Category Archives: BLOGGERY: articles of interest from elsewhere………

Hot Pot

ArtInfo.com has pointed us in the direction of this enticing ArtNet.com feature:

“From Hot Pots to Erotic Art: New York Magazine art critic Jerry Saltz picks the five steamiest works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection. There is not a single work of modern art in sight.”

Below is “Roman Cameo Cup Fragment with Lovemaking Scene” (First Half of First Century A.D.) Click here to see the other four artworks Saltz chose.

Awareness & Sexual Preference Study

Encouraging news from Business Wire, where a survey conducted by the Wiser Marketing Group shows that men’s attitudes to alternative sexualities are changing:

‘…In the study of 315 men between the ages of 25 – 54, not only do a great majority support couples in their right to consensually please one-another as they wish, their support of historically taboo activities is refreshingly overwhelming. According to survey responses, 37% of men would be interested in having sex in public and 30% of men would possibly be interested in tying someone up or being tied up assuming safety and a willing partner. A little more mainstream, but deviant according to historical social mores, 53% of respondents said they get sexually aroused from seeing people other than their partner(s) nude and 52% are sexually aroused watching others have sex – 47% of whom are “Somewhat/Very Religious.”

“The fact that the world is loosening up a bit is so refreshing,” says Peter Acworth, founder of Kink.com. “We’ve been stereotyped for far too long. And for no reason other than wanting to satisfy our innate carnal needs and desires. When I saw the results of the study, I said to myself, ‘it’s so good to see progress.’ I mean there’s nothing wrong with a little enjoyment of ‘alternative’ sexual activities as long as everyone involved is participating consensually”…’

Full article here.

Fair

This week saw the legendary Folsom Street Fair take place, as it does every year, in San Francisco’s South of Market district. Founded in 1984, it is now the world’s largest leather and BDSM event. For those like me who live on the other side of the world and have spent the weekend in bed with flu, the kind folks at SFist.com have provided a series of photos (some mildly NSFW) for us all to peruse at our leisure.

Click here for the full gallery.