Friend of the APN and all around entertaining hip blogger of sexual interests Violet Blue gave her popular tinynibbles blog a nice looking design and functionality upgrade this morning. Violet has one of the surprisingly few well done prolific sex blogs and it’s on my short list of what I like to read regularly. I don’t personally always agree with everything she says, but at least I know some intelligence went into whatever she’s saying and I respect that. Go take a look at tinynibbles. She has a diversity of subject matter and I always find something new and interesting.

I’ve just been introduced to the cool creative work of an artist by the name of Markley??? and I felt it was my duty to share these great portraits of our friend and fellow sex blogger Violet Blue. I have to admit that when I saw the first shot I thought it might be from our creative friends over at Porn Saints, but apparently there is no connection, not as of yet anyway. This is the kind of edgy creative work I really enjoy getting to see. Sex toys, fireworks, guns, and sexy tattooed friends of ours. That is what it’s all about. Check out the Markley: Three Question Marks site for some insane ramblings and more sexy dangerous creative work.

Here is a funny video blog from our friend and notorious modern sex columnist Violet Blue on the topic of her disappointing appearance on the Tyra Banks show. Now, on the one hand, we think Violet is really cool and we support her efforts to spread knowledge and shed sensible perspective on modern sexuality, but I do have to wonder when well meaning credible people will learn to stop pandering to these ridiculous daytime talk shows. I know a lot of people that have gone on this sort of show and not one of them was happy with the experience. Some are not as savvy as Violet and really allow themselves and the issues they care about to be humiliated and grossly misrepresented. It’s high time more people just refused to put themselves in that position. But, I guess I do understand the desire to at least try to get good information out there, although it sure seems like the odds are stacked against objective informative perspectives.

Violet mentions that Tyra’s view of what women want is about ten years out of date, but I disagree. I think it’s at least fifteen to twenty. Most men I know want some romance in their lives way more than most women I know these days and I do think that brings up some issues worth talking about and getting a better understanding of. You can read about Violet’s whole experience over on her Tiny Nibbles blog.

I’m really regretting not going to Webzine 2005.