Archive for May, 2009


City Hall in South Portland, Maine, has proposed a new set of rules around the sale of sex toys, after some jerk complained about Spencer’s.

The Australian case against a teacher accused of having sex with an underaged student continues.  “The prosecutors also came in for some harsh words from the bench on Friday after they had tendered 15 dildos and vibrators seized by police from Tominac’s bedroom at her home without establishing any link between the items and the alleged offences.”

In Tokyo, a nyotaimori restaurant was shut down after a salmonella outbreak.  Nyotaimori is sushi served on the skin of naked women.  Apparently customers had been bringing their own vibrators, stimulating the women with them, and dipping the sushi into the wet.

“British commercials for condoms and vibrators are the best in the world.”

A man in South Africa is on trial for raping his girlfriend, who sells sex toys.  She claims he raped her repeatedly one night, took photos, and sent the nude pics to his friends.  The defense argues that it was consensual; after all, “she is an agent for sex apparatus, handcuffs and vibrators.”  Well then, hu must be innocent!

Tokyo sex shops, hit hard by the economic times, have apparently begun recycling condoms.

Lynn Crosbie writes, “I have long assumed that teen female mania about Tiger Beat-ish boys is the result of complicated relationships with masturbation: If sex-ed classes brought out and patiently explained shower-heads, vibrators and Frisky Fingers, teen idols would not exist.”  This from an article about the vampiric celibacy franchise, Twilight.

A new sex toy store, Romeo and Juliet’s Adult Boutique, is opening near Shakespeare’s birthplace.  Predictably, a local Vicar objected, forgetting that Shakespeare liked sex more than he liked Vicars.

The publishing industry has fallen behind.

There are amazing things taking place, almost daily — breakthroughs in sexual technology, deepening understandings of female sexual response, and it hardly ever gets reflected in print.  What does wind up in print is usually lurid representations of the bizarre, with commentary that says, essentially, “look what those crraaaaazy pervos are doing now!”

Timothy Archibald’s Sex Machines: Photographs and Interviews takes an interesting approach.  It represents a nuanced, sometimes haunting, American landscape.

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The ShockSpot

The ShockSpot

Author’s note: This was a review of an earlier model, so a lot of information is out of date in reference to the newer models.  Some more recent observations are available here.

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The ShockSpot is compact, sturdy, and shiny. It’s made from top-notch 80/20 materials. It’s programmable, positionable, and visually impressive.  If the ShockSpot had been brilliantly designed, it would be a bargain — even at $2,200.

But what is it that we actually want from a fucking machine, anyway?  This is the kind of question that sex toy designers really need to ask.

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HNT courtesy of Coquitten.

The best of this week’s blogs by the bloggers who blog them. Highlighting the top 3 posts as chosen by Sugasm participants. Want in Sugasm #167? Submit a link to your best post of the week using this form. Participants, repost the link list within a week and you’re all set.

This Week’s Picks
Bare-Assed Cheek (2): Punishment and Reward
“His finger glides up the inner side of my left thigh.”

Lilly’s Turn – Part 1: Wherein a Power Play is Made
“I asked her, outright, if she considered herself submissive.”

…please…
“Exquisite pain heralding exquisite surrender.”

Mr. Sugasm Himself
Is Sasha Grey going mainstream?

Sugasm Editor
A Difficult Scenario

Editor’s Choice
Just Looking

More….

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alexacollection1

Found via The Alexa Collection photographer unknown.

Pleasurists is your round-up of the adult product reviews that came out in the last seven days from bloggers all around the sex blogosphere. Did you miss Pleasurists #29? Read it all here. Do you have a review for Pleasurists #31? Submit it here before Sunday May 25th at 11:59pm PDT. Please re-post this list on your own blog if listed.

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Tentacles!

Tentacles!

Suction’s an amazing sensation. Right now, there is no “best,” no “perfect” suction toy for women.

A lot of the toys advertised as “pussy pumps” are rigid. They have a curve, intended to be a universal curve, but women’s bodies (joyfully!) are varied; one woman’s shape is different from another’s.

What’s needed is a softer, flexible suction cup. It should incorporate a decent vibrator and an okay source of suction.

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Hot Lube

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Conair Heated Lotion Dispenser

Conair Heated Lotion Dispenser

Take a Conair Heated Lotion Dispenser.  Fill it halfway with your favorite lubricant.  Turn it on.

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An Australian science teacher is on trial for having an affair with one of her students.  But why, the judge wants to know, did prosecutors tender 15 sex toys found in her home as evidence?

Scandals plague the Cronulla Sharks, a rugby team.  Among the scandals: it’s said that team members were given sex toys.

A British study found that tech nerds make the best lovers.  Their criteria for a good lover?  One who is selfless in bed, adventurous, and likely to use sex toys.

The Rack in Las Vegas is a shop for porn and sex toys.  The owners decided to get involved in show biz, opening the Onyx Theatre around back.  And theatre critics were floored.

In South Africa’s Sun City, a woman was kicked out of a conference where she’d been invited to display vibrators for sale.

A website out of Kansas sells sex toys for charity.

The University of California at Santa Barbara put on its annual Sex Affair, highlighting sex toys and BDSM implements.

Anti-sex toy lunatic crusader Shanda Perkins is still trying to become a member of Texas’ parole board.

Yakima, Washington, has passed a new ordinance that places restrictions on the sale of sex toys.

A Malaysian “expert” warns that sex toy use has “caused relationships to end in divorce on their wedding night.”

London researchers found that women with high emotional intelligence may have more orgasms, too.

This woman felt the music I played in her.

Feeling the music.

It’s called “synesthesia” when your senses blend together.  You can taste music, or feel a smell, or hear a color.  These are beautiful strange moments.  A song might glow like a bright white light with darker green edges; a lover’s touch could become a deep note held for a long time.

That’s synesthesia.

For a while now I’ve been working on a music system.  I call it the Synestheatre.  The idea is simple: I want to play music for a woman so that she hears it and sees it and feels it, all through her body.  Lie on your back, close your eyes, and let the music play you.

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The Slightest Touch

Prior to using The Slightest Touch, a woman is supposed to drink an electrolyte drink.  Twenty minutes later, she places two sticky pads four fingers above her ankles, and turns on the power.  It doesn’t feel like someone is touching you softly.  It sends a tingle of electricity up between the pads.  Let it continue tingling for half an hour before getting things started.

The Slightest Touch is supposed to help women achieve orgasms — more powerful, more frequent orgasms.

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