Tag: categories
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Let’s All Freak Out About Arousal Studies
So much speculation goes into how the “two” kinds of brains work, and all the nature-versus-nurture, evolution-versus-society talk gets impossibly old… all while people with different gender identities than just “male” and “female” are out there living their lives, exemplifying the fact that “male” and “female” are not the only two categories that humans fall…
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AVN Awards 2014: more thoughts
I was interested to receive some feedback on my recent blog post about the not-so-inclusive tendencies I noticed in reading about the AVN Awards 2014, specifically with regard to the many “categories” of films, sex acts, and performers recognized at the Awards. (I was miffed about “ethnic” categories, how “bisexuality” seems to only apply to…
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AVN Awards 2014: some thoughts
The 31st annual AVN Awards were held this past weekend in Las Vegas to honor the work of the porn industry over the past year, and I want to talk about it. Mostly I’m jealous that I didn’t go to AVN this year, because as I’ve said before, nobody pays me for my expert porn…
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Reflections on the AVN Awards, Part I
I attended the AVN Awards show for the first time ever on Saturday night, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. The AVN Awards are, as I’m sure you’re aware, like the Oscars of porn: the most prestigious awards available to performers, directors, and others in the porn industry. There are lots of other…