Shibari to Bitcoin: A Look at Adult in Japan

Shibari to Bitcoin: A Look at Adult in Japan

Japan has always been a world of its own, existing in both a distant past and far future at the same time. Its culture hangs onto conservative practices and age-bound hierarchies whilst its tech sector blasts ahead.

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Fri, 27 August 2021

Why the Pleasure Products Industry Needs More BIPOC at the Top

Why the Pleasure Products Industry Needs More BIPOC at the Top

At Ella Paradis, I spend most of my time analyzing which products are selling, keeping my ear to the ground for new product launches, and monitoring the state of the industry as a whole.

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Thu, 26 August 2021

Vigilance at Work and at Home to Stop Credit Card Fraud

Vigilance at Work and at Home to Stop Credit Card Fraud

What do the California State Controller’s Office, Hobby Lobby, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Facebook, LinkedIn, Clubhouse, and ParkMobile have in common?

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Wed, 25 August 2021

Why the Pleasure Products Biz Should Be Grateful for COVID’s Lessons

Why the Pleasure Products Biz Should Be Grateful for COVID’s Lessons

There is a saying that if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. True? Maybe. But life is difficult. Being an adult is difficult and the past year with COVID wasn’t the best.

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Tue, 24 August 2021

Bouncing Back From COVID-19 Burnout With Reignited Passion

Bouncing Back From COVID-19 Burnout With Reignited Passion

We’ve all been through a lot this past year. Working from home has its benefits, but also its challenges. Juggling professional and personal responsibilities all from home has blurred the lines between them and brought on added stresses.

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Mon, 23 August 2021

Is the ‘Marketplace Model’ the Future of Adult Ecommerce?

Is the ‘Marketplace Model’ the Future of Adult Ecommerce?

Envision this scenario: Your average consumer — we’ll call her Jasmine — goes to purchase a new pleasure gadget that she saw earlier on an Instagram page. She searches for it and finds about 12 different varieties sold by eight different vendors.

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Sun, 22 August 2021

A Survivor’s Story: '80s Beefcake Doug Probst Opens Up in Memoir

A Survivor’s Story: '80s Beefcake Doug Probst Opens Up in Memoir

Doug Probst is eager to evangelize about his newly published memoir chronicling a remarkable life story that includes a second identity as Shawn Mayotte, notable beefcake star of all-male adult films and pinup magazines throughout the 1980s.

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Sat, 21 August 2021

Reinventing, Relaunching for the Booming Creator Economy

Reinventing, Relaunching for the Booming Creator Economy

Pioneer, old-timer, veteran and elder— these aren’t the sexiest of adjectives to describe an adult entertainer, but they’ve been used to describe me, and I don’t mind.

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Fri, 20 August 2021

E-stim Is Getting the High-Tech Treatment

E-stim Is Getting the High-Tech Treatment

Kink and BDSM have never been more mainstream, and practices like impact play, bondage, and discipline and submission are becoming a regular part of people’s sex lives and often appearing in popular TV and film as common plot points.

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Thu, 19 August 2021

Jacky St. James Discusses Sweet Sinner Feature 'Toxic Love'

Jacky St. James Discusses Sweet Sinner Feature 'Toxic Love'

Jacky St. James and I are on the phone to discuss “Toxic,” her new feature for Sweet Sinner that follows the dramatic tensions that erupt between a troubled romantic couple — mismatched and yet sexually compatible.

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Wed, 18 August 2021

Jacky St. James Discusses Sweet Sinner Feature 'Toxic'

Jacky St. James Discusses Sweet Sinner Feature 'Toxic'

Jacky St. James and I are on the phone to discuss “Toxic,” her new feature for Sweet Sinner that follows the dramatic tensions that erupt between a troubled romantic couple — mismatched and yet sexually compatible.

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Wed, 18 August 2021

Jacky St. James Discusses 'Toxic Love' Sweet Sinner Feature

Jacky St. James Discusses 'Toxic Love' Sweet Sinner Feature

Jacky St. James and I are on the phone to discuss “Toxic,” her new feature for Sweet Sinner that follows the dramatic tensions that erupt between a troubled romantic couple — mismatched and yet sexually compatible.

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Wed, 18 August 2021

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