As the cannabis market explodes, so has the market for pot products made for those who want to both get high and get off. This could be especially good for women, who on average climax during sex less often than men. Now, some experts believe the growing acceptance of pot …
Read More »Jussie Smollett Charges Dismissed: What We Know (And What We Don't)
UPDATE: On Thursday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced he wanted Jussie Smollett to cover the cost – amounting to $130,000 – for the Chicago police department’s investigation into the actor’s claim that he was attacked in a hate crime. “The city feels this is a reasonable and legally justifiable amount …
Read More »Op-Ed: It's Time to Cancel FuckJerry
Lately, we’ve all gotten so used to seeing people at the highest levels of government committing crimes right out in the open, that when you hear about an Instagram account stealing jokes and passing them off as their own, it’s easy for most of us to shrug it off. But …
Read More »Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: The Rolling Stone Interview
When Jack Dorsey co-founded Twitterin 2006, he had no idea he and his colleagues were creating what would become a universally accessible, global, seamless, 24/7 platform for tens of thousands of people to yell at him. In any case, back then, billionaire tech execs were still — at least in …
Read More »'Last Days of August': New Podcast Probes Porn-Industry Suicide
At the end of 2017, adult film actress August Ames had just been nominated for the third year in a row for Female Performer of the Year at the Adult Video News Awards. She had achieved a level of fame and longevity that is increasingly rare for porn performers in …
Read More »Elizabeth Warren: Jeff Sessions Acted as “Catalyst” for Weed Legalization
This year,President Donald Trump broke ranks with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and signaled he supports new legislation called the STATES Act, which would end the outright federal ban on marijuana by allowing each state to decide their own pot policy. This was good news for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), one …
Read More »'The Staircase': Inside Wild Theory That Could Solve Docuseries Mystery
When the true crime docuseries “The Staircase” was released on Netflix last month, along with three new episodes, many followers of the case against Michael Peterson were hoping the new footage would finally address the long-running “owl theory.” Peterson had been convicted of murdering his wife, Kathleen Peterson, who was …
Read More »Pot Sales Are Now Legal In Massachusetts – So Why Can't Anyone Buy It?
On Sunday, Massachusetts became the seventh state in the nation – and the first east of the Rocky Mountains – where adults can legally purchase recreational marijuana. But for those hoping to toke up in the Bay State, there’s just one catch: There’s nowhere to buy it. Massachusetts voters legalized …
Read More »How Women and Tech Took Over Porn: Inside the 2018 AVN Awards
Here’s a Black Mirror pitch: You pay several hundred dollars to attend the world’s biggest porn convention and awards ceremony. You travel to Las Vegas, where the air has transformed into mentholated nicotine vapor and no one will validate your parking. You do this in order to meet porn stars …
Read More »'In Living Color' at Super Bowl: How It Birthed the Half-Time Spectacle
In Living Color lasted just five seasons on the air from 1990 to 1994, and when it was cancelled it got the quick, disappointed eulogy one might expect for a show that briefly burned hard and bright but had already lost some of its mojo. But with time, it’s become …
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