By now, you may have heard of the legal troubles of one James L. Walls Jr., the mayor of District Heights, Md., who was arrested for soliciting a male undercover cop for prostitution early Thursday morning.
Fun fact: Mere hours before Walls was arrested near Verizon Center, he had been hanging out with Ward 7 Councilmember [...]
Want to share medical information with past sexual someones, but just can't find the words to say? Say it in an e-card! Internet Sexuality Information Services has developed inSPOT— short for "Internet Notification Service for Partners or Tricks"—to help bring pesky STD chats into the realm of belated birthdays and "just because" dancing GIFs. InSPOT [...]
You know the fifty-color fliers and postcards good neighbors leave on your windshield? The ones inviting you to those exclusive afterhours parties and special events? The ones that would make Luther Campbell nod in approval?
While I'm not sure who actually responds to this spam and goes to these things, I do know that they constitute [...]
Last week, the Post published an investigation by resident gender expert/increasingly irrelevant old person Laura Sessions Stepp on the effects of women's empowerment on child-rearing. In order to engage Stepp a bit, let's ignore the fact that she's missed this issue by a decade or three and just skip on to her central question: [...]
A couple of days ago, things seemed to be looking up for Kristen: "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis had offered Ashley Alexandra Dupre one million dollars to appear in a Girls Gone Wild magazine spread and tour video–no sex or nudity required! But Francis rescinded the offer yesterday when Girls Gone Wild staff [...]
A young woman I'm acquainted with just started a Facebook group dedicated to outing her ex boyfriend as a lying cheating bastard. It's called "I hate *** ***" and has five members so far. Now the scorned lady seems to have some good reasons for being upset with the guy in question, also an acquaintance [...]
Kudos to the New York Times for digging into Spitzer prostitute Ashley Alexandra Dupré's MySpace page and coming up with this gem:
On the Web page is a recording of what she describes as her latest track, “What We Want,” a hip-hop-inflected rhythm-and-blues tune that asks, “Can you handle me, boy?” and uses some dated slang, [...]
You may have heard of D.C.-based freelance writer (and former City Paper writer/editor) Charlotte Allen: She wrote that thing about how women are (spoiler alert) "kind of dim." Needless to say, a lot of people didn't like it. Yesterday, Allen was kind enough to meet up with me to talk about the Post piece, the [...]
Did Spitzer do high-priced hooker in D.C.? From NY Times story: "The governor’s travel records show that he was in Washington in mid-February. One of the clients described in court papers arranged to meet with a prostitute who was part of the ring, the Emperors Club VIP on the night of Feb. 13....Mr. Spitzer appeared [...]
In this week's Show & Tell, I profile Jae Ellis (pictured) and Allen Bickoff, childhood friends who overcame broken engagements, college sexual dry spells, and crippling "nice guy syndrome" to become Reston's resident romance experts. Ellis and Bickoff are co-founders of AskRomeo.com, a dating and relationship advice outfit that helps (so far, only heterosexual) men [...]
Stetson's Bar and Grill on U St. is covered with these ads for LifeStyles condoms (up-and-coming frat house decorators can click for a free poster). The ad series features pictures of half-naked ladies along with tags that describe each girl's particular "lifestyle": from "Spontaneous" to "Naughty," "Impulsive" to "Ready-to-Go."
These "lifestyles," of course, suggest the [...]
For this week's paper, I wrote a story on the Sex Workers' Art Show, a touring cabaret-style showcase that brings prostitutes, strippers, and porn actors off the pole, out of bed, and onto the stage. The show presented a twist on the age old question: What is (sex) art?
In the story, I quote porn performer [...]
I couldn't help but notice the photo in the Post of the photographer at City Paper. It's meta Darrow! Can you spot him??
Also noticeable: It's harder than a rubber dildo to cover the Sex Workers Art Show and still abide by the vanilla rules of a mainstream newspaper. To wit:
"At the same time, it [...]
There's an interesting debate over at Jezebel about the subject of this week's cover story, Ameenah Franks, a young mother from DC who got really good at stealing from highly-secured federal office buildings. She charmed her way into places like the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and stole cash from people's purses and desk drawers. Franks told [...]
This morning DCBlogs notes that Amazon has announced its list of the "20 Most Romantic Cities in America," based on sales of books about sex and relationships, as well as sales of romance novels. Alexandria is on top, while Arlington comes in at number nine; D.C. is number 11.
Maybe it makes sense that Salt [...]
