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Wonder Vag!
14 February 2010 - 3:52pm | by MichelleTeaching kids about sex and sexual health can be a tricky subject. Recently the Middlesex-London Health Authority (London, Ontario) worked with kids to develop an online game as a learning tool for other kids. It's pretty neat.
The game is set in "Sex City" where our super heroes are Wonder Vag, Willy the Kid, Power Pap, and Captain Condom! Our heroes battle the evil Sperminator, whose only goal is to infect others with the same STD he caught by shooting infected sperm out of his penis arms. I'm not making this up, it's pretty fantastic. The player answers a series of true/false questions in order to defeat the evil villain.
The format keeps kids interested and entertained while they learn about necessary sexual health.
Here's the link http://www.healthunit.com/article.aspx?ID=15160
Enjoy!
Michelle
Buying V-Day gifts
7 February 2010 - 6:33pm | by MichelleA lot of people will walk into a sex shop in the days before Valentine's day looking to buy something spicy for their sweetheart. This is a great idea, provided you know what items will and will not embarrass or offend your partner.
In the "Safe" category you have things like condoms, lubes, massage products, sexy board games, and amusing novelty gifts. Many books are also a safe gift, everyone loves learning.
In the "Questionable" category we've got things like vibrators. Women tend to be picky about vibrators, but if you know your girl's taste and know she's in the market for a new toy then by all means help her out! The same thing applies for erotic videos as well.
Anything that would fall into the "Probably not a good idea" category are things you and your partner have not talked about whatsoever. Often bringing home a leather paddle and ball gag will result in tragedy if you've never discussed BDSM activities together. You should also steer clear from things which could be taken as an insult. Just think about it and you'll know what falls into this category.
It's All You
27 January 2010 - 4:32pm | by MichelleI've had a number of customers come into the store asking after penis enlarging technology, Vaginal tightening surgury, and various "herbal" enhancers. To some I regretfully inform them the product they are after does not exist. To others, I say "You just need a little thought and hard work, you don't need surgury."
Unfortunately, in our age of modern medicine and media-body-image-"ideal" consumer culture, most of us are convinced that we are not good enough just as we are. We've been taught to constantly feel inadequate and to trust in a plastic surgeon to make everything perfect.
This is absolute horse crap.
All you need is a little time for self awareness and a little self love (yes, both kinds). Feeling good about yourself FEELS GOOD and you don't even have to spend any money or several weeks in recovery to do it. It's your body, a part of you, and it's the reason you're able to feel pleasure and experience another person's skin against yours. Don't hate, love, it's all you. Everything is there for a reason. There is a reason to appreciate all of it. Work it.
Love and Rockets
12 January 2010 - 4:27pm | by MichelleNo, not the comic. Sorry guys.
Recently I met an interesting fellow. He spent most of the night excitedly chatting about his love of everything science and his desire to build a rocket ship. Not one of those baking soda dealies either, straight to the moon. The other important fact about this guy is that after the party ended he spent his time (into the wee hours of the morning in fact) banging my friend to her heart's content. The long and the short of it is: he's a science guy who also loves to give the ladies what they want. This guy gets a big seal of approval and my personal endorsement.
Guys (and girls) who are good at both science and sex tend to be awesome people, not to mention hard to come by (pardon the terrible and inaccurate pun). For some reason these two topics are often not casually discussed in social circles, possibly because during adolescence we learn that science is for nerds and sex is taboo. Clearly, teenagers have an tragically underinformed world view. Science is cool, sex is fun, and nerds are sexy.
Sexy Santa?
17 December 2009 - 8:14pm | by MichelleIt's holiday season. With all the cheer buzzing about in the air you start seeing the reemergence of tacky holiday theme products crawling out of the woodwork. Plastic reindeer on the roof, giant snowglobes containing a life-sized Frosty the Snowman, AND my #1 favorite: Sexy Santa Lingerie.
I love stuff like this because it is hilarious to me. Santa is a loveable old man who only works 1 night per year delivering gifts to children, yet somehow our consumer society has decided that his trademark red velour with white fur trim should have an erotic application i.e. skimpy women's underwear.
It seems that every character, ultimately, ends up having a sexy lingerie version of itself. I've even seen a ladies' sexy Harry Potter costume.
I'm not sure if this phenomenon is for the ladies wearing the costumes or for the men viewing them. Costumes are fun and, as ladies, we often like to feel sexy while we're dressed up (no matter how un-sexy the character we are mimicing is). So on one hand, sexy costumes are sort of empowering.
Randy
8 December 2009 - 9:38pm | by MichelleRandy is just your regular, average, wide dildo. he's a normal guy, works a 9-5 job in an office building. he makes phone calls all day and has never been the king of anyone's world, let alone his own piddly fiefdom of 4' x 4' cubicle walls and the bachelor apartment with a shared bathroom down the hall. he's had sex with 1 girl...kind of. she was an "elf" and he was an "ogre" and the tragic event did not mechanically work for either party. it's easier to just not try anymore.
Randy wears ties every day, all various shades of blue but every now and again he busts out his pale green tie in a moment of reckless abandon. no one notices.
three's company
1 December 2009 - 2:37pm | by Michelle"the threesome" is, according to some people, the ultimate sexual goal. most hetero guys dream of having two women please them at the same time BUT there are a few who think "oh man, would i be able to please them both at the same time? what if i'm not good enough?!" either perspective is a vaild one, but sometimes it doesn't occur to these guys that the ladies will have plenty of fun together without his help. so don't worry hetero guys, there is hope.
there are actually two different kinds of threesomes:
-"Y" threesome = two of the people touch the third person, but not each other
-"O" threesome = everyone touches each other
it's always a good idea to have a conversation about boundaries before you engage in any group sex. are the people involved totally straight? gay? bi? heteroflexible? is it cool if i put my finger up your butt? what's your favorite way to have your pussy licked? is there anything you absolutely hate?
if you sort out what everyone's comfortable with before you start then you don't slam into any awkward moments, inturrupting the flow of sexual energy.
strap-less strap-on
23 November 2009 - 6:41pm | by Michellei'm a huge fan of the feeldoe. it's awesome. harnesses take time and calibration to put on correctly (though yes, they do look nice and sexy) but with this little gem the wearer just pops in the bulb end and can instantly go to work. it's also super easy to pop out and quickly trade positions with your partner(s). it's ingenious. there are no straps to get in the way of full skin on skin contact. this was first toy of its kind and there have since been many cheap knock-offs, but don't be fooled. there tend to be some functionality problems or quality issues with the imitators.
the feeldoe was thought up and brought into the world by Tantus, an American company with an ergonomical and ecological bent. everything they make is 100% medical grade silicone, which it totally hypoallergenic, and the quality really shows. they were even thoughtful enough to craft the feeldoe in 4 different sizes for our diverse needs: regular, slim, stout, and more. this is a double dildo i think every woman should have in her toy box no matter what her sexual orientation is. the bulb can eassily be used as a handel when flying solo with your feeldoe.
that's so archetypypical
19 November 2009 - 10:27pm | by Michellemost of us grew up with a Disney-tinted introduction to romantic relationships. Princess is sweet as apple pie in her virginal state, then she spots Prince in his tightly-fitted costume. tragedy strikes! a series of trials and tribulations follows representing her journey to adulthood, ultimately ending in a fantastical reunion with Prince (and the end of her virginity). don't forget the birds/mice/fish/whatever singing celebrations in the background. wheather you are male, female, or somewhere in between you probably identified with one or both of the two characters. romantic? yes, but also utterly binary. a lot of people spend their whole lives waiting for Prince Charming and no one ever seems to live up to the ideal.
but what about some other modes of romance Disney never taught us?
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