Good Vibrations Magazine

Lambskin leather cuffs, vibrating nipple clamps, or a glass blade may seem like unabashedly obvious kink equipment, but  Incoqnito has taken these kink “classics” and combined them with the suggestive, discreet qualities of haute couture.
Created by industrial design artists outside of the larger sex industry, Incoqnito’s leather cuffs and blade pendant necklace flawlessly evolve from [...]

I am thankful that I work at Good Vibrations. I am thankful for all the wonderful creators of the many toys we carry. I am thankful for the people in the manufacturing companies who carefully pack the product to ship it to us. I am thankful for all the ways the products get to us [...]

It seems like ages ago that I was sitting in the Olivia headquarters in San Francisco, exploring the bright idea of bringing Good Vibrations aboard an Olivia cruise.  For those of you who don’t know, Olivia is the oldest and coolest lesbian cruise company in the world.  (Excepting maybe the Greeks, but their marketing was [...]

I have been working for Good Vibrations for over 3 years now and I was just thinking: I could never see myself working anywhere else. Where else can I talk openly about sex and vibrators while holding a dildo in my hand, or explain why anal sex is healthy and pleasurable—it’s all just another day [...]

How did you start giving sex advice?
I was a leader in the Lesbian And Gay Organization (now LGBT) at UC San Diego when I joined a discussion panel resource for local schools. I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1983 and soon thereafter started working with a group of sex-positive educators called the [...]

What led you to become a Sex Educator?
Truthfully, I’m more of love and relationship educator or an Activist of the Heart. After the release of my book, Redefining Our Relationships: Guidelines for Responsible Open Relationships, I came in contact with more and more people who were struggling to find support around polyamory and open relationships. [...]

Good Releasing (www.goodreleasing.com) is sister company to Good Vibrations and has hit the stands with three outstanding video lines and a slew of new titles that put healthy and hot sex to the forefront of the adult video industry.
With directors like queer alt princess Courtney Trouble, kinky feminist pioneer Madison Young, creative photographer/filmmaker extraordinaire Carlos [...]

Earlier this year, our Senior Toy Buyer had the joy of attending luminous pornstar April Flores’ art show while in LA. She wrote:
The concept was to take the April Flores Love Toy (aka a cyberskin mold of April’s lower torso) and make a plaster mold. That mold was then given to eight eclectic Los Angeles-based [...]

A big welcome to Jackie Strano to Good Vibrations! She’ll be joining our team as our Chief Operating Officer.
Some of you may recall Jackie from her work with the award-winning lesbian porn company SIR Productions with her partner Shar Rednour. (With titles such as Hard Love & How to Fuck in High Heels and Bend [...]

Olivia and Good Vibrations are giving away a cruise for two on Olivia’s “All Lesbian” Caribbean Sailing aboard Holland America line’s ms Ryndam departing from Tampa, Florida on October 15, 2009.
Good Vibrations’ Staff Sexologist and Chief  Cultural Officer Dr. Carol Queen, Ph.D will be on board, hosting a sexy lecture series on hot topics about [...]

Joan Price, author of Better Than I Ever Expected just reviewed Jimmyjane’s Form 6 Vibrator on her blog.
Jimmyjane is part of our Luxury Sex Toys collection, and is known for creating beautifully designed, award-winning sex toys. The local SF company recently won Best in the Bay from the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Joan’s review was picked [...]

The San Francisco Bay Guardian just released their Best of the Bay 2009 Awards. It’s so exciting to see so many friendly faces celebrated! From Sex & Romance:
BEST COCK RING FOR THE CREATIVE CLASS
What’s wrong with loving a product for its design? That’s really why Apple fanatics love all things “i.” And that’s why we [...]

Dr. Carol Queen answers sex questions from our social networks.
Q: can a gay encounter, as a virgin’s 1st ever – shape their life long sexual preferences? i’m str8, first f** was with a man – STILL curious
There are two distinct ways to look at this. In this culture we hear sexual orientation referred to [...]

Dr. Carol Queen answers questions from our social networks.
Q: Got any tips for using Dental Dams?
Oh, fabulous question! First, one type of dental dam was designed for safer sex rather than dentistry: the Glyde dam is larger than old-style dental dams, so get hold of that kind if you can. Mark the dam with [...]

SF Pride weekend has come and gone, and everyone at the stores and main office are winding down and getting back to the daily flow of operations. We thought we’d share some pictures and experiences with you, thanks goes out to our Marketing Department and all our customers, vendors, and staff. And our float won [...]

Courtney Trouble has run NoFauxxx.com since 2003 making her one of the trailblazers of modern queer porn! NoFauxxx.com has over 125 unique models and over 200 photosets, most of which she took. She does all of the coding, designing, editing, marketing, and behind-the-scenes business stuff involved with the site and project. And on top of [...]

On the eve of the release of Courtney Trouble’s first full length DVD – Roulette, we asked her wife and partner (in work and life) to do an interview with her so we could get to know her a little bit better!
What follows – in three parts – is an intimate and personal in-depth interview [...]

It’s that time of the year again to share our love for Good Vibrations, especially for folks here in the San Francisco Bay Area who know our physical store locations well.
So, please Vote for Good Vibrations in the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s 2009 Best of the Bay Readers Poll!
Log on to http://www.sfbg.com/bobpoll2009/ and nominate us [...]

Good Vibrations has won the SF Weekly Best of the Bay 2009 Readers’ Poll for Best Sex Supplies Store.
Throughout the years, the SF Weekly recognized Good Vibrations as the a place couples go shopping before making the move and has highlighted GV as the Most Intelligent Sex Shop, with “the best array of sex toys [...]

Natalie from Kinsey Confidential noted our Masturbation Month, thanks to a post from Kelsey at Bitch Blogs.
“Every year in San Francisco there is a Masturbate-A-Thon to raise awareness and funds for safe, accurate, comprehensive sex education. Fun fact: The record-holder in this event masturbated for 9 hours and 58 minutes straight! Now there is a [...]

Our Indie Erotic Film Festival is making waves, and just got written up in the Cleveland Scene — Cleveland’s Cedar Lee Theatre is one of the stops for the festival’s “Second Coming Tour”. Here’s the excerpt that includes an interview with Coordinator Camilla Lombard.

Reel Cleveland: Cedar Lee Gets Erotic
[Cleveland Scene]
The sexual double entendres are endless [...]

Before I moved to San Francisco & before I worked at Good Vibrations I opened a box sent to me by my then best friend & was overjoyed to see my very own Hello Kitty rocket-style vibrator! Not only did I think she was so so SO cute but the actual vibe wasn’t so bad [...]

One of the artists in connection with the gallery exhibits that run in our Polk Street Good Vibrations is involved in a project calling for Bisexual Artists. We thought we’d pass this along — please feel free to repost and spread the word!
I am a graduate student in the Sexuality Studies program at San Francisco [...]

Yes, I am a “call girl”. I talk about sex. I might talk about the perfect way to put on a condom as a form of foreplay, or point you in the right direction of a sexy, orgasmic DVD. I may also give you some good tips on performing the perfect oral play scenario or [...]

Mark your calendars, and come on down to the Center for Sex and Culture this Friday for what promises to be a great night!
FREE!
Friday, March 13th IXFF Exposure party @ the Center for Sex and Culture (CSC)
Lights, camera, action! On behalf of our Independent Erotic Film Festival 2009 (IXFF 09), Good Vibrations invites you to [...]