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How could a ritual hand sign add sparks to your orgasm? It turns out that the 108 mudrās of Buddhism and Hinduism are an ancient form of electrical engineering. When you extend a finger, it’s like raising an antenna. When you join two fingers, you’re completing a circuit within your bio-electrical field. Add your genitals into the equation to create a “ground”—an absorber of unlimited amounts of current.

Have you ever hurt yourself while masturbating? I have.
There you are right in the heat of it, hand thrashing, dog licking… No, wait, that’s for a different website.
So there you are right in the heat of it, hand thrashing, toes curling, and you can tell this is going to be a good one; especially if [...]

She was so hungry for his cock she couldn’t help herself.
The minute they closed the door to the bedroom, she set upon the fly of his jeans. His erection was already straining at the worn denim. She unzipped him and swooned over the gorgeous sight in front of her. So smooth and pink, it looked [...]

I had trouble masturbating last night. It’s funny how that happens.
A good session usually begins for me earlier in the day, often on the street. Not masturbating on the street mind you, as that would be vulgar. It’s also illegal; maybe not in San Francisco but in most other places.
What I meant to say was [...]

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 [...]

This week my mind keeps returning to guilt. Sex guilt. Why has it taken all these years to start the re-programming of my sexuality? Why does it take women in particular so long to have openness about sexuality that allows us to finally start having great sex, when we want, how we want and with [...]

Qustion: Any advice on dealing with a husband who just doesn’t want it? :’(
(I’ve ‘done it myself’, read For Yourself, but I still tear about it. He has issues, & its hard not to take them on).
Yes, I have several suggestions, plus a kudo for not taking your partner’s issues on, which can indeed be [...]

Ani Niow is one of the featured creative minds at “A Touch of Pleasure” an exhibit for National Masturbation Month, curated by Madison Young and presented at Femina Potens Gallery in San Francisco. The exhibit runs through the 31st. More about the exhibit follows below, beginning with Ani’s fantastic Steampunk Vibrator.

Ani Niow’s Steampunk Vibrator

Photo: ladycartoonist.com [...]

I am not saying this as some campaign slogan or religious cry, “Jesus loves you!” No, I am quite in earnest. Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska, Vice-Presidential candidate, loves me.
Remember all that winking she did during the debate? That was for me.
Have you seen those youtube videos of her at her Church in a [...]

Too many of us hide our masturbation from our partners. Perhaps we feel that if we masturbate even though we have a lover, it means we’re not really interested in that person. Or that we’re oversexed, needing release above and beyond the pleasures a partner can bring.
But people in relationships certainly do masturbate, for about [...]

What do you think of when someone says “May Day?” The pagan rite with the flowers and the Maypole? (This old ritual is still with us in the phrase, “Hurray, hurray, the First of May; outdoor fucking starts today!”) If you’re an old Lefty you may think of International Workers’ Day.
At Good Vibes we can’t [...]

It seems logical to celebrate National Masturbation Month solo — give yourself a hand, right? Whether you bang the bishop, toss the pink salad, or fire the Surgeon General, masturbation is something you can enjoy whether or not you have a partner — a solitary pleasure that can help you get in touch with how [...]

Good Vibrations has declared May “National Masturbation Month.” Practically everything has a national holiday — how could this most basic, universal and inexpensive of pleasures have been overlooked? To do something about that, we’re sponsoring several events throughout May, including visits at both our stores from the one and only Betty Dodson, and I’m hosting [...]