Feminism (long)

Alternate Title: Feminism? (long)

Let’s go back in history for a second. Waaaay back. Not quite to the primordial soup, but almost. People who subscribe to the theory of evolution – many Americans don’t but most of the civilized world does – believe that for much of human history, the vast majority of it, we lived in a world which was harsh and unforgiving, in which the strength of men was needed to protect women and children from the elements and from predators. Men slew beasts, built shelter, and mastered fire. (Actually it doesn’t necessarily have to have been men who mastered fire, it could have been women, but we usually lump the mastery of fire along with the slaying of beasts and building of shelter and whatnot.) Later on men also mastered the art and science of farming, to which women may very well have contributed but it took a lot of muscle power to make it happen, so it was still very much a male-dominated type of work.

Yes, Porn is Addictive

I’m terrible at coming up with names. If you want help naming a blog, or a band, or that novel you’re writing, I’m not the person to ask for help. So when I was toying around with potential names for this blog I floundered for a while before I came up with Impenitent Porn Lover (which I’m still not happy with, but too late now), and the URL pornzealot.blogspot.com (which I’m also not happy with, but... again, too late now). Most of the names I came up with had the word “addict” in them, and frankly the name I probably would have been happiest with would have been something like Porn Addict. Plain, simple, and to the point, just like me.

Why is Porn so Fucking Racist?

Let me say, right up front, that I do NOT expect porn to lead the way in bringing society forward. On ANY issue. In fact, when it comes to gendered issues, if anything it brings society back a few steps – which works out nicely for me, since I’m a dude; I get to continue running the world, and women are learning to become voluntary sex slaves. But that aside, there is one area where porn lags behind the rest of society more than any other: race.

Condoms in Porn?

I’ll be honest, I haven’t put a lot of thought into the ballot measure in California mandating condom use in porn (Measure B). I’ll be even more honest: I don’t think at all about protecting the safety of the actors, I think only in terms of whether seeing condoms will impact my pleasure in any way. (The porn actors and actresses can probably care about their own safety better than I can.) Will it take me out of the scene? Will it impact the facial at the end? This is as far as my thoughts go. Sorry, I’m a pretty shallow guy, and even more shallow when it comes to porn.

Spoiled by Variety

I’ve already written about Rule 34: “If it’s on the internet, there’s porn of it.” I’m sometimes amazed – pleasantly so – about the sheer number of subjects about which there is porn. If you’re looking for something general you’re guaranteed to find it, if you’re looking for something specific you’re likely to find it, and even if you’re looking for something very specific and arcane your chances are still pretty good.

PSA: Spanking

Alternate Title: Excuse to Post a Bunch of Ass Pics

In a recent post I gave a Public Service Announcement (which was really just a long-ish rant) about pictures on Fantasti or Smutty of faces with tags indicating they are facials. If I had any readers they probably didn’t get the point, however, since I sprinkled a bunch of pictures of pretty girls in that post and us porn lovers get distracted by sexy pictures. Look, here’s one now:

As it happens, that photo illustrates the point I want to make in this post: it’s a picture of a cute girl in some sexy lace panties, but it’s not (as the tags on Fantasti would indicate) a picture of a spanking. Worse yet, the tags have some incestuous connotations, which is a pet peeve I’ve written about before. (Damn you, incest freaks! Stop besmirching sexy photos with your sick fantasies!)