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It was a bad week in sex for California teacher Crystal Defanti, who committed what must be one of the dumbest tech gaffes in recent memory. The 29-year-old teacher at Isabelle Jackson Elementary School sent her grade five class home with a DVD that was meant to a collection of the year's most touching memories. Instead, the kids saw six seconds of their teacher being touched—homemade porn somehow ended up at the end of the field trip and class play reel. Well, Crystal, at least the worst moment of your life happened at a relatively young age.
In cute guy news, we've got rap hottie Drake starring in a sex ed campaign, advising youth of the benefits of staying "strapped" (that means use a condom). In loathsome guy news, there are the men of the Australian navy, who deserve nothing but vitriol after setting up a betting ring focused on how many of their female colleagues they could bed. I hope no one does, ever again. In not-hot chick news, one smartass blogger is suggesting that manic breeder and ex-gov Sarah Palin sign on for a TV stint as the next Sue Johanssen (please, no), while in hot chick news, Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester's sex tape is apparently still out there on the Web somewhere. Anyone seen it?
Totally Naked Toronto Men aside, the best Pride gift the world got was when the New Delhi High Court smartened up last Friday, decriminalizing a 148-year-old British colonial law against "unnatural sex acts." While the entire law wasn't struck down (apparently it's the country's only provision against child abuse) and the ruling is only applicable in the greater New Delhi area, it's a great victory in a long fought battle. Good luck to Indian gay, lesbian and trans people in getting the fight into the Supreme Court—and to queers in other former colonies (like Singapore) who still have miles to go.
Last, some classic nudie shots: Daily Beast is re-running photos of a fresh-faced, smaller-ego'd Madonna and I searched out some of Farrah Fawcett's iconic Playboy shots for you. Isn't this the way we'd all like to be remembered?