Misty Media Sex Blog

Saturday October 1st

• Worst Hollywood sex scenes 13:08
  
  A list of the worst sex scenes in non-pornographic films has declared Showgirls to have the worst of all.
• Forced prostitution in Birmingham 14:14
  
  A brothel in Birmingham has been raided. Apparently the prostitutes there were immigrants who were forced into prostitution.

Sunday October 2nd

• Hepatitis C too bad in UK 18:08
  
  Apparently the UK isn't dealing very well with hepatitis C, while other European countries are fighting it more effectively.

Tuesday October 4th

• Popularity of anal sex 15:30
  
  Apparently anal sex is becomming more popular and more acceptable to discuss in mainstream culture.
• More on the war on porn 20:35
  
  A study says that porn isn't a danger to society, and so shouldn't be a priority for the FBI. Another article ridicules the new approach to obscenity.

Wednesday October 5th

• Harriet Miers nominated for Supreme Court 13:57
  
  George Bush has nominated Harriet Miers as his choice for the position as judge in the Supreme Court, which will become vacant soon.
• Online adultery in divorce courts 14:06
  
  Records of online conversations, like logs from IRC chat sessions, can now be submitted as evidence of adultery in divorce cases in Belgium.
• Decency and Porn 14:42
  
  An interesting discussion of why pornography is not necessarily ‘indecent’.

Thursday October 6th

• STI waiting times too long 20:44
  
  The waiting times for access to STD testing and other sexual health services from GU clinics in the UK is too long.

Friday October 7th

• Max Hardcore raided 04:12
  
  The FBI have raided Max Hardcore and seized material which they might use in an obscenity prosecution against him.
• New vibrating cock-ring from Trojan 16:12
  
  A new type of cock-ring which makes the penis act like a vibrator is being released by Trojan.
• Films promoting unsafe sex 17:49
  
  Few mainstream Hollywood films mention use of condoms or sexual health concerns when they portray sexual encounters.

Saturday October 8th

• More raids for obscenity task force 16:40
  
  Several raids of pornographers have taken place, in which various things were confiscated. There may be obscenity charges brought.

Monday October 10th

• Vaccine for HPV imminent 15:38
  
  A new vaccine against HPV has been successfully tested, and may be used in the UK in the next year or two.
• Hepatitis C blog 16:01
  
  A UK blogger with hepatitis C is trying to fight the stigma associated with the disease.

Sunday October 16th

• Studly guinea pig 15:00
  
  A guinea pig escaped from his cage and found a ‘harem’ of female guinea pigs, and had sex with them all.
• A very social secretary 16:34
  
  A TV comedy/drama programme charts the fall of David Blunkett, due to his relationship and children with a married woman.
• Erotic origami 17:24
  
  An origami enthusiast is publicizing his new book by creating a huge paper model of a penis.

Tuesday October 18th

• Religious hatred bill debated 08:56
  
  The House of Lords conducted a long and detailed discussion of the Racial and Religious Hatred bill, and most of them thought it a bad idea unless ammended.
• Sexual health clinics underfunded 09:51
  
  A documentary has unveiled the lacklustre state of GU clinics in the UK, which don't have the funding needed to tackle the current crisis of STD spread.
• Anti-sex Senator might run for President 11:34
  
  A US senator, Sam Brownback, might run for president. If successful he could make the government's stance on pornography even worse.
• Police close exhibition of nude paintings 12:50
  
  An art gallery has been made to take down some paintings by an art student, because people are offended by their saucy nature.

Thursday October 20th

• Last ditch attempt to protect religious criticism 14:25
  
  A set of ammendments has been put forward by the opponents to the Racial and Religious Hatred law currently being debated in the House of Lords.
• Victorian sex education, with monkeys 14:47
  
  An article about an interesting 19th century sex education book.

Friday October 21st

• Zambia seeks HIV herbal remedy 13:42
  
  A small study is trialing some ‘herbal remedies’ for HIV, in a desperate response to the epidemic in Zambia.
• Concerns over loss of confidentiality 14:42
  
  The UK government is considering changing the guidelines on confidentiality when underage people seek access to sex healthcare services.
• New online age-verification system 15:20
  
  A new age-verification system for online gambling sites might have applications in selling pornography online too.

Saturday October 22nd

• NASA should consider sex in space 13:44
  
  Long missions in space craft, such as to Mars, could be a problem if sexual tension built up among the crew.
• Forgotten video nasties 21:09
  
  A new set of DVDs of films previously banned in the UK has prompted some to look back at the fuss over ’video nasties’.

Sunday October 23rd

• Controversial TV series Rome 12:50
  
  The BBC will broadcast a controversial drama about Rome, which has lots of sex in.
• Gay Hong Kong 13:01
  
  A series of photos from a gay journalist in Hong Kong about gay life there.

Monday October 24th

• Illness affected by brain sex 10:43
  
  Some illnesses are more likely to affect people with female brains, and some people with male brains.
• Scary spider poster 12:33
  
  A poster that shows a spider crawling into or out of a woman's knickers.
• Forced marriage may be outlawed 13:25
  
  The UK government might introduce a new law to explicitly outlaw the practice of forced marriage.

Tuesday October 25th

• HIV prevention research 12:35
  
  It seems that men who are circumcised might be less likely to get HIV. Another study will test a gel for women which might help prevent infection.
• Ruling on underage gay sex in Kansas 13:10
  
  A court in Kansas has ruled that sentences for having sex with underage people should be the same for gay sex as for heterosexual sex.

Wednesday October 26th

• Awareness of long-term contraception methods 16:53
  
  NICE has published new guidelines that encourage health workers to make women aware of long-term methods of contraception, in an effort to reduce unwanted pregnancies.
• Glasses to prevent drinks being spiked 17:56
  
  Special glasses for night clubs to prevent ‘date-rape drugs’ being put in drinks.
• Lords ammend religious hatred bill 19:11
  
  The Racial and Religious Hatred bill has been ammended in the House of Lords. This is a defeat for the government, who have been trying to get it into law unchanged.

Friday October 28th

• Sam Sugar interviews Tony Comstock 01:55
  
  In-depth interview about the state of the porn industry, and how Comstock Films is taking a different approach.
• Sex.com thief finally arrested 15:59
  
  Stephen Michael Cohen has been arrested in Mexico, and will be deported to America.
• Morning-after pill bought more from chemists 16:57
  
  Sales of the morning-after pill have increased at pharmacies. Prescriptions from doctors have decreased by the same amount.

Sunday October 30th

• Vagina kept secret from teenage girls 18:08
  
  A chain of stores has pulled a magazine because it has some basic sex education information for girls.

Monday October 31st

• New Supreme Court nominee is ‘consistently conservative’ 13:55
  
  Harriet Miers stands down as Supreme Court nominee because her party don't support her. Bush nominates Samuel Alito instead.