Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Non-monogamy: A Human Internet for Compassionate Payloads

This article first appeared on the Good Vibes Magazine, and is slated to appear in this month’s issue of SsexBbox‘s pocket ‘zine. The Dalai Lama once said, “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” But today, as environmentalist and author Paul Hawken observed, “goods seem to have become more important, [...]

Dreaming of Compassion: Technology, Polyamory, and Social Justice – Public Anthropology Conference 2011

Scaling the walls of FetLife’s walled garden (with new tools)

I want something that’s better than this. And I’m not sure exactly what it is but I think that we could build it if we try together. […] And that very same night, kids all across the earth felt lonely and confused, frightened and unsure, and we’re trying to find one another through a system [...]

Backdoor access to your FetLife profile remained open permanently

Before July 2011, FetLife.com users were vulnerable to trivial attacks that could completely and irrevocably compromise their privacy. When considering that FetLife’s content often contains highly sexual and thus extremely personal information and the fact that practically all of FetLife’s content is intended to be viewed only by logged in users, it feels even more [...]

SsexBbox: Gender is a text field

When I met sexuality documentary filmmaker Priscilla Bertucci back in March, I knew I’d want to check out her project, SsexBbox as soon as I could. The project is a far-reaching one, using many forms of media, and aims to explore sexuality itself as a first-class subject of study rather than merely something humans do [...]

Anti-censorship best practices for the sex-positive publisher – Atlanta Poly Weekend 2011

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