Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
I’m not sure whether I should call this a vibrator review or A Series Of Unfortunate Events. When I set out to review the Mystery Vibe Crescendo I didn’t expect it to descend into a comedy of errors rife with opportunities for sniggering jokes… but that’s what it became. So strap yourself in, here goes. Read More …
Today I was lucky enough to receive a brand new Lelo Lyla SenseMotion vibrator via an unsuspecting courier. Having battled my way through layers of sticky tape, I finally opened the sleek black box. Inside, nestled amid oh-so-snazzy black velvet, were two rose-coloured objects, neither of which looked anything like a vibrator. “What’s that?” my lovely husband asked. “Wait and see,” I said, thinking I’d show him how they worked. Read More …
Almost a fortnight ago I attended Sexpo, the local adult entertainment exhibition. Aside from spruiking for the Sex Party, I bought myself some lovely corsets and wandered around filming some of the action. I also interviewed the lovely Wendy from D.Vice, a New Zealand-based sex toy company. D.Vice has been around since 1998 and they were one of the first companies to push the envelope when it came to sex Read More …
Electronics company Philips has decided to brave the prudes and boldly bring out a massager that’s explicitly for sexual use. That’s right. Philips has started to make sex toys. Gasp, shock, look at the share price go up. Their new range of personal massagers are designed for use by couples which is an interesting take on things. “We know that couples in happy relationships tend to have satisfying sex lives Read More …
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 into place, always aiming for the perfect crema. I swear, he and that Read More …
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 butt plugs during orgasm. According to the blurb: It was designed specifically to resist Read More …
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 curiousity about sex and the adult industry that led me to write for Australian Women’s Read More …
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 rules: * You can’t own more than 6 dildoes because that means an intent Read More …
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 a small, grassroots co-operative. I wonder if they will maintain their committment to providing Read More …
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 all its energy from the sun. So you can get off without warming the Read More …
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: a 1930s vintage vibrator from Battle Creek, for sale for $249 via a company Read More …
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 those who are over 40 and confident in their own skin and they know Read More …
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. Naturally I’m very pleased that they’ve got a piece about women-friendly porn, including a plug Read More …
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 they also had trouble with Google but overcame it by becoming “leaner”. There are Read More …
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 that’s just so unimaginative. It’s like saying, ‘That’s all you sheilas get.’ But Read More …