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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.
 
Violet Blue is an American blogger, podcaster, author and editor. She is regarded as a foremost expert in the field of sex and technology.
 
==Background==
 
Violet Blue was a crew member of industrial machine performance art group Survival Research Labs from 1996 to May 2007.
 
  
 
==Web presence==
 
==Web presence==
 
Violet Blue writes a weekly online sex column for the San Francisco Chronicle.
 
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]].)
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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.
 
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She also has a sex education podcast, called Open Source Sex, as well as a video blog.
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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.
 
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==
 
==Author and editor==
Blue is the author of several award-winning, best selling books on sex.
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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.
 
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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.
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In October 2007, Violet Blue launched the publishing venture Digita Publications, releasing audiobooks and ebooks in open formats on sex-related subjects.
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==Media personality and headliner==
 
==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.
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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.
 
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She has headlined at many tech conferences, such as ETech, LeWeb and SXSW, and has been featured at the Google Tech Talks at Google Inc.
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==Legal issues==
 
==Legal issues==
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==Boing Boing controversy==
 
==Boing Boing controversy==
In June 2008, Violet Blue claimed on her blog that the blog Boing Boing 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.
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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==
 
==Websites==
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*Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Blue_(author)
 
*Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Blue_(author)
 
*Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/missviolet
 
*Google profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/missviolet
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*Posts removed from BoingBoing: http://www.violetbluevioletblue.net
  
 
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