Vanessa Pinto

Spring has sprung, and sexy parties in San Francisco are in the air folks. I find myself invited to all sorts of sexy parties, these days. Last Saturday night, I attended Operation: Case of the Missing Panties, by Club Exotica. Club Exotica has some different types of sexy...

When was the last time you spent an evening with your jaw dropped? With your head sore from laughter while listening to words so offensive you couldn't help but react? That's how I spent my Thursday evening last week, at Jamie DeWolf's "Tourettes Without Regrets." The title says...

The boycott against Groupon has nothing to do with morality. It has to do with intolerance and sex-negativity. This blog is a direct response to "Groupon's Latest Deal? Torture Porn," by Dawn Hawkins, Executive Director of Porn Harm and Morality. Hawkins takes a hard strike at...

How many sexy dinners have you ever attended? Dinners that include eating food off of one another, while sipping delicious wines? For most of us, these dinners are ones of our own making. Ones that we put on in our kitchen with very few participants. But what if there was...

One dark and stormy night, I ventured into a San Francisco rain storm to go see the Thrillpeddlers put on Hot Greeks. After I stumbled through a parking lot, I found myself in a theater that was very unique. At first I wasn't sure I was in the...

"Fifty bucks grandpa, and for 75 the misses can watch." -- If you are a film buff, you will recognize that line from Pretty Woman. Pretty Woman is sadly what too many people think of when they think of prostitutes; some tragic fish net wearing woman who turned to street...

"I remember when the yes became a no. Sobbing NO, trying to scream NO, but a hand over my mouth and a voice, his voice -- my friend's voice -- saying be quiet!" -- Excerpt from Nancy Donoval's one-woman show, "The Road to Shameless: A Survivor's Tale of Rape and...

Who is the first porn star you remember from a young age? For many people the first person they think of when they think of porn is Nina Hartley. Nina Hartley is a legend in her own time; she has been doing porn for more than 20 years, and she...

Sugar, spice and everything nice is what little girls are made of. So, what are little boys made of? I never actually thought to ask myself this until I went to BIL 2012 this weekend. I found myself at a talk entitled "Act Like a Man: Masculinity &...

There is a certain breed of people that live in San Francisco. There is a love that we have for our city that shows in our very demeanor. I remember reading Tales of the City, where Mr. Maupin talks about the legend of the residents of San Francisco. The legend...

San Francisco is an amazing place in terms of community. From the fact that the city is as green as it is, we strive as a city to make sure each person is cared for. Health care is a huge issue that the entire country is having a problem with,...

Lately, whenever I read about a transgender person, it is in regards to something pretty awful. Trans people have it rougher than most when it comes to medical care, bigotry, and hate crimes. I hear more and more stories about terrible things that happen to transgender people, from how they...

One of my favorite things to do is watch stand-up comedy -- especially when it's funny because it's true. After working as a paralegal in family law for ten years, I have realized real life really is stranger than fiction. And in San Francisco, there's a woman named Dixie De...

Have you ever heard the term sex-positivity? Prior to moving to San Francisco, I had never heard it before. In fact, most people don't actually talk about sex a whole lot. Most of our introduction to sex as children and throughout adulthood is sex-negative. Sex is something we don't talk...