Violet Blue

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Violet Blue
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OccupationJournalist for CBS Interactive[1] and blogger
NationalityAmerican
GenreTechnology, harm reduction, sex education, erotica
Notable awardsIPPY Erotica category, 2006 and 2007 (twice)
Website
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Violet Blue is an American journalist, author, editor, advisor, and educator.

Blue wrote a weekly sex column for the San Francisco Chronicle until 2010.[3] In her podcast, Open Source Sex, she reads erotica and discusses topics such as fetishes and oral sex.[4]

Awards

  • In January 2007, Forbes named her one of The Web Celeb 25.[5]
  • Blue was named "Best Sex Educator" in 2013 by the San Francisco Weekly.[6]

Name

Violet Blue is the author's legal name. In an online article, she has stated:

My name really is Violet Blue. Despite any rubbish you’ve seen by my harassers and detractors, Violet Blue is the name on my passport, social security card, all my ID, and it is who I am.[7]

On August 19, 2011, Blue's Google+ account was suspended for failing to comply with the Google+ real name policy, but this decision was reversed three days later.[8]

Litigation

In October 2007, Blue filed a lawsuit against adult actress Ada Mae Johnson, who had performed as "Violet Blue" since 2000, alleging that Johnson had adopted Blue's persona, and her recently trademarked (in 2007) name, "Violet Blue."[9] She said she had been using the name in writings since 1999.[9] The lawsuit alleged trademark violation and dilution, as well as unfair business practices. Pursuant to a preliminary injunction and court order granted in 2007[10] to cease using "names, trademarks and Internet domains confusingly similar to, or identical to, Plaintiff's trademark VIOLET BLUE," Johnson changed her stage name to Noname Jane. The lawsuit was settled in October 2008.[11]

In July 2008, Blue sought restraining orders against online critics David Burch (aka Ben Burch) and Nina Alter to prohibit them from e-mailing her, editing her Wikipedia page, or writing unkindly about her online. Both motions were dismissed but she is allowed to file again.[12]

Boing Boing deletions

Around June 2008, Blue stated on her blog that the blog Boing Boing had removed all posts referring to her (estimated by a Los Angeles Times blogger[13] to number at least 70) from the site. A heated debate ensued after a brief statement on the Boing Boing site regarding this action stated: "Violet behaved in a way that made us reconsider whether we wanted to lend her any credibility or associate with her. It's our blog and so we made an editorial decision, like we do every single day".[14] Boing Boing editor Xeni Jardin said that she hoped she would not have to make the reasons public.[15]

vb.ly URL shortener

In August 2009, Violet Blue and Ben Metcalfe launched a URL shortening service with the domain name vb.ly, which was described as "the Internet's first and only sex-positive URL shortener."[16] The site was hosted on the .ly top-level domain, and the main page showed Violet Blue holding a bottle of beer.[17] In October 2010, the site was shut down following a letter to Violet Blue from Libya Telecom & Technology, saying that the site was contrary to the principles of Sharia law and stating: "The issue of offensive imagery is quite subjective, as what I may deem as offensive you might not, but I think you'll agree that a picture of a scantily clad lady with some bottle in her hand isn't exactly what most would consider decent or family friendly at the least." Ben Metcalfe responded by stating, "We're very clear that the site did not have pornographic or adult content hosted on it; but even if it did, my bigger concern is that the domain registry is trying to regulate against the content of a website. A domain and a website are two extricably decoupled and separate entities."[18]

Selected works

Authored

  • A Fish Has No Word For Water: A Punk Homeless San Francisco Memoir, Digita Publications, 2023, Template:ISBN
  • How to Be a Digital Revolutionary, Violet Blue (self-published), 2017, Template:ISBN
  • The Smart Girls Guide to Privacy, Digita Publications, 2014, Template:ISBN
  • The Ultimate Guide to Cunnilingus: How to Go Down on a Woman and Give Her Exquisite Pleasure, 2nd Edition, Cleis Press, 2010, Template:ISBN
  • The Ultimate Guide to Fellatio: How to Go Down on a Man and Give Him Mind-Blowing Pleasure, 2nd Edition, Cleis Press, 2010, Template:ISBN
  • The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Strap-On Sex, Cleis Press, 2007, Template:ISBN
  • The Smart Girl's Guide to the G-Spot, Cleis Press, 2007, Template:ISBN
  • Fetish Sex: An Erotic Guide for Couples, Daedalus Publishing Company, 2006, Template:ISBN - with Thomas Roche
  • The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Sex Toys, Cleis Press, 2006, Template:ISBN
  • The Smart Girl's Guide to Porn, Cleis Press, 2006, Template:ISBN (IPPY Bronze award winner for erotica[19])
  • The Ultimate Guide to Sexual Fantasy: How to Turn Your Fantasies into Reality, Cleis Press, 2004, Template:ISBN
  • The Ultimate Guide to Adult Videos: How to Watch Adult Videos and Make Your Sex Life Sizzle, Cleis Press, 2003, Template:ISBN
  • The Ultimate Guide to Cunnilingus: How to Go Down on a Woman and Give Her Exquisite Pleasure, Cleis Press, 2002 Template:ISBN
  • The Ultimate Guide to Fellatio: How to Go Down on a Man and Give Him Mind-Blowing Pleasure, Cleis Press, 2002, Template:ISBN

Edited

Digital releases

  • Sweet Heat (erotica), Digita Publications, 2008 (audiobook), Template:ISBN
  • Erotic Role Play: A Guide For Couples, Digita Publications, 2007 (audiobook, ebook), Template:ISBN
  • How To Kiss, Digita Publications, 2007 (audiobook, ebook, and Amazon Kindle versions), Template:ISBN
  • The Modern Safer Sex Guide, Digita Publications, 2007 (ebook and Amazon Kindle versions), Template:ISBN
  • Creatures of the Night (erotica), Digita Publications, 2007 (audiobook and ebook and Amazon Kindle versions), Template:ISBN
  • Pleasure Zone Basics, Digita Publications, 2007 (audiobook), Template:ISBN

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."CBS Staff Journalist Profile for Violet Blue". Cnet.com. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  2. ^ Violet Blue, "the birthday, the turning point". Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Batey, Eve (3 March 2010). "Violet Blue Explains Why She Quit The Chronicle/Gate". The San Francisco Appeal. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."San Francisco Bay Guardian Arts and Entertainment". Sfbg.com. 2005-11-29. Archived from the original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.David M. Ewalt (2 February 2010). "The Web Celeb 25". Forbes. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Best Sex Educators - 2013". 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Blue, Violet. "My name is Violet Blue". My Name Is Me. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Blue, Violet. "Google Plus: Too Much Unnecessary Drama". ZDNet. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  9. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ryan Singel (2007-10-24). "Sex Writer Violet Blue Sues Porn Star Violet Blue Over Name". Wired News. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
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  11. ^ Noname Jane Settles With Violet Blue - AINews.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Violet Blues restraining order dismissed but allows refiling". Gawker.com. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sarno, David (June 30, 2008). "Violet Blue scratches her head over BoingBoing purge". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2008-07-01.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Teresa Nielsen Hayden (2008-07-01). "That Violet Blue thing, Posted By Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator, July 1, 2008 8:48 AM". Boingboing.net. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Steve Johnson (2008-07-09). "Blog hits nerve in excising some old posts". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
  16. ^ 'Sex-positive URL shortener' Vbly launches Script error: No such module "webarchive". CNET News, August 19, 2009.
  17. ^ Libya takes hard line on .ly link shortening domains BBC News, October 6, 2010.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Libyan domain shutdown no threat, insists bit.ly". The Guardian. October 9, 2010.
  19. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Independent Publisher: THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry". Independent Publisher. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Independent Publisher: THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry". Independent Publisher. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

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