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My purse is full of lipsticks and dildos.

This might be the perfect realistic dildo. So perfect, in fact, that I was FURIOUS when someone in my building STOLE THE PACKAGE containing my custom-made...

1. I thought no one would ever love me this much again. I don’t know quite when or how I picked up this belief; 4 years ago I was deeply entangled with...

Here’s 10 photos of me doing a little striptease! I start out in an adorable pink and yellow outfit, and slowly strip down piece by piece until I’m...

I actually shrieked at my screen when my sex toy reviewer pal Epiphora told our blogger group chat that We-Vibe was launching newly updated versions of the...

Supposedly every little girl grows up dreaming of her perfect wedding, and specifically, her perfect wedding dress. I haven’t found this to be very true...

In the kink community, a collar can mean a wide range of different things. For some, it’s simply a sex toy, a way to tug someone around during a scene....

I’ve been living with chronic joint pain for about 4 years now – so, roughly as long as I’ve identified as kinky. I wonder often if there’s...

Did someone break into the penthouse of my vagina and steal the blueprints? Because the Fucking Sculptures Double Trouble feels like it was designed just for...

I’ve never been addicted to a substance. I’ve never been over-reliant on booze or weed or pills. But I have been addicted to romantic fantasies, and let me...

Well, it finally happened. Fun Factory made a wand vibrator. I love Fun Factory, and I love wand vibrators, so obviously I was hugely excited about this news....

I’m conflicted about the Sili Saddle. It is, as its name suggests, silly. And yet it might also be useful for lots of people. People whose genitals are...

If you were following along with new developments in the sex toy industry back when the first Womanizer model launched, then you know that these toys had an...

Weirdly, one of the saddest parts of my slow descent into chronic pain hell is being unable to dress the way I used to. 💔 Even setting aside the issue of...

I’ve never been much for aesthetics when it comes to my sex toys. The way I see it, if all I’m doing with an object is shoving it inside me or...

Every December, I choose and highlight one company whose products tangibly improved my year, and that I think all my readers need to know about. Usually...

I am kinky, and I’m lazy. These qualities do not conflict as often as you might think. I’m a submissive and a bottom, so as much as I love BJs and...

I write reviews of sex toys here all the time, but sometimes I wish there were equivalent reviews available for sexual partners: “Clumsy, but...

I’ve always been pretty ambivalent about doing Kegel exercises. I know they’re good for my sexual and urinary health, but so are all the orgasms I...

I’ve been pondering the word “intimacy” a lot lately, because it’s constantly being misused. If I had a nickel for every time...

Imagine you met a guy at a party and, after a few minutes of cordial conversation, he kept loudly insisting on his brilliance as a cunnilinguist. “I have...

I am a good reactor. That is to say, I am good at reacting to things. I used to think this wasn’t even a skill – but through sex, kink, and comedy,...

I spend a lot of time on the Sex forum on Reddit, so I read a lot of posts from frustrated virgins who are afraid that they’ll never get laid. One of...

Look, if you name your dildo the “Perfect Penis,” I’m gonna be curious about it. I dig realistic dildos, so I was already intrigued by this...

What is the Honey Play Box Vibrosa? Having been in long-distance dynamics for years at a time, I am no stranger to sex toys that are remotely controllable via...

Around Christmastime, Carolyn from Betty’s Toy Box delivered me a Doxy Wand and some homemade holiday cookies, in a big gift bag with a kitten on the...

“If my dick was a dildo, would you give it a good review?” You can file this question under “things people ask sex toy reviewers that they...

Sometimes when I get high, I start rambling about clitoral politics. “Clitoral politics, huh?” my spouse said, half-suspicious and half-amused,...

I must admit, I was pretty amused when I saw there was a sex toy company called Drywell. “What are these,” I wondered, “vibrators for Ben...

It’s funny how your fashion choices can sometimes reflect an identity you haven’t even realized is yours yet. Take, for example, the pal of mine...

What is the Bestvibe Triple Arousal? Also known as the Bestvibe Multifunction Clitoral Sucking Licking and G-Spot Vibrator (whew), this toy has three different...

Begin innocuously enough. Go out for dinner with the crush/bang-buddy/friend to whom you’ve just given a blowjob. Get a little drunk with him, on big...

Recently, I asked my partner to write mini reviews of some lewd self-portraits I shot in Agent Provocateur lingerie (yep, I’m needy as fuck) and, in one...

I’m demisexual, meaning that I don’t have the capacity to feel sexually attracted to someone until I have some kind of emotional connection with...

Ukulele, small and fierceful Ukulele, brave and peaceful You can play the ukulele too – It is painfully simple -Amanda Palmer, “Ukulele Anthem”...

Picture yourself as Cinderella, or Snow White, or another of those Disney princesses who enlist woodland creatures to do their bidding. Picture the sun...

A key skill to develop when you’re a sex toy reviewer is turning bad toys into useable products. Almost every sex toy has more than one possible way of...

I haven’t done a lot of cam shows, but there was a period in my life where I was being paid to do them once or twice a month or so, and even had regular...

For all you audiophiles, here’s a 45-second clip of me having a breathtakingly intense orgasm using the We-Vibe Wand 2. I sent it to my sub as a reward, and...

When my friends at Peepshow Toys reached out and asked if I wanted to review the newest toy from Njoy, the Disco, I replied as soon as I saw the email:...

I feel like I’ve reviewed approximately one zillion pressure-wave toys as of late… and I sort of have. But, encouragingly for this once-tiny...

Hello, friends! I’m back with another instalment of 12 Days of Girly Juice. Today we’re talking about the 5 people who have had the biggest impact...

Imagine, if you will, going to bed with a cute person, who kisses you deeply, grinds against you slowly, and – whips out a deck of cards and starts doing...

Loveorl sent me their 2-in-1 High-Frequency Clitoral Sucking Vibrator to review, and I thought, hey! It’s a double-ended toy where I might actually enjoy...

I keep reviewing different cunnilingus simulators – can’t stop, won’t stop, baby! – because I’m always looking for that holy grail: an...

What is the Lovense Spinel sex machine? Regular readers of this blog already know that I adore sex toys made by Lovense, the leading company in the...

Have you ever discovered a new kink and instantly wanted to know everything about it? This happened to me with age play, it happened to me with bootblacking,...

I’ve answered hundreds, if not thousands, of questions about kink in my career as a sex writer and educator – and one of the most common ones, without...

Eerie voyeur. Sir is kissing me, and peeling off my clothes, when suddenly… “Hang on, I forgot something important,” he breathes against my...

I was sent these three toys recently while researching some pieces for the Insider about the best sex toys for couples and long-distance play. Here’s...

Well, it’s that time again: today I’m going to tell you about my favorite 9 sex toys I acquired this year! In reverse order, here we go… 9....

My “toys to review” pile runneth over at the moment, so I thought I’d bunch a few together… Here are 3 clitoral vibes I have some...

“Rideable vibrator” is a fun phrase to say out loud. Go ahead, try it! I don’t often have occasion to say it out loud, because I don’t...

July 10th, 2025 I wore this to a launch party for the latest issue of Poetry is Gay magazine! My very talented wife had a poem published in it. A few poets...

It’s very rare, as a sex toy reviewer, to be able to say that any product is truly unique. The sex toy industry has been around for long enough now that...

There have been many debates on my social media timelines recently about objects’ aesthetics versus their usefulness. Some people say, for example, that...

Daddy Dom/little girl kink – i.e. “DD/lg” – is maybe my biggest kink. It feels weird to say that, seeing as it’s only been on my radar...

How to describe the sensation of electrostimulation? It’s like a hot tattoo needle pummelling your skin. It’s like a highly concentrated, strobing...

Every December here, I chronicle 2 major fears I’ve – to some extent – conquered within the past year. (Read previous years’ fears: 2015, 2016,...

Friends, I don’t mean to alarm you any more than you’re (no doubt) already alarmed right now, but something is amiss with Fun Factory. Yes,...

December is here, and therefore, so is 12 Days of Girly Juice, my year-end wrap-up series! In the next month, I’ll summarize my whole year in selfies,...

Pressure-wave toys have been around for about a decade, and most of them have been pretty samey. A few companies have branched out with innovations within the...

Since the beginning of my career as a sex toy reviewer, I have gotten annoyed at internal vibrators and wished they could thrust in addition to (or instead of)...

As I’ve said here many times before, sex toys are not – and are not meant to be – replacements for human partners. In fact, they can enhance sex with...

Sometimes people ask me why I don’t do much in-person sex education work – workshops, motivational speaking, and so on – and the reason is that I...

You know how the details of your early courtship with a new beau feel huge and important? The album you bonded over, the shirt they were wearing when they...

Y’all, I’m so angry about the Le Wand. SO ANGRY. It has been a long time since a sex toy has pissed me off this much. But I have some Opinions and...

Music was, as ever, a huge part of my life this year – and, as ever, I’m gathering 10 of my favorite songs into a blog post here, and writing little...

It is a known fact that I love dick. I didn’t always, but now, after many years of sexual activity with many lovely dick-owners, I am very much a fan....

Vibrators that attempt to multi-task are really hit-or-miss, I have found. Sometimes they’re a chaotic mess, their motor failing under the weight of an...

This has been a more difficult year than usual for me to keep track of memorable sexual experiences in my mind. Not because I didn’t have any good or...

Online dating is a beast. If you’re not careful, it can consume your life, with its alluring promises and gameified interface. This is especially true...

What is the AcmeJoy 3-in-1 rabbit? Okay, technically its name is the AcmeJoy 3-in-1 7 Vibrating Modes Rabbit G-Spot Stimulator Anal Dildo Vibrator, but I...

Long-distance relationships are more prevalent than ever, so there are more people than ever who live every day in a perpetual state of missing someone. That...

I was suspicious of the Acmejoy Lolita from the start, because it’s repeatedly described on its product page as being suitable for beginners. Granted,...

Going on first dates in my twenties was always a crapshoot in many ways. Would my date look like their photo, ask me a single question about myself, or put...

Hi! I’m Kate Sloan. I’m a sex writer, podcaster, and speaker. I love sex and I believe that it can be holistic, transformative, goofy, and magic – so...

Trends in the sex toy market are fun to watch, not only because they portend new pleasure possibilities but also because they tend to signal something about...

What with increasingly puritanical laws like SESTA/FOSTA jeopardizing the livelihoods of sex workers on a daily basis, there’s a lot of discourse these...

One of the most encouraging things I’ve seen in my 11+ years as a sex toy reviewer is that you can get fancier features in cheaper toys now than ever...

I love music, as you know if you read this blog regularly. The soundtrack of my year is almost as important to me as the events of that year; the two can even...

SheVibe sent me the Tantus Sport months ago, and I’ve been slacking on my reviewer responsibilities. I tried it once and immediately declared it Boring....

It’s been a while since I’ve done this, so… here’s some current faves of mine in the lube category! Best general-purpose lube: Sutil...

The concept of penis envy has always mystified me. I have penis curiosity, sure. Penis intrigue. If someone offered me an hour in an alternate universe wherein...

I wrote off Lovense for the longest time. I’m not really sure why. Maybe it’s the fact that they’re not carried by any of the online sex...

Dame is an interesting company, from the perspectives of sex toy design, marketing, and even feminism. They made waves earlier this year when they sued New...

Of all the kinks I’ve explored in my diverse and storied sex life, I think hypnokink is one of the ones I get the most questions about. Sometimes people...

When Doxy gifted me a Die Cast, I heard proverbial angels singing from heaven. Because I knew orgasms aplenty were on my horizon. See, if one thing is true...

As amateur porn legend Heather Harmon slurped down her husband’s dick on my laptop’s tiny screen, I turned to my boyfriend and said, “This is...

I remember the first time I realized my chronic pain disorder might seriously mess up my sex life. I was kneeling in front of a dominant gentleman friend,...

I have heard other reviewers describe G-spot stimulation as “addictive,” but I’m not sure I ever really understood that until the NobEssence...

Hey Kate, what’s the biggest mistake men make on dates with women? Not asking anywhere near enough questions. Or, in many cases, not asking any questions...

I’ve been a sex toy reviewer for nearly seven years, and toys can still surprise me sometimes. I asked Honour to send me their steel dragon claw, solely...

Nov 12, 2018 - November's Sex Blogger of the Month is both girly and cute - and a tough, unapologetic sex-positive feminist. Learn more about her blog - and her best tip...

I’m moving to a new home next week, and while I’ve packed up almost all the sex toys I’m planning on bringing, there were a few items I...

Hello! Intimate Intercourse is a new series where I interview my boyfriend/Sir/daddy, who goes by Super Sleepy Dude, about various topics related to sex and...

Be honest: How willing would you be to have sex with someone, if you knew that their signature move was called the “G-spot slap”? You can...

Yep, it’s that time again… I’m gonna tell you about my favorite sex toys of the year! 2025 has been a total shitshow politically, and was one...

What kind of person would spend $2,000 on a sex toy? I kept wondering this whenever I would read about the new rideable vibrator from Alicia Sinclair (of...