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I have now formed a conditioned response whenever I hover over a link and see the URL indiegogo.com. It's a mixture of terror, disgust, and exasperation, which, upon clicking, either bubbles into rage or fizzles into mild interest, depending on the product advertised. The Minna Limon fell into the latter camp, but my initial thoughts were still mostly negative: Are we going to have to crowdfund all our vibrators now? Goddamn. “No cumbersome speed settings” — OH, OKAY. Is there some sort of rule that if you have a crowdfunding campaign for a vibrator, you must show it in a glass of water? Then I Read More

Being vulnerable is scarey. Some people mistake vulnerability for low self confidence, but it isn't really the same thing. And figuring out the difference? That's the key to power in the bedroom, my friends. Back in my late teens, when I was a wide-eyed high school senior on the brink of becoming a college student, I was incredibly anxious at the thought of an unknown social situation. I still deal with social anxiety, but I have it more under control. When I was 18, I let it control me instead. Then I got laid. I lost my virginity and everything changed. Seriously, everything changed. Read More

The Lelo Mona Wave takes the Mona and adds motion, meant to do the g-spot stroking for you. For me, sex toys don't replace a human. They're a great accompaniment. I love using them by myself and with a partner. But just as a penis or finger or tongue could never vibrate and nearly never achieve the orgasms (for me) that a good vibrator can, a sex toy can never feel like oral sex or the thrusting of a penis or the stroking, much-lauded “come-hither” motion of a finger or two. Yet sex toy companies, Lelo included, keep trying to Read More

Since 2005, The Screaming O has been telling us that their products like Ringo, The Big O, The Screaming O Plus (the clear material products) were “SEBS Silicone”. After I delved into my material research, discussions with industry professionals, and flame testing, I felt pretty damn certain that there was never any silicone in these products. When an AVN article came out on January 14th talking about how The Screaming O decided to run lab tests AND quoted Anne Hodder of Hodder Media Inc, their Public Relations Spokesperson, as saying “I think we can finally put to rest the critics Read More