9
May
2008
This delightful stainless steel work of art is NOT a sex toy.
It is, in fact, a coffee tamper made by Avanti and available for about ten bucks or so from your average kitchenwares shop. Like this one.
The other day my husband arrived home wielding this wonderful thing, keen to get his espresso coffee thoroughly stamped [...]
Posted: Quirky, Weird, Funny, Sex Toys
6
May
2008
This interesting looking sex toy is a Luna Butt plug. It looks so weird because it’s an actual cast of someone’s rectum. I’m not entirely sure how they got the cast, but I suspect it didn’t involve plaster of paris.
Anyway, the reason it looks like this is to counteract the bum muscles tendency to expel [...]
Posted: Sex Toys
5
March
2008
Last Friday on a whim I decided to attend Sexpo in Brisbane, hoping to maybe make some industry contacts and also just to check it all out. I last went to one of these mega sex exhibitions in Sydney ten years ago, back when I was a “civilian.” That expedition was part of the growing [...]
Posted: Popular culture, Ramblings, Sex Toys, Sex and Women
15
February
2008
This little 12 minute video is called “Dildo Diaries” and it documents the insane laws against sex toys and anal sex in Texas which, thankfully, have just been overturned by a court. It’s worth watching for the first 5 minutes as we go into an adult store and see the insanity at work.
To summarise the [...]
Posted: Sex Toys
18
October
2007
Following financial difficulties (which apparently nearly saw them close their doors), Good Vibrations has announced a merger deal with General Video of America and Trans World News. GVA-TWN is a huge distribution and adult products company and it looks like they stepped in with a wad of cash.
It’s an interesting turnaround for what was originally [...]
Posted: Sex Toys
3
October
2007
A site called Tree Hugger has an interesting article about 10 ways to green your sex life. And while they recommend non-phthalate dildos and rechargable battery vibrators, they didn’t mention the solar powered vibrator.
This handy-dandy device is designed to plug into numerous existing sex toys like the micro bullet or micro kitty strap-on and gets [...]
Posted: Sex Toys
25
September
2007
So there I was perusing the sex toys and vibrators at Amazon.com and I was musing about how when I first joined their affiliate program you weren’t supposed to sell via an adult site. Whereas now they have a wide range of dirty, naughty adult products on sale and no questions asked.
Anyway, there it was: [...]
Posted: Quirky, Weird, Funny, Sex Toys
24
September
2007
The Scotsman has an article about the growth in adult stores for women.
Lucy says: “Over the last couple of decades women have come into their own, especially with their own sexuality. The whole Ann Summers thing has helped the mass acceptance of this. I’ve had a lot of women come in of all ages, particularly [...]
Posted: Porn for Women, Sex Toys
20
September
2007
I want to do a quick post about a new adult store which is owned by a friend of mine. Ashley’s Sex Toys is a nice looking site and it sells all the usual stuff but what I really like is the education section which contains quite a large number of useful articles and information. [...]
Posted: Sex Toys
18
September
2007
SFGate reports that adult store Good Vibrations is having financial difficulties and apparently the internet is to blame. It seems they can’t compete now that Amazon has started to sell sex toys. They’re also blaming Google and it’s nasty new algorithm which stuffed up their listings (tell me about it!) and subsequent sales.
Interestingly, Libida.com says [...]
Posted: Sex Toys
27
August
2007
Some news stories today dealing with women, porn, vibrators and sex:
* Picking up good vibrations in the Melbourne Age discusses the increasing respectability of sex toys and adult material.
“From a feminist point of view, the industry has been dominated by men for so long,” says Judith Glover. “Dildos were all about dick and balls, and [...]
Posted: Porn for Women, Sex Toys
7
June
2007
Attack of the Phthalates. It’s a great graphic.
The image is from an article questioning the Greenpeace study about phthalates in sex toys. The article is in AVN Novelty Business magazine, a journal for sex toy retailers, so I’m not sure it can be said to be unbiased. Still, if you want an alternative viewpoint to [...]
Posted: Sex Toys
21
May
2007
“Nature abhors a vacuum, and so do I.”
It’s a quote by Anne Gibbons, one that I’ve long admired. Now, it seems, there’s less reason to hate the Hoover.
A new sex toy called the Vortex Vibrations is a special attachment for low wattage vacuum cleaners designed to stimulate the clit and give intense orgasm.
I’ve read numerous [...]
Posted: Sex Toys
9
April
2007
Next time you’re thinking of smuggling a few drugs through airport security, don’t assume the police won’t check your hashish-filled vibrator.
At least, that’s what happened to a Ukrainian woman who thought the cops would be too embarrassed to look closely at her vibe. She had taken out the batteries and stuffed hash into the empty [...]
Posted: Quirky, Weird, Funny, Sex Toys
1
March
2007
German adult mega-retailer Beate Uhse is apparently not doing so well. According to this report, it’s about to close all of it’s adult shops aimed at women, and two-thirds of it’s mainstream stores did not perform well in 2006.
The company will close the last of its Mae B. shops as their leases run out. The [...]
Posted: Sex Toys, Sex and Women
13
December
2006
It’s not often that a sex toy catches my attention, but I keep seeing The Cone everywhere and now I’m intrigued. It doesn’t look anything like a vibrator - or any other sex toy - which means it’s one of the more innovative products to hit the adult toy stores in a while.
And now it’s [...]
Posted: Sex Toys, Sex and Women