Softcore porn gallery alert: Angelina Jolie in Vogue across the years.

Hardcore porn gallery alert: PETA.XXX is a thing. The always-provocative animal rights group hopes to set up a hardcore membership site to raise… awareness of animal rights abuses using stars they’ve worked with in the past. Psst, PETA: Jenna Jameson & Sasha Grey are retired, and I’m sorry, but porn with only Ron Jeremy is probably not going to get the subscriptions, er, awareness, you want it to.

Trans performers & queer porn directors like Wendy Williams and Courtney Trouble speak candidly about being a trans performer, the adult industry & awards circuit.

Sasha Grey speaks up about her recent Read Across America & Anal Artists publicity.

Erotica writer Allison Tyler has a selection of steamy erotica stories for you to peruse & vote on for Valentine’s Day.

Vice has a fantastic interview with Barbara Nitke, a photographer whose work captured many candid moments on porn sets in the 1970′s and 1980′s.

I’ve added it to my V-Day Must-Have List: Agent Provocateur Lingerie will land you a (really confusing – what’s with all the clothed writhing?) three-way. And related: a gallery of Agent Provocateur‘s sublimely displayed wares through the seasons.

In totally batshit news, ejaculating — sorry, depositing semen, an act commonly associated with masturbation — anywhere else but in a vagina might soon be illegal in Oaklahoma.

Did you know that the last execution for adultery in England took place in 1654? Learn more about historically naughty politicians and shady ladies.

Speaking of shady politicians: did you hear the one about the three politicians in India who walked into an assembly of Congress and watched porn on their cell phones?

A French court is set to rule on whether or not sex toys are erotic or pornographic.

Did you know that shipping unwanted penis enlargers in the mail can result in at least 3 years of jail time? Hopefully you didn’t send any of your wares to your new cell mates.

Who knew it worked like that? According to Adriana Lima, buying a girl flowers will get you laid.

Virtual sex: your new BFF?

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and apparently, if you’re in the USA, that means you’re super-likely to give or receive a sex toy instead of chocolates or flowers! Go Team USA.

If lists of bestselling toys from established online retailers like Stockroom & Good Vibes aren’t enough help, you can now select sex toys based on celebrity endorsements.

In what might end up being the strangest geographical juxtaposition of establishments, a group of nuns are protesting the establishment of strip club next to their convent. Can you imagine the wacky fun and mixed-up identity switches that would create? There’s a sit-com plot in there somewhere.

Congratulations to Lorelei Lee & Stephen Elliott – Cherry, their film about the adult entertainment industry, was picked up for international distribution by Rezo.

Apparently this is really a thing: designer Louis Vuitton condoms will soon be available.

Are you a Harry Potter slash reader? In what is quite the early Valentine’s Day gift for some folks, not the least Hairy Potter, Daniel Radcliffe reads Harry Potter erotica aloud.