Posts filed under ‘Epic Fail’

02.06.12

Jack’s Blowjob Lessons: the scam and the take-down

A while back, I heard rumblings of some misogynistic fool named Jack Hutson emailing bloggers about his $47 blowjob ebook. We found his promo website, and there were fits of laughter and despair all over Twitter, because, well, look: The whole site is a condescending, badly-written plea to “girls.” According to all-knowing Jack, our men [...]

12.01.11

A touch of whimsy

I’m always getting emails from people wanting to advertise their shit on my site. Only, they never want to pay to advertise it. In fact, they present it to me like I should feel privileged to host their “informative” (product-peddling) articles. My readers want to read them, they say! It will be “targeted content”! Well, [...]

03.08.11

A dude’s solution to the problem of phthalates

Women! Have you been wondering how to avoid that pesky group of chemicals called phthalates that are often used to soften cheap sex toys? Are you skeptical of those who tell you to simply buy phthalate-free toys? Don’t worry your pretty little head any longer — A Man™ has the solution you long for: “Forget [...]

01.20.11

Tristan Taormino and the hypocrisy of OSU

Yesterday I woke up to a very sad press release in my inbox. It announced that Tristan Taormino, sex educator and feminist pornographer extraordinaire, has been uninvited from giving a keynote at Oregon State University’s Modern Sex Conference in February. Why? Oh, only the same reason people get booked to do keynotes: “the content of [...]

12.12.10

15 rules for writing a sex toy review that doesn’t royally suck

There is no rulebook for writing sex toy reviews, but any longtime reviewer will tell you that there are definite amateur mistakes, mistakes that make our eyes glaze over with terror. When a person begins reviewing sex toys, their first impulse may be to write a cutesy, coy, infomercial-like review. This is no surprise, since [...]

10.29.10

Oreos? Really?

[This post is a part of the Scarleteen Sex-Ed Blog Carnival.] It started out innocently enough, with a girls-only presentation about periods in the fifth grade. On a super-secretive slip of paper, I asked the presenters, why do some pads have wings? And I got the first and only answer to an actual question I had [...]

05.21.10

EdenFantasys: A pattern of deception

[This post is continually updated as EdenFantasys perpetrates more and more unethical, obnoxious, and sex-negative things. See the bottom for the most recent stuff.] Huge thanks to Juliettia for this image! There are so many ways to overlook all the bullshit that EdenFantasys has pulled in the past. I know this because I did it [...]

05.12.10

What the fuck, EdenFantasys?

[Update: Please read my post EdenFantasys: A pattern of deception for more info about the sneaky and downright unethical practices perpetrated by EdenFantasys.] Good morning to me! Hello [my real name], Please be advised we have disabled your contributor account at EdenFantasys.com This decision was  internal and is final. Thank you, Eden Team Yes, this, from [...]