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How The Kathleen Hale Stalking Situation Affects Sex Bloggers

October 24th, 2014 7 comments

Ian Sane / Flickr

Ian Sane / Flickr

I was going to ignore Kathleen Hale’s Guardian piece because it doesn’t affect me. I don’t do many book reviews (though I’m working on three, right now), I don’t often read young adult novels, and now that I know Kathleen Hale is a psycho, I’ll never read or review one of her books, so I have nothing to worry about, right?

You’d think so, except…we haven’t had an issue exactly like this (that I’m aware) in the adult reviewing community, but a few companies have come damn close.

A representative from Pipedream once attacked an EdenFantasys reviewer (I think on the EdenFantasys website, but I can’t remember) for giving their product a critical review. EdenFantasys response (against recommendations made by its community-members-turned-staff) was to instruct reviewers to be more objective in reviews of toys they didn’t like. A few years later, GoodVibes has taken the same stance, calling critical reviews “sex negative” because they don’t take into consideration other people’s bodies, which, to me, sounds more like “your experience only matters if it makes us money” than concern for a person who doesn’t cum like a critical reviewer, but that’s just me.

Shiri Zinn has threatened and harassed reviewers and non-reviewers for multiple reasons, most of which include (but are not limited to) making critical comments and/or writing critical reviews about her shitty Cupcake Vibrator. She’s managed to talk such a big game that even mainstream publications that reviewed the toy (which shall remain nameless) “kept it classy” in their reviews, and avoided words like “orgasm” and “masturbation” to pander to Shiri’s “brand” of…chaste female stimulation. With a cupcake. I’m really not sure how this makes sense to anyone. Read more…

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Product Review: Touch Me by Nomi Tang

June 17th, 2014 5 comments

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Touch Me Mini Vibrator by Nomi Tang

First things first…I owe Nomi Tang an apology for how long this review (and another I owe them that will probably be at least another week in coming) has taken. They sent me stuff just as things with M’s back were getting really bad, and I dropped all my obligations to take care of him. I think I also forgot to let them know, at first, that this is what happened.

Course, their rep basically said she doesn’t care what’s holding me up; I need to just get their reviews done. In truth, this is the only reason I’m writing this review right now. I’m not really in the mood (the stress we’re under is absolutely insane), and I’ve got other shit that needs doing.

That there is the Touch Me from Nomi Tang. And I actually kinda like it. I don’t know why I was worried I wouldn’t. I liked the Better Than Chocolate, too. Partly because it looks like something from Star Trek. I’m such a geek. Read more…

Product Review: Fifty Shades of Grey Insatiable Desire (No, really.)

March 24th, 2014 2 comments

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Fifty Shades of Grey Insatiable DesireSoooo…

We all know how I feel about Fifty Shades of Grey, right? I’ve only read one book, so far, because, just ugh. I mean, I get that people (especially college-age people) enter into insanity-based relationships like that one–I used to be one of them–but to glorify it by weaving it into an erotic tale and then paint it as “normal BDSM” is just…ew.

For this reason alone, I was set to ignore the Fifty Shades of Grey toy line. I don’t want anything to do with something that E.L. James had a hand in. That author, as she has freely admitted, has no idea what she’s doing when it comes to kink. She did very little research before writing the series, and that’s evident in the fact that her “red room” looks exactly like every stereotypical dungeon (with the added benefit of a bed) you’ve ever heard about ever. I expected every toy in the line to follow the same vein (and based on appearances, I’d say it does), so I wrote it off as something I was so not interested in promoting, even by accident, and promptly ignored all the hype about this line.

Then they named a toy Insatiable Desire. So of course, I had to try it. I mean, it’s got the same name as my blog!

I’m so angry it’s got the same name as my blog. Read more…

Product Review: Travel Pop by G-Spot Lollipop

February 21st, 2014 2 comments

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_TravelStack2So one day, I’m just be-bopping around on Twitter, when I notice everyone talking about this thing called a G-Spot Lollipop. I’m forever on the hunt for a g-spot toy that works well for me, and this line is hella cute (I love lollipops), so when I was offered some of their toys, I jumped on the opportunity.

Believe me…I never in a million years thought “you should get the lollipops ready to fuck” would be a sentence that would turn me on. I am so not a food + sex kinda gal. In fact, I find the idea kinda grody. But other people are totally about that shit.

I was going to link to a bunch of porn flicks where chicks stick lollipops in their vaginas and anuses, but most of the links I came up with were to the free porn sites that are currently being called out for stealing content and putting small porn studios out of business. I’ll pass on giving them traffic, please and thanks.

Plus, I feel like I shouldn’t have to say this, but you really shouldn’t stick real candy in your vagina or anus. Which is just another added benefit to this toy, really. You get to pretend you’re sticking a lollipop in your orifices without giving yourself a yeast infection.

ANYway…this here review’s about the G-spot Lollipop Travel Pop. And I’m really excited about it. Read more…

Product Review: Plunge Paddle by @Tantus

January 15th, 2014 2 comments

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Plunge is on the left. Pictured here to compare to the Wham Bam. (Click to enlarge.)

Plunge is on the left. Pictured here to compare to the Wham Bam. (Click to enlarge.)

They’ve been talking about it for months, and I was dying to get my hands on one. I mean, a silicone paddle with a handle made for fucking? Seriously? Your damn right I want it.

That there’s the Plunge Paddle by Tantus. And…I’m kinda so/so on it. Bleh.

What’d it come in?

The paddle came in a clear plastic bag with a Tantus tag hanging from the hole in the handle.

How’s it made?

Of course, the Plunge Paddle is made of 100% pure platinum silicone. It’s Tantus! So far, it only comes in black. It’s about thirteen and a quarter inches long, all told. The paddle head makes up six and a quarter inches of that length, leaving seven inches for the handle. The Tantus site says six of that is insertable, but you could probably get all seven in if your vagina is that long. The diameter of the handle at its widest point is one and a half inches, and the paddle head is three inches wide.

Your measurements may vary slightly, of course, because Tantus toys are handmade. If you carry a big purse or a backpack, this paddle would easily disappear inside. Read more…

Product Review: Anaconda by @Tantus

January 7th, 2014 7 comments

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anacondaMaybe I mentioned that I’m a Tantus fan a time or two? Like, a giant freakin’ Tantus fan who wants to have all the Tantus things!

It started with butt plugs, and totally by accident. We were shopping around for something that was not jelly because we had just learned the hard way how truly horrid jelly is, and we found the Tantus Zing. And while I didn’t like the Zing, I freakin’ loved the silicone. And thus, a Tantus fan was born.

If you haven’t figured it out by now, that’s none other than the Anaconda from Tantus. Isn’t he beautiful? Read more…

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