The Effects of Youth on Pornography

From People’s Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet (Intellect Books) While much of my meanderings through Chinese pop and porn culture usually originate from conversations with friends and colleagues, occasionally I receive a message from an anonymous party whose motivations are unknown. I once received a zip file attachment with DIY photos of a… Continue reading The Effects of Youth on Pornography

Yay or Nay?

I have received lot of reactions on the Internet and in the media to my forthcoming book  People’s Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet. It will officially be released on 26 november and soon thereafter be available on amazon.com.  Meanwhile I have signed a contract with the Hong Kong  publisher  UP publications for a Chinese translation of the book.… Continue reading Yay or Nay?

Go marie claire baby!

While being interviewed extensively yet prematurely about People’s Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet, I am so impressed with Kim Renyi’s text about DIY porn for Marie-Claire Malaysia. This article came out a few months ago, and it is ahead of its time in respecting the thrust and flavors of DIY.

Filippino lesbian wedding in Kennedytown

Today is my 45th birthday and I had a very sweet day. I received gifts and kisses, a message from my ghost. I also actually attended a lesbian wedding organized by the Filippino lesbian organization Filguys. The young couple Jeczer and Shey were accompanied by their butch-femme “parents” and “grandparents,” and many other lesbian couples, and—-0h my… Continue reading Filippino lesbian wedding in Kennedytown

Sacred Animals on China's Internet

Images and Excerpt From my forthcoming book People’s Pornography: Sex and Surveillance on the Chinese Internet.(Forthcoming with Intellect Books, 2011) The Grass-Mud Horse is supposedly a species of the alpaca. The name is derived from cào nǐ mā(肏你妈), whose near-equivalent word translates as “fuck your mother”. The greatest enemy of the grass-mud horse is the… Continue reading Sacred Animals on China's Internet

How A Sex Scene is Implied in A Chinese Poem

  (Thanks to Carrie Yang for this finding cute sex poetry, for translating it into English, and for annotating it below. Happy christmas everyone and don’t forget to be bad. ) 月出煙盡琴簫冷 The moon rose, the smoke dissipated, the flute became cold 階前侯人唯杯影 I waited before the steps for the one with a glass and its shadows 且執木樨眠… Continue reading How A Sex Scene is Implied in A Chinese Poem