This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too - two of them in -Ist cities.
Elsewhere in the ist-a-verse
Lux Nightmare, Features Editor, Sexerati, Founder, Thatstrangegirl.com
The pseudonymous Lux Nightmare burst onto the alt porn scene as a college student at Columbia where she launched the naked-guy-and-girl site That Strange Girl, featuring stills and video of herself and numerous other models who looked like they could be her fellow classmates. At a time when Suicide Girls and Burning Angel were coming to prominence, That Strange Girl (who, full disclosure, this interviewer posed for) was a homegrown, indie entry in the genre. Cut to the present, where Nightmare has since folded her XXX business and is a member of Gotham Girls Roller Derby, teaches sex ed to teenagers in East Harlem, and runs the smarty-pants sex site Sexerati, where she conducts interviews, explores Dating 2.0, and explains terms like "the pink ghetto." (Warning: many of the links in this interview are NSFW.) Currently, the "non porn star" is working on a book proposal about her time in the alt porn trenches.
Best Perverted Brooklyn Calendar Ever!
Finally, a gift for our many friends who are huge Brooklyn boosters AND huge fans of alternative erotica. Marty Markowitz, we're looking at you! Presenting the I Heart Brooklyn Girls Calendar:
What's Wrong With Nipples?
Angelina Jolie was upset when the studio de-nippled her Lara Croft picture. A recent egregious nipple moment in a movie was in 50 First Dates, when a rain-drenched Drew Barrymore's nipples are a little too distracting to what was supposed to be a sad moment in the film. Yes, we know it was an Adam Sandler film, but 50 First Dates is actually a lot more complex than you'd think. Complex, with walrus penis size jokes (check out the "Sandler & Sivuqoc" clip here).

