Author: Billy Antonio

The Soapbox: How PayPal & WePay Discriminate Against The Adult Industry

I was packing my bags, looking forward to a week trip to the Feminist Porn Awards and the Feminist Porn Conference, having finally earned enough through my Patreon patron-funded writing to travel and have a bit of a cushion when I got back. Payments would be processed at the beginning of the month, and I […]

Who IS Alexis Neiers, Anyway?

Reality TV is getting a new potential sociopath we’ll love to hate: Alexis Neiers, star of the E! show “Pretty Wild,” airing on Sunday, March 14. “Pretty Wild” will star 18-year-old Neiers, her sister Gabby, 15, their friend, Tess Taylor, 19, and the mama bear of the Neiers clan, former model Andrea Arlington. But what […]

Lights, Camera, ACTION: “Black Swan”

Welcome to the second installment of Lights, Camera, ACTION. Each month, Rachel Vorona Cote chooses an erotic scene from film or television and walks you through its quirks and kinks, particularly as they pertain to female lived experience. Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is the sort of film that scorns subtlety. Black, white, and a naïve, […]

Hilary Duff Did A Reddit AMA & Things Got Awkward

In promoting her new album Breathe In. Breathe Out. (which comes out today), Hilary Duff hopped on Reddit to regale her fans with a little Q&A. Things got a little…squicky- with users trashing her and asking her invasive sex questions. Hilz only answered questions for about 20-30 minutes, and while it’s unclear whether all the nastiness and trolling is […]

Today In Racism: YA Series “Save The Pearls” Employs Offensive Blackface And Bizarre Racist Stereotypes Plot

Victoria Foyt is the (white) author of a new young adult book series called Save the Pearls. The book chronicles the adventures of Eden Newman, a white woman, or a “Pearl,” whose entire race has been enslaved by the dominant race of “Coals” — or dark-skinned people. Hoping to capitalize off of the popularity of […]

The French Finally Invent A Word For “French Kissing”

The French have finally added a word to the dictionary to describe their most famous expression of l’amour: the French kiss. The Petit Robert 2014 French dictionary added the verb “galocher,” which means to kiss with tongues. Previously, the French described French kissing literally, as in “kissing at length in the mouth,” the dictionary’s publisher […]