Let me start by saying that the heat functionality makes up for a lot in this new vibrator from Pipedream Products. But it doesn’t make it worth $160 to $300 retail. Maybe $80, and definitely $60. But not $300.
Click here to see all the stats from the manufacturer.
For my first test, I chose the high [...]

[Read more →]

Nina has launched a new adult community, SexWise with Nina Hartley, providing a mix of education, entertainment, and discussion for $10 to $15 per month. Members have access to her weekly interactive talk show, private forums, Nina’s members-only blog, a community-authored blog, and of course a social network.

If anyone can pull off charging a fee [...]

[Read more →]

I’ve seen a lot of commentary lately about Facebook and privacy, mostly to the effect of “ack Facebook isn’t keeping my private information private.”
I resisted Facebook for a long time, as I was going on sabbatical when it started to get big among adults, so maybe I missed something in the beginning. Was there an [...]

[Read more →]

Interesting news on the male contraceptive front.

[Read more →]

Carnal Nation reports that people in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway love the idea of group sex, public sex, and sex with a friend. Whether they actually enact these fantasies, the article doesn’t say. I’m going to guess that the Swedish and the Finnish don’t, as almost a third of them reported that they weren’t [...]

[Read more →]

Embarrassed as I am to learn from a women’s magazine that a) there is a Star Wars day and b) it is today (may the fourth be with you), I thought I’d pass on this fun little piece from Your Tango.
10 Things Star Wars Taught Us About Love

As one who wanted to be Han Solo [...]

[Read more →]

Maybe there just aren’t enough geeks in Los Angeles? Or maybe even a flock of bikini-clad Leias can only wash so many cars.

Either way, the charity event raised $1,000 for Make-A-Wish by granting a wish made in many a nerdy heart. And by including Darth Vader, some ewoks, a Han or two, and a few [...]

[Read more →]

Aagblog posts a personal letter from the author of The Beautiful Kind, who blogged explicitly about sex without revealing her name, occupation, employer, or face, and who got fired for it due to a “social media glitch” that associated her name with her content on the day that her employer googled her.
I don’t know her [...]

[Read more →]

I would like to reassure Kinsey Institute blogger Kristen Mark, M.Sc., that no, all social contact has not become technological. Although in my case, perhaps it would be better if it did, at least for the first month after noticing someone interesting.
I completely embarrassed myself just last week, in person, using all the finesse of [...]

[Read more →]

A U.K. postman got caught with his shorts down for stealing pornographic DVDs and lingerie from the packages he was supposed to be delivering safely, and discreetly, to their new homes.
I guess I’m glad that the latest product sent to me for review came without pretense. It’s those plain brown wrappers that scream sex, not [...]

[Read more →]

I’d like to talk to you if you keep one of these, privately or publicly. Also if you’re on one, whether willingly or not. (If you want, you can be anonymous if I quote you.) ginalynn at gmail dot com. Thanks!

[Read more →]

[Read more →]

I have not been able to get a response from Sinulator folks by email or by phone, and have received a few emails in the past few months from other people who have experienced the same thing. Sinulator was a growing thing when I wrote The Sexual Revolution 2.0 but you know how it is [...]

[Read more →]

In honor of today’s Adult Novelty Expo in Universal City, CA, I post this link to my History of Vibrators cover story in the final issue of Adult Novelty Business magazine (NSFW).
It’s long and requires a lot of clicking through because of the magazine layout, but use the zoom and stick with it and I [...]

[Read more →]

Too bad he’s outside the Standard Scale of Creepiness — he’s younger than my age divided by 2, plus 7.
The squashing in these images is my fault. Click to see the originals, and don’t forget to mouse over them for the hovertext when you get there.
Example 1:

Example 2:

[Read more →]