Archive for April, 2009


The Eroscillator

The Eroscillator

The Eroscillator is copper-colored and shaped like an electric toothbrush.  The appearance is unsexy.  It sells for over a hundred dollars.  There are lots of women who swear by it, and lots who find it underwhelming.

It’s been five years since I first used one.  Five years and thousands of orgasms later, the Eroscillator remains one of the most effective tools I’ve used.  Find out why after the jump.

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A new edition of The Joy of Sex has been published, decades later, causing  Katherine Forsythe of the National Sexuality Resource Center to reminisce about the publication of the original.

You had to be there to understand what this book really meant. It gave us permission to begin the sexual liberation we enjoy today (and continue to liberate) to be the men and women we were meant to be.

I remember when The Joy of Sex came out. I kept it in my bedroom, and read it with my new husband, and sometimes without him. It was “far out”. It was titillating. It was rebellious. It was freeing.

The new edition isn’t going to spearhead a revolution; it’s “one more manual,” according to Forsythe, “on how to perform and impress.”

Shiny!

Hefty, beautiful to behold, the Samurai shines.  It catches the attention, sets sparks flying in the imagination.  Rumors of its prowess have spread quietly along the corners of the kink world: the swingers, the BDSMers, the electrofetishists, all are intrigued by the allure of the Samurai.

But does it deserve its reputation?

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