lots of talking about the things we’re doing, Kiera is taking photos (we might show you – we know they’ll be good, but will they be flattering?) and you’re editor here is trying not to consume the entire loaf of ginger cake. So I’m writing the links we’ve loved!
As always, these links are external to CCK, and may not reflect the views of CCK. Some links may not be suitable for work, small children, or the easily offended; they might be triggering.
Strange Fruit – the first great protest song [The Guardian].
Forget feminism, it was Agony Aunts who liberated women [The Daily Mail] (ed: I know, I know, but the article is good and I have linked to it via istyosty)
Faces of Fibromyalgia is a new blog from Fibroduck – have a read, see if you can spot a familiar face, pass it on, and if you have fibro, contribute your story.
We’ve got a new calendar – it’s over there, under the cartoon. Although it only shows the first ten events, the title will take you to the google calendar. The events calendar is not just CCK’s events (although they are on there!), but events we think might be of interest to our customers and friends – from plays and standup comedy to art and discussion groups. If you want your event to be included, get in touch!
As always, with all of these links, they are not CCK content, and do not necessarily express the views of CCK (we just think they’re interesting). Content may not be suitable for under-18s, workplace viewing, or be particularly kinky. On with the linky goodness!
Brenda Namigadde, a Ugandan asylum seeker who left Uganda after suffering violence for being a lesbian, fears that if her deportation goes ahead, she will be killed because of her sexuality [BBC].
Brenda’s case is of particular interest right now, as today was the funeral of Ugandan gay-rights activist David Kato [BBC, Gay Uganda]. The event was marred by the sudden – and unexpected – homophobic tirade by the presiding pastor [The Guardian].
Although we can’t blog about absolutely everything, we still like to keep abreast of the news – so starting from today, we’re going to write a short piece collecting news that has interested us over the past week. If you’ve got anything you think we should be reading, or writing about – please let us know in the comments, or on twitter.
With all of these links, they are not CCK content, and do not necessarily express the views of CCK (we just think they’re interesting). Content may not be suitable for under-18s, workplace viewing, or be particularly kinky.
The Association of Chief Police Officers has called for an overhaul of the UK’s prostitution laws in order to protect sex workers [The Independant, BBC, Harlot's Parlour].
Douglas Fox from Harlot’s Parlour on how you can help the proposed review of best practice with relation to sex work.
Do you use boy words or girl words? [Thoughts ON].
A review of new Queer Feminist sex zine Salacious [Filament].
Beyond Male and Female: the biology of who we are [The Daily Kos].
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