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Violet Blue is an American blogger, podcaster, author and editor. She is regarded as a foremost expert in the field of sex and technology.

==Web presence==
Violet Blue writes a weekly online sex column for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Her main website is Tiny Nibbles, a sex education blog. (This site is powered by [[Laughing Squid]].) She also has a sex education podcast, called Open Source Sex, as well as a video blog.

In addition to these sex-related websites, Violet writes a news and technology blog called Techyum, contributes to Metroblogging San Francisco, and is a correspondent for Geek Entertainment Television.

==Author and editor==
Blue is the author of several award-winning, best selling books on sex. She has also edited several erotica anthologies. Her first edited title was the anthology Sweet Life: Erotic Fantasies for Couples, published in December 2001 by Cleis Press. In October 2007, Violet Blue launched the publishing venture Digita Publications, releasing audiobooks and ebooks in open formats on sex-related subjects.

==Media personality and headliner==
Violet Blue has appeared on mainstream media such as CNN and The Oprah Winfrey Show. In January 2007, Forbes named her one of The Web Celeb 25. She has also headlined at many tech conferences, such as ETech, LeWeb and SXSW, and has been featured at the Google Tech Talks at Google Inc.

==Legal issues==
In October 2007, Blue filed a lawsuit against adult actress Ada Mae Johnson, who had performed under the name since 2000, alleging that Johnson had adopted Blue's persona, and her recently-trademarked name, "Violet Blue". With the lawsuit pending, Johnson changed her stage name to Violetta Blue, and then to Noname Jane pursuant to a preliminary injunction and court order. The lawsuit was settled in October 2008 

In July 2008, Blue sought restraining orders against Wikipedia editors BenBurch and Nina Alter to prohibit them from sending her e-mail, editing her Wikipedia page, or writing unkindly about her online. The motions were denied.

==Boing Boing controversy==
In June 2008, Violet Blue claimed on her blog that the blog [[BoingBoing]] had removed from their site all posts referring to her. Boing Boing posted a declaration stating: "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." Most of the removed blog posts have been republished under the Creative Commons license by a third party at VioletBlueVioletBlue.net.

==Websites==
*Chronicle column: http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/violetblue
*Tiny Nibbles blog: http://www.tinynibbles.com
**Tiny Nibbles about page: http://www.tinynibbles.com/about
*Podcast called "open source sex": http://violetblue.libsyn.com
*Videoblog on Blip tv: http://violet.blip.tv
*Techyum blog: http://techyum.com
**Techyum about page: http://techyum.com/2007/02/about_violet_blue.html
*Digita publications: http://digitapub.com

==Social media==
*Twitter: http://twitter.com/violetblue
*Flickr photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/violetblue/
**Flickr about page: http://www.flickr.com/people/violetblue
*Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vblue

==Other Links==
*Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Blue_(author)
*Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/missviolet
*Posts removed from BoingBoing: http://www.violetbluevioletblue.net

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