Dr. Carol Queen, Good Vibrations’ Staff Sexologist, responds on her blog to the comments and controversy surrounding Margaret Cho, “tranny-chasing” and the blurred line between attraction and fetishism:
“Oh dear… when allies do not feel the alliance, it is so sad. I think this is an ongoing issue with progressives, but that’s not what I’m thinking [...]
Do you like your erotica short and sweet? So do we! And, if you liked Five Minute Erotica, you may want to put More Five Minute Erotica on your radar! Due out in December, Carol Queen is bringing us another collection of explicit shorts! (Fun fact: a sex therapist has written about using it with [...]
Enhanced Romance: The G-Shot—Is is the latest panacea to improve your love life?
The minute I saw the headline on SF Gate.com, I knew there’d be a buzz in the office about it on Monday morning.
In Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle, an article about G-spot surgery had made the front page. In the article, about “G-spot Amplification,” [...]
On October 27, a lawsuit will be heard in a New York City courtroom that could have great repercussions on what you can see and read on the Internet. The suit, Barbara Nitke and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom vs. John Ashcroft, seeks to stop the US Justice Department from prosecuting certain web-based material [...]
Darren James’s fellow adult industry performers speak well of him, calling him “a real gentleman.” Women liked working with him, and his professional standards were higher than those of many up-and-coming porn stars: he got tested oftener for HIV than the customary once-monthly checkup. This requirement, adopted by most porn companies in the 1990s after [...]
Editor’s note: the Lusty Lady is now a co-op!
Sometime this month the legendary Lusty Lady exotic dance emporium and peep show, a fixture of North Beach’s sex life since the 1980s, will undergo major changes. As I write, negotiations are still underway between the performers and support staff and the ownership — at issue is [...]
Originally printed April 23, 2003 in adult newspaper The Spectator.
It’s May… Time to Masturbate!!
This year, the National Masturbation Month theme is “I’d Rather Be Masturbating!” Truer words were never spoken, eh? In fact, if you like, I can just wait right here for a few minutes so you can run off and wank. Come back [...]
One of my regular tasks at Good Vibrations is touring new staff around the store to familiarize them with the toys and products we sell. Merchandise occupies separate areas: dildos here and vibes over there, lubes across from massage oils, so it’s easier for customers to consider their choices and find what they want. A [...]
At heart I’m just a small-town girl from Oregon — granted, a girl who got called queer even before my tormenters were old enough to know what the epithet was supposed to mean — and moving to San Francisco fifteen years ago was a big deal for me. It meant I had to learn the [...]
I finally made an appointment to get my hair cut today, at the trendy little salon in my suddenly trendy neighborhood. I have been trying to hold out for long hair, in spite of the fact that I haven’t successfully grown long hair since I had it cut off, against my better judgment, in high [...]
