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Earlier this year, I presented Adult Conversations: Sex, Intimacy & Online Relationships at South by Southwest (SXSW) — a conference / festival in three parts: interactive, film and music. As some of you know, I already have a panel up for consideration for 2009.

vs. Sonic Youth have finally realized their music is too horrible even for a major label to release, so they're apparently close to signing with an indie label. Which label remains a mystery, but to this reporter it's clear-as-fucking-day that the band is not going to suddenly start sounding good again just because they're moving to a new record label.

Having trouble keeping track of the he said-she said, heavily Tumblred break up of Nick Douglas and Melissa Gira Grant? Since they haven’t had the courtesy to lump it all into one attention seeking website, a la Jakob and Julia, we’ve compiled it all here for you: First sign of trouble in paradise: Melissa’s call to “invoice him.” Is Nick Douglas just another john?

Oh Melissa Gira Grant, aren't you cute with your "let's take a big huge dump on mommybloggers" while backhandedly praising a non-mommy blogger for her internet success. I was one of her Twitter followers who watched and waited with growing anticipation for "@savvyauntie's" site to launch.

Oh Melissa Gira Grant, aren't you cute with your "let's take a big huge dump on mommybloggers" while backhandedly praising a non-mommy blogger for her internet success. I was one of her Twitter followers who watched and waited with growing anticipation for "@savvyauntie's" site to launch.

Oh Melissa Gira Grant, aren't you cute with your "let's take a big huge dump on mommybloggers" while backhandedly praising a non-mommy blogger for her internet success. I was one of her Twitter followers who watched and waited with growing anticipation for "@savvyauntie's" site to launch.

If we thought the whole Jakob And Julia debacle had taught us all a thing or two about dating — or at least breaking up — in public… well, it seems we thought wrong. As evidenced by the latest drama to splash its way across our Tumblr dashboards, people are still breaking up in public — and yes, it’s still ugly.

When Scarlot Harlot put out the rallying call, we listened. With only two days notice, a sizable group of sex workers, allies, and supporters showed up last night to the public testimony meeting of the DCC to solicit endorsement for the newly named Prop K.

Photo of Mariko Passion's art installation about trafficking - see more pictures from the conference on Melissa Gira's Flickr stream The International AIDS Conference is taking place right now in Mexico City, and there are a handful of American sex worker rights activists who are there - and they are documenting the goings on.

I got my first real six-string Bought it at the five-and-dime Played ’til my fingers bled It was summer of ‘69 Me and some guys from school Had a Band and we tried real hard Jimmy quit and Jody got married I shualda known we’d never get far Oh when I lock back now That was seemes to last